Cloud Ninjas NEW B550 AMD Ryzen 4U 18 Node Server

The Enclosure

The Cloud Ninjas B550 AMD Ryzen 4U 18 Node Server Enclosure holds a total of 18 nodes. 10 nodes can be inserted into the front of the chassis, while 8 can be placed into the rear. The rear also consist of 4 hot-swap power supply bays. The center of the server is equipped with 5 8080 hot-swap fans for cooling. Air flows from the back to front of the enclosure. The enclosure is 950mm X 438mm X 176mm (37.40in x 17.24in x 6.93in) and has a weight of about 245lbs when all nodes are installed.

The Nodes

Inside of each node is one AM4 CPU socket, four DDR4 DIMM slots, two 2.5" drive bays, a PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 slot, a PCIe Gen3 x2 M.2 slot, and one x16 PCIe slot. The motherboard inside each node operates on the B550 chipset. Each node also has two integrated Intel X710-AT2 10GbE RJ45 Ethernet ports, an integrated IPMI 2.0 LAN port, two Type-A USB 3.2 Gen1 ports, a VGA port, a UID button, a power button, and a reset button. Each node has the ability to be locked as well.

This server has a single AM4 (PGA 1331) CPU socket. AMD Ryzen PRO/ Ryzen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generation series processors are supported.

Each node accepts up to two 2.5" NVMe or SATA SSDs. There are two dedicated bays that you can install these drives into to. The motherboard in each node also has two M-key M.2 slots. One of the slots is a PCIe Gen4 x4 slot, and accepts NVMe or SATA 22110/2280 M.2 drives. The second M.2 slot is a PCIe Gen3 x2 slot, and accepts NVMe or SATA 2280 M.2 drives.

Each node includes two integrated Intel X710-AT2 10GbE RJ45 Ethernet ports that can be used to connect the nodes to the Internet.