Idea: Create computing cluster using labs desktop

[sedflix]

Description: There are lots of labs desktop in our college and they are lying idle for most of the time. The idea is to create a cluster with them so that we can use their computing power whenever desired.

Possible Features:

• CLI way to submit tasks to facilitate automation
• GUI way to submit tasks to facilitate adoption

Potential Challenges:

• Installing it on all the machine
• Handling when desktops are turned off

Problem(s) it Solves:

• Could be used for training ML models for projects

Resources:

• None

Possible Implementations:

• Create a docker swarm
• Create a kubernetes cluster- installing it can be pain but it offers lot more sophisticated feature than dokcer swarm
  This is prefered than installing something like Apache Spark because the above setup will offer us to run almost any application.

[peey]

The top comment is always edited and kept updated.

Original Post For Reference:

Description: There are lots of labs desktop in our college and they are lying idle for most of the time. The idea is to create a cluster with them so that we can use their computing power whenever desired.

Possible Features:

• People can submit distributed task and ...

Potential Challenges:

• Installing it on all the machine
• Handling when desktops are turned off

Problem(s) it Solves:

• 🤷‍♂️

Resources:

• None

Possible Implementations:

• Create a docker swarm
• Create a kubernetes cluster- installing it can be pain but it offers lot more sophisticated feature than dokcer swarm
  This is prefered than installing something like Apache Spark because the above setup will offer us to run almost any application.

[sedflix]

What?

[peey]

@sedflix I edited your comment to add some stuff. Features and problems it solves in particular. Repo owners can edit other people's posts, apparently