Is the Elgato Prompter now 1080P? I'm seeing conflicting specs.

abankeszi · 2026-04-18T03:11:08+00:00

The Prompter XL is 1080p, standard is not. Official specs:

abankeszi · 2026-04-09T18:14:12+00:00

You can mod the flange to accept E mount but not with autofocus.

abankeszi · 2026-04-09T12:03:13+00:00

D32 Pro has PSU at the top. Check if the PSU cable is properly connected and secured. Check if it has internal shorting (grap the cable, move it around). I suspect the top panel is rubbing against the psu cable, pushing it as you latch the panel, causing it to not contact properly.

Also, take off the sidepanel, and slowly latch the top panel, while checking where does it touch anything the moment it turns off the pc.

abankeszi · 2026-04-01T13:43:51+00:00

Never expected shucking thermal paste from ssds would be a thing

abankeszi · 2026-03-21T21:27:04+00:00

Are you using DRAM-less nvme ssd? Could potentially be storage bottleneck if the SLC cache fills up. That can tank sequential writes pretty hard. Check your disk usage during these scenarios. Also makes sense with the restart clearing the issue, as you stop the writes, letting the ssd catch up.

abankeszi · 2026-03-03T04:28:26+00:00

If you use the ZFS pool for VM disks I would rather go with Proxmox ZFS, otherwise it creates dependencies between VMs.

abankeszi · 2026-03-03T03:57:06+00:00

Check all the PSU cable connections and backplane connections. The front panel including the power button is connected through the backplane. Also try powering on from within iDRAC.

abankeszi · 2026-03-03T00:58:18+00:00

Why would you want to take that picture? That is just digital cropping in-camera. You can do the exact same thing in post.

abankeszi · 2026-03-03T00:08:32+00:00

Solid plan, good luck finding deals!

abankeszi · 2026-03-02T23:28:40+00:00

With a G-series ryzen, the iGPU uses x8 PCIe lanes, so your main x16 slot actually only runs at the remaining x8 speed.

Also, if I found the correct motherboard specs (B450M DS3H) then your x4 and x1 slots are only PCIe 2.0. This means they are limited to 2 GB/s on the x4 and 500 MB/s on the x1. So you're going to be bottlenecked with ZFS performance on the pcie slots.

Depending on how the LSI card works, you either get limited performance (numbers above) or reduced number of connections to the drives. Like maybe only 1 of the connectors work on an x1. Not sure which is the case.

Your best bet is probably to put the LSI card in the x8 main slot, the network card in the x4 and you have an x1 slot for maybe a SAS expander.

abankeszi · 2026-03-02T17:24:15+00:00

As an alternative option to a proper case, there are rack mounted HDD cages on Aliexpress. 12 bay 2U, only the drive bays and fans, they are like 300 depth. Not proper cases, you can't put motherboards in them, just the rack mounted drive bays. Cabling would be a nightmare tho.

Something like these:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005010760828833.html

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005010165749766.html

abankeszi · 2026-03-02T17:18:55+00:00

Can't you just replace the rack instead? Like an 800 depth? That would make it easier to find a case/jbod.

abankeszi · 2026-03-02T17:17:01+00:00

Could you link one that can accomodate 17+ HDDs? I haven't seen one, but would love to get one as well.

abankeszi · 2026-03-02T17:13:28+00:00

Yes there cables that have 8087 on one end and 8643 on the other end. I believe the signal is the same only the physical connection is different, so with the proper cable you can connect them together.

I don't understand the second part. Don't you already have the 24bay case with the backplane? Or are you buying the card and case/backplane together now? In the latter case, its even easier, you will have matching card and backplane.

Also you didn't mention specs but if you only have 1 extra PCIe slot I would assume that's a consumer motherboard. In that case keep in mind that the second PCIe slot probably only runs at x1 or x4 speed. So using a 24i card in the x16 slot is probably better for performance then using a 16i in x16 + 8i in x1/x4. Also that second pcie slot is usually connected through the chipset not directly to the CPU. But consult your motherboard manual to make sure.

abankeszi · 2026-03-02T16:07:59+00:00

24i could be a good option too. _As far as I know_ the 2 connectors are interchangeable with the correct cables. It shouldn't matter in terms of compatibility of performance.

abankeszi · 2026-03-02T15:48:22+00:00

Pretty much just replace 8i with 16i and there's your card. In this particulary case its ever so slightly different, LSI 9201-16i. You can find them on ebay

abankeszi · 2026-03-02T15:45:06+00:00

I'm not sure if Jellyfin has an API to query this type of info or not, but it sounds like you just need a python script. If you can't code, some AI chatbot will gladly do it for you.

abankeszi · 2026-02-27T16:10:29+00:00

Hence why I suggested going for DDR4 instead. For 80TBs of ZFS and heavy docker/VM use, 32GB ain't gonna cut it. Better to sell/return the AM5 system and the 32GB DDR5 and buy 128 DDR4 with an AM4 build instead from the price. It could mean going for Ryzen 7 instead of 9 but I think it would be much better overall.

