CS321-Architecture of Digital Computers Project Goal: Provide a comprehensive solution for building a High-Performance Computing (HPC) small-scale cluster

CS321-Architecture of Digital Computers
Project Goal: Provide a comprehensive solution for building a High-Performance Computing (HPC) small-scale cluster. Please refer to CS321 Bonus Project.pdf for more information. You will come up with a recommendation for your solution.

CS321 Bonus Project

Project Goal: provide a comprehensive solution for building a High-Performance Computing

(HPC) small-scale cluster.

Requirement:

1. Total Budget: $2000 - $3000

2. Hardware (energy efficient, expandable, quiet operation)

a. Dell PC1

b. Mac with M1 chip

c. Or DIY computers

d. Any other peripherals for HPC

3. OS and Software

a. An open-source Unix/Linux based system (long-term service)

b. With a bash/zsh shell environment

c. Install SSH server

d. With a task distribution system

4. Nodes

a. Admin nodes

b. Login nodes

c. GPU nodes2

for machine learning

d. General computing nodes (powerful CPU)

5. Networking

a. Public IP (accessible from any authenticated machine)