Recent content by Brian Puccio

A drive can be “internal” in that it goes in a half-height 5.25” bay in a server and connects to a SAS (or I suppose FC?) connection. But to answer your question about converting a drive from standalone to part of a library, similar things have been done. In addition to the library, do you...

lol @ the description: The drive is compatible with PCs and comes in a sleek silver color, adding a modern touch to your computer setup. In addition to its compatibility with HDD and SSD drive types …

Supermicro backplane for 2U twin node chassis model SAS827HD.

I have a Supermicro 826 chassis with a BPN-SAS3-826EL1 backplane. Linux/ZFS were complaining that the disks weren't available after I got home from a weekend away. All 8 disks in the array were no longer seen with lsblk. None of the lights for the drive bays were glowing (8 populated, 4 empty)...

yeah, sadly all gone already : (

Good deal, but sadly gone. Thanks for posting!

Wow, I haven’t thought of the Hard OverClocking forums in forever. This is a sweet server setup. I have a similar 2 node in 2U setup and think it is fantastic. I’d pick this up if I didn’t already have my current setup.

Thanks for the review. The ~3 watts for power off/BMC-only is low … or at least less than I thought X10 generation motherboards do (10-15 watts). Am I misremembering or has IPMI become more energy efficient?

I have that model connected to a CalDigit hub connected to an M1 MBP. It’s reliable and I can push 9+ gbps through it when benchmarking — not that I can actually sustain real transfers to/from disk at that rate.

I’m glad you bought them so now I couldn’t.

Totally gone now — and that’s good because I was thinking I would buy them myself.

I don’t mind creating an account as long as it isn’t “create an account so we can verify you have an active service/support plan with us for that piece of hardware”.

If the image quality is comparable to the Z32 I will be happy for getting something in the same league for a third of the price. For anything truly color critical, whatever monitor you get should be calibrated with a hardware calibrator to generate a profile for the specific display. And then...

Just like a HP Z32? Ok, I’m sold. That’s the monitor I have. So I just ordered one of these for the girlfriend. I wish I could justify a second 32” for myself.

Oof. I got 6 of these for $200 a piece a year ago.