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LittleFe - Parallel and Distributed Computing Education on the Move
Many institutions and teaching environments do not have access to parallel platforms for parallel and distributed computing education. Teaching key concepts such as speedup, efficiency, and load balancing are much more effectively done on a parallel platform. LittleFe is a complete 6 node Beowulf style portable computational cluster. LittleFe weighs less than 50 pounds, easily and safely travels via checked baggage on the airlines, and sets-up in 5 minutes wherever there is an electrical outlet and a wall to project an image on. By leveraging the Bootable Cluster CD project, and its associated curriculum modules, LittleFe makes it possible to have a powerful ready-to-run computational science and HPC educational platform for under $3,000USD.
v4 Documentation
- Getting Started
- Parts Inventory
- Hardware Assembly Instructions
- Hardware Assembly Instructions (SC11)
- Upgrading the BIOS
- Changing the BIOS settings (PXE booting, hyperthreading)
- Create Bootable USB drive with BCCD ISO
- Boot and Install the BCCD
- Configure Bluetooth for the Keyboard and Mouse
- Configuring WiFi
SC11 Buildout
- Schedule (D R A F T)
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