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    Oxydoreduction got a reaction from RobbinM in LTT Storage Rankings   
    Hi guys,
     
    As promised, here are some more recent pictures of my setup
     
    I finally have the last pair of rails for the 2U chassis.
     
    Rack as it is now, the top still requires some work and shelves to serve for miscellaneous storage place

     
    And here's a little close-up for the hardware bit:
     

     
    From top to bottom:
    Netgear access point
    TP-Link TL-ER6020 VPN router
    Cable manager (That kind of manager is a really a must have for a rack, wonder how I did without it for so long)
    D-Link DGS 1510-20 L3 switch with 2 10Gb ports
    RDP Server (not a Xeon anymore but Ryzen 7 1700X with 32Gb DDR4 2133 ECC)
    NAS in it's 4U chassis with it's 4x3Tb backplane (Not a Ryzen CPU, it's the wrong sticker)
    2 UPS's to protect everything.
    I placed pieces of paper over the Power on LED's cause they are quite aggressive
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    Oxydoreduction got a reaction from Static in AMD and ECC FreeNAS solution   
    I've got 2 Asrock AM4 motherboards and I can confirm that they both support ECC ram in ECC mode, even the lowest end ones.
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    Oxydoreduction reacted to paddy-stone in ESXi with ryzen works OK?   
    @unijab @NelizMastr
     
    Just wanted to let you guys know that the newest version of ESXi ver 6.5U1 works fine without having to disable SMT, just if you're interested. Thanks for the help.
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    Oxydoreduction reacted to brwainer in Move micro atx mobo to server rack   
    That’s about 450mm (463 to be exact). You’ll have to browse around for “short depth” chassis that are max 440mm / 18” deep (remember to account for wires out the back)
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    Oxydoreduction reacted to LtStaffel in Need Bright Ideas for old Dual CPU Rig   
    Oooohh I'm so jealous. I love server stuff and networking and all that.
     
    Anyway, ideas:
    Virtual machines to simulate or do or try whatever you want that you couldn't before Home server Web server HTPC that could stream to whatever device you want (dont physically put it in the living room ) Don't do CPU mining Get into blender and render your stuff better VPN server Remotely accessible server (ssh, teamviewer, vnc, lynx [<== web browsing for ssh]) and I'm sure I'll have more ideas later.
     
    (I love servers)
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    Oxydoreduction reacted to YedZed in Need Bright Ideas for old Dual CPU Rig   
    A baller-ass room heater  
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    Oxydoreduction reacted to leadeater in Dual Xeon E5-2623 v4 or Single Xeon E5-2643 for WTS   
    I usually find vendors way over state the hardware requirements of their applications, not a big deal for you though since it won't really effect what you need to buy anyway. If you have first hand experience as to how much resources the application requires that's much more useful than any spec sheet.
     
    For anything directly user experienced based or database server I always recommend going for higher clocks over a few extra cores, you really can notice it. Our case is a bit different because were virtualize everything, bit of a necessity really when you have ~1400 servers/VMs, we use E5-2690v4's on all our ESXi hosts.
     
    You can quite easily support 200+ concurrent users with 20-30 cores even on a demanding application like Technology One or SITS:Vision, we do this using 10-11 RDS servers and 2-3 vCPUs + 12GB ram per VM. You'll hit your 16GB ram limit before running out of CPU resource would be my guess.
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    Oxydoreduction got a reaction from paddy-stone in AMD and ECC FreeNAS solution   
    I've got 2 Asrock AM4 motherboards and I can confirm that they both support ECC ram in ECC mode, even the lowest end ones.
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    Oxydoreduction got a reaction from leadeater in AMD and ECC FreeNAS solution   
    I agree.
    ESXi cycle of developpement is slow so the 6.5 version doesn't run perfectly with AM4 cpu's at this time, you'll have to deactivate smt (https://www.servethehome.com/amd-ryzen-working-with-vmware-esxi-6-5/).
    I would suggest XenServer or why not Hyper V which is also free ( but things get a little more complicated to connect to the server).
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    Oxydoreduction reacted to NelizMastr in Graphics issue i a virtual machine   
    Passing through a single card to 10 vms at once? Pretty sure that requires a GRID card.
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    Oxydoreduction reacted to NelizMastr in AMD and ECC FreeNAS solution   
    Yeah, I expect AM4/TR4 support to come in 7.0 or maybe 6.5U2, who knows. I forgot about the free Hyper-V Server 2016, I'm actually testing that at the moment and it seems to work pretty nicely so far. Connecting to it without AD is a tad tricky to get working, but oh well
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    Oxydoreduction got a reaction from NelizMastr in AMD and ECC FreeNAS solution   
    I agree.
    ESXi cycle of developpement is slow so the 6.5 version doesn't run perfectly with AM4 cpu's at this time, you'll have to deactivate smt (https://www.servethehome.com/amd-ryzen-working-with-vmware-esxi-6-5/).
    I would suggest XenServer or why not Hyper V which is also free ( but things get a little more complicated to connect to the server).
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    Oxydoreduction reacted to WereCat in AMD and ECC FreeNAS solution   
    Almost all if not all Asrock motherboards support unbuffered ECC in ECC mode, some ASUS boards do as well. (Ryzen)
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    Oxydoreduction reacted to NelizMastr in Best Price for Performance Used Xeon   
    Avoid the ancient s771 server boards and chips like the plague. You're basically building a Core 2 Duo with higher power draw. Bad idea
     
