Search results

  1. bob_dvb

    10GbE network card with dual M.2 from AliExpress

    Frankly I could have posted this in storage or networking, and possibly deals (but I don't think it's a bargain). PCIE 10G + M.2 Network Card PCIE3.0 X4 AQC113C Support 2 NVME 2280 SSD https://a.aliexpress.com/_EzljYYB It's weird, kind of like something QNAP sell I suppose. But someone might...
  2. bob_dvb

    UK 4x Fujitsu 40Gb CX3 IB HCAs £30 no bids

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355160494114 4 x Fujitsu PY-HC311 ConnectX3 40Gbps InfiniBand IB HCA Single Port CA05954-2441 One day left on this and the seller has several more lots of these in pairs as well. They are also selling some odd numbered lots of DDR4 server RAM which is weird but...
  3. bob_dvb

    Nvidia Bluefield

    Is Bluefield worth it if you're not developing apps specifically for it as a developer? Is it a good accelerator for general purpose Linux functions with the right drivers? E.g. does it accelerate OVS without significant work?
  4. bob_dvb

    EU Too good to be true? Getic - Mikrotik CRS510 for £651

    This Latvian reseller is offering CRS510 for an astonishing price, the site says the price excludes VAT because I am in the UK, so doubtless I'll pay that at the boarder but if that's 20% it'll still be something like £780 on a €999 switch...
  5. bob_dvb

    Proxmox: Odd ZFS behaviour with missing partitions after reboot

    Hi All, I wanted to share my experience last night which was odd and so I wanted to make what I did indexable for future! So, the first part is unrelated, I was reflashing my Mellanox CX3-Pro 40GbE card (4099) and needed to reboot. When it came back up, half of my ZFS pools were missing and...
  6. bob_dvb

    UK Mellanox SX1036 40G switch - £234

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204027530521 Seems like a pretty good price for a 36 port 40GbE switch. Edit: I should say I have bought from that seller before without issue.
  7. bob_dvb

    UK Oracle Exadata - Maybe

    I know of an Exadata that's being decommissioned soon in the West London area. It looks like it's an X4-2 Eighth rack, 2 'database' nodes of 2x E5-2697 v2, 256GB RAM, 40Gb IB networking, 10Gb Ethernet (optical) 3 'storage servers' with 36 cores, and 18 drives (unclear if they're 1.2TB 10k or...
  8. bob_dvb

    UK 64GB DDR4 2933 ECC RDIMM £258

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393616136708 I am trying to decide if this is a good deal for me, for my H11SSL-i Epyc 7532. As my boss says, there's no better way to get feedback than to say something wrong, so I thought I'd put it out for public comment. You can probably get cheaper in the USA...
  9. bob_dvb

    Issues with LAGG on pfSense with Virgin Media

    LAGG has been working fine for probably a year, but now I can't get any throughput unless I delete the lagg and go back to single interface. Has anyone else lost LAGG on Virgin Media? Are there issues with pfSense on LAGG that have changed in recent months? I'm tempted to point the finger at...
  10. bob_dvb

    Tiered DRBD/LVM RAID6 won't mount/activate

    I have a QNAP NAS (TS-873), it has 7x4TB disks in a RAID6 with a warm spare (e.g. 7 disk raid) and it had a RAID1 NVMe SSD, but lost the riser card which means now, no more SSD. If this was ZFS, then I'd know what I am doing but this is LVM with DRBD tiering, and despite all my googling, I...
  11. bob_dvb

    UK Cisco gear and KVMs - PPAuctions

    https://www.ppauctions.com/auction/363/bbc-rd-phase-1?perpage=30&sort=TIME_ASC&view=LIST&page=3 Catalyst 3560 v2 Catalyst 3560-E Cisco 4400 Catalyst 2940 Nexus 2232PP Lantronix Raritan
  12. bob_dvb

    UK WTB - 24 bay 4U server case

    Hi All, My current server case is ancient, ugly and frankly the hardware deserves better. I'm interested in an EATX capable, 24 bay SAS/SATA chassis that's hopefully in good condition, I'd also prefer one with space for an ATX power supply because I have a nice PSU already. It looks like slim...
  13. bob_dvb

    Mellanox SX1012 breakout not behaving

    Hi, I have a Mellanox SX1012 which I got on a good deal, it works fine from one of the ports with a DAC breakout cable, but then I put the breakout into another port and it doesn't get a link. Are breakouts restricted to certain ports? Bob
  14. bob_dvb

    UK 9KG of DDR3, yes, sold by weight! Current bid: £146

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/374391334641 Again, kind of shared for comedy value, its a box full of DDR3 being sold by weight.
  15. bob_dvb

    UK Juniper EX2200-48P-4G - £30

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_dkr=1&iconV2Request=true&_blrs=recall_filtering&_ssn=computerdisposalsltd&store_name=cdl&_oac=1&_nkw=juniper 48 port gigabit POE switches, looks like >40 qty I've bought from CDL before, looks like a good deal and there's plenty of them listed at the moment...
  16. bob_dvb

    NXP LX2160A - Comedy value postage to sale price ratio

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175519718876 I almost jumped on this, but had to read the fine print because I thought it was something like a screw or switch, or something. But the I spotted the Postage pricing. Still could be a good deal, but it's such a shady listing practice that I don't fancy...
  17. bob_dvb

    UK Intel 670P 1TB SSD £54.16 for Amazon Prime Day

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/SSD-670P-1-0TB-80MM-PCIE/dp/B096KP3LBR?crid=1HSXJRRCZG040&keywords=intel+670p+1tb&qid=1657633365&s=computers&sprefix=intel+670p+1%2Ccomputers%2C116&sr=1-3&linkCode=ll1&tag=orbit.me.uk-21&linkId=0793fc98068b910cb1fb8383af740907&language=en_GB&ref_=as_li_ss_tl A...
  18. bob_dvb

    EMC KNX-STL3 - Only two drives showing

    Hi, I've got my hands on an EMC KNX-STL3 and aside from a UPS shipping issue with the first unit (DOA) the current unit is starting up fine. It came with one Samsung 200GB SAS SSD, two Toshiba SAS 15k 2.5in 600GB disks and 12*2TB HGST(?) disks. I have it connected to an Adaptec ASR-71605...
  19. bob_dvb

    Dropped EMC KTN-STL3 array

    I bought a used EMC STL3 array last weekend, the array was sent by the seller via UPS and well, it arrived bruised. It's been dropped at some point and the packaging didn't save it (it looks like the top foam was missed so it slid out and bashed against the inside of the box). The case is...
  20. bob_dvb

    UK [WTB] 128GB DDR4 2666 Registered ECC 288-pin

    Title says it all really, looking for a total of 128GB (so either 8x16GB or 4x32GB), aiming for 2Rx8, Micron preferably as the H11SSL-i recommends that.