Hello,
I'm new to this, so I'll be learning along the way.
I have the following devices, which I'm looking to house:
I have a few questions:
Here's the list of racks that MIGHT fit my use case:
Finally:
Source: https://rasmurym.wordpress.com/2022/12/19/homelab-expansion-turing-pi-2/
I'm new to this, so I'll be learning along the way.
I have the following devices, which I'm looking to house:
- 1x TuringPi 2 - with 3x Raspberry Pi CM4s + 1x Turing RK1
- 1x CWWK N305 - Purple Board - mini-ITX - with Jonsbo Radiator
- 4x MG09 SATA HDDs
I have a few questions:
- With my Turing PI since so many CM4s are attached, how do I ensure that 2U is indeed an adequate height to house the TuringPi?
- With the Jonsbo Radiator can by CWWK N305 board still fit into a 2U?
- I'm able to get one Intel X520-10G-2S-X8 dual SFP+ 10G NIC (standard or lower profile) to attach to the available PCIe slot of CWWK.
- Will I still be able to fit into a 2U case if attached to the PCIe slot of the CWWK?
- From what I understand the bandwidth for the PCIe on CWWK cannot hit 10G, what is theoretically achievable?
- Do I need a riser card?
- TuringPi needs 160W, CWWK needs about 23W, HDDs need 4.5W * 4 = 18 W, is a bronze power supply of 200W for each of the boards enough? Shall I aim for golden/platinum? Power is expensive where I live.
Here's the list of racks that MIGHT fit my use case:
- CircoTech - RM 2270 - RM-2270 2U Dual Mini-ITX MB 14" Deep Rackmount Case - 4 * 3.5 inch SATA trays available. - about $540 with PSU
- PLinkUsa.com/Rackmount.com - TWIN-ITX-S2082 - 2U Rackmount Chassis Twin ITX ; 17.64" deep Case 8 x SATA/SAS Tray / Multilane Backplane ; 2 x 2.5" HDD Bays TWIN-ITX-S2082 (PLinkUSA.com / RackBuy.com) - 8 * 3.5 inch SATA Trays available - About $430 with PSU
- Travla/KiwaTech.com - T2240 - TAWA-T2240 | 開偉科技股份有限公司 - 4 * 3.5inch SATA trays available - no pricing available yet
- Travla/KiwaTech.com - T2241 - TAWA-T2241 | 開偉科技股份有限公司 - 4 * 3.5inch SATA trays available - no pricing available yet
- Travla/KiwaTech.com - T2280 - TAWA-T2280 | 開偉科技股份有限公司 - 8 * 3.5inch SATA trays available - no pricing available yet
- Travla/KiwaTech.com - T2281 - TAWA-T2281 | 開偉科技股份有限公司 - 8 * 3.5inch SATA trays available - no pricing available yet
- Myelectronics.nl - 6875 - 19 inch 2U mini-ITX case for Dual Mini-ITX short depth rack mountable - no 3.5 inch SATA trays - About $235
- cablematic.com - CK018 - Server case rackmount chassis 19 inch IPC mini-ITX 2U 4x3.5 inch depth - No 3.5 inch SATA trays - About $125
- AliExpress.us - EKI-M236 - https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807897262637.html - 4 * 3.5inch SATA trays available - $220 (with shipping and tax)
Finally:
- Does anyone have any recommendations?
- How do I eventually figure out which ones will work well?
Source: https://rasmurym.wordpress.com/2022/12/19/homelab-expansion-turing-pi-2/