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    1212'''How fast is it?''' 
    13 In 2008 we achieved 53.44 GFLOPS with 8 cores (Intel Core2). At the time this put the price/performance at $39.15/GFLOP. We are currently testing Sandy-bridge processors and expect to  
     13In 2008 we achieved 53.44 GFLOPS with 8 cores (Intel Core2). At the time this put the price/performance at $39.15/GFLOP (double precision). We are currently testing Sandy-bridge processors we expect continued impressive results. Note, benchmarking results in HPC are very application specific. While a GPU might match the performance of a small cluster for some applications, it is not a general purpose computing device and therefore is not as flexible as a cluster.  Take a look at [wiki:NorbertLimulus The Norbert Limulus Cluster] for more information on our prototype system. 
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    2323There are several ares where a personal cluster can useful (i.e where you own the reset switch) 
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    25 * system administrators - a cluster sandbox to try new things, test software packages 
    26 * software developers - a private software development environment 
    27 * academic projects - instructional hardware, student projects, learn to run real HPC codes 
    28 * cloud staging - stage and develop cloud HPC software before launching it to the cloud 
    29 * small scale production work - test ideas, run applications under your control 
    30 * small and medium business HPC - explore how HPC an help manufacturing without a huge investment 
     25 * system administrators - a cluster sandbox to try new things, test software packages 
     26 * software developers - a private software development environment 
     27 * academic projects - instructional hardware, student projects, learn to run real HPC codes 
     28 * cloud staging - stage and develop cloud HPC software before launching it to the cloud 
     29 * small scale production work - test ideas, run applications under your control 
     30 * small and medium business HPC - explore how HPC an help manufacturing without a huge investment 
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    3232== Obtaining A Limulus ==