Mein Bladecenterprojekt mit #computeblade und #raspberrypi #cm4 ist bei den Kieler Linuxtagen #kilux sehr gut angekommen. Am Stand war der Freitag komplett mit Fachgesprächen über die Hardware und das Projekt gefüllt. Samstag wurde etwas ruhiger aber auch der Vortrag war voll besetzt.

Am Freitag ist es wieder soweit. Die Kieler Linux und Opersource Tage öffnen Ihre Türen.

Ich bin dieses Jahr für die #lugfl wieder dabei und stelle mein Bladecenterprojekt mit #computeblade für den #raspberrypi vor.

Sehen wir und dort?

https://kilux.de/

Unfortunately due to tariffs we are not able to purchase more Compute Blades for our GreenWare project without paying 20% in import tariffs. As a state and federally tax exempt organization, it’s unfortunate that we are being taxed by our government. ☹️

#Tariff #Tariffs #GreenComputing #ComputeBlade #RaspberryPi

Donnerstag abends NVMe Storage für mein Bladecenter in Enge Sande bestellt. Das sind ca 400km mit dem PKW. In ein paar Minuten soll die Lieferung da sein. Kann mir mal jemand sagen, warum ein Brief von Hamburg nach Flensburg (<200km) immer noch Teilweise 10 Tage braucht?

Aber mein Bladecenter nimmt langsam gestalt an. Fehlen nur noch 7 #cm4 oder #cm5 und das Gehäuse.
#computeblade

My #HomeLab has grown way beyond the clean and simple setup from 1.5 years ago. Time to optimize — but let’s be real, a HomeLab is never done.

#RaspberryPi #FritzBox #Unifi #IkeaSkadis #Skadis #ComputeBlade #Selfhosted #ZigBee #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

Another upgrade for the #Homelab: #3Dprinted a mount for the #ComputeBlade to get it onto the #IKEA #Skadis board. Simple, but solid for now!

#RaspberryPi #3Dprint

Well, that was smooth—mounted my existing NVMe and #RaspberryPi CM4 to the #ComputeBlade, powered it via PoE, and it booted right up. Took 5 minutes.

Hardest part? Designing a mounting case for it in the next days.

#homelab

Finally got my #Kickstarter-backed #ComputeBlade! Replacing my last #RasperryPi 4 node in the #K3S cluster—now all worker nodes are PoE-powered.

#homelab

First pass at 10” rack modular design derivative of Uptime Lab’s blade runner for #computeblade. I’ve got a few things to iron out before the blades arrive, airflow alignment, rear rack supports, and getting it printed in something better than PLA.

https://www.printables.com/model/1131235-modular-tiny-uptime-lab-bladerunner-for-10-rack

The #computeblade heatsink looks better sanded.

Looks unlikely I'll get the rest of my order, though. One of the blades is bad, too.

First #computeblade node deployed. Unfortunately I didn’t manage to get CoreOS running just yet. But at some point I‘ll manage! More to be deployed soon (need to get a PoE switch first 😬) #homelab #selfhosted #raspberrypi

On my everlasting quest to get rid of everything x86, I just ordered a #computeblade chassis, a RPI carrier & a RPI4 8GB compute module for testing. Looking forward to it, but sounds promising! https://computeblade.com

Just learned about this https://computeblade.com and their website aesthetic is excellent. #ComputeBlade

Received the new #ComputeBlade by
@merocle two days ago. FreeBSD is now up and running – thanks to some BSD & EFI magic.
Now I can finally run automated tests for FreeBSD ports on #onARM with a scalable #RaspberryPi cluster.
How-to coming soon🚀 #FreeBSD #Homelab
@armsoftwaredev

Ooh, almost forgot the important part.

#computeblade #homelab

I'm not much of a [ahem] fan of how the cooling is mounted. I'll have to wrap up those cables somehow, and the board just kind of sits there, mostly held in by the rubbery material on the fans.

#computeblade #homelab

Aww, the cm4 board has a little smile for me. Wait, what?

#computeblade #homelab

Sigh, metal shaving in the SSD screw post. Hadn't planned on all this machining.

#computeblade #homelab

Okay, back on my shit again. I found a 3mm tap, but not a bottoming tap so I'm just drilling the hole through first. It still doesn't quite line up but close enough for plastic I guess.

#computeblade #homelab