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Lower power if you have idle stuff running in the cluster but need RAM to run it. Mini PCs also work. These are also portable and quiet so you can stick it in
by nijave 2y ago
Lower power if you have idle stuff running in the cluster but need RAM to run it. Mini PCs also work.
These are also portable and quiet so you can stick it in your bedroom and leave it running 24/7 without feeling like you're in a data center (so it's more accessible to people in shared housing)
- yencabulator 2y agoBut what size of a NUC do you need to have the power of 3 RPis, and virtualize on that for learning? I'd expect just about any decent x86 box to be able to pull that off, and they can be silent / fanless / suspend too. Actually, you might have a better chance of finding a fanless NUC than running latest RPi fanless. My brandless fanless mini PCs from 2016 are doing great. i5, 32 GB RAM etc. For a lot more oomph, get https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-um790-pro?variant=43865372885237 https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-um790-pro?v... (though Ryzen 9 -> fan).
- nijave 2y agoNUCs are a good option but even if they're used they're usually more expensive if you want multi node. I was thinking more these use cases where it's "quantity" over "quality" where you want multiple nodes to test/learn a topology but they end up sitting idle (well, idle CPU and using some RAM)