Odroid My Cluster – MC1 comes with 4x stackable units assembled on the aluminum cases. Each MC1 board is a complete SBC with Octa-Core Samsung Exynos 5422 processor. Odroid MC1 comes with aluminum cases on which the SBCs are mounted. The Odroid MC1 Operating System is compatible with Odroid XU4 / XU4Q. The stackable aluminum cases feature an integrated heatsink and an 80mm USB-Fan that is fixed to the back-end for proper cooling. With a total of 32 Cores and 8GB RAM, Odroid MC1 can run many parallel computing applications including Docker Swarn and Build Farm.
This affordable 32-core cluster computer can run Docker Swarm, Build Farm and many other parallel computing applications
Build Farm
A compile farm is a server farm, a collection of one or more servers, which has been set up to compile computer programs remotely for various reasons.
Here is an example guide to create your own build farm.
https://wiki.odroid.com/odroid-xu4/application_note/software/creating_build_farm
JAVA Parallel programming
An environment ready for experimenting with MPJ Express, a reference implementation of the mpiJava 1.2 API.
https://magazine.odroid.com/article/odroid-mc1-parallel-programming-getting-started/
Hadoop and Spark
Installing HADDOP and SPARK onto an ODROID-XU4 or MC1 cluster.
https://magazine.odroid.com/wp-content/uploads/ODROID-Magazine-201609.pdf#page=18
PXE remote booting setup
How to set the PXE environment (server and clients) using ODROID-XU4/HC1/MC1. Although the NFS is used for the root file system of PXE client in this page, the ramdisk is also useful if the image size of the root filesystem is compact.
https://wiki.odroid.com/odroid-xu4/application_note/software/pxe_boot
CPU/RAM PERFORMANCE
We ran several benchmarks to measure the computing power on the MC1/XU4. The same tests were performed on the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, ODROID-C1+, ODROID-C2 and ODROID-MC1/XU4.
The values of the test results were scaled uniformly for comparison purposes. The computing power of the MC1/XU4 was measured to be ~7 times faster than the latest Raspberry Pi 3 thanks to the 2Ghz Cortex-A15 cores and much higher 64bit-wide memory bandwidth. Using the MC1/XU4 as a computer provides a “professional server like” experience, unlike the sluggish performance of most single-board computers!
Particularly for developers, compiling code on the MC1/XU4 is super fast. The high-performance 2GB DDR3 RAM is an additional advantage allowing most programs to be compiled directly on the MC/1XU4.
Benchmarks (Index Score) | Raspberry Pi 3 | ODROID-C1+ | ODROID-C2 | ODROID-XU4/MC1 |
Unixbench: Dhrystone-2 | 865.4 | 1571.6 | 2768.2 | 5941.4 |
Unixbench: Double-Precision Whetstone (x3) | 1113 | 1887.3 | 3076.8 | 6186.3 |
Nbench 2.2.3: Integer (x40) | 619.92 | 1173.6 | 1808.92 | 2430.52 |
Nbench 2.2.3: Floating-Point (x100) | 781.8 | 1245.3 | 2300.3 | 3787.3 |
mbw100: Memory Bandwidth (MiB/s) | 542.912 | 616.339 | 1472.856 | 2591.461 |
ETHERNET PERFORMANCE
The MC1/XU4 has an on-board Gigabit Ethernet controller. Our bi-directional streaming speed was measured at ~910 Mbps.
Thanks to the advanced technology of the RTL8153 controller, the MC1’s Ethernet controller easily outperforms the connectivity solutions of prior generations.
Test command
Server mode : iperf -s
Client Mode : iperf -c [ip address] -P 10 -W 32k
Ethernet performance | XU3 On-board 100Mbps | XU3 External 1Gbps | MC1/XU4 On-board 1Gbps |
iperf Server on SBC (Mbit/sec) | 114.0 | 419 | 915.0 |
iperf Client on SBC (Mbit/sec) | 114.0 | 625 | 911.0 |
SPECIFICATIONS
CPU | Samsung Exynos5422 ARM® Cortex™-A15 Quad 2.0GHz/Cortex™-A7 Quad 1.4GHz |
DRAM Memory | 2Gbyte LPDDR3 RAM PoP (750Mhz, 12GB/s memory bandwidth, 2x32bit bus) |
GPU | Mali™-T628 MP6 OpenGL ES 3.1 / 3.0 / 2.0 / 1.1 and OpenCL 1.2 Full profile |
Micro-SD Slot | UHS-1 compatible micro-SD slot upto 128GB/SDXC |
USB2.0 Host | HighSpeed USB standard A type connector x 1 port |
LEDs | Power, System-status |
Gbit Ethernet LAN | 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet with RJ-45 Jack ( Auto-MDIX support) |
Power Input | DC Barrel Jack Socket 5.5/21.mm for 4.8V~5.2 input (5V/4A Power supply is recommended for each unit) |
Size | 112 x 93 x 72 mm |