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Kuberdoo

A mini desktop computer cluster based on the UDOO x86

Andy ShinnAndy Shinn
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Cluster computer x86 acrylic

This project was created on 10/25/2017 and last updated 2 years ago.

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The Kuberdoo is a mini desktop computer cluster. It consists of 6 UDOO X86 boards, router, switch, power supply, and custom built acrylic case. The goal of the project is a desktop platform for testing bare-metal multi-machine technologies that are otherwise difficult or impossible to do with Virtual Machines.

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  • 6 × UDOO X86 Advanced https://shop.udoo.org/usa/udoo-x86-advanced.html
  • 1 × MikroTik hEX router http://a.co/5Rcf9d6
  • 1 × Colored SPST momentary switches (12 pack) http://a.co/i7oa8jF
  • 7 × Monoprice SlimRun Cat6 ethernet cables (1ft, various colors) http://a.co/4UR4p0M
  • 1 × Monoprice SlimRun Cat6 ethernet cables (0.5ft, various colors) http://a.co/3y9jX4b

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    Andy Shinn • 10/25/2017 at 17:38 • 0 comments

    I recently finished this build but just learned about hackaday.io so I did not get to log information about it. So, consider this the start of the post-project (gathering the materials, instructions, CAD files) :)

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gjorgji wrote 01/26/2018 at 18:15 • point

Great project. I already ordered the acrylic based on your onsite drawings. 

Question: more details about the network?

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Andy Shinn wrote 02/02/2018 at 04:28 • point

Cool! If you used the drawings in GitHub there are some tweaks you'll need to do to make things fit right. I'll try to flesh out more of the networking bootstrap and usage instructions this weekend for you.

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gjorgji wrote 02/03/2018 at 03:04 • point

I did export the sketches from OnShape (saw your post on udoo). Just got them today. My weekend looks darn busy, but I will find time to start.

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gjorgji wrote 02/17/2018 at 18:45 • point

Hey Andy,

I was thing using something like theforeman.org or http://cobbler.github.io to provision the nodes. Not sure how are you using the router(network segmentation?). Also, the router PSU is 24V. Is it working ok with 12v?

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Andy Shinn wrote 02/26/2018 at 05:51 • point

Yes, the Mikrotik hEX has a wide input voltage (usually for PoE). It runs on 8-30V DC. Also, if you check out https://github.com/andyshinn/kuberdoo/tree/master/config I have some example config files for the Mikrotik to do PXE booting using Ubuntu preseed methods. I've also successfully used one of the UDDO boards to be a Ubuntu MAAS server to handle the provisioning of the other 5.

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gjorgji wrote 03/04/2018 at 05:00 • point

Done.  https://hackaday.io/page/4474-orange-kuberdoo

Small challenges with the hEX (older firmware and default config).

Now have to get MAAS going to do  unattended install. I guess I have to disable the Mikrotik dhcp in that case.  

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andy.kannberg wrote 01/23/2018 at 09:50 • point

Awesome design. Think it's great and I already proposed to use this project as a blueprint for our company's own x86 Kubernetes cluster in our testlab.

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Bryan Kroger wrote 12/04/2017 at 23:55 • point

So cool!  Thanks for sharing.

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ia wrote 10/29/2017 at 16:13 • point

ugly, look at cray computer. how eficent hot air

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Andy Shinn wrote 11/03/2017 at 20:17 • point

:( I'm sorry you don't like the look much. I wanted something where I could view the internals because I like to see my electronics. But I suppose it could also be cut out of opaque acrylic as well.

The cooling slots with single fan is actually very efficient. I did disk and CPU stress tests on all the boards simultaneously and the temperatures stayed just over 50c per board, which is much better than most report with the stock heatsink and single fan!

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Peabody1929 wrote 10/25/2017 at 17:43 • point

Very clean design!  Can you give an estimate for how much the system cost ?

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Andy Shinn wrote 10/25/2017 at 18:00 • point

Thank you for following! It's not cheap. I'd estimate around $1400. I'll have parts list in next couple days.

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