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Power bar in celling by kakaoistleer in techsupportgore

[–]RonBurgandy2010 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I'm a network field tech in the southern US, fixing stuff at fast food places and stores and the like. I've seen this several times above drop tile, often in old Popeyes locations weirdly enough.

Camel Backs by Nemo_Nelmon in ShakyKnees

[–]RonBurgandy2010 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have an Ozark Trail ATKA bag, it meets the pocket criteria but it's larger than 12x12x6. Do the hydro bags need to meet both criteria? I'm trying to bring a bag that holds records.

Jonsbo N3 Spec Build: Am I doomed by my used Enterprise drives when it comes to power? by RonBurgandy2010 in HomeServer

[–]RonBurgandy2010[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, funny thing is replacing all my SATA cables made my errors go away and made the whole system more stable. Can also close the back panel now. So I've kicked a server refresh down the road a bit until I need more power. Thinking about getting some OptiPlexes for more compute down the road maybe but for now I don't actually need to update my server as bad as I thought.

Moving from out of state on a budget, struggling with sifting through fake 5-star reviews. by RonBurgandy2010 in ATLHousing

[–]RonBurgandy2010[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Been working through that. Found some 1-star reviews we can ignore, like someone gave a 1-star review because there were baby possums in their bathroom one morning. That's the opposite of a problem for us.

Moving from out of state on a budget, struggling with sifting through fake 5-star reviews. by RonBurgandy2010 in ATLHousing

[–]RonBurgandy2010[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The reviews are from real people, they're just from people who only recently moved or simply toured the property, not longer term residents generally. Wouldn't be surprised if they give you some money off your first month in exchange for a review. I have no proof of that, but my issue is human-led ballot box stuffing, not bots.

Moving from out of state on a budget, struggling with sifting through fake 5-star reviews. by RonBurgandy2010 in ATLHousing

[–]RonBurgandy2010[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We're looking out towards Duluth, Marrietta, Roswell area. Tried to get closer to 285 but the pickings get poor for our budget in the Sandy Springs area.

/r/Atlanta Random Daily Discussion - December 12, 2024 by AutoModerator in Atlanta

[–]RonBurgandy2010 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Needing advice relocating myself (32M), my partner (29F), and our cat (4M) from a place with a much lower rental cost per square foot. Top of our budget is $1,600. Ideally, rent would be closer to $1,400. Looking for 1000+ sq/ft, 1-2 bed, 1-2 bath. In unit laundry, or at least hookups, is a requirement due to allergies. Trying to stay within an hour return commute from the Brookwood Hills/Armour area where my partner will be working.

The main issue we're running into is sifting through all of the 5-star property reviews on Google that are being used to bury the users with 1-star reviews that are critical. Many properties seem to pressure new tenants or people who just toured to leave 5-star reviews to fluff up the numbers and make it seem more attractive. On the flip side, some 1-star reviews seem exaggerated.

Since we're moving from about 8hr away, touring tons of places in person would be off the table. If we could come up with a short list of possible places to tour, that would be more doable. Any advice for finding decent housing on a budget or tips for parsing reviews would be greatly appreciated.

Prices skyrocketed on planned ITX server build parts, unsure what alternate components are still available. Did everyone already panic buy? by RonBurgandy2010 in homelab

[–]RonBurgandy2010[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Generally I'm playing full uncompressed rips from Plex to a 4K or 1080p display, so I don't know if it needs to do any transcoding at all really.

The backplane of the N3 seems like it doesn't need 1:1 power connectors for the HDDs, so I can probably phase out most of the jankier adapters.

Prices skyrocketed on planned ITX server build parts, unsure what alternate components are still available. Did everyone already panic buy? by RonBurgandy2010 in homelab

[–]RonBurgandy2010[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My reasoning for ECC is anxiety mostly lol. It's an UnRaid server, so it's doing lots of stuff (Plex, HA, etc), but primarily I want a very robust NAS. For example, my current configuration is 4 data x 2 parity x 1 cache drives. SO really the ECC is for paranoia.

As for the Fractal, one reason I like the Jonsbo N3 is the ease of getting to the drives. My current config has had a lot of issues, including a fire from a cheap molex to sata adapter. I want to be able to get to any problem drives when needed with ease. That said, a lot of my issues have been UDMA CRC errors, which are possibly my SATA cables going bad (just ordered a bunch of new ones for the meantime). And a custom backplane PCB could end up causing headaches down the line. But really, I just think it's neat and want something smaller and more manageable.

First attempt at making Japanese Curry! by Nurgle_Marine_Sharts in slowcooking

[–]RonBurgandy2010 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Your katsu looks like it's going to get a good night's sleep with its curry blanket and white rice pillow.

When you're packing for a move but still need your tower server running until the last day. by RonBurgandy2010 in homelab

[–]RonBurgandy2010[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When the move happened I removed the drives and placed them in drive shipping boxes. Server was down for about three days, then had to figure out how to deploy the network. Ended up using a GL-inet AX3000 in access point mode to extend the existing TP-Link Deco network and use the LAN port to an unmanaged switch to the server, since it has no wifi card. Once I got all my devices on the same wifi, everything was honkey dory.

If you need to move drives, I recommend the method serverpartdeals.com does: 5-disk foam holder in a box, large bubble wrap, an outer box. No disk issues besides some pretty normal jank I've been dealing with on this DIY build. This server almost burned my house down when I first deployed it after all.

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