TinySecrets: Technical information about small 1L Lenovo, Dell, HP and Acer PCs (github.com)
from B0rax@feddit.org to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 11:38
https://feddit.org/post/19241740

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/19241672

I found this list recently and found it very helpful figuring out what the differences between all the Lenovo tiny PCs is.

Especially the section about available riser cards for these little guys is very interesting. Building a M920x with 4 NVMe and 10gig Ethernet is very tempting.

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tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden on 23 Sep 13:42 next collapse

Incredibly helpful, I can’t believe how often I’m holding two datasheets next to each other to find the differences in those.

pezhore@infosec.pub on 23 Sep 14:48 next collapse

Building a M920x with 4 NVMe and 10gig Ethernet is very tempting.

Hey that’s almost me! My home lab is three M920q systems with 10Gb fiber for Ceph. I didn’t know you could do multiple NVMes though, right now I’m doing some janky AF USB drives.

tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden on 23 Sep 19:17 collapse

Does 10G fibre generate less heat in the NIC than 10G Ethernet? I heard those are problematic in the tiny boxes.

What kind of NIC cards do you use?

pezhore@infosec.pub on 23 Sep 23:05 collapse

They’re actually about the same heat wise. I use some relative cheap NICs based on the Intel 82599 controller and 10G SFP+ modules.

It’s not a bad setup, I wish there was a second NVMe slot in my M920q boxes, but what are you going to do?

SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works on 23 Sep 14:53 collapse

Only 1L? How is someone supposed to keep hydrated? Give me at least 2 litres or go home!

B0rax@feddit.org on 23 Sep 14:55 collapse

Just buy two!

SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works on 23 Sep 15:59 collapse

Goddamn you’re right! Hydro living here I come! Glug glug babyyyyyyy!