Re: News : ARM Trying to Buy AmperComputing

On 1/22/25 4:28 AM, D wrote:

  On Tue, 21 Jan 2025, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
 

On 1/21/25 4:13 AM, D wrote:

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On Mon, 20 Jan 2025, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
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On 1/20/25 3:58 PM, D wrote:

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On Mon, 20 Jan 2025, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
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On 1/20/25 5:10 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 20/01/2025 09:30, D wrote:

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 The Pi hat or OMV ?

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The pi, with directly connected spinning disks. Does the hat have its own extra power supply?

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I've managed to get a P4 I think to run one spinning rust disk without extra power.
Strictly it depends on the disk.
The pi hat for 5 drives has an external 60W PSU

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 Used to run an external USB magnetic from
 a Pi4 ... worked just fine. TWO of them,
 well, not so sure.
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 The 5-drive hat ... Philosopher says it needs
 at least a 12v/5a supply, esp if you're gonna
 run all magnetics. I have a couple of those
 around, may have to splice on the right plug ...

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This is promising!

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 Gotta whip together SOME kind of holding frame.
 The Pi, hat and drives just kinda stick up there
 by gravity as-is. May still have some sheets
 of ABS plastic ... a little epoxy .....
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Go to your friendly neighbourhood 3d printer! =) Wouldn't that work?

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 Umm ... that'd be a lot more expensive than just
 cutting/gluing some raw plastic sheets  :-)

 Interesting! Had no idea 3d printing was that expensive in comparison.

   More than I can justify now ...
   For a relatively minimal box to hold the Pi/Hat/Drives,
   figuring 4x5x10 inches. Tiny printers may not be able
   to do that. COULD do it in snap-together pieces maybe.

 There exists some thin 'expanded aluminum' sheets
 that are normally used on the bottom half of
 screen doors - silver or pretty gold. They are
 easy to cut and bend tight. Look around in
 a Lowes store. I've used that for make-do
 enclosures before.
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https://www.lowes.com/pd/M-D-24-in-x-3-ft-Aluminum-Sheet-Metal/1000243353

 Strange, I get access denied.

   Accessing from inside the USA ?
   Anyway, they're relatively thin anodized aluminum sheet
   with a 'decorative' pattern punched through. I've seen
   several variations. In any case they look good and are
   easy to cut and bend to shape. The downside could be
   partial blocking of wifi/BT signals if you cover the
   Pi itself. If yer NAS is hard-wired though, no issue.

 If you have one of these :
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https://www.northerntool.com/products/ironton-portable-sheet-metal-bending-brake-30in-wide-101452 >
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 then you're way ahead of the game.
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 I think of a Pi as "economy" and thus keep the
 apps/add-ons kinda cheap. Otherwise I'd use some
 kind of desktop.
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 Alas those cheap BeeLink/BMax units only have
 one SATA port so you can add an SSD drive in
 the bottom of the box. I think Orinco sells
 a "SATA hub" ... kinda like a USB hub ... that
 can turn one into many. Dunno if it only works
 with Winders drivers however .......