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I thought having mine watering plants automatically was pretty cool.
I see now I was wrong.
I thought having mine watering plants automatically was pretty cool.
I see now I was wrong.
Had a bunch of RPi4s that were pulled out of another project, along with a bunch of PoE hats. Also picked up a rack setup a couple years back, during the shortages, when its price was depressed. Added a PoE switch and a desktop rack. Impractical, but I hate ebaying stuff and it's for the lulz.
Had all sorts of weird issues with them, couldn't figure it out; wound up replacing the network cables with fancy-shmancy cat7. Might've been a grounding issue the shielded cables fixed.
Had a bunch of RPi4s that were pulled out of another project, along with a bunch of PoE hats. Also picked up a rack setup a couple years back, during the shortages, when its price was depressed. Added a PoE switch and a desktop rack. Impractical, but I hate ebaying stuff and it's for the lulz.
Had all sorts of weird issues with them, couldn't figure it out; wound up replacing the network cables with fancy-shmancy cat7. Might've been a grounding issue the shielded cables fixed.
What's that, a beowulf cluster?
What's that, a beowulf cluster?
Just about to ask this. Did a project like that well over a decade ago using crappy 300mhz PC's.
Just about to ask this. Did a project like that well over a decade ago using crappy 300mhz PC's.
Playing with one, maybe. Kubernetes is a more useful tool for clustering. But these won't really be any more efficient than a single modern desktop-type machine.
Playing with one, maybe. Kubernetes is a more useful tool for clustering. But these won't really be any more efficient than a single modern desktop-type machine.
PoE RPi4 cluster, very impressive.
These things shine when you can do parallel I/O, not as much if you just exploit their CPU power, I'm sure you're aware if you pulled these from another project.
Does that rack setup hide all that precious the I/O or did you bring those pins out to build upon?
PoE RPi4 cluster, very impressive.
These things shine when you can do parallel I/O, not as much if you just exploit their CPU power, I'm sure you're aware if you pulled these from another project.
Does that rack setup hide all that precious the I/O or did you bring those pins out to build upon?
The PoE hats block the PIO unfortunately. If I find something I want them to monitor or control I'll have to figure out a solution.
The PoE hats block the PIO unfortunately. If I find something I want them to monitor or control I'll have to figure out a solution.
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