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    Dell Force10 Z9000 Switch — 32 × 40GbE — $250 OBO

    While looking for something entirely unrelated I ran across a listing for a 32 port 40GbE Dell Force10 Z9000 switch for $250 (plus, shipping), which seems like a pretty damn good price. Dell Force10 Z-Series Z9000 (Z900-AC) Switch 32 x 40 Gigabit QSFP+ NO PSU | eBay $249.99 OBO Dell Force10...
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    Has anyone tried bcachefs yet?

    Kent Overstreet, the original developer of the bcache block caching system for Linux, has been developing bcachefs which he refers to as "The COW filesystem for Linux that won't eat your data" for awhile now and I was curious if anyone has had a chance to give it a spin. I've been running Btrfs...
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    What DNS provider do you use?

    There are quite a few public recursive DNS providers these days; what do you use? Google OpenDNS (Cisco) Quad9 (IBM, PCH, et al.) Dyn (Oracle) Verisign OpenNIC Norton ConnectSafe (Symantec) Comodo Fourth Estate Or, maybe you use something a bit more esoteric.
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    pfsense: A 'meltdown' of a different sort?

    I'd be interested to hear what people around here think about the recent comments from Jim Thompson (CTO of Netgate and core pfSense team member). Possible Malware on pre-installed 3rd party pfSense Hardware • r/PFSENSE
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    Details about Cavium ThunderX CN88XX 2U ARM Server 96 core dual 64-bit processors 128GB DDR4

    Cavium ThunderX CN88XX 2U ARM Server 96 core dual 64-bit processors 128GB DDR4 | eBay I can't attest to how great of a deal it is but if nothing else I hope someone finds it interesting.
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    Pluribus Networks F64-L 48×10GE + 4×40GE Integrated Server Switch

    Pluribus Networks PB Freedom F64-L 48 x 10GE+ 4 x 40GE Integrated Server Switch | eBay
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    On the fence about buying an HP Z840

    A friend's employer has an HP Z840 workstation that they don't need and I have the chance to buy it but I can't quite decide if I should go for it or not. HP Z840 1 × Xeon E5-2637 v3 (4c @ 3.5 GHz w/ 15 MB cache) 32 GB (4 × 8 GB) DDR4 ECC PC4-2133P 2 × 1 TB SATA hard drives (spinners) Quadro...
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    Intel Visual Compute Accelerators

    Is anyone familiar with Intel's VCA boards? There's frustratingly little information about them on Intel's site. I ran across this board which doesn't quite look like the PR photos that I've seen on Intel's site, maybe it's an engineering sample. The little information that I've been able to...
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    Dual 2600 v1/v2 workstation — still worth building?

    I've been thinking about replacing my aging Ivy Bridge based workstation with something a little more powerful yet fairly cheap. Currently I'm running an i5-3570 (Ivy Bridge) with 32 gigs and a dual Samsung 850 SSDs. These days it doesn't cost much to build a dual 2600 v1/v2 system. With twin...
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    Quanta OCP Windmill v1 versus v2

    v1: QUANTA WINDMILL OPEN COMPUTE SYSTEM BOARD V1 WITH 10GbE ETHERNET HEATSINK | eBay v2: QUANTA WINDMILL OPEN COMPUTE SYSTEM BOARD V2 WITH 10GbE ETHERNET HEATSINK Does anyone know in what way the two versions of the Quanta Windmill board differ? Are there any major architectural differences...