OK Option 3 is done for the ProxMox Mini PC cluster project. Very sweet but Option 1 is better...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- As promised, I did it! OPTION 3 is built out and working. Some what... And I did it without drilling, cutting or forming metal shelving. Tool-less outside of the screwdrivers I used.. Enjoy and keep having fun with this stuff! Like if you like it....
this is very cool... I think I am going to build a similar cluster and use it for Kubernetes. I think a 3d printer could really expand on this project by improving airflow for option 3 and managing the powersupply/cables. Thanks for sharing!
Loving this series!
I'm still watching the videos, but which of the Dell mini PC's did you elect to use?
nice!!
Thanks
Hi brad, this was a good video, Although i would like to have seen you run these for a month on and off to see what the thermal levels would be like and compare these to the sealed units
i know you cut allot of time out the video as you said its boring but, many people do like this because this is how they learn something but cutting it out also if you make a mistake the they can also see that nothing is perfect.
1. Now i asked you about the possibility of connecting the drives separate through cabling was this a possibility?
2. Now you said you were cautious about running these because of static discharge so if you had tried option 2 from the previous video and had these semi mounted would you still need to have these in a box to protect it from static discharge? If not when you put these back together can you show what option 2 would be like running?
But if you can do a running version of option 2 id like to see that
Options i would like to see in the future would be option 3 that you have done here with these extra ideas although i think youll have to to save up before you would risk it as it is a risk
idea 1 An acrylic box mounted on the server rack
idea 2 have an upright version in a box
idea 3 mounted in a box without the fans and another cooling source something like this
Solid State Active Cooling - Seshu Medhavapeddy - th-cam.com/video/YGxTnGEAx3E/w-d-xo.html
enjoy the video
Yep. You are correct and also getting ahead of me for this is my next video LOL Yes I am doing thermal levels next. I need to test the temp level of Option 3 back and then work my way back down to Option 1. As for your idea of using TED tech or what your call ef SSAC is really base off of TED / TEC tech. ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric_cooling ). This tech has been around for many years and I have use it a lot as well. I will also talk to that and show what it looks like. As for hoe good is the micro-TED that you showed in your link, there is a known issue with this tech. You see when it comes to CPUs and IC chip cooling. It is the surface space vs. the air convection effort rate. They (The makers) know about this issue and it is how they make real money selling these units but in a larger and more costly format. So to do it right the size of the TED (or also known as a TEC...) gets out of control when space is the key thing to worry about. More to come on that front as well. As for the common disk usage. The best solution I can find that can do this is a M.2 SATA/eSATA bridge. ( www.amazon.com/SilverStone-Technology-ECS07-Expansion-SST-ECS07/dp/B0B8TV1QRG/ref=asc_df_B0B8TV1QRG/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=642084241644&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18297605084632177245&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1024038&hvtargid=pla-1875926899629&psc=1®ion_id=972485)
The issue here is that yes only Option 2 will work. the cable management (that can do up to 6 drives.) would be to great to try to mount within the Option 1. It would be a mess but it could be done but would require another three to four inches to clear the boards or just lay the cases flat and manage it that way. I would have to buy those first before I could try it plus it would require a eSATA external dirve case to handle four to six drives each but this would be for each MiniPC so that would be a lot of hardware being added. You could reduce that by using M.2 SAT NVMe like storage and skip toe 2.5 inch format but still the cases would still add a bit to the load out. Let me think on this some... More to come adnthanks for your input as always! Keep having fun and when are you going to start doing this stuff so Icna see your work? / ; >
@@leadiususa7394 I guess my issue brad, is that im only learning networks, the other is like you i have to source the equipment and these micro pc although cheaper than they were are still alot of money to buy within the required no.s you need. i have seen some cheap ones forsale but they require some repair
it would be better if you could mix and match other micro pcs together like lenovo or hp and dell but i do not know if they would all be compatible together also they wouldnt have the benefit of virtual boost that dell has.
The m.2 expansion device you showed looks good
As to using esata this is one way
i dont know if it would also be possible to connect upto a server board with drive on
the other option is using 3.5 inch spining disks
I seriously need to stop watching youtube so much. You sneezed and I said bless you.. geeze..
Now that is funny! and God bless you as well... TY
I am currently doing the same thing in my rack with only enough is also 5 nodes but I am using Lenovo m93p Tiny's
Very cool. Maybe you can do a video on what you have done. let me know if you do... Keep enjoying what you do man!
@leadiususa7394 in mid-modification on going through my options I started to learn aluminum brazing due to not finding the mounting brackets or U/C channels that I wanted. For power, I replaced all the large power bricks with some inexpensive USB C laptop adapters, 65W each for about $2 each. I then added USB C to Lenovo adapters on the end. I have been replacing everything in my rack that has a DC brick or barrel connector with USB C.
My final project may be to empty an old SUN 1U server that I got for free and put all the boards in it, separating the psu out to power them all.
The M93P is a great tiny PC but they are very limited on the number of HDDs with only 1 SATA port and only a wifi M2 slot that I use for a 2.5gb ethernet port. I am currently testing installing Proxmox on a small NVMe that's connected via USB with the SSD for storage. If I can get Ceph to work out I may just go that route and have shared storage for the cluster.