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Rreasonsandreasons reacted to nmpu's post in the thread EXPIRED Supermicro AOC-STGF-I2S PCIe Intel X710 Dual Port 10gb SFP+ Network Card $38.55 OBO with
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All 3 cards that I mentioned are PCIe 3.0. I have multiple Dell Precision 3420 with only x4 slot available. I just wanted to experiment... -
Rreasonsandreasons reacted to nexox's post in the thread EXPIRED Supermicro AOC-STGF-I2S PCIe Intel X710 Dual Port 10gb SFP+ Network Card $38.55 OBO with Like.
This is more expensive (once you factor in shipping) than the HPE-branded ConnectX 4 Lx 25G cards posted last week, which still show a...
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Rreasonsandreasons replied to the thread EXPIRED Supermicro AOC-STGF-I2S PCIe Intel X710 Dual Port 10gb SFP+ Network Card $38.55 OBO.Notable that these are 3.0x8 cards, so you can run them without a bottleneck on a 3.0x4 link. Useful for desktop platforms or any other...
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Rreasonsandreasons replied to the thread ESXi with an Multi USB Card?.Sonnet's Alegro Pro USB-C card does this. Eight total USB-C ports with four separate controllers connected through a x8 PCIe bridge. The...
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Rreasonsandreasons replied to the thread USB C/Thunderbolt hub.If every system has Thunderbolt, which it sounds like they might, the Caldigit Element Hub is what you want. 4 USB-A, 4 USB-C, power...
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RFor mac stuff just get 2nd hand M1 Mac mini. It's so much easier than dealing with the janky hackintosh stuff.
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Rreasonsandreasons replied to the thread [JP yahoo auctions] NOT SPECIFIC DEAL switches, firewalls, etc potentially cheap, shipping from JP unknown.For shipping, a decent option can be using a proxy like Zenmarket. Zenmarket will consolidate up to 30 days of orders into a single box...
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Rreasonsandreasons replied to the thread QNAP TBS-h574TX Reivew E1.S and M.2 Thunderbolt 10GbE NAS.If you need native Thunderbolt storage the OWC Express 4M2 might be a good option. I’d be interested to see if IP over Thunderbolt...
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Rreasonsandreasons replied to the thread Who can explain me this? Xen Gold 6162 vs. Xeon Platinum 6162.Gotcha, thanks! Must have mixed up the AMD generation numbering scheme and the Intel one.
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Rreasonsandreasons replied to the thread Who can explain me this? Xen Gold 6162 vs. Xeon Platinum 6162.Out of curiosity, does anyone know if these support Octane DIMMs? Could be an interesting option for playing around with those on the cheap.
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Rreasonsandreasons reacted to klui's post in the thread Basic advice for fiber in the home? with Like.
There are all sorts of arguments used to justify single mode or multimode. Multimode will support 100G or greater but requires OM5 and...
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RYes.
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Rreasonsandreasons replied to the thread ZFS SLOG/ZIL drives in 2023.For the RMS-200, do standard LSI full-height brackets work?
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Rreasonsandreasons reacted to Fallen Kell's post in the thread Basic advice for fiber in the home? with Like.
Also in terms of "basic advice" for fiber in the home, run conduit. If you don't have the tools and experience to splice fiber or...
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Rreasonsandreasons reacted to nexox's post in the thread Basic advice for fiber in the home? with Like.
If you don't already have 10GBaseT ports on your machines and you intend to buy 10G NICs, save some power (plus probably money) and buy...