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====== Raspèin Project ======
//University of Bologna. Cesena Campus//

//Department of Computer Science and Engineering (DISI)//

Welcome to the Raspèin Project homepage. **The goal of this project was to build a very cheap computing cluster using 64** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi|Raspberry Pi]] **boards** interconnected with a Fast Ethernet network. The boards were housed in a chassis made of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego|Lego bricks]].

The Raspèin cluster was useful for both teaching and research purposes. For example, it has been used for the design and evaluation of [[:start|Parallel And Distributed Simulation]], [[paga:index|Parallel Algorithms]] and for the aims of the [[http://smartcity.csr.unibo.it|Smart City Lab]].

The assembly of the Raspèin cluster has been possible thanks to the financial support of [[http://serinar.criad.unibo.it|Ser.In.Ar.]]. <color #dd3333>**At the end of 2018, the cluster has been dismantled.**</color>

The construction diaryof the raspèin cluster please is still available in the [[raspein:changelog|construction diary]] section. The raspèin cluster was on public display at the [[http://corsi.unibo.it/Laurea/IngegneriaScienzeInformatiche/Pagine/default.aspx|Corso di Laurea in Ingegneria e Scienze Informatiche]], Via Sacchi 3, Cesena.

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