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What is the point of Raspberry Pi Clusters

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I was scrolling through reddit and found many images of Raspberry Pi Clusters and I was thinking ? what would be a suitable use case for one,   since its definate that a Intel nuc would be more powerful than 2/3/4 Raspberry Pi's.  

 

Thanks for any replies! 

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Simple practise for cluster computing is one example. It's easier and cheaper to set up and you can't really break anything important.

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Testing new builds and their deployment on a few different machines is an example.

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4 raspberry pi's might cost 200-250$ to set up. A NUC will definitely cost more than that, and/or  be slower. 

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A cluster of raspberry pi's also would be more versatile in a hobby or learning environment. You can always re-purpose them for something else.

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Thanks guys!  I have read that people use them to teach clustering as well and I thought that was the only real use. 

Used to be everywhere in LTT forums, had a break which lasted apparently 1 year LOL. 

Gonna get up againnnn.

Wake me up if I sleep again like Oppy. 

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