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>The most common Mac mini rack mount enclosure holds 2 minis in 1ru That sounds wasteful to me. Is that really the most common way for mac hosting companies t
by tyingq 5y ago
>The most common Mac mini rack mount enclosure holds 2 minis in 1ru
That sounds wasteful to me. Is that really the most common way for mac hosting companies to do it?
- technobabbler 5y agoDo they have an alternative?
- tyingq 5y agoI imagine you could get 4 in 1U if you used all the depth, and perhaps more dense by putting them onto their side in 4U (maybe 5U..not sure how tall a M1 Mini is). I don't know to what degree cooling is an issue, where you don't want the exhaust of one feeding the inlet of another.
- pantalaimon 5y agoThey could simply ditch the case, the board alone is pretty small.
- runako 5y agohttps://www.macstadium.com/datacenters https://www.macstadium.com/datacenters There's an image there that appears to have the units mounted sideways for perhaps 6 minis in 2 RU?
- tyingq 5y agoSeems like it would have to be 5U if sideways...the M1 minis are 7.7 inches / 19.7cm tall.
- chx 5y agoAt Amazon scale, I imagine they strip the original chassis and use only the motherboard with custom power and cooling for some insane density. As visible here https://youtu.be/R4ArjHz4gd4?t=192 https://youtu.be/R4ArjHz4gd4?t=192 you could save some significant space doing so.
- jpraczyk 5y agoSorry to disappoint you https://www.servethehome.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AWS-EC2-Apple-Mac-Mini-Node-in-Rack.jpg https://www.servethehome.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AWS-...
- kingcharles 5y agoWell, I guess Amazon get to keep their warranty...