Home About Buy online Blog Archives Newsletters Subscribe Contact

Linux Format forums

Help, discussion, magazine feedback and more

Skip to content

Weird idea...

For discussing Linux compatible (or not) devices

Moderators: ChriThor, LXF moderators

Post a reply

Weird idea...

Postby heiowge » Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:02 am

If you were to buy more than one Raspberry Pi, could you link them and make a Raspberry Pi super-duper version?
i5 4440 3.1Ghz, Asus H87M-E motherboard, 8GB DDR3, 2GB DDR5 nVidia card, 2x500GB Seagate hd, Coolermaster 750W PSU running Mint 17.1 MATE and Win7


HP mini, 1.66 Ghz Intel atom processor, 2 GB DDR3, 320 GB hd, Mint 17 MATE
heiowge
LXF regular
 
Posts: 1919
Joined: Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:21 pm
Location: Cheshire, UK
Top

Postby wyliecoyoteuk » Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:49 am

Of course, you could cluster them using the ethernet ports.
Not really the point, but hey, whatever floats your boat.
The sig between the asterisks is so cool that only REALLY COOL people can even see it!

*************** ************
User avatar
wyliecoyoteuk
LXF regular
 
Posts: 3524
Joined: Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:41 pm
Location: Birmingham, UK
Top

Postby heiowge » Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:13 am

I was just wondering if you could cluster 8 of them that way and make something more powerful than the cotton candy. :lol:
i5 4440 3.1Ghz, Asus H87M-E motherboard, 8GB DDR3, 2GB DDR5 nVidia card, 2x500GB Seagate hd, Coolermaster 750W PSU running Mint 17.1 MATE and Win7


HP mini, 1.66 Ghz Intel atom processor, 2 GB DDR3, 320 GB hd, Mint 17 MATE
heiowge
LXF regular
 
Posts: 1919
Joined: Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:21 pm
Location: Cheshire, UK
Top

Postby wyliecoyoteuk » Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:21 am

Debatable, and it would be a lot bigger!
The sig between the asterisks is so cool that only REALLY COOL people can even see it!

*************** ************
User avatar
wyliecoyoteuk
LXF regular
 
Posts: 3524
Joined: Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:41 pm
Location: Birmingham, UK
Top

Postby heiowge » Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:36 am

I have room! :lol:
i5 4440 3.1Ghz, Asus H87M-E motherboard, 8GB DDR3, 2GB DDR5 nVidia card, 2x500GB Seagate hd, Coolermaster 750W PSU running Mint 17.1 MATE and Win7


HP mini, 1.66 Ghz Intel atom processor, 2 GB DDR3, 320 GB hd, Mint 17 MATE
heiowge
LXF regular
 
Posts: 1919
Joined: Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:21 pm
Location: Cheshire, UK
Top

Re: Weird idea...

Postby nelz » Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:54 am

heiowge wrote:If you were to buy more than one Raspberry Pi


At the moment, the only option is to buy less than one :(
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." (Albert Einstein)
User avatar
nelz
Site admin
 
Posts: 9023
Joined: Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:52 am
Location: Warrington, UK
Top

Postby Rhakios » Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:52 am

Also, the Pi cluster would consume eight times as much power (assuming that both devices use all the power available over USB).
Bye, Rhakios
User avatar
Rhakios
Moderator
 
Posts: 7634
Joined: Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:18 pm
Location: Midlands, UK
Top

Postby heiowge » Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:11 pm

Surely that still wouldn't be much power? Maybe a powered hub?
i5 4440 3.1Ghz, Asus H87M-E motherboard, 8GB DDR3, 2GB DDR5 nVidia card, 2x500GB Seagate hd, Coolermaster 750W PSU running Mint 17.1 MATE and Win7


HP mini, 1.66 Ghz Intel atom processor, 2 GB DDR3, 320 GB hd, Mint 17 MATE
heiowge
LXF regular
 
Posts: 1919
Joined: Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:21 pm
Location: Cheshire, UK
Top

Postby wyliecoyoteuk » Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:27 pm

And clustering over Ethernet would not be that efficient.
The sig between the asterisks is so cool that only REALLY COOL people can even see it!

*************** ************
User avatar
wyliecoyoteuk
LXF regular
 
Posts: 3524
Joined: Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:41 pm
Location: Birmingham, UK
Top

Postby heiowge » Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:31 pm

Fair enough. I just wondered whether you could totally own the cotton candy's specs for the same money with just raspberry pi's and connection cables etc.
i5 4440 3.1Ghz, Asus H87M-E motherboard, 8GB DDR3, 2GB DDR5 nVidia card, 2x500GB Seagate hd, Coolermaster 750W PSU running Mint 17.1 MATE and Win7


HP mini, 1.66 Ghz Intel atom processor, 2 GB DDR3, 320 GB hd, Mint 17 MATE
heiowge
LXF regular
 
Posts: 1919
Joined: Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:21 pm
Location: Cheshire, UK
Top

Postby Rhakios » Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:43 pm

Here we go, for a mere £40 above the price of the Cotton Candy, you could "own" both of them and you get a handy mouse and keyboard thrown in.

I really like these Acer machines, small format, efficient, good selection of ports and cheap!
Bye, Rhakios
User avatar
Rhakios
Moderator
 
Posts: 7634
Joined: Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:18 pm
Location: Midlands, UK
Top

Postby nelz » Wed Feb 29, 2012 3:19 pm

8 Pis would cost more than a Cotton Candy and you still have to find cabling, ethernet and USB hubs and some sort of enclosure... and then get it to hang out of the HDMI port on the back of your TV.
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." (Albert Einstein)
User avatar
nelz
Site admin
 
Posts: 9023
Joined: Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:52 am
Location: Warrington, UK
Top

Postby bobthebob1234 » Wed Feb 29, 2012 3:48 pm

the Cotton Candy would have to hang out the back of your tv, but the pi has a hdmi 'Receptacle' (hole to plug a cable in (this is what I was trying to point out in the other thread)) so you can plug a hdmi cable in and have it as far away as you want :D
For certain you have to be lost to find the places that can't be found. Elseways, everyone would know where it was
bobthebob1234
LXF regular
 
Posts: 1373
Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:38 pm
Location: A hole in a field
Top

Postby wyliecoyoteuk » Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:25 pm

you can get right angle adapters or m/f cables for peanuts on ebay.
Don't know if they take carrots though....:)
The sig between the asterisks is so cool that only REALLY COOL people can even see it!

*************** ************
User avatar
wyliecoyoteuk
LXF regular
 
Posts: 3524
Joined: Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:41 pm
Location: Birmingham, UK
Top
Post a reply

Return to Hardware

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests

Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group