A Portable Cluster for Each Student
A Portable Cluster for Each Student
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适合每个学生的便携式集群
DOI：
10.1109/ipdpsw.2014.126
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发表时间：
2014
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通讯作者：
David M. Toth
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作者：
David M. Toth
虽然一些学院和大学可以使用并行计算硬件，但我们所知道的没有一所可以为每个学生提供专用的并行计算硬件。相反，机构通常为学生提供共享的并行计算设备，如果他们能负担得起的话。学生很难真正了解他们的程序的性能，以及当他们使用不专用于他们的共享设备时，以及其他学生或其他用户可能干扰他们的工作时，他们如何扩展。目前，一些机构对网络安全的重视也使学生无法轻松访问或有时根本无法访问一些共享资源。我们提供部件列表、信息和microSD卡映像，以制作一个小型、经济实惠的计算集群，每个并行计算课程的学生都可以购买该集群来代替教科书，因此每个学生都有自己的私人计算集群。
Although some colleges and universities have access to parallel computing hardware, none that we are aware of can provide dedicated parallel computing hardware to each student. Instead, institutions often provide shared parallel computing equipment for the students, if they can afford to provide any. It is difficult for students to really get an understanding of the performance of their programs and how they scale when they are using shared equipment that is not dedicated to them and where other students or other users may interfere with their work. The current emphasis on network security at some institutions also prevents some shared resources that students could use from being easily accessible or sometimes accessible at all. We provide a parts list, information, and microSD card images to make a small, affordable compute cluster that each student in a parallel computing course can purchase in lieu of a textbook so each student has their own private compute cluster.