On May 8, 2015, at 10:24 PM, charles@thefnf.org wrote:
Pi dimensions:
3.37 l (5 front to back) 2.21 w (6 wide) 0.83 h 25 per U (rounding down for Ethernet cable space etc) = 825 pi
Cable management and heat would probably kill this before it ever reached completion, but lol…
This feels like it should be a Friday thread. :) If you’re really going for density: - At 0.83 inches high you could go 2x per U (depends on your mounting system and how much space it burns) - I’d expect you could get at least 7 wide if not 8 with the right micro-USB power connector - In most datacenter racks I’ve seen you could get at least 8 deep even with cable breathing room So somewhere between 7x8x2 = 112 and 8x8x2 = 128 per U. And if you get truly creative about how you stack them you could probably beat that without too much effort. This doesn’t solve for cooling, but I think even at these numbers you could probably make it work with nice, tight cabling. -c