Testing the PiBox mini 2, a Raspberry Pi MicroK8s server

Testing the PiBox mini 2, a Raspberry Pi MicroK8s server

The cubesale pi box mini 2 is an exciting new Raspberry Pi NAS enclosure that allows you to easily create a DIY NAS with up to 16TB of storage. I recently got my hands on a prototype unit loaded with cubesale’s software to take a closer look at the hardware and...
Why would you build a Raspberry Pi Cluster?

Why would you build a Raspberry Pi Cluster?

Everyone seems to be asking, so I figured I’d answer. I’ll explain what I use my small Pi clusters for, and what some other people use them for. But also, why cluster in the first place? Can’t you just buy an EPYC 64-core CPU and an RTX 3080 and have...
Raspberry Pi Blade crams 64 ARM cores and NVMe in 1U!

Raspberry Pi Blade crams 64 ARM cores and NVMe in 1U!

Uptime.Lab’s 1U Blade is a rack-mountable Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4-based server. Capable of cramming 64 ARM CPU cores in 1U of rack space, this blade could make a powerful Pi cluster. And built-in features like PoE+ support, an M.2 slot for NVMe SSDs, and a...
Raspberry Pi Rack – 6 node 3D Printed 1U Pi cluster

Raspberry Pi Rack – 6 node 3D Printed 1U Pi cluster

I got tired of having Raspberry Pis hanging about my office. So I found a really nice 3D model for a 1U Pi rack by russross on Thingiverse, printed it, and put it in my new rack. I’ll show you everything in this video! Special thanks to Russ Ross for his videos...
Building and Configuring the Raspberry Pi Dramble

Building and Configuring the Raspberry Pi Dramble

This video was a quick overview of the Raspberry Pi Dramble cluster build process, part of Episode 8 of my Kubernetes 101 series. Kubernetes 101 Ep 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r1wN6cD32w Raspberry Pi Dramble: http://www.pidramble.com Dramble cluster source...