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Hi everyone, I purchased a QuantaPlex T42S-2U from eBay about half a year ago. This model is purely for computation and doesn't have 3.5" drive bays. Initially, I couldn't get it to boot with a Gold 6162 CPU. After searching, I learned that it only supports CPUs with up to 85W TDP. So, I...

Greetings everyone, Currently enrolled in a BS for Cybersecurity. while taking these classes my eyes have really been opened and also scrambled. I want to take on the task of doing a few things I've been learning about and using the practically. such as creating a secure segmented home network...

Hi. I am fairly new to proxmox. I have setup proxmox on the following specs: mobo: gigabyte mu70-su0 c612 cpu: e5-2697av4 ram: 128gb ddr4 rdimm nic 1: rj45 intel x540 dual 10gbe both bridged to vmbr0 and vmbr1, respectively nic 2: intel x520 single sfp (reserved) onboard nic: 4x 1gbe (1 port...

Hey everyone, I had this issue before, but didnt have it for a long time and now it's back sadly. Whenever I am connected to a server for more than 30 minutes using the Windows Remote Desktop application, my RAM goes through the roof until it hits 99% and my laptop freezes. Just so you know, I...

Hello all I am new here , so I hope i do not post this in the wrong space. also, thank you in advance! I've had a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) running for a while now, keeping the power on for my NAS (Network-Attached Storage), and something quite unusual happened a few weeks ago. The...

Hey everyone, I am trying to setup a new dedicated server I'm renting from Velia, but I am facing some problems. The first time I tried installing windows server 2022 through the IPMI, after what I thought was a successful installation, I noticed that didn't have access to internet. I tried...

I've got a Supermicro sc846 with, what I believe, a PDB-PT846-2824 and a couple of PWS-920P-SQ 920w. Currently I've got an RTX 3070 connected with an adapter to one of the 8pin cpu cables. Now I'm looking into my options fitting a 4000-series RTX gpu in this, probably a 4070. Is it even possible...

I am trying to install some VM's on my single drive proxmox instance. I have enough space but I can't make a new directory to install the vm on. For some reason I cant make a new directory to install the vm (or even use a old directory). I know this is possible but I can't figure out how...

hi, i bought a hasivo network switch and want to set up VLANs but the web interface is confusing to me. this is my first managed switch. before, i only configured subnets on individual physical ports on my firewall (opnsense). i've searched up tutorials on VLANs and i think i understand the...

So, I'm planning to renew a bit my current server to try to save some electricity and improve performance a bit (single thread performance is suffering). I've been mulling over this for quite a while, but a post on reddit about downsizing/reducing electricity gave me a bit of a push so I wanted...

Hey there dear STH-Community, a few months ago I was on the look out for a 19" rack mountable manage switch with PoE+ and came across a dirt cheap CISCO SG250-26P which I scored for 100€. It was (and still is) in perfect condition, but upon powering it up, what I've not taken into consideration...

Hello, I would greatly appreciate your help. I ordered 6 X18 HDDs at the best price available online at the time. On arrival I inspected and realized the manufacturing date is December 2021. Is this normal or should I be suspicious? Can you point me to some software tools I can use to detect if...

I am currently looking for drives for an upcoming proxmox server build. So it is going to be mostly random read / write and not a lot of sequential. One option would be to go with "normal" m2 ssds on a pcie riser. The server is pcie gen3 and now i am thinking about just going with gen4 drives...

Hey guys new member and first time poster so please let me know if this is not the correct section to start this thread. I am currently trying to put together a server for homelab use. I have built computers for years but it is my first time using actual server grade hardware so I am hoping it...

Hi, I have build this system and I have FANs at top speed all the time, I have already updated FRUSDR but it seems that for some reason its not taking Chasis information,as the screenshot shows it seems that its trying to find 1U Fans even when it does recogize all 2U fans connected, this is...

I just got 3 x S2600WTT motherboards with 2x E5-2696 V4 each. I just build one of them and no video output or boot, I then placed my old E5-2650 V3 processors and it does boot and I have video signal, I updated to Bios Latest Version (1.01.3029) that seems to add Processors compatibility also...

This is very odd. The system worked fine before with 8x 64GB 2400 LRDIMM, and 1x Epyc 7532. When I plugged in the second cpu, no matter what I do including power cycles and cmos clears, the board always gets stuck in post code A7. Swapping sockets had no effect. Any ideas?

So I have two Supermicro servers, a 1U and a 4U. I just want to reduce the noise a bit. It's mostly the fan wall that is in them. Ideally I'd like to replace them with a quiet fan like Noctuas. I'm not worried about the power supplies at the moment, it's mainly the fan walls I want to get...

Hey all, Hope everyone is having a great week so far. I have been reading STH for some time but never had anything to contribute as most people here are much more knowledgeable than me, In fact, I have 0 IT background. So, this is my first post on this lovely forum, I hope I don't break too...

Hello STH, I recently bought a 12xLFF backplane detached from the DL380P with a SAS expander chip. When I tried to connect it to the LSI 9207-8i I used before, I found that after entering Windows Server 2016, only one of the 6 hard drives I inserted was recognized. The strange thing is that in...