Recent content by Fryguy8

Is there any reason to consider 6430s, or is it worth it to just go to a 6450? I'm a bit worried about the power consumption and noise. And I don't really need the layer3 stuff, but hey it's a homelab I'll find something to do with it! Everybody is saying that these are quiet, but the spec...

Where you have guys been finding IPMI modules for Intel boards?

BLinux, that is super helpful. Did you ever get a chance to power any of those setups with a single CPU? Or did you go straight to dual cpu on all of them?

I haven't measured in a lonnnnng time, and a few things have changed (different/more hard drives, different HBA). But it was like 130-140 IIRC

So it's time to upgrade my home server a bit. It's currently an AMD Phenom 1090T w/ 16gb ram. Ram is becoming a bit of a bottleneck for what I'm doing, so I want to expand. It's a 24/7 general purpose (primary NAS) server located in somewhat shared living space (home office), so power...