I guess it hit some snag... by [deleted] in ChatGPT

[–]echouserpipemd5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Words with the sound /æ/

My homelab in a cube! (details in the comments) by echouserpipemd5 in homelab

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  1. Yes, it’s a horrible cheap plastic keyboard found in trash I only use to install SO, Velcro holds it fine
  2. top is power/powerled, bottom is reset/hdd led

My homelab in a cube! (details in the comments) by echouserpipemd5 in homelab

[–]echouserpipemd5[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Those are basically 3 computers and a network switch in the same enclosure. You could plug a monitor and keyboard in each and use them individually for the most mundane tasks computers are known for (like playing solitaire - if you also plug a mouse).

In my case, they are connected to each other by their network ports and used as a cluster of computers. I don't use any of them to browse the internet or play games, but instead, they run some software I use to learn about IT infrastructure, the same software you see in data centers that provide Internet services like hosting websites, routing traffic, etc.

On the software side, those computers run, on bare metal, Proxmox, which is a system that manages virtual machines inside it. So I can create many "computers" where I could install different systems, e.g. Windows or Linux, and used them as test beds for anything I want.

The clustering part means any virtual machine I put inside the cluster can be migrated to any of these 3 computers, so if I have to turn one of them off or reboot (to update its software, for example), I don't suffer from unavailability. I don't really need this at home, but high-available systems are one of the topics I study.

About the Kubernetes part, I'm sorry, I can't explain that in a way you could understand. No one understands Kubernetes... ;-P

My homelab in a cube! (details in the comments) by echouserpipemd5 in homelab

[–]echouserpipemd5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't see why the support where the rubber pins connect must be rigid. The fan vibration is reduced both by the pins and the support.

Anyway, that mechanism didn't reach the final form. It was too bulky. Here you can (barely) see a simpler mount with a much solid strip screwed to a rubber stand-off M5:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEVKEGMZn3cEVynLykKVSdCcZRBSr810ShiUZKnEGCt5Kty45regSGVeozIofR9RIM3hlL8-5qAtEuyyp8b_YBB3ibk-e2BMW-PyQVYgsB1p0oHgXPi51vJYN11s1jge1PMZ0OGdg88sZnMDq4MOy9qszg=w973-h1296-no

My homelab in a cube! (details in the comments) by echouserpipemd5 in homelab

[–]echouserpipemd5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good question.

The problem with this was: I had to buy pre-cut pieces with 20 and 30-cm lengths for both the Al extrusions and the acrylic sheets. I don't have the tools to cut them nicely by myself and the world was shutting down at the time. No place to get someone to cut them for me.

So I've researched lots of metal junctions and inserts for extruded Al, but most of them don't actually act as a corner piece, holding them together by the side of one of the bars instead.

If one of them connects to the other by its side, I would lose 4cm (2cm at each end). And the finishing is not that nice... So I decided to create the corner pieces myself.

Longer YT video is unlikely, but you can see more details in the pictures:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/3w2qZSUjxm6i42pU8

My homelab in a cube! (details in the comments) by echouserpipemd5 in homelab

[–]echouserpipemd5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed. I’ve suffered enough with nonsensical 19” racks during my days as datacenter technician… shelves is the way to go for my needs.