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3 minutes ago, the gamer that is bad said:

i put in the order for the server today but the seller is on vacation till the 27th and i want to have ram with my server.

 

I can't see the link to the server that you bought, but does the seller of the server not sell ram as well? I would have gone with a package deal. There are thousands of fully working used servers on ebay for a steal of a price. No sense going piece meal unless you have very specific hardware needs (which it sounds like you do not)

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11 minutes ago, the gamer that is bad said:

i put in the order for the server today but the seller is on vacation till the 27th and i want to have ram with my server.

 

Is it possible to cancel that order, there is likely much better options for your use. Id go 2u or bigger, and id go fully ready. Probably something liek a r710

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11 minutes ago, the gamer that is bad said:

i put in the order for the server today but the seller is on vacation till the 27th and i want to have ram with my server.

 

Is it possible to cancel that order, there is likely much better options for your use. Id go 2u or bigger, and id go fully ready. Probably something like a r710

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32 minutes ago, the gamer that is bad said:

is this a good deal 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerEdge-R710-Server-Dual-6-Core-Xeon-X5650-2-67Ghz-16GB-NO-HD-Perc-6i/254346713634?hash=item3b383eda22%3Ag%3AQ~4AAOSw5Dlf2gSy&LH_BIN=1

i don't know much server stuff 

Its a 2.5in model, so make sure you have 2.5in drives. And the perc 6i is limited to 2tib and kinda slow with ssds. Otherwise looks fine.

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2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Its a 2.5in model, so make sure you have 2.5in drives. And the perc 6i is limited to 2tib and kinda slow with ssds. Otherwise looks fine.

nvm i need at least 6 3.5" drives

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12 minutes ago, the gamer that is bad said:

nvm i need at least 6 3.5" drives

Just get a desktop, load it with drives. With what you are doing, you don't need server hardware, just server software. 

 

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1 minute ago, Blue4130 said:

Just get a desktop, load it with drives. With what you are doing, you don't need server hardware, just server software. 

 

what hardware would you recommend for a nas plex and mc server

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1 hour ago, the gamer that is bad said:

what hardware would you recommend for a nas plex and mc server

If you are set of server gear, then something like this...(not necessarily this exact one)

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Dell-PowerEdge-T320-Tower-Server-w-Intel-Xeon-E5-2420-6-Core-1-9GHz-12GB-RAM/274613184861?hash=item3ff038a95d:g:bokAAOSw2PVf0rFd

 

Otherwise, I'd go with a chinese x79 based xeon system.

 

 

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On 12/19/2020 at 4:02 PM, Jarsky said:

apparently it uses the Tyan S5512 Motherboard so its based on the C204 chipset: https://www.tyan.com/Motherboards_S5512_S5512GM2NR

 

 

 

Socket Type / Q'ty LGA 1155/ (1)
  Supported CPU Series Intel Xeon E3-1200, i3-2100 (32nm / 22nm) series processors
  Thermal Design Power (TDP) wattage

Max up to 95W

 

Memory   Supported DIMM Qty (4) DIMM slots
  DIMM Type / Speed Unbuffered ECC DDR3 1600/1333
  Capacity Up to 32GB
  Memory channel 2 Channels
  Memory voltage 1.5V

 

Seems it supports 12 x 3.5" SATA hard drives for storage

 

Can this model host a fiber card? Recommendations?

I have  an extra DELL C856M / 0C856M Emulex Dual Port PCI-e HBA Network Adapter Card

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12 hours ago, devparker said:

Can this model host a fiber card? Recommendations?

I have  an extra DELL C856M / 0C856M Emulex Dual Port PCI-e HBA Network Adapter Card

Yea it should work with that fiberchannel card.

 

But also whats your goal with fiberchannel? its not compatible with ethernet and a dyeing standard now.

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1 hour ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Yea it should work with that fiberchannel card.

 

But also whats your goal with fiberchannel? its not compatible with ethernet and a dyeing standard now.

Hmm.

Goal is a NAS with fastest ethernet (fiber?) connectivity to my proxmox host.

Ideally, I will run vm & lxc's hossted on the chenbro NAS 

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2 minutes ago, devparker said:

Hmm.

Goal is a NAS with fastest ethernet (fiber?) connectivity to my proxmox host.

Ideally, I will run vm & lxc's hossted on the chenbro NAS 

fiberchannel isn't ethernet and is incompatible. You don't want to use that card here.

 

You probably want a sfp+ 10gbe nic instead. Those are ethernet over fibre, not fiberchannel.

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1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

fiberchannel isn't ethernet and is incompatible. You don't want to use that card here.

 

You probably want a sfp+ 10gbe nic instead. Those are ethernet over fibre, not fiberchannel.

Nice. I'll try it

Thank you for the guide.

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Just now, devparker said:

Nice. I'll try it

Thank you for the guide.

Any suggestions for card products?

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6 minutes ago, devparker said:

Hmm.

Goal is a NAS with fastest ethernet (fiber?) connectivity to my proxmox host.

Ideally, I will run vm & lxc's hossted on the chenbro NAS 

Assuming that you are the op using a new user account, you are chasing a useless speed. With 6 spinning disks, you don't need fiber speeds between servers. 

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5 minutes ago, Blue4130 said:

Assuming that you are the op using a new user account, you are chasing a useless speed. With 6 spinning disks, you don't need fiber speeds between servers. 

New poster... NAS has

6 SATA (4tb) &

2 ironwolf SSD cache drives (480gb)

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2 minutes ago, devparker said:

New poster... NAS has

6 SATA (4tb) &

2 ironwolf SSD cache drives (480gb)

I doubt that you will break 10gb/s with that setup. I could be wrong, but I don't think you need so much speed. 

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1 hour ago, devparker said:

New poster... NAS has

6 SATA (4tb) &

2 ironwolf SSD cache drives (480gb)

Make a new thread then.

 

Id get something like a connect x3 here, or x520.

 

1 hour ago, Blue4130 said:

I doubt that you will break 10gb/s with that setup. I could be wrong, but I don't think you need so much speed. 

You can easily break 1gbe though, and used 10gbe prices are simmilar to 2.5gbe so why not go 10gbe here.

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3 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Make a new thread then.

 

Id get something like a connect x3 here, or x520.

 

You can easily break 1gbe though, and used 10gbe prices are simmilar to 2.5gbe so why not go 10gbe here.

I agree with 10gbe, I don't agree with anything faster. 

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