    Dual s1366 is a pretty good bang for the buck right now, especially if your budget is tight. The best bang for the buck would be a dual socket 2011-0 though with E5-2670s  
     
    I'm with @Jarsky on the subject of CPUs. The L56xx are more than plenty and pretty damn efficient.
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    Oxydoreduction reacted to NelizMastr in Parts recommendations for a home rackmount nas   
    i3 and Xeon E3 aren't even comparable, especially the one you recommend. That's a 4C/8T CPU whereas the i3 is 2C/4T with lower power consumption. Considering the following:
     
    Even a Pentium would suffice. Yes, they support ECC also
     
    If @1re will really exclusively use it for storage and nothing else, not now and not in the future, you might want to look into motherboards with embedded CPUs. Won't need a lot of cooling to keep it cool, so most airflow can be utilised for cooling the drives. You'll lose ECC, but a typical SoHo NAS doesn't have ECC either.
     
     
     
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    Oxydoreduction reacted to Streetguru in Needing A NAS   
    You could buy something like the Synology solutions, but the low end ones are low end naturally
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Synology-DS216J-Bay-Desktop-Enclosure/dp/B01BNPT1EG/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1509725638&sr=1-1&keywords=Synology
     
    Instead if you can find say old PC server parts on the cheap, then you could build a Free NAS box that gives you more options, and if you end up with CPU horsepower or can upgrade to that later, you can also have automated compression happen with the footage to save space and really not lose quality. at least on the final videos.

    Also don't buy cheap hard drives
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    Oxydoreduction reacted to ChalkChalkson in LTT Gaming Server?   
    No, I meant us people in this subforum... many of us host servers just for the heck of it anyway  
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    Oxydoreduction reacted to snortingfrogs in LTT Storage Rankings   
    Installed another 8TB drive in my NAS today so it now has 24TB, another 8TB drive will be added later on.
     

     
    Computer
    HPE Microserver Gen8 (G1610T, 16GB RAM)
    3x8TB Seagate IronWolf HDD's
    FreeNAS 9.10.2-U6 running from a 16GB MicroSD card on the internal port.
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    Oxydoreduction got a reaction from NelizMastr in Looking for Used Server   
    I would add the socket 3647, the newest for xeon scalable. Even more expensive.
     
    Built my latest server based on dual socket 2011-0. It works more than perfectly and is not power hungry at all.
     
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    Oxydoreduction reacted to NelizMastr in Looking for Used Server   
    Just some advice on hardware generations:
     
    socket 771: AVOID. Power hungry and slow, cheap to buy.
    socket 1366: great starting option, get 6-core Xeon L CPUs for better efficiency. Reasonably priced and lots of options on the market now.
    socket 2011-0: best bang for the buck. Dual E5-26xx chips can be had for as little as $100, including 6-cores. Dual 8-core from $160 ish.
    socket 2011-3: too expensive. current gen.
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    Oxydoreduction reacted to dalekphalm in Free Server   
    Keep in mind that the DIMM's (The RAM slots) are tied to a CPU.
     
    So that means half the DIMM's are tied to one CPU, and the other half to the 2nd CPU. If you take out a CPU, you'll have to ensure that all the RAM is in the correct DIMM's for the remaining CPU.
     
    Frankly, taking out a CPU isn't going to affect power consumption to a realistic degree. Don't bother. Either use the Server with both CPU's, or don't use it at all.
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    Oxydoreduction got a reaction from 1re in Parts recommendations for a home rackmount nas   
    If you equip a 2u chassis with quiet fans, you'll end up having something decently silent (I did it and had a quite suprising result, even tried in a 1u chassis). It'll be extra costs however.
    The supermicro chassis you told about is great but you'll have to work a bit to fit the back i/o.
     
    For a long term storage nas, a pentium or celeron is usually enough, if you are sure never wanting to do more than that, I would go that route.
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    Oxydoreduction reacted to NelizMastr in NAS not showing in network   
    In real server environments, you don't map through network discovery (servers are purposely left out of discovery typically) but through Windows Explorer. Go to This PC, click the computer tab and select Map network drive. Select a drive letter and map the share you want using the UNC path (i.e. \\NAS\share) and fill in your credentials when prompted.
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    Oxydoreduction reacted to 79wjd in Which hard drive should I get for my Pc/NAS   
    Blackblaze isn't accurate for anything. A 10% failure rate is not sustainable, if that was representative of real world statistics than Seagate would no longer be making HDDs. Blackblaze uses drives FAR outside their use case even to the extent that they were basically scrounging for any drive they could their hands on -- even used drives, drives ripped out of external enclosures, etc... Not to mention that there is no consistency in testing or the sample size of each drive/brand.
     
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    Oxydoreduction reacted to 79wjd in Which hard drive should I get for my Pc/NAS   
    HGST. Blacks aren't worth the money. 
    An extra 2 years isn't worth $60~ imo, realistically the drive will more than likely die early or well after either warranty period. Just my personal opinion on the matter. 
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