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    Recommendations for Retrofitted U2 hotswap bays

    Isn't the limiting factor for U2 density the heat? The chassis cages don't worry about that due to the airplane fans driving air through but pretty sure if you're planning to pack 5.25" slots with it you'll have to solve the big cooling problem at the same time.
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    EXPIRED ASUS Pro WS W680-ACE IPMI - $330

    Been looking for a board that does dual 5.0 x8. Any AM5 equivalent?
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    EXPIRED Intel octane 900P $50 in bulk

    I just bought a bunch of new P1600X 118GB for $40. Do I return them and wait for another of these deals to show up again?
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    Amazon Prime deal - 8TB Samsung 870 SATA SSD for $320

    Anything similar that will take a 3090/4090?
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    6.4TB Samsung PM1725a 5DWPD Enterprise TLC V-NAND PCIe 3.0 x8 NVMe HHHL AIC SSD NEW $999

    damn came across this just as i was about to bite the bullet on sn640s. now i can't decide which to get
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    Amazon Prime deal - 8TB Samsung 870 SATA SSD for $320

    My concern would be more about where the drives have to sit in the case if breakout cabling was necessary. But the good size GPU might be a problem.
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    Amazon Prime deal - 8TB Samsung 870 SATA SSD for $320

    unable to visualize the dimensions but are you able to mount all 4 u2 drives on the card itself or do you need to cable them somewhere else?
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    Amazon Prime deal - 8TB Samsung 870 SATA SSD for $320

    this contraception looks very interesting. looks like it's just plug and play?
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    Consumer PCIe Gen4 M.2 vs Enterprise U.2

    3000 per single point of failure isn't really a realistic example though. looking to upgrade a ceph cluster that has 6x1.92tb hgst per c6220 node. of course willing to consider other high density chassis with u2 bays that is reasonably priced compared to just refitting them with higher capacity...
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    Consumer PCIe Gen4 M.2 vs Enterprise U.2

    you can fit 4x m2 per pcie slot with the hyper m2 but i've not seen any adapter that takes more than 2x u2 (trying to fit drives into high density rack servers like c6220)
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    Amazon Prime deal - 8TB Samsung 870 SATA SSD for $320

    Those are slot heavy though. With the m2s you could stick 4 of them on a single x16 slot with the hyper m2 or just use regular 2.5" bays with the SATAs
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    High Endurance M.2 (NVMe not sata) SSD?

    Sorry for digging this but about to bite the bullet on these drives. Any feedback on the endurance so far?
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    AsRock Rack ROME2D16-2T EEB Server Motherboard Dual Socket AMD SP3 (LGA4094) EPYC 7002 series Dual 10G - $700 at Newegg

    Why does it have lesser PCIe lanes than the single socket version?
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    Intel Optane 900p 280GB 100 USD

    Seller doesn't look very reliable. What's the use case for these drives in ZFS?
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    1U Server With 12 x LFF 3.5" & 4 x 2.5" Drive bays - Sweet deal for smaller footprint homelab

    Just out of curiousity, how many organs do I need to sell for a 15.36TB NVMe? On topic, is this better than a R730XD? Do I need a HBA to run ZFS?
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    18TB Recertified Seagate Exos $189

    New. But they were from the expansions. Maybe those were lower binned. Definitely SN02 firmware though.
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    18TB Recertified Seagate Exos $189

    I had 6 of the X16s and 3 of them failed in under a year. I ain't risking my data on stressed drives :)