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  1. MESSERCHMIDT

    Asus nvme nas with 6x 2tb solidigm for 800$ usd

    https://slickdeals.net/f/16964419-asustor-flashstor-6-fs6706t-6-bay-all-sdd-nas-storage-6x-2tb-solidigm-p41-plus-m-2-2280-pcie-4-0-nvme-gen-4-ssd-780-free-shipping?src=foryou_recombee&prop=rcmid-8a9828640b424e6b7f35014cb50da68f
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    Which Nvme ssds for raid 1 on proxmox homelab?

    Hello. I have a 12400 with 32gb of ram that is going to be my new home server. Need a set of nvme ssds to run proxmox and some images off it. Was looking at the new 1tb wd blue sn580s, or 10$ more for the sn770s. Or should I get something else?
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    hp 10gbe 523sfp+ firmware upgrade

    hello. purchased an hp 523sfp+ dual 10gbe card. any suggestions on what firmware to use for 2.5gbe mode on opnsense? also, can it be updated in windows 11? looking here: HPE Support Center any guides/suggestions?
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    Inexpensive rj45 sfp+ adapter that are not locked

    Need 4 or 5 sfp+ to rj45 adapters. I was going to go with of the the ones that servethehome.com reviewed. Going to be a bit expensive. I was wondering if anyone could suggest used rj45-sfp+ adapters that do 1/2.5/5/10? New cable service is 1.5gbs down, so had to do an upgrade. Bought a brocade...
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    mellanox connect x3 ebay

    these look legit? $22 and 10$ usd shipping to canada. need two as they are 4x (no more 16-8x slots available on these new systems) Mellanox ConnectX-3 MCX341 SFP+10Gigabit Ethernet RMDA/RoCE | eBay
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    PCI-E 4X to quad 1X PCI-E?

    for my old computer acting as a home server with an overclocked 6 core westmere chip and 12gb ram on gigabyte x58-ud4p,, i am basically out of pcie slots; I am looking for an inexpensive pcie expander / bifurcation card to split a 4x slot into quad 1x slots (something along those lines). I am...
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    need 10gbe nic for pc and freenas box, and sfp cable/adaptor for mikrotik

    hello looking into what 10gbe network cards i should get for a win10 x64 pro pc and a freenas based xeon box. both systems have free 16x pce 3.0 slots. was thinking of mellanox or Chelsio cards from ebay, but not sure. maybe some intel x520-da1 cards. Suggestions? i bought the MikroTik...
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    Ryzen and ECC support?

    was reading that amd left ecc support enabled on the ryzen cpus. was going to build a ryzen 1700 based system and wanted to use ecc ram so when i upgrade, i can use it in my freenas box,etc anyone know what board it would work with? the details seems sketchy atm. asus typically supports it...
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    dmz for voip (anveo) on obi

    moved a friend from r7000 on ddwrt to a pfsense on a zoltac ci323 with 8gb ram; the r7000 is still performing wifi ap functions. on ddwrt, it was easy to setup a dmz for the voip adaptor - an obi device with service from anveo.com he was having call drops,etc with the pfsense box in place...
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    asrock n3150m - exsi custom image?

    hello, purchased a asrock n3150m matx board for $100 cdn (ASRock > N3150M basically a lower clocked pentium n3700. It was in stock, while the n3700 variant was not. For $20 more I would have taken the n3700 variant if available. I got the matx version versus itx due to the extra pcie slots; I...
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    AMD A8-7650K Home VM Sevrer Build

    Hello, A family friend asked me on advice for upgrading thier home server. currently a core 2 e6300 @ 2.8, gigabyte DQ6 board, and 2gb ddr2 ram. They have a dual nic intel pcie card. This is a rig that I build it for them many years ago when they upgraded to an i7 920 using their old parts and...
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    cheap vm home server build with exsi 6.0 - need advise

    Hi everyone, hopefully I am in the correct forum. I am looking to make a low power vm box for use at home. This versus having multiple boxes doing the same thing. I currently have pfsense running on a old core 2 with 4gb of ram, and a painfully slow dlink dns 323 nas from some years ago (does...