Recent content by jbrukardt

You generally can fix these. I had to fix a bunch of 520b 8TBs a while back This thread: https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/how-to-reformat-hdd-ssd-to-512b-sector-size.4968/page-24 and this thread...

You can get an extra 2 year warranty on 20 of them for $2.99 :D

same chips as a X520-DA2

I can measure mine in a bit. Its a surprisingly small card.

Bought one last week, seems like a solid card. Based on 2x Intel 82599ES chips. https://www.ebay.com/itm/285638513740 Datasheet: https://www.silicom-usa.com/pr/server-adapters/networking-adapters/10-gigabit-ethernet-networking-adapters/pe310g4spi9-server-adapter/

I wonder if you can rewrite the memory profile using a board that would accept it

" (you have 48x 10Gb copper ports at home, though? :)) " ^^ well .... i could, if i bought this switch :D

well.... Brocade/Ruckus is neither Cisco nor Ubiquiti, so...

Whats the noise and power use on the Arista DCS-7050T-52 look like? 48 10G copper ports has to run hot as heck

didnt realize that! good news, might be some money saved. And you're right, due to the switch im capped out at 10GBE, and limiting myself to SFP28 isnt particularly useful, as the next likely jump would be 40gbe anyway

lower power, pci-e3, future proofing was my rationale. Looking to build a relatively future proof setup.

Environment: UPLINK1: 5Gbit Uplink, Input is is a 10GBASE-T copper link from the Fiber drop, into SFP+ Port1 on router below Router1: Opnsense w/ Mellanox ConnectX-4 (Dual SFP+) -SFP+ Port1: 10GBASE-T Copper SFP+ ...

with 1 SFF-8087 uplink its the v1 @ SAS3 speeds, so it should be able to do up to 250MB/s per drive, which is about the fastest a spinner will go

Thank you, that is super helpful. I got mine updated with the latest mptsas3.rom and mpt3x64 from broadcom, and then that .12 file from the truenas forums, but its still 2 independent sas controllers in the BIOS. Ill try this package. The .rom files have different checksums than the ones...

mine works fine, i just dont have the update mentioned there.