Jason Weatherly @jamesthebard@social.linux.pizza
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This should be the last minirack post for awhile as it's 99.9% finished. It was a very fun build, and it's a heluva-lot quieter than what it replaced. I did lose network bandwidth, but the new cluster does exactly what it's supposed to. Live migrations are fast enough, iSCSI network means that the VMs are snappy storage-wise. The PiKVM + Switch fits perfectly in the basement.

The dual fans fixed the issue of the top Minisforum MS-A2 baking from the heat of the RPis, and the QNAP switch is a beast. I definitely recommend building in a minirack as they're adorable and very, very capable.

The front of the minirack build in the T2. From top to bottom: CRS112 Mikrotik switch, a shelf of 5 RPis (4Bs), 3 Minisforum MS-A2s, and the bottom holds the PiKVM + Switch.The rear of the minirack build in the T2. From top to bottom: QNAP 16-port 10GbE switch with all the ports in use, two Noctua NF-9A fans, three Minisforum MS-A2 servers with dual 2.5GbE and dual 10GbE connections.
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