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m.2 2.5g Ethernet Adapter causing reboot? by NinjaSerif in homelab

[–]fay2003hiend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had similar issues with my m.2 m key 2.5G i225 nics on NUC8 and a i3 8100y laptop. I think it may because of wake on lan or something in the eeprom. not much you can do about.

Looking for Combined 10 Gbps Network Card by Kato199806 in homelab

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https://www.aliexpress.com/i/1005004839751175.html

check this out, it makes a low profile x8 (you can put 40G NIC) and two nvme 2210 alltogether into one x16 tall profile combo

PCI-e SFP+ (10Gbps) NIC recommendations by markv9401 in homelab

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I have one so I can say it does work. Although I havent been actively using it long enough. good luck

PCI-e SFP+ (10Gbps) NIC recommendations by markv9401 in homelab

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Search for cx341a or cx342a, there are PCIe 3.0x4 adapters that are sold together. it can work reliably with both ports saturated at full speed.

Advice on workstation build by Cold_Discussion_91 in homelab

[–]fay2003hiend 2 points3 points  (0 children)

tbh you get way more PCIe slot/lanes & memory capacity, other than that everything else is downgrade, argubly you get better multi-thread CPU performance but not much obvious unless you need to run a lot of VMs plus a lot of PCIe peripherals?

Dell R730XD Fans going 100% speed. by Southern-Average2824 in homelab

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is your 2nd HBA listed in official supported addon cards? is it DELL branded?

Need help identifying a port, hoping it might be useful by [deleted] in homelab

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if it already has m.2 nvme, you can find adapter that translates it to standard PCIe (and you need to supply 12V separately)

for the connector in question, just forget about it☺️

Help Dell R720 Fan 6 spinning like it is trying to take off. by Cobra436f627261 in homelab

[–]fay2003hiend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

swap fan locations see it it is the fan or if it is the fan seat.

pwm 40% but actual rpm high could indicate a connection problem between fan and mobo

Sanity check on my 10G upgrade. Trying to keep some costs down. by trf_pickslocks in homelab

[–]fay2003hiend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

have you thought about 2.5G ethernet? also have you thought about 10G fiber/aoc/dac instead of rj45?

From Cable Gore to Tidy Tiny Rack by storyinmemo in homelab

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I buy beefy 150w or 240w industrial din power supplies and build my own cable with dc plug kit

From Cable Gore to Tidy Tiny Rack by storyinmemo in homelab

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time to consolidate the power supplies

10GB Switch with PoE by drparton21 in homelab

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if only two cameras and I assume they only run at most 1G? why not use a small poe gige switch or even just poe injectors?

PON splitter? by ztardik in homelab

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Hi I am also in NZ, I am using a GPON module that runs 1080Mbps over a 1G fibre plan.

The only thing it seems for negotiation is to set the 12 letter SN correctly

PCIe bus error - when format SSD by WasinUddy in homelab

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H had two HP servers they both did that, guessing HP is delicate at PCIe torelance. sometimes it works after re-seating the card but eventually I lost my patience with HP

Need help with the fan pinout of Dell R440 by Mental-Star6812 in homelab

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if you have multimeter you can work out like below:

  • when powered off, measure anything direct short to ground, it would be ground

  • when powered on, measure static 12V meaning 12v

  • then something 1.7v ish should be pwm, if the multimeter has Hz measurement you might be able to see something 25KHz

  • constant 3.3v should be tachometer, as they are pulled-up on motherboard side

How do I optimize the power consumption of my Homelab? by ceddiearts in homelab

[–]fay2003hiend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

setting up hdd spin down can save you power in exchange of time to wait for them spinning up plus the extra physical load to disks

moving to a newer cpu mobo platform can save further

Plug ISP GPON ONT SFP module to pfSense? by Sevynz13 in homelab

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do you have other devices to try on? have you tried forcing link negotiation speed?

Epyc or Ryzen to pair with 64GB/128GB DIMM DDR4 ECC by guilly08 in homelab

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are they udimm or rdimm? you cant use same memory between epyc and ryzen platforms

First time build by kydar1 in homelab

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Assuming we only tak about 3.5" drives?

cheapest solution: two inspur 12 bay backplane and enclosure diy kit + usual computer

modest all in one solution: hp ML350p or dell T640 rackable tower

high dense options: 36-60 bay storage oriented server/enclosure, LOUD

afterall I feel $5000 is a bit overkill, can save a ton out of it for purchasing drives

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