I just use a flathead screwdriver to install cage nuts

Either way cage nuts are a PITA

I use a flat head too for the hard ones but they spin as they pop out and the corner jabs right into the thumb. Gloves changed the game. Just pop them in/out and don't feel a thing.

I'll be adding some rubber sticky pads to the undersides towards the rear of any shelves this close to equipment. The rear will sag with load since these only mount using the front rails. This will prevent scratches to equipment.

Here are some pictures of the custom xeon d in sc300 case. 1 nvme, 2 sata ssd, & gpu

Will blog full details

@Jarian Gibson where did you buy that? I might sell my super noisy 2U-2node supermicro server. I bet this is a lot smaller and quiter

The case? You can buy from wired zone, Amazon, etc

@User just one reminder on the CE part with NUC6- you have to adjust the installer json file to take on the 2core, CE has a soft requirement for 4 core CPU. My mobile lab has 2xNUC6i5 and 2xNUC6i7. Also the CVM will take at a minimum 12GB of RAM, 16GB is recommended and if you want to enable AFS and/or SS you will have to take it to 24GB so not much RAM to spare

@Jarian Gibson I couldn’t find it in amazon

@User: you should write that blog up on building that environment seems to be a lot of good gotcha info there

I’m taking all the notes and I will be writing things up

@Jarian Gibson If I want to build a xeon-d rig with 64GB, 2 drive. How much do you think that is going to cost me?

Depends on mb

ball park? $700?

Close/over 1k

Again depends on mb

my current 2U-2nodes is about $1k on ebay, so I will be trading 2 for 1.. mm have to think about it.

@User how can i add the 4th NUC to my kit, i was thinking just to add it on top of the other 2 since it will by a sk, what do you think?

Yeah I know, thanks. You can run 8GB without any problem. AFS/SS as well can be tuned down from 24GB so let's see how it goes when I get my 4 node running in the end of March.

@User how do you adjust the installer? Maybe that's why mine kept failing on the NUC 🙂 I'm adjusting my CVM down to 8 per https://next.nutanix.com/t5/Nutanix-Connect-Blog/Part-I-How-to-setup-a-three-node-NUC-Nutanix-CE-cluster/ba-p/15257 if I can ever get it working!

Not that noisy. Doing some budget and going to talk to Paul and the WireZone owner Mario today 🙂

Okay, I have not install Nutanix CE on NUC's yet, I did that on my MAC Mini's and tuned the memory, only had 16GB in those babies.

I'm doing the budgets now, but a NUC 6th 32GB & Samsung EVO 850 SSD 500GB + Samsung 960 EVO M2 is $932

So if you go with E200D and same storage the price will be almost double at $1743, but you get double the memory & 10GBase-T / IPMI etc etc

memory tuning should work in this way. but someone in next forums posted about issues with the latest build when lowering cvm ram https://labratshq.slack.com/archives/general/p1486984942001628