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Power bricks fit perfectly in the bottom of the minirack. Might have to run a fan or two in the bottom, but we'll see how things turn out there.
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New shelves came in, went ahead and pulled the shorter ones out, installed the full length ones, installed the supports, and cleaned up the power cables. Also adjusted the hooks on the back so they make a bit more sense.
Do the new shelves seem crooked? Yes. However they should support the MS-A2s a bit better.
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So, might've gotten a few things in the mail today...MUHAHAHA. The Minisforum MS-A2s have arrived and I've started getting the RAM upgraded and tested.
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All three nodes are installed. The "server room" is an absolute mess, but figured I'd snap a picture of the back of the minirack. I'll be cleaning up tomorrow, but for now: we are 100% back online here. Migrations work, iSCSI works...well, everything works. Very happy with how this has turned out thus far.
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Cable management done, there are only a couple of minor things left. I moved the power bricks to the rear of the rack instead of them being run through the front of the case. Also cleaned up the PiKVM cables in the basement as well. For now, I'm gonna just let it be as it's quiet and running well...doesn't hurt that it looks good as well.
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Got the fan grills in which significantly lowers the chances of me putting a finger or cable into one of the rear ventilation fans which totally hasn't happened.
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It's a tight fit, but finally got the PiKVM Switch stack sitting nice and flush in the basement.
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Okay, everything is buttoned up again, only almost stripped a rack hole out. However, time to leave things alone and see if it catches fire.
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The top MS-A2 server is very, very warm as it's ingesting heat from the RPis above along with the two switches. Grabbed a couple of fans, a 12V power supply, and a few fan screws. Give it an hour or two and see if I'll need to add something else or change the airflow.
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Eh, final home for the time being. Once the second nameserver finishes updating I can get the cables managed a bit better. Either way, officially done.
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Networking is finished, and every port on the QNAP switch is in use along with every port on each MS-A2. Also tracked down an `interfaces` file typo. The next step is cleaning up the "server room" and getting this situated.
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Wooo, got the PiKVM on the OOB VLAN. That took way longer than it should've, but finally tracked down the small issue I had with the `systemd-network` files.
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AV1 might take a ton of time to encode, but the results are awesome. I do need to take a look at the VMs though as I'm seeing a ~33% increase in encode times when compared to the previous nodes I was using. Either way, the minirack is still quiet and taking everything that's been thrown its way.
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Welp, gotta transfer these images over to the NAS. However, after that it's time to figure out networking.
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