fanless hardware for selfhosting lxd/docker
Hi, I am planning to setup a home servering can get a remote desktop on via the webinterface Guacamole. I havehadit ona huge Servet before but this Time I really need it to Bea fanless server. I need 32gb+ of ram and at least 1tb SSD. Enough CPU power to serve a linux desktop running in lxd via a quacamole in a docker image.
Any recommendationsfor good hardware that isnt crazy expensive?
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I need it to be completely without fans due to the location where I need it.
Look up industrial mini PCs maybe?
If you're putting it in a box it is going to cook itself to death regardless of its need or lack of need for fans. If you're putting it on a dirty floor convection is going to move the dust into it anyways.
If youre putting it in a shop, consider hardware purpose built for that.
OK. Then you have to think very differently.
Decide on the case first, and it's going to dictate most of your further decisions.
For example, you cannot use a simple passive CPU cooler in a standard case without any fans, because they need some reasonable air flow all the time. I would guess you need heat pipes instead, and coolers on the outside - but I have no actual experience in that area.
Monsterlabo makes fanless cases, almost all heatsink, with upward airflow. There is another bramd where heatpipes attach to outerside aluminum finned panels, but I forget the name