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I'm really hoping a blade like the Uptime.Lab concept [1] makes it to production, because you could cram 15-20 Compute Module 4s, with native NVMe boot, into a

I'm really hoping a blade like the Uptime.Lab concept [1] makes it to production, because you could cram 15-20 Compute Module 4s, with native NVMe boot, into a 1U chassis, for around 100 ARM cores, plus over 100 GB of RAM and whatever amount of SSD storage you can afford. I have been in contact with Ivan, the creator of the board, and I'm currently testing his beta '0.6' version. It really makes racking Pis for simple clusters easy, compared to trying to mash Pi 4s into a rack. There's also the Scalenode [2], but I haven't heard much about it since the first post to GitHub. [1] https://www.instagram.com/p/CRZMXmRLRma/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CRZMXmRLRma/ [2] https://github.com/antmicro/scalenode https://github.com/antmicro/scalenode

postpawl 5y ago
I’ve really enjoyed your videos about all the new boards coming out for the CM4. I can’t wait until it’s easier to get CM4s! I checked newark today and it said they’re backordered out to 2022-02-28.
robbiet480 5y ago
Been watching progress of the Blade for the last few weeks and am very excited for it to hit Kickstarter soon. My only wish would be for it to include IPMI like functions, or at least remote PSU capabilities (although I guess if you’re doing PoE you have remote PSU). And Jeff, thanks for your videos, they are always a highlight of my day whenever a new one comes out. Happy to be a patron!
- rainbowzootsuit 5y ago
  If your wish is not granted and need an add-on kvm, check out one of these: https://tinypilotkvm.com/ https://tinypilotkvm.com/ https://pikvm.org/download.html https://pikvm.org/download.html
laumars 5y ago
Is there any more content on the RPi rack that’s not on Instagram? Seems I can’t even view odd pictures on their mobile site without signing up :(
- thinkmassive 5y ago
  He also posts a lot on his Twitter: https://twitter.com/Merocle https://twitter.com/Merocle
  - laumars 5y ago
    Thank you
- geerlingguy 5y ago
  In addition to his Twitter (which has some, but not all, the Instagram pics), I hope to post a video on my channel featuring the board soon. I've been messing with it for a few days. Has some interesting features that I think some people will really like, that make it a great board to deploy remote / colocated.
puzzlingcaptcha 5y ago
It is a shame that CM4 with its BCM2711 SoC does not support the optional ARMv8 crypto extension. Could make a lot of difference in that kind of application. I always wished for more SBCs on the Marvell Armada 3700 platform but nothing much materialized beyond the maligned ESPRESSObin. Instead it was a race to the bottom as usual. At least some Rockchip and Allwinner SoCs have them, in exchange for other warts.
- hinkley 5y ago
  People have been terminating session encryption at the load balancer for a couple of decades now. A little heterogeneity isn't a crime.
beiller 5y ago
When we gonna get some hardware accelerated opengl running on the pi. Keep up the amazing work!

postpawl 5y ago

I’ve really enjoyed your videos about all the new boards coming out for the CM4. I can’t wait until it’s easier to get CM4s! I checked newark today and it said they’re backordered out to 2022-02-28.

robbiet480 5y ago

Been watching progress of the Blade for the last few weeks and am very excited for it to hit Kickstarter soon. My only wish would be for it to include IPMI like functions, or at least remote PSU capabilities (although I guess if you’re doing PoE you have remote PSU). And Jeff, thanks for your videos, they are always a highlight of my day whenever a new one comes out. Happy to be a patron!

rainbowzootsuit 5y ago
If your wish is not granted and need an add-on kvm, check out one of these: https://tinypilotkvm.com/ https://tinypilotkvm.com/ https://pikvm.org/download.html https://pikvm.org/download.html

laumars 5y ago

Is there any more content on the RPi rack that’s not on Instagram? Seems I can’t even view odd pictures on their mobile site without signing up :(

thinkmassive 5y ago
He also posts a lot on his Twitter: https://twitter.com/Merocle https://twitter.com/Merocle
- laumars 5y ago
  Thank you
geerlingguy 5y ago
In addition to his Twitter (which has some, but not all, the Instagram pics), I hope to post a video on my channel featuring the board soon. I've been messing with it for a few days. Has some interesting features that I think some people will really like, that make it a great board to deploy remote / colocated.

puzzlingcaptcha 5y ago

It is a shame that CM4 with its BCM2711 SoC does not support the optional ARMv8 crypto extension. Could make a lot of difference in that kind of application. I always wished for more SBCs on the Marvell Armada 3700 platform but nothing much materialized beyond the maligned ESPRESSObin. Instead it was a race to the bottom as usual. At least some Rockchip and Allwinner SoCs have them, in exchange for other warts.

hinkley 5y ago
People have been terminating session encryption at the load balancer for a couple of decades now. A little heterogeneity isn't a crime.

beiller 5y ago

When we gonna get some hardware accelerated opengl running on the pi. Keep up the amazing work!