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Lately, I see a lot of articles about tiny PCs and the bigger motherboards, but I feel that there is a gap between them. Especially that gap of low power "serious" servers. It may be that low power server boards/systems are few and far between, but they are nonetheless very interesting for those...

My setup: TS-431XeU and a TR-004, used as shared NFSv3 store for 2 ESXi servers. (I'm stuck with wallmount racks, so can only use short depth devices) My deceptions with this setup: the extension bay (TR-004U) is NOT integrated at all with the main unit software: RAID spanning the main unit...

Although this applies to SG350X, it is very well possible it applies to your switch as well: https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/connecting-xeon-d-10g-base-t-to-sfp-switch.16319/page-2, at the top

Hi, Anyone aware of a small (about 4) drive bay that accept MCP-220-00075-0B (Gen 5.5) drive trays? My needs: I'm looking at building a new server, and none of the SM standard cases fit my needs, as I want 3U or 4U, 4 to 6 3.5" HDD, and < 480mm depth. SM does not have that AFAIK. So I'm...

It does a good job for me. L2 use only of course. Been using with various SFP+ modules. Does jumbo frames (but not with the S+RJ10 of course) No surprises, behaves just like the other CRS3xx switches. Just smaller. A bit of a shame the leds are at the side.

reply to myself: Mikrotik S+RJ10 modules do not work unless autonegotiate is set (and do not support jumbo frames). FS.com SFP-10G-T modules do not work unless a fixed speed is set (and do support jumbo frames).

slightly off topic: the mikrotik module does not do jumbo frames, so is out of order for me. So I ordered fs.com modules. But they do not work in a Mikrotik switch (they work in cisco). Anybody has succeeded in getting the fs.com copper modules working in a Mikrotik switch?

Did you enable hardware offloading in routerOS? It is not on by default if memory serves well. Haven't tested throughput yet, but theoretically it should lower the load on the CPU. No idea about SwitchOS, I have steered clear from SwitchOS based on the multiple negative reports.

By the way, FS claims that their EUR 160 module does jumbo frames. Will test. Updated the first post.

Hi, anybody know of an affordable SFP+ 10gbt module that support jumbo frames? My investigation so far (edited with feedback): Mikrotik S+RJ10 (around $65): NOK. 1500 max Mikrotik S+RJ10 Rev 2 (around $65): OK. 10218 max Ubiquity UF-RJ45-10G (around $65): OK, 9000 at least Edgeoptic 10G-SFP-T...

Can't vouch for IBM8124, but I've never seen those mikrotik modules fail. I even used them for a 10G stack between 2 cisco switches for a while, and they did not complain. So they're good for me. They are much cheaper than a new switch, or even a X520-DA2, so why not try it out?

Not sure if you thought a bout it, but please take a disk with a high DWPD/TBW (you need about 1100TBW if you want to hold on to the disk for 5 years). Most consumer disks will not last long with that kind of load. And with regards to power consumption, there are spinners out there that use...

Your NVR would need some kind of transparent cache if I understand it correctly, where the dual tier system you need would be hidden from the NVR. You want HSM (Hierarchical storage management - Wikipedia). Not having any details of how your NVR talks to the storage, you MIGHT get lucky with...

How about a CRS317-1G-16S+RM with a bunch of S+RJ10 ? Much more flexible.

Goal? not really, other than I would like to fill 10gbps, but I know my Xeon D processors will probably have some problems with that. The backups that would need speed are VM images and 'regular' Linux and BSD directory dumps. Right now that is mostly up to 200GB per burst. Having had bad...

Hi, for no other purpose than just looking how far I can go, I decided to build a fast NAS, mainly for a sequential write situation (backup, 'archive' file server). Just want to see how fast I can do my backups. This means that I am looking for configurations where I can use fast storage as a...

Factory reset procedure (do NOT do unless you have a serial cable, read on): **** To reset the password on the RPC-3A you will have to reset the unit to it's factory default. You can do that by using the following...

Anyone tried the latest JEYI MX16-1U (see aliexpress) cards yet? Looks like they would fit: 32mm high. Their predecessors (40mm high) did not, as I found out the hard way.

Yes, you'll need to vacuum the thing thoroughly if you want to avoid the smell of burning plastic later on. About the cable: if you have a soldering iron, make one yourself. Or scavenge a cisco cable, turn some wires around and crimp another RJ45 plug on it. Relatively easy to do. And there are...

They are electromagnetic, thus represent a large part of the power draw (plus the inefficient darlington optocoupler drivers plus the power supply inefficiency). My guess is that most immediate gain could be had by changing the relays.