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    Can anyone confirm the number of blocks on a WD80EFZZ ?

    The output of `sudo blockdev --getsz /dev/<devicenam>` in Linux would suffice. Basically i want to use these as spares for some older WD 8TB drives and want to make sure the block count is greater than or equal to the existing drives. My existing 8TB drives, for example, are 15628053168 blocks...
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    Array of Samsung 870 EVO in a Synology NAS ?

    I've been contemplating building myself a SSD NAS. I'm happy with Synology. I'm happy with Samsung. Can I put them together and not have it be a stupid thing? The TBW is 2400 TB on the 870 EVO 4TB. The TBW on a WD RED NAS SSD is 2500 TB. Neither one of them has power loss protection. It feels...
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    Mellanox ConntectX-3 not detected

    I did a little bit of surgery on the pcboard of a ConnectX-3 to get it to fit into a custom case, and now I can't detect the board. I pulled a real dumbass move, forgetting to check to see if the card was DOA before hacking on it. While it is a multilayer board, the only thing I see in the...