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VI have iStarUSA 5-in-3 that use trays. They are older and SATA-only, but their newer models are SAS as well. They also make trayless...
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VThanks i did not knew that but with cheap Bays/Backplanes with trays you will have to screw the hdds on trays which kinda defeats the...
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VGo rack mount and use a HBA. It's worth it in the long run because this journey doesn't stop at 8 drive bays.
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VI have not done tests with Solaris based VMs under Proxmox as I am quite busy atm with ZFS on Windows. Under Proxmox you have ZFS that...
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Vvjeko replied to the thread Napp IT for proxmox?.gea, I would appreciate if you could comment. With vmware changes with ESXI, I was planning to port everything to proxmoxx - that...
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Vvjeko replied to the thread server/workstation case + hotswap.For home lab. It is a combo purpose pc as I will be using it to learn more about proxmoxx and probably moving the NAS to it from esxi...
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VIf you want GPU especially if its something like 3090 in Tower is better as you can barely even put in 4U chassis. Do you have rack...
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V5x 3.5hdd > 3x 5.25 is trayless only. You should go for metal construction do search on what is available locally and search for reviews...
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VIs this for a home lab or a production workstation/server? Do you really need hotswap? How often do you think you will be swapping...
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Vvjeko replied to the thread server/workstation case + hotswap.Much appreciated. No I don't have a rack. Looks like I need to take a more careful look at the other threads. Before I do that - is...
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VI have a Lenovo TS140 server which I made a bit of a mistake buying as it is rather limited in number of drives it can take and power...
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Normally you use the PSU directly to supply disks. You only need a small switch to power up the PSU... -
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You could buy used nvme drives. power consumption of an nvme drive at idle isn’t wildly higher than power consumption of a sata ssd...
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You can put in a quad nvme carrier using your top x16 slot. You can put in a owc u2 shuttle quad nvme->single u.2 (which installs in a...
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a. You can use an SAS HBA ex BroadCom 9300 with an external Sata or SAS disk enclosure (Jbod or any case with disks and an external SAS...