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Need to add 50 micro-pcs to my homelab (dabbing in AI / clustered computing) - Seeking advice on how to rackmount. (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by StartupTim@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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Hello all,

I'm going to be adding 50 micro pcs to my homelab, something similar to this: https://i.imgur.com/SvVeHLu.png Each unit is roughly 4.5 in x 4.5 in x 2.5 in and has hardly any weight to it.

I'd like to find a way to rackmount these in the most space efficient manner. For example, having each of these units slotted in from the top/down, similar to this mock-up I made: https://i.imgur.com/zRc4b7G.png

My research so far has shown me this: https://i.imgur.com/AWznyB5.png which is a simple rackmount on a slider that is metal. I imagine I could maybe build some sort of support framework on top of it to handle sliding things in, albeit I am not entirely sure how. Maybe I could 3d print something.

Would anybody have any ideas on how I could build a server rack that would support something like this, ideally something that is on slide-out bearings?

Note: I have a pretty healthy budget to buy whatever or modify whatever, so that should help option some options.

Thanks in advance!

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[–] cruzaderNO@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Strange setup for AI with the specs/chips usualy in the nucs/minis.

But unless you plan to strip the pcbs out of the case etc type stuff they will not be happy running very dense.

If you got a healthy budget id expect you to look towards the stuff made for rack and the usecase.

[–] StartupTim@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've already done testing and hardware validation, so we're beyond that point. Simply put, the mini PC hardware just has better price/performance than any server counterpart that I've seen or tested as of yet.

All my testing shows that, from a price and performance perspective, this would be the route to go. So at this point, I'm just looking for the rackmount solution.

[–] cruzaderNO@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

So at this point, I'm just looking for the rackmount solution.

And multiple has been posted, so problem solved then i guess.