Low Cost Node Hardware
https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/405125
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https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/405125
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As a recap of this proposal we are expanding upon our learning from our completed Fund 7 Proposals: and our where we found that there was major roadblocks for Raspberry Pi based hardware due to supply chain shortages, but huge opportunity with low cost hardware using a M.2 NVME drive to expand RAM on low end devices. We envisioned using similar hardware such as a Rock Pi with its onboard M.2 NVME expansion to improve on the learnings with managing a full node by increasing the RAM virtually and actually getting devices in the current supply chain shortages. (USA)
Progress: Our first step was making sure we have the hardware needed to test our theories and setup a node on a Rock Pi. Following Materials have been purchased to begin our experiments setting up a node and expanding the low (4GB) RAM with a virtualized SWAP. - Rock Pi 4 Plus Model B Rockchip RK3399 (4GB) - M.2 NVMe SSD 256GB - Heatsinks (Repurposed from Raspberry Pi) - better options exist if shipping from China. Finally we will be using this Thingiverse File for holding the M.2 SSD in place. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5247971
