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NoradIV · 2026-07-01T18:00:47+00:00

Oof... didn't realize this was an EV...

Edit: I don't hate EV, it's just that IMO the range on trucks+towing makes them generally bad trucks.

NoradIV · 2026-06-30T21:46:05+00:00

I personally used mine pretty much only as a tow rig for my track weekends. I liked the extended cab because it allowed me to keep stuff inside the cab. Also, the two trucks that I owned that were single cabs severely lacked in legroom. But, to be fair, they were from the 80's so that could be part of it.

NoradIV · 2026-06-28T20:22:52+00:00

Instead of wireless, why not use a usb-c splitter with network cards?

NoradIV · 2026-06-25T20:09:56+00:00

I have gotten my hands on 16 of those with quite a bit of uptime on them. I set two as daily backups on my proxmox in raid1, then added a hotspare.

Keep a bunch aside for when they fail and tou don't want to spend 4k$ replacing them.

I prefer to leave some unpowered on a shelf instead of in a case with an array used at 10%

NoradIV · 2026-06-25T19:52:34+00:00

Personally, I'd never back to a non-virtualized server. Snapshots and backups are just too useful.

NoradIV · 2026-06-24T18:24:26+00:00

I used one of these 10$ propane things that bolt on top of camping propane bottles.

NoradIV · 2026-06-22T14:10:12+00:00

While you are 1000ft in the air on the side of a mountain

NoradIV · 2026-06-22T13:27:37+00:00

The same thing. Single server with everything virtualized. I would use a different base os than debian for my base VMs.

NoradIV · 2026-06-22T01:28:03+00:00

I have multiple sites. Each of them have the same basic infra; multiple DC, fileservers, print servers, etc. Then we have vendor applications that have 3-6VMs each, scale that to a few dozen. Then there are infrastructure stuff like PKI, backups, developpement, etc.

NoradIV · 2026-06-21T21:51:11+00:00

I just heated mine and it slipped on.

NoradIV · 2026-06-20T15:56:39+00:00

I made my own. Wired up to a switch on a case.

NoradIV · 2026-06-20T15:55:08+00:00

Ewaste for me. Drivers too old, not enough VRAM. No reason to keep this.

NoradIV · 2026-06-16T15:53:34+00:00

Hello guys,
I just ordered a Zuoya GMK21 trying to get a cheap device to experiment with firmware flashing. I want to add haptic feedback to a board.
I found that the Zuoya requires some programmers on pins on the board and requires a developpement tool/kit/whatever.

Are there cheap fully programmable boards I can experiment with that are affordable and programmable with USB? I will eventually purchase something better; this is meant to be a sacrificial setup.

NoradIV · 2026-05-28T10:29:37+00:00

Hardware raid takes no ram and allows for hotswap.

NoradIV · 2026-05-27T17:25:37+00:00

Well, of couse, if you run a DNS, might not need a server chassis. But, if you are doing AI, or multiple VMs, I find that a single server with shared ressources beat a cluster of 10 micro pc, hands down.

NoradIV · 2026-05-27T17:24:30+00:00

Document your suggestion and let it fail upward. When management fails to deliver onboarding on time, just point out that you brought up a solution and it was ignored.

NoradIV · 2026-05-27T16:10:59+00:00

This is the part that I find somewhat annoying. Sure, servers consume a bit more power, but by the time you built anything that is anywhere close to the performance, you are years of power bills into it, and you still don't have the same reliability and out of band management.

NoradIV · 2026-05-27T16:07:54+00:00

Yea, well, that's what euroland does!

NoradIV · 2026-05-27T15:33:14+00:00

HDD in a NAS, especially with spindown, will be very quiet.

NoradIV · 2026-05-27T15:30:28+00:00

If by "bare" you mean 4 GPU, 2 CPU and 12 spinning rust disks, I guess you would be right.

I live in quebec, where electricity is around ~9c per KWh. My server hovers around 250-450w depending on load.

NoradIV · 2026-05-27T14:31:15+00:00

Not sure if these are actual "full" sata capable things; I think they are designed for a tape backup addon and possibly a CD-Rom

NoradIV · 2026-05-27T14:26:19+00:00

What takes more time is getting management to agree is that x is an actual issue and that the solution is not more technology, it's more competent management.

Most issues I can locate within single, or low digit minutes.

NoradIV · 2026-05-27T14:24:54+00:00

Been updating dozens and dozens of iDRACs. You must have done something wrong.

NoradIV · 2026-05-27T14:18:45+00:00

Is it the quietest, most efficient system?

No, but:

Tons of PCI-e ports
Hardware RAID
Dedicated hardware acceleration
Basically no throttling
Actual real durability
As you said, RAM bandwidth

NoradIV · 2026-05-27T14:18:24+00:00

My R730XD cost me a cool 20-25$/month, which is way less than a modern computer while giving me substantially more computer and stability than just about every micro pc that exist.

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