[ale] [OT] Small, inexpensive cases or using threaded rods?

[Charles Shapiro]

Hmm.  For design things like this, you might want to hit up Freeside
Atlanta ( https://wiki.freesideatlanta.org/fs/Info ). They have a mailing
list and a meetup every Tuesday. Every other Tuesday meeting is for working
on current projects, but on the other ones you could discuss this with
someone in person. Ther're lots of smart folks with experience in just this
kind of problem out there.  They also know local sources for cheap plastic
sheet and threaded rod.

-- CHS


On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 5:53 PM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:

> A cluster for what purpose?
> It matters.
>
> I have a $100 system - it plays videos and serves storage, but not much
> else -
> it just doesn't have the CPU to do much else.
>
> At that price point, the compute power will be highly limited.
>
> On 09/09/2014 05:28 PM, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > Afternoon,
> >
> > Work is done so I can turn my attention to better things :)
> >
> > I'm looking at building a small cluster of 4 systems. Each
> > system will have just the MB, memory, processor, and
> > maybe an SSD or HD (no more than 2 per node). The
> > boards are all micro-ATX or mini-ITX and I'm not sure which
> > one I'm getting. I'm thinking about put each system in a
> > small case with a power supply but I'd like to keep the
> > case small.
> >
> > In looking at Newegg the smaller cases are all fairly pricey
> > even without power supplies ($40-$80). The MB+CPU is less
> > than $100 (I don't know how much memory I'll put in just
> > yet). Any recommendations? (BTW - the CPUs draw 25W).
> >
> > The other alternative is going the "threaded rod" route. I've
> > seen lots of people do this but I've never done. This would
> > allow me to dump the case. Maybe something like this:
> >
> > http://www.calvin.edu/~adams/research/microwulf/
> >
> > Has anyone done this before and could give me some advice
> > offline?
> >
> > TIA and sorry for the interruption.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
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