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You don't need a 42u rack. You can run a cluster of Raspberry Pi's hidden in your basement ceiling rafters like me.

• ryukafalz 5y ago
  Short throw from that to this classic: > <erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is. http://www.bash.org/?5273 http://www.bash.org/?5273
  • frrlpp 5y ago
    Ha. Classic.
  • geocrasher 5y ago
    https://www.theregister.com/2001/04/12/missing_novell_server_discovered_after/ https://www.theregister.com/2001/04/12/missing_novell_server...
• Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago
  Racks are not that expensive, and are a very good way to keep things connected, powered, accessible and tidy. Heaps of Pis in rafters will quickly turn into a cable spaghetti hell tied into ugly knots.
  • BenjiWiebe 5y ago
    I agree, when you get to a larger scale. 3-5 RPi's won't make to much spaghetti.
    • Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago
      Even for that I'd get a 8-12U box and connect everything using cable organizers and a patch panel.
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  • justinclift 5y ago
    Sounds like a new category of specialist rack is needed. Introducing the... "RafterRack™" ;)
  • cerved 5y ago
    what if you live in van, studio or apartment? You can't just fit a rack anywhere
  • bmurphy1976 5y ago
    What makes you think cable management for a bunch of Raspberry Pi's is any more difficult than cable management for a large rack?