Re: Rasberry pi - high density

[Clay Fiske <clay () bloomcounty org>]

> 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