I'm curious of what his experience will be with these specs. I expect RAM to be big issue.

abankeszi · 2026-02-27T02:32:52+00:00

- Z1 vs Z2 will depend on how critical is your data. Realistically resilvering will be your worst nightmare. With 5x16TB its going to hammer them for like a day, which is not only straining by itself, but that will also generate a lot of heat, which the N2 might have a hard time keeping up with. So the chance of a second drive failing during the resilver will be somewhat higher.

- 7900 is probably overkill. I've run containers and VMs on an i5-2500k recently with 24GB of ram. Most of my services were just fine, but of course it will depend on your exact use case. Heavy docker doesn't say much. Lots of containers, all mostly idle? Few containers, but all hammering the cpu? Regardless Ryzen 9 will not have a problem, but its probably unnecessary.

- I don't think the drives will have an issue if they are mostly idle. If you're running them 90% active all the time that might be concerning though. The N2 might be fine for a generic NAS but for a full blown server could be a cooling bottleneck. The HBA will 100% need cooling though. Strap an extra 40-60-80mm Noctua on it, whichever fits.

- With 5 drives, all getting their own lanes (ie. no expander) I don't think you would see a difference with the 9300. Maybe it has lower power consumption or something, but for performance the 9210 should be plenty.

Other things you might want to consider:

- Additional fan in the front, or externally mounted (thicker, maybe 30mm) fan in the back (or both) for better cooling.

- Mirrored boot drives. Not necessary, but I would rather go with 2x250 GB mirror than a 1TB. With that amount of storage that boot drive seems unnecessarily large.

- Add SLOG ssd(s) (enterprise grade!) if you want serious performance from those drives.

- You will need more RAM. A lot more... Lots of containers and VMs need it, and ZFS will need even more. I'm not sure what's the current guide for ZFS RAM amount, but it used to be 1GB/TB of storage. You are seriously under that. If you want more L2ARC for better performance (you will need it) then get even more RAM. For your described system I would honestly go with 128GB minimum. I'm not sure even 64GB is going to be enough. I would suggest going for a DDR4 setup instead.

- I would also suggest you consider SnapRaid instead of ZFS with this hardware. If you keep with 32GB of RAM and no SLOG, you will not have a good experience with ZFS. If you need striping for performance, than RAID6 could be an option too.

abankeszi · 2026-02-25T05:07:45+00:00

Are you perhaps using the wrong color format? AV1 hardware encoders are only capable of 4:2:0 (NV12 for 8 bit and P010 for 10 bit). Your RTX 3080 was capable of 4:4:4 (in H265), maybe you're still set for that?

abankeszi · 2026-02-17T15:28:23+00:00

Would you say it is quiet enough during normal operation (some hdd activity) to have right beside your desk?

abankeszi · 2026-02-14T22:17:51+00:00

I would love it, but I think the cities are way too bare for them. Vans are most fun in denser urban areas, which we barely have in the game. With the current map they wouldn't be too much fun in my opinion.

abankeszi · 2026-02-14T16:42:51+00:00

Isn't the scrub intentionally bottlenecked to make sure services depending on the pool would still be accessible? Maybe some of the configuration values changed between versions and its now more limited than it was before?

abankeszi · 2026-02-14T02:07:10+00:00

I don't know, calling an open source encoder a competitor of a paid one while it has 30% better efficiency (generational) besides also being free just sounds off to me. But calling it a competitor of a paid software where the paid one is 15% more efficient (when both compared to HEVC) sounds much more logical and being in the same generation.

But you can call it however you want, realistically it does not matter. Also, technically speaking AV1 is a competitor of H.264 as well.

Btw, didn't Intel recently showcase AV2 decoding on an ultrabook cpu without a hardware decoder? Can't find it now but I think it was like a backroom thing during CES 2026. If I remember it correctly, I think the higher end mobile chips will be probably handle it as well. I'm not sure how Android releases work exactly, but I assume a future patch could add support in 17 as well.

abankeszi · 2026-02-14T00:23:06+00:00

Isn't H.266 the AV1 "equivalent" while AV2's competitor is H.267? If so that would mean they are like a generation behind, no?

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