So generally speaking if it wasn't obvious. I was looking to not spend more $$ than I absolutely have to.
Seriously if money were no object I would not be doing this with Raspberry Pis honestly...
I'd probably cough out for some of those big whopping System76 Arm workstations...
I have some nice 3D printers, LOTS of filament although how much black I have in inventory is in question... So if my printed final product is in translucent red, you know what happened...
I have the Pis and all the existing accessories to use them as teeny tiny desktop systems.
I do not have POE switches, nor do I want them.
Let's do some math keeping costs low but specs acceptable...
Not going to do TP Link as they are on the verge of getting banned due to issues with China etc... so looking at Netgear, a 16 port rack mountable POE gigabit switch itself is $189.99 on Amazon
Sales tax for the switch is $15.68
POE hats for Raspberry Pi 5 are $25.99 each x 4 = $103.96
POE hats for Raspberry Pi 4 are $22.95 each x 2 = $45.90
Sales tax is 8.25% to add $13.36
Shipping is $12.19
That brings me to $381.08
For frame of reference, for that cost I could...
Another node, Pi5 8GB, Official Cooler, Official power supply for $99.55, NVME base for $16.95 Shiping $10.64 Tax $10.49 for a total of the node of $137.63 and then an Amazon buy of another 2TB NVME SSD (Crucial P3 +) at $124.99 + $10.32 tax for an Amazon total of $135.31
Combined for a total of $272.94
OR using what I have.
Right angle USB Type C adapters 4pk $7.99
Considering I am crash coursing in containers / docker / kubernetes as the job market is sh*t right now and I am long term unemployed, I kind of HAVE to go the cheaper route...
As far as the risks of the USB C adapters pulling out. Extraordinarily low. yes they CAN be an additional source of resistance, but we are taling 5v at 5a max... Not exactly much to go wrong here.
Seriously if money were no object I would not be doing this with Raspberry Pis honestly...
I'd probably cough out for some of those big whopping System76 Arm workstations...
I have some nice 3D printers, LOTS of filament although how much black I have in inventory is in question... So if my printed final product is in translucent red, you know what happened...
I have the Pis and all the existing accessories to use them as teeny tiny desktop systems.
I do not have POE switches, nor do I want them.
Let's do some math keeping costs low but specs acceptable...
Not going to do TP Link as they are on the verge of getting banned due to issues with China etc... so looking at Netgear, a 16 port rack mountable POE gigabit switch itself is $189.99 on Amazon
Sales tax for the switch is $15.68
POE hats for Raspberry Pi 5 are $25.99 each x 4 = $103.96
POE hats for Raspberry Pi 4 are $22.95 each x 2 = $45.90
Sales tax is 8.25% to add $13.36
Shipping is $12.19
That brings me to $381.08
For frame of reference, for that cost I could...
Another node, Pi5 8GB, Official Cooler, Official power supply for $99.55, NVME base for $16.95 Shiping $10.64 Tax $10.49 for a total of the node of $137.63 and then an Amazon buy of another 2TB NVME SSD (Crucial P3 +) at $124.99 + $10.32 tax for an Amazon total of $135.31
Combined for a total of $272.94
OR using what I have.
Right angle USB Type C adapters 4pk $7.99
Considering I am crash coursing in containers / docker / kubernetes as the job market is sh*t right now and I am long term unemployed, I kind of HAVE to go the cheaper route...
As far as the risks of the USB C adapters pulling out. Extraordinarily low. yes they CAN be an additional source of resistance, but we are taling 5v at 5a max... Not exactly much to go wrong here.
Statistics: Posted by dbhosttexas — Sat Jan 25, 2025 11:23 pm