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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Mining rig cases with separate hot and cold air flow
by
Commie
on 14/03/2021, 20:55:26 UTC
so pull the unit and debug it at a bench. this has been the traditional method of working on large scale cluster deployments for decades, why do it any differently for mining?  Commie's example is the ideal way of running a large group of mining rigs.

because pulling the unit with two PSU and (insert the number of GPUs) is a job for two people hehe.

besides pulling out and putting back in is a waste of time. look at what i said above, i fixed my hanging rig faster than you can pull that bar bell from a rack LOL.

Wrong. Hint: rails. It has rails.  Grin Then it's just a matter of few screws and top cover.

So you pull it out like a drawer. Then screws? Screw that. It maybe lighter with rails but it is a waste of time.

How about a rack with rails? You pull the whole rack to troubleshoot and push it back(column of racks) to the air pathway(vent)

A rack with rails is better than a drawer with rails hehe

I'm a bit lost now. A rack is shown on the first picture, what's the point of pulling it (yes you can, it has wheels)? Or do you mean something else?
This is a classic server room setup, each rig equals to a server. Sure if you only have 4-5 rigs you don't need a rack, just use separate cases or hang them to the wall if you wish LOL  But when you run dozens of rigs then it's completely different picture.  Container setups for 500+cards/250+ asics with hot/cold zones, monitoring systems, security etc are in the market for a reason.