3 ms·
I very much want to build a N100/N200 cluster. The Asrock N100DC-ITX board is almost there, but they missed with only one on-board realtek NIC. Perfect would
by topspin 3y ago
I very much want to build a N100/N200 cluster. The Asrock N100DC-ITX board is almost there, but they missed with only one on-board realtek NIC.
Perfect would be mini-itx N100/200, two M.2 slots, two Intel 2.5 GbE NICs, 16/32 GB RAM, a fanless heatsink and DC powered. Don't care much about anything else on the board; 3x USB and whatever video is cheapest is all that's needed.
The N100/N200/N305 parts only have 9 PCIe lanes, so one of the two M.2s would need to be cut back to 2x lanes (call that the boot device, whatever.)
- methou 3y agoThe onboard NIC is barely needed, if there's an dedicated IPMI net port, I would rather go with dedicated NICs, like mellanox cx5 or cx6, you can find cheap 10/24/40/100G mlnx cards on AliExpress, with lots cluster specific featuress
- topspin 3y agoI suppose. My intent is to avoid any add-on cards so I can stack these with standoffs and cool it all with a few quiet 140mm fans.
- vladvasiliu 3y agoYou could probably get away with some low-profile cards, which shouldn't be much taller than the board's heatsink.