Control Plane

Admin / Observer Node. Control Without Overload.

Dedicated control plane for large clusters. Separate admin from compute, not sovereignty from operations.

₹4,99,999fixed price, no BOM
JOHNAIC 0
Specifications
Form Factor
4U
vCPUs
32
System Memory
64 GB ECC
GPU Memory
AI Accelerators
Storage
1 TB NVMe
Network
2 × 100 GbE
Power
1 kW
Power Supply
Single PSU
Disk Redundancy
Positioning

As clusters grow, administration should not compete with inference for resources. JOHNAIC 0 is a CPU-only control plane node that runs Multix, Panini orchestration, and the observer bastion — keeping admin traffic off the compute fabric.

Why this SKU

Separate control from compute

Admin and orchestration traffic never interferes with inference workloads.

Same platform, same rails

Interchangeable rails, PSU, and fans with J32. One spare-parts bin, one support playbook.

Air-gapped management

Observer and orchestration stay inside your perimeter. Zero dependency on external control planes.

When to use
  • Clusters with 6+ compute nodes
  • HA deployments requiring admin separation from compute
  • Compliance environments needing out-of-band management
When not to use
  • 2–3 node clusters (control plane runs on a J32 instead)
  • Standalone evaluation (buy a J32)
Workload fit
  • Multix control plane
  • Panini agent orchestration and routing
  • Observer / monitoring bastion
  • Out-of-band management
Validated Deployment Configurations
Enterprise Scale
₹2,14,99,999
J0 + 6×J32 + 2×J192 + DB64 + Switch
PSU / large bank, HA, admin separation

Design a control-plane-separated cluster.

Tell us your node count and compliance requirements. We will recommend whether J0 belongs in your architecture.

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