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Looks very cool. But what is a "cloud cluster"? It's evidently not a cluster in the cloud as it's a bit of physical hardware they are using. I guess it could be a cluster that could be used as part of a cloud, but then isn't that the same as saying it's a "cluster"?

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It's could-ish because it's running TyphoonAE, which in turn runs applications that can scale dynamically according to load without much consideration as to where in the cluster they run.

It's a cloud, just a very tiny one you can power from one power outlet.

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