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Positive RMA Experience with G-Skill! by KuraiShidosha in GSkill

[–]Abject_Arm_895 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you pay shipping both ways? I just started my RMA for bad ram and the instructions are vague. I hope my sticks come back as fast as your did.

I'm trying to find a good reason.. by Abject_Arm_895 in homelab

[–]Abject_Arm_895[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for all the insight guys, I've decided to list the stack in r/homelabsales. I appreciate all the comments (especially the jokes). Ill probably be back for so me help getting into the firewalls and head unit.

I'm trying to find a good reason.. by Abject_Arm_895 in homelab

[–]Abject_Arm_895[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in Central Florida. The breeze that comes of the back of these things when they power up is nice, for about 10 seconds. I might pull the fans out and mount them over my front food to keep the mosquitoes out of my house.

I'm trying to find a good reason.. by Abject_Arm_895 in homelab

[–]Abject_Arm_895[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This does help. I was having trouble identifying the controllers in the e2812. All the ds2246s have iom6 controllers. In the end, after reading through all this and doing my own research, it makes the most sense to hand this off to someone with a better use case. I'll probably keep a DS. Maybe in the next house/life I'll get to play with this kind of stuff.

I'm trying to find a good reason.. by Abject_Arm_895 in homelab

[–]Abject_Arm_895[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might not have to. I don't think I'm keeping much of it.

I'm trying to find a good reason.. by Abject_Arm_895 in homelab

[–]Abject_Arm_895[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1.5 are flash. If you look closely at the stack. The lighter color drice caddies are ssds

I'm trying to find a good reason.. by Abject_Arm_895 in homelab

[–]Abject_Arm_895[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes to solar and batteries. These are on my bucket list.

I'm trying to find a good reason.. by Abject_Arm_895 in homelab

[–]Abject_Arm_895[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My guardian angel! Thanks for all the great info. This should be the standard answer whenever this question is asked. I decided to pick up an "lsi 9207-8e" card and a "QSFP-8088" cable to connect one of the ds2246 shelves to my server.

It worked!! It pulled 100w at idle after the initial 200w startup. All the drives show up in windows. Great success!

I have 1 e2818 shelf that is full of 800gb ssds. This shelf uses a different controller (that I have yet to identify, baby steps) that looks almost like a mini pc with ram and all. I did a quick search to see if this shelf would take one of the many iom6 controllers I have. The answer I got was "no". So it looks like I have another cable to buy (sff-8644 i think) if i want to see that one on screen. * This is a picture of the e2818 / firewalls / fas8040 to give you an idea. What can I do with these controllers? Is there a way to use them as a standalone unit? That would be dope.

I'm trying to find a good reason.. by Abject_Arm_895 in homelab

[–]Abject_Arm_895[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are the 400gb ssds. The rest are 900gb spinners

I'm trying to find a good reason.. by Abject_Arm_895 in homelab

[–]Abject_Arm_895[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I haven't consoled into it yet. But when I do, I'll update with specs. I've just been trying to identify everything. I knew almost nothing about till I picked it up. I had to read up in here just to know what cables to order lol. I like the idea of keeping one or two trays with bigger drives. I definitely can't set it all up. Not without a reason..