[179873] in North American Network Operators' Group

home help back first fref pref prev next nref lref last post

Re: Rasberry pi - high density

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Taht)
Sat May 9 19:15:53 2015

X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <21838.22583.909425.654573@world.std.com>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2015 16:15:51 -0700
From: Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com>
To: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org

On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com> wrote:
>
> On May 9, 2015 at 00:24 charles@thefnf.org (charles@thefnf.org) wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  > So I just crunched the numbers. How many pies could I cram in a rack?
>
> For another list I just estimated how many M.2 SSD modules one could
> cram into a 3.5" disk case. Around 40 w/ some room to spare (assuming
> heat and connection routing aren't problems), at 500GB/each that's
> 20TB in a standard 3.5" case.

I could see liquid cooling such a device. insert the whole thing into oil.
how many pcie slots are allowed in the standards?

> It's getting weird out there.

Try to project your mind forward another decade with capability/cost like t=
his:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/nine-dollar-computer-kickstarter/

I hope humanity=C2=B4s last act will be to educate the spambots past their =
current
puerile contemplation of adolescent fantasies and into contemplating faust.

> --
>         -Barry Shein
>
> The World              | bzs@TheWorld.com           | http://www.TheWorld=
.com
> Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 800-THE-WRLD        | Dial-Up: US, PR, Ca=
nada
> Software Tool & Die    | Public Access Internet     | SINCE 1989     *oo*



--=20
Dave T=C3=A4ht
Open Networking needs **Open Source Hardware**

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+EricRaymond/posts/JqxCe2pFr67

home help back first fref pref prev next nref lref last post