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Quick question for the HBA gurus here. I'm working on a new home server build. OS will either be Ubuntu 20.04 (possibly 22.04 if I keep procrastinating!) or TrueNAS Scale using ZFS. My Supermicro 846 chassis has an 'A' backplane with (6) 8087 connectors for 24 drives (4x6). I've been eyeing...

Curious if anyone is closely watching the upcoming Intel 12th Gen Core Alder Lake-S release and maybe planning a home server build based on it. Has anyone seen any z690 motherboards with IPMI? Looks like K SKUs only at first, so curious which model people are thinking would be best for a lower...

I asked this question a few months ago when I was favoring a low end EPYC 7003 build, but stalled due to processor unavailability. In that time, I've also started second guessing the EPYC choice since idle power consumption seems to be significantly higher than Intel, and I expect this home...

Hi Guys. Long time lurker, first time poster. I'm in the planning stages of building a new home server and thought I'd ask the forum for guidance. Needs Run ESXi 7.x on bare iron TrueNAS VM w/ the required HBAs passed thru ~4-6 lightweight VMs for various home server duties including Plex...