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Bbigfellasdad replied to the thread The truth about CPU power consumption.Well said, I think you nailed it. The sff boxes do have vpro, which is OK but nothing like a real ilo. Agreed.
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Efficiency is all about power/watt, Many people have waaay more compute than they need, myself included. My expertise is in... -
BPeople are still using VMWare??? KVM based Proxmox Nutanix (there is a free homelab capable version) RedHat Hypervisor XENish...
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Bbigfellasdad replied to the thread Esxi free is dead. Alternative?.For home use I stopped using vmware some years ago and now only use Proxmox. At work we are currently looking into alternatives for...
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Bbigfellasdad replied to the thread The truth about CPU power consumption.Interesting, i'm definitely in the server/client mindset, independent of the hardware. My first 'home server' was a SparcStation 20...
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BI think that is a good question, and the answer will vary wildly depending on who answers. From a manufacturer standpoint, there is...
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Bbigfellasdad replied to the thread The truth about CPU power consumption.Its not just USFF, also SFF home servers are very efficient and allow 3 pcie slots including wifi A+E, a few ssd's and nvme drive. My...
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Bbigfellasdad replied to the thread The truth about CPU power consumption.chill baby, a sticky post is like an FAQ, keep it to the top so FAQ's are there, right at your finger tips, its a help to people with...
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Bbigfellasdad replied to the thread The truth about CPU power consumption.OFC. Do you not think its a little out dated though? Ive followed servehome for a long time, this post doesn't cut it these days.
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Bbigfellasdad replied to the thread The truth about CPU power consumption.This thread is funny, why is it held at the top of the list??? Id consider a low power and powerful home server pc to be sub 10w, and...
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BHi, Im looking for an N100 ITX board for a small standalone proxmox server. There are lots out there but I need something specific...
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Bbigfellasdad replied to the thread pcie sas card that works on UEFI.Oh fabulous, thank you very much! I haven't updated the firmware in the last 12 months but if i remember the latest firmware is very old.
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BAh that's an odd one, mostly you only need UEFI compatibility in order to boot from a device, but HP does weird things sometimes because...
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Bbigfellasdad replied to the thread pcie sas card that works on UEFI.Sorry, to clarify the mobo takes ages to post with the h240 in, then finally boots but I don't see the card or disks. Apparently the...
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Bbigfellasdad replied to the thread pcie sas card that works on UEFI.I'm booting off 1 of the nvme's, locked to uefi boot, the raidz1 sas was for vm and media, home dir etc. Backing up to an external...