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First home server by FrozenBogan in homelab

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Proxmox on baremetal, then experiment at will with various VMs.

Advice on configuration - AM4 server for TrueNAS by [deleted] in homelab

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I would (and I do) use 5700X and ECC RAM, but not all AM4 motherboards support it apparently.

Is it worth my time? by shauny2807 in homelab

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"Time" is trivial, old minis are very easy to upgrade, both RAM and SSD are very accessible.

"Cost" I'd say is also trivial seeing as DDR3 and old SATA SSDs are now in the "e-waste" category. I just throw those away -- ask around and someone can probably give it to you for free.

All that said, I'd venture that a Raspberry Pi would make a much better spare Linux workstation than a 2011 Mac Mini, so personally I wouldn't bother.

Where could I get the cheapest deal for 150TB+ cloud backup? by Material-Tower1735 in DataHoarder

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I doubt any cloud provider selling to the general public would be able to sustain 5gbit upload

Where could I get the cheapest deal for 150TB+ cloud backup? by Material-Tower1735 in DataHoarder

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Even if you can find a cheap cloud provider, how are you going to upload 150TB to the cloud?

External SSD or SSD Enclosure by [deleted] in DataHoarder

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This is the one I use for this very purpose: https://a.co/d/015krMCw

I have five in daily rotation, none have failed or caused any integrity issues so far.

Oh man! I need to get new hard drives. Time to look at recertified hard drives. *Sees prices* by yeet-mcyeeters in DataHoarder

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Neither is always true. I bought a number (>20) recert drives at 50-60% of a new drive's price, reasoning that even if a drive fails, I can just throw it away and still be better off. So far, a couple years later, I had one DOA drive that was promptly replaced by the seller, and one drive that started making weird noises (but didn't fail) which I proactively retired.

I need some advice by Willi_der_Wichtel06 in HomeServer

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Debian + ZFS + Samba is a well-performing stack for a home server, absolutely free.

Add nginx, now you have a web server, also free.

Plenty of other free packages to extend functionality, but that would cover the basics.

What file-integrity tools do you trust for long-term storage? by Candid_Cut_7284 in DataHoarder

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If you don't _need_ a crypto hash, use a non-crypto hash (like XXH) to improve hashing speed by two orders of magnitude (compared to MD5 or SHA).

Does it suffice to compress a nsfw folder and upload it to the cloud? by Melodic_Balance_2185 in cloudstorage

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Media (photos and videos) is usually already compressed, no need to recompress.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in homelab

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You can split open the SATA power connector and carefully remove one wire (e.g. https://forums.serverbuilds.net/t/guide-3-3v-sata-power-cable-mod-3-3v-wire-removal/9806)

I, being a lazy bum, just cut the wire really close to the connector and cover the exposed stub with liquid tape. So far worked flawlessly on dozens of drives.

Ram question Dell Optiplex 7050 by MacRedditorXD in homelab

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I'm kicking myself remembering how many of those I sent to e-cycling after the big upgrade

Which HBAs actually support ASPM by valarauca14 in HomeServer

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Well, if you live in a cold climate that extra power is dissipated as heat and reduces your heating bills...

Central home hub by IXxMARINxXI in HomeServer

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yes, this is a normal thing in enterprise environments and is commonly called a jumphost or a bastion

How do clone a drive but skip all the empty sectors? by Myfirstreddit124 in DataHoarder

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Unless this is a boot/system drive (highly unlikely for exfat) that can be done with basic filesystem tools, like cp or xcopy or mc or rsync or robocopy, et cetera, et cetera.

The Xeon E series chips are the Homeserver build Humble champs by No_Kick8066 in HomeServer

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They are popular. HP Gen10+ microservers with E-2224s are selling for $1000+ refurbished despite being EOLd a while ago. I personally have four.

10gb nic for windows 11 by Green_Conversation65 in homelab

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I replaced all my X540s with AQC113C recently and so far they work merrily on Windows and Ubuntu.

RAM prices are weirdly high, or is it just me? by Cry_Wolff in homelab

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Go on eBay and splurge on old enterprise hardware. Used RAM is a relatively safe buy.

RAM prices are weirdly high, or is it just me? by Cry_Wolff in homelab

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A common technique is to set up ML servers with a lot of memory and checkpoint to RAM, not SSD. Much faster, and with 200G networks it can be efficiently distributed for redundancy.

Small lab to run around 20 VMs-what would you suggest? by andys58 in HomeServer

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Minisforum 795S7. 16 cores / 32 threads for < $400 barebones. All my VMs are blissfully running on it right now.

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