And a small mgmt machine/repository

my MGMT is a NUC as well

thinking FreeNAS or something else for storage to drop QNAP/Synology

I may use an nuc

so it seems that the most important air flow is at the rear

will try this layout tmrw

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so if I need 2 take some NUC's out I'm all good with that,

Bridging interfaces would make a switch right?

Thinking of homebrew switch

using this in all my lab and at home

even created a XenServer VM template with tools

Yep was thinking something like that

The xeon d machines are supposed to be network capable so looking into that

The on board 2 ports plus 4 port 10gbe could give 6 port ports

Or use a dual riser in the x16 slot & have 10 ports

Hmm

I wonder is this would work as a hyper-v vm with dda

Run off mgmt machine

All machines would run thru mgmt machine. Management machine would go to small switch that has wifi & router. Will have to test

Should work, but only tested with XS & Nutanix

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@Jarian Gibson the only reason I have SC is for intel vgpu otherwise I would simply run base Nucs or s200 tbh

@User not a fan of that article for the pelicase, lthough it gave me some needed inspiration back when it was written, due to the type of nucs it was running which were not high end heat like the 5i7s or 6i5s of today so to keep them in the foam like to me makes 0 sense with your setup

Plus I think all that cabling looks too untidy

@User you need to come to Sydney or I need to come to you and we sit in a room and make your kit

Indeed @User I might bring the case with me to Synergy

Yes that Pelican case was an inspiration in the early days