When you think of Raspberry Pi, you probably picture a single board computer that you use for interesting projects. But many people use Raspberry Pis in compute clusters. So why not be able to put some Pi-powered servers into a data center? The best form factor for data center computing is a blade server, a compact chassis that can easily fit next to other blade servers on a rack. The Compute Blade fulfills that purpose excellently, provided you can find a Raspberry Pi Compute module to put in it.
I’ve been keeping my eye on Ivan Kuleshov’s Compute Blade project since June 2021 as it intrigued me. Sure I’ve used many different Compute Module 4 Carrier Boards. From the official board, Seeed’s Dual Gigabit Ethernet Carrier Board, to Cytron’s Maker Board. All have their own niche to fulfill, but Kuleshov’s Compute Blade still held my interest despite a two year gestation period.
