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Hello - New to the forums here. My current homelab consists of various old computers but the main one I am concerned with today is my primary Unraid server. Budget is around $1700-2000 all in. HP z820 Workstation running UnRaid Dual socket Intel Xeon E5-2697-V2 (12c/24t each) - 14k passmark...

Hey Guys first time posting on the forum, I've recently decided to build a dedicated Plex Server and NAS instead of piggy backing off my gaming rig so I wanted some advice. The last time I built a computer was about 5 years ago so all my knowledge about what is best to buy is very out of date...

Hi all, I am interested in building a workstation or server that can tackle the above tasks and have a few GPUs knocking about. I have read numerous guides online, but most tend to advocate GTX/RTX and desktop hardware etc. I am in a relatively uncommon situation as I am an IT broker (primarily...

Hi , i am a student i am planning to build a freenas for my home data backup and plex purpose . Can anyone suggest me any power efficient processor for this build . suggest anything except atom c servers processors . Please suggest some processor which supports ECC memory . And not a Atom...

Build’s Name: Lion Operating System/ Storage Platform: KVM (CentOS) or ESXi CPU: Intel - Xeon E3-1220 V5 3GHz Quad-Core CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-L9i 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler Motherboard: SUPERMICRO MBD-X11SSH-F-O Micro ATX Server Motherboard LGA 1151 Intel C236 Chassis: U-NAS NSC- 810A Drives: 8x...

Hello, I just got my SA120, and finished my VM host build for the most part. I'm missing some Intel DC SSDs (going for 3710, and 3700, but I want to find out if 3610s are OK for VM storage, I will explain in another thread most likely) and the HBAs and RAID card. My SA120 comes with two PSUs...

Hi folks! At work we have an older Nexenta ZFS rig serving mostly iSCSI to ESXi blades that my boss is getting worried about because we have no "support" and the drives are getting old, and the people who built it made a zpool ashift choice error (default ashift=9 rather than forcing 12) so we...

Below are the parts for my build. It will be used in a small business (16 computers + mobiles phone ...) with 150Mbps internet. Will this be okay with squid/squidguard/snort + antivirus running? What are some things I should know when setting up PFSense? Also can you confirm that I have the...

Anyone have any hands-on experience with these OEM motherboard with x79 chipset on eBay? I like that they support registered memory which I have some lying around and are cheaper to buy. I also like that they come in M-ATX form factor for a smaller build. The only question is longevity and...

Hey everyone, I recently bought a c6100, with 3 nodes. I'm only using 2 of the nodes. I've seen a thread on here with someone getting a single c6100 node running on an ATX PSU This is something i'd like to attempt, but i don't know what sort of problems i'll run into, or how much of the...

Hi, I have 2 i7 6700 and 1 i7 3770k. I'm looking to expand and thought a dual xeon would be better for my needs. I have no prior knowledge of workstation build, so based my build on this with few tweaks: Building a 32-Thread Xeon Monster PC for Less Than the Price of a Flagship Core i7 CPU...