Hi Teams,
I am trying to build a 1U server with 1 GPU and 1 HBA for JBOD.
Is anyone, ever tried a GPU Tesla P100 with the NoSSD software ?
Mainly for farming.
Thank you.
I’m using a P40. Kinda wish I had the P100 now.
Thank you for the info.
You are using P40 with the NoSSD client, am I correct?
Are you plotting or farming, or both ?
I’m using it to farm now but yes, I was plotting with it too.
Thank you for your reply.
Do you think than a P100 could work?
Do you know some people or forum where I can read things about NoSSD and P100?
Does that thing even fit into a 1U server?
I agree with you.
Does it even fit?
But there are some vendors that even add 2 x GPU P100 in a 1U server.
I will contact them and let you know.
It seems that they use a supermicro motherboard, the one for the blades, like long and thin one and they add 1 x GPU on each side, with 2 server fans for each GPU.
But I have one question for you.
Did you ever plot and farm with a P100 GPU with NoSSD client software?
No, and I don’t recall anyone doing that, or on gigahorse or bladebit either. P4, a lot, some p40 but not p100
And what I read here would be cause for concern to me (power states).
P100 vs P40 vs ... | ServeTheHome Forums.
Also remember that these need external power in the form of a pcie-8pin which a lot of servers do not have
If you don’t mind a bit of DIY, here’s a 1U Dell R620 that I modified to use an external GPU. You no longer need to be constrained to internal GPUs and the loud fans required to cool them
.I never plotted with NoSSD, but it used to churn out C8 plots in 4.3 mins with a 1070.
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Not bad, and I agree the small servers fans are very noisy.
all server fans are noisy 
There were 92mm fans in my 4U case, they made more noise than vacuum clearner. Replaced them with 140mm fans, now all is well. But this is only possible because I have half the bays empty so it allows for good airflow.