• Jim_Screechy@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Meh, this isn’t what is seems. OP is just being cute. My guess is that he is imaging these hosts from a WDS server or similar. I’ve done deployments that mimic this setup exactly (though considerably more neatly), and its very typical to misconstrue what is actually happening at a glance.

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    1 year ago

    I would suggest to get a rack with shelves, rack mountable PDU strips, and a rack mountable switch.

  • iMadrid11@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Mount the mini PC into shelves inside a server cabinet.

    Patch panels for shorter and clean Ethernet cable runs.

    Server rack mount power supply, instead of bricks plugged into power strips.

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    1 year ago

    I was up against this last year, 130 Lenovo m75Q’s, how to fit 130 into a 42u rack including powerbricks. Solution was 3d printing.

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    1 year ago

    Other than mounting the switch above and running the network cables up the rear there doesn’t seem to be a easy solution

  • gizzlyxbear@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I only have a passing interest in homelab stuff, but I just wanted to say that I got really excited because I thought those were a bunch of PS2s. Thought this was gonna be some weird FFXI or Battlefront LAN system.

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      1 year ago

      Well at least all do run some graphics so there is some truth close to that

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      1 year ago

      I run certain AI bots that require integrated cpu graphics to run 24/7

  • theresmorethan42@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Get a cheap UCS or super micro server on eBay. You can get a stupid number of cores and RAM for just about nothing, then you have one box, and altogether probably a LOT less power draw