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  • Rack-mounted Mac mini power problem solved by remote servos

    MerocleMerocle
    caprica said:
    That is very ingenious and is similar to how AWS powers their minis > https://www.servethehome.com/how-aws-added-apple-mac-mini-nodes-to-ec2/ - AWS has some relay mechanism to power up the Minis as well.
    Yes, I researched their solution (from what I could find online). They use a solenoid to push a button on the Mac mini, and they also use external storage so as not to wear out the life of the inbuilt SSD. I suspect that both the Mac mini and AWS Nitro controller have access to this storage so that they can reload the OS bypassing the Mac mini.
    Well, I would do that if I didn't have budget constraints and I needed to implement a similar solution for hundreds of Mac minis.
    FileMakerFellerwatto_cobra

  • Rack-mounted Mac mini power problem solved by remote servos

    MerocleMerocle
    Hey, everybody!
    thank you so much for your comments.

    The main question as I see it is "why?"
    I'll try to answer that:
    1. Why is Mac Mini in the server room?
    It is the best and actually, the only reasonable (in terms of price and number of cores and RAM) option for developers to build and test software under the Apple Silicon platform. Especially if there are a lot of developers in the company.
    2. Why servo drives?
    It is the only option to have full control. It's not a question of being able to switch them on or off. The question is to be able to switch to the recovery mode and completely reconfigure them. To do this, you need to hold the power button for about 7 seconds.

    I may not have covered this issue in enough detail in this comment. But I will try to write about it in detail on my website when I prepare the article.
    Thanks again to everyone!
    dewmeFileMakerFellerwatto_cobra9secondkox2bestkeptsecretdarkvaderrundhvid