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Layer 3 switches operate on IP addresses. This means that they can route the traffic, like a router. There are multiple scenarios where you could use Layer 3 switches. You use OpenWRT as your router so I guess you make this routing there. You could take advance of L3 switches if you would...

I need your help to take final decision about my next TrueNAS build. Right now I use SuperMicro X10SDV-2C-7TP4F with onboard storage SOC, SFP+ and 2x SATA DOM. From functionality perspective it's great. I use it just as a storage host for network storage. No VMs, now jails and no other stuff...

Looking for Full Height Mellanox ConnectX-2 bracket for single SFP+ NIC. Best would be to get it from Europe to avoid expensive shipping, but any option is open.

Are those S3610 better than eg 860 evo for VM storage?

First define what does small business mean for you. Those top players gears are expensive and not every SMB can afford to get them.

Can be rack mounted? SFP+ with RJ-45 SFPs is ok? Like this one: MikroTik SFPs are for around 65$ each: MikroTik

Toshiba looks nice. Is VM storage more read intense or write intense? Do you see any other competiting drives? Here are the test results for Goodram GOODRAM IRDM PRO 480GB SATA SSD Review | eTeknix

I found interesting SSD drive. Parameters are very nice but nothing crazy as SATA drives reached the limits. The most interesting part is that they used MLC chips and Phison S10 controller. It's not the cheapest one (120$ for 480GB). How do you thing. Is it worth to buy it for small ZFS pool for...

What kind of workloads do you have? Please put some pics ;)

Have you seen this new 48x1Gb +4xSFP+ FANLESS managed switch from fs.com for 400$? S3900-24F4S 24-Port Gigabit Stackable SFP Managed Switch with 4 Combo SFP and 4 10GE SFP+ Uplinks, 4-Year Warranty | FS.COM Sounds nice. There is also 24p version with 4 SFP+ below 300 bucks! Anyone used fs.com...

One more option in my mind. Maybe i could go with original plan and use NVMe drive in XenServer node and just add some spinner/SATADOM to boot XS. So: add it to XS node or FreeNAS node?

I have one WD NVMe (WDS250G2X0C) 250GB m.2 drive I wanted to use as a local storage in my XenServer node. Supermicro X10SDV has unfortunetly some major problems in handling NVMe as a boot device. I moved to m.2 drive, but with SATA interface without problems. In longer term I want to add one...

There is still XCP-ng. XenServer fork with all features enabled and tottaly free. It has possibility to move from XS with no down time.

What is this hanging white Unify?

4k stream means for me: take a file with 4k resolution and stream it to TV over DLNA or other protocol. Personaly i use Serviio which uses ffmpeg at background. Yes I use C3000 embeded NICs. PfSense will support it from FreeBSD 11.2 but right now there are drivers you can use with current...

New update! It was a while since last update. New node on-line. This time it's bare metal PfSense. Main goal was to move routing and FW out from VM. Why? It's slow to power on and not reliable if I need to do some maintenance with compute node. Now it's plug and play. No worries and no pressure...

Is the cable straight or crossed?

I have C3558 from my vendor and it wasn't a problem to get them (EU). Seems they are in Nederlands hub.

Thanks guys for sharing. Seems that there are no big differences between Xeon D variants at idle. Last weekend one idea come to my mind. Maybe it's a good idea to go with 1518 and if i will miss some processing power go with second one as cluster. But isn't 1518 too week for my needs as...

Can any one share power consumption for 1537 at idle/small load? It would be best to know this value without massive number of addons like drives and gpus. BTW: I'm going to change my compute node to sth from Xeon D 1500 lineup. I dont know which CPU should i select. I think 1528 would be ok...