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The P4600 reportedly gives false temperature warnings on the PCIe bus and there are other firmware issues causing it to drop off the PCIe bus randomly. There's a firmware release update from 2023 which is very hopeful and that seems to address the issues it has. So as long as the drives aren't...

The machines I am working on, I only could do NVMe, but I have another server that I might rebuild that has a SAS controller. So I might hit you up as I am indeed in the UK, but I want to sort out these machines first.

https://ebay.us/m/FrAZDj I made an offer for 10x of these at what as far as I can see is well under value (£288). I guess someone will say they've seen them cheaper, but I've been looking for a few weeks and not found a better deal.

For a project, I want 8-10 qty M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen4 drives, probably 2TB is the sweet spot. Does anyone have any recommendations for a good source at a good price other than Amazon? I think I prefer new although I might end up buying something generic like Lexar rather than splashing out for...

Thanks for this thread. I'm moving house soon and will be able to get a decent solar system with home battery. This has inspired me to try a proper Proxmox cluster (although I should probably try AHV because we use Nutanix at work). I was curious about the C6400, probably with C6525 modules...

Frankly I could have posted this in storage or networking, and possibly deals (but I don't think it's a bargain). PCIE 10G + M.2 Network Card PCIE3.0 X4 AQC113C Support 2 NVME 2280 SSD https://a.aliexpress.com/_EzljYYB It's weird, kind of like something QNAP sell I suppose. But someone might...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355160494114 4 x Fujitsu PY-HC311 ConnectX3 40Gbps InfiniBand IB HCA Single Port CA05954-2441 One day left on this and the seller has several more lots of these in pairs as well. They are also selling some odd numbered lots of DDR4 server RAM which is weird but...

This one in Poland is an insane price: MCX455A-ECAT LP MELLANOX CONNECTX-4 100GBE SINGLE PORT QSFP28 PCIE INFINIBAND | eBay

No actual link, is it eBay?

It's 20in deep Edit: actually correction, these are Open Rack not 19in rack. Looking at the A in the part number, I wonder if these were made for AWS or Azure

For those who are interested in something a bit unusual in CX-6, this one has PPS for PtP tagging. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275851652094

Is Bluefield worth it if you're not developing apps specifically for it as a developer? Is it a good accelerator for general purpose Linux functions with the right drivers? E.g. does it accelerate OVS without significant work?

Not long ago I was trying to convince some colleagues that we would be okay buying Gigabyte instead of Dell. I was even citing STH to show how good getting an AMD Geneva Gigabyte system might be. Balls. Edit: Just to note, we'd not be using Windows on such servers, but it doesn't help the...

Thanks all, that's reassuring

This Latvian reseller is offering CRS510 for an astonishing price, the site says the price excludes VAT because I am in the UK, so doubtless I'll pay that at the boarder but if that's 20% it'll still be something like £780 on a €999 switch...