April Community Update thread
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(04-16-2020, 06:05 PM)Paraplegic Racehorse Wrote: I appreciate the reply, fire219. That's a great rundown of ideas, etc.

I still would love to see a PCIe card and drivers to serve as host for SoPine; I think you could comfortably fit four modules, with proper spacing for passive heat sinks, on a full-height and half-length standard format card.

(04-16-2020, 09:11 AM)fire219 Wrote:
(04-15-2020, 02:32 PM)Paraplegic Racehorse Wrote: Power supplies. How many people with SBC clusters have had to kluge together their own? (me! My A64 cluster is powered from a USB hub; awkward but effective) Also handy for any PCIe card(s) that need power not available from the SBC.

We have a power supply designed exactly for A64 cluster use. Wink

::BUZZER:: Nope. That's a power supply for a single clusterboard. My minicluster is made of four Pine64 A64 512MB boards, individually powered via cable from a USB hub (network switch and mini-router also powered from same source!) I've had it since shortly after the original Pine64 board was Kickstarted.

I was thinking something more along the lines of a 120vac (US) or 230vac (EU, NZ, etc.) buck/boost switching 12/24/5.5vdc supply of 100+ watts, and appropriate cabling, such as this:

[Image: s-l300.jpg]

Of course, if there aren't enough individual orders of multiple-SBC boards, it wouldn't make any sense to put it in the store. I get it.

How is the Pine64 in a 4-node cluster configuration like yours? 
[Image: Cluster-Board-600x600.jpg]
I have a small Raspberry Pi 3 cluster (2-node) and a old and ancient PC cluster (8-node made of PII/PIII processors) and have thought about getting the Pine Clusterboard to replace my old PC-based cluster for the energy savings alone!


Messages In This Thread
April Community Update thread - by Luke - 04-15-2020, 07:38 AM
RE: April Community Update thread - by dhosh - 04-15-2020, 07:54 AM
RE: April Community Update thread - by tophneal - 04-15-2020, 09:23 AM
RE: April Community Update thread - by dhosh - 04-15-2020, 06:04 PM
RE: April Community Update thread - by tophneal - 04-15-2020, 06:07 PM
April Community Update thread - by Neat - 04-15-2020, 09:38 AM
RE: April Community Update thread - by fire219 - 04-16-2020, 09:11 AM
RE: April Community Update thread - by as400 - 04-16-2020, 12:05 AM
RE: April Community Update thread - by danielt - 04-16-2020, 04:06 AM
RE: April Community Update thread - by ajbieee - 04-18-2020, 09:24 AM
RE: April Community Update thread - by sebboh - 05-07-2020, 01:02 PM

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