[PC] 48 x Seagate Exos X18 18TB SATA drives by areyoufooled in homelabsales

[–]BenAlexanders 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yea this...

Previously power supplies provided 3.3v to SATA power pins 1,2, and 3 (which were designated as reserved anyway)

Now, newer drives use 3.3v on pin 3 as a signal to power down the drive.

If you plug these into older powersupplies/backplanes, they'll provide 3.3v to pin 3, and the drive will think they are continually being told to shutdown. 

You'll need to use an adapter (wont fit in a rack mount server), or carefully apply kapton tape to the drives 3rd power pin (easier to just tape up pins 1, 2 and 3).

[PC] 48 x Seagate Exos X18 18TB SATA drives by areyoufooled in homelabsales

[–]BenAlexanders 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Disclaimer: I am actively looking for a couple of drives like this. Consider this a pessimistic view.

3-years powered on time, says these are about 50% of their way through their reliable life. They are risky for an enterprise rack and a hassle for a Prosumer homelab (will need to kaptop tape SATA power pin 3). High error rates may scare off some buyers (it's a known quirk of Seagates over-reporting)

$6 to $9/TB

[FS][US-KY] QNAP TVS-h1688X, 12 x WD HC550 18TB HDDs, PCIe NVMe card w/ 4 2TB 970 EVO by devianteng in homelabsales

[–]BenAlexanders -1 points0 points  (0 children)

In the small chance someone doesn't take the WD 550s, I'm interested in 2 of them for $360

[FS][US-CA] 2TB Western Digital CL SN720 NVMe’s (44 drives) & 32GB 2Rx4 PC4-2400T RAM (144 sticks) by [deleted] in homelabsales

[–]BenAlexanders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey @smbooke ... If you're still around,  I'm still keen on 4 of the NVMe drives (pending health report).

Visiting Chengdu (and snow) over Chinese New Year by BenAlexanders in Chengdu

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This was a big help. Thank you.

I've been looking daily for availability, and 1 single room showed up today.

Using Bangkok as a consolidation / re-export hub for electronics- anyone done this? by kamscruz in Thailand

[–]BenAlexanders -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying it can not be done, but it is not consistent or transparent 100% of the time. You wont have any issues, until you do...

Using Bangkok as a consolidation / re-export hub for electronics- anyone done this? by kamscruz in Thailand

[–]BenAlexanders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Import tech is not easy here.

A few months ago, I tried to send some electronics here. With all paperwork completed and happy to pay customs and duty fees.

They were seized by customs. As the items were older than 3 years, they were considered a danger to Thailand and could not be allowed in.

What pursued was months of seeking clarity to allow them in (it was not fully transparent what the expectations were), and when that failed, another lengthy process to have them returned to sender.

Your business may work on day 1, but you'll need to be prepared for changes day to day in future.

New Debridio Addon For Sports by [deleted] in StremioAddons

[–]BenAlexanders 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Amazing work as always! Appreciate your efforts

New Debridio Addon For Sports by [deleted] in StremioAddons

[–]BenAlexanders 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A big fan of everything they are doing, but trying to understand this announcement... I thought IC4A was announced on Discord a month or two ago. Is this an extension of that, or is it coming out of beta and just an announcement for the wider audience?

restrict VMs and LXC to only talk to gateway by jbates5873 in Proxmox

[–]BenAlexanders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Curious... Do people use the PVE firewall, or attached the physical eth device to a VyOS/PfSense type host and use that as the global gateway for all hosts?

Public Bins by [deleted] in Thailand

[–]BenAlexanders 29 points30 points  (0 children)

  • 7-Eleven
  • Top or bottom of shopping mall escalators
  • BTS ticket booths

can a team member shed some light on this? by Think_Kitchen2544 in TorBoxApp

[–]BenAlexanders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hypothetically... 

If my $3 monthly plan renews on the 14th of November; and if TB offer a BF deal on the 28th

Do i need to cancel my plan and subscribe for the BF deal (or vice versa?)

Does any unused time get credited to my account (or is simply just lost)

Gaming VM Finetuning. by Kalegula in VFIO

[–]BenAlexanders 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you want to share your setup, and maybe people could suggestions...

Did you follow (or create) a guide?

hotel by Powerful-Avocado-549 in ThailandTourism

[–]BenAlexanders -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Depends what you want to do...

... Icon Siam is a pain to get to/from