storage

Hi i have a EMC san in my homelab that i'm not using anymore. It's an unity All-Flash model with 25 installed 3.2tb SSD. And an additional disk enclosure with space for 25more disks with 12Gbps SAS The unit has an 2x4 port FC 16Gbps add-in board and 2x 2 built in FC. SAS port for extra...

I have a mini PC with an motherboard that has a SATA data port and a SATA power port, and according to the manual, this setup is intended for 2.5-inch SATA HDD/SSD only. My question is very simple: Is it safe and acceptable to connect a 3.5-inch SATA hard drive to the motherboard’s SATA data...

What is this thing? I bought this cable for these two U.2 drives I can connect the 2 big black things to the U.2 drives the white one looks familiar (Sata) but this other one at the forefront (picture above) what is it meant for? Is one Sata (white) enough to power the two U.2? what...

Although I only care about Europe, it would help others from other continents as well to have a comprehensive list of where to buy server components. I need it now, you will need it someday. I will update this top thread with comments, could you please mention if you have actually purchased...

Link: GitHub - Barre/ZeroFS: ZeroFS - The Filesystem That Makes S3 your Primary Storage. ZeroFS is 9P/NFS/NBD on top of S3.

After 15 years in my 1st career, + >1 decade in a second career (>20 projects), I start my 3rd career (because why not) in a sector that is begging to be shaken up. Why would I put in the money? the answer is a 3-letter-word that everybody hates. In tribute to BlueFox for the best compliments...

It's happening again, right before placing orders for U.2 drives, Samsung BM1743 61TB shows up promising 61TB with PCIe 5, the perfect candidate for the very few PCIe 5 MCIO slots on all my Motherboards (only have 3 mcio on each MB). Bit by bit, slowly wasting my life, I realised it's most...

MCIO PCIe 5 -> MCIO x8 74 Pin to 2 X SFF-8639 U.2 Cable -> U.2 PCIe 5 It would be quite a remarkable stupidity to buy a PCIe 5 motherboard and a PCIe 5 U.2 and slow them down with a PCIe 4 cable, if indeed these cables come in PCIe versions. This one was mentioned earlier, not sure about the...

If I plug a PCIe 5 U.2/U.3 NVMe via SlimSAS to the Motherboard does it then operate at PCIe 5 speed, or does SlimSAS somehow just support PCIe 5 i.e. make it work, but not run at the PCIe 5 speed?

This is one question I wish I never had to ask, but due to product availability, I might end up buying different NVMe drives with a similar storage capacity for the RAID 0. Would it work? What could go wrong if I combine in a RAID 0?: Western Digital Ultrastar DC SN655 → U.3 PCIe 4 TLC Solidigm...

I am looking for 30.72tb NVMe ssd's. Need 6.

SOLD I got some more of these and sold off 10, but have 6 left so I have re-opened this post. Selling some drives, I picked up some extras while I was there and figured I'd drop them here. Drives are 99-100% health/endurance and formatted to 512 blocks for standard server/HBAs. They are SAS3...

I've been running a home lab environment for over 15 years. I've had several devices in use during those years. However, it's been a while since I was in "hardware" mode, so I'm _very_ behind the times. I was hoping that my ADHD super power (believing I can master a skill in 24 hours, but...

Hi everyone, A few months ago in a discussion thread either here or on one of the many forums I frequent, someone linked me to what I recall looked like a blog post. I now cant find that blog post, nor the message in which someone linked me to it, so I come to you for assistance. The topic...

Hi everyone, I’m looking for some input or fresh ideas on storage configurations for the AsRock X300. This compact little setup already has a 4650 APU, 16 GB DDR4 3200, and will serve as a remote TrueNAS server at my family’s house. Its compact size and low power draw were the main reasons for...

Severpart deals currently has a bunch of Seagate 12TB Sata Drives for cheap. Seagate Enterprise Capacity v7 ST12000NM0127 12TB 7.2K RPM SATA 6Gb/s 512e SED 3.5in Refurbished HDD

I am building a Dell R730 with 2x Xeon E5-2698 v4 20C, 128 GB RAM, 2x Tesla P40s. 1x PERC H730 Integrated 1GB PCIe 3.0 x8 OS Proxmox and whatever else needed.. I do have also a QNAP FS for data access through iSCSI or backups-off shore backups. Dunno know yet. The server will be used for...

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Something to read over Eastern. Nothing tooo fancy but still interesting to read. Enjoy. Link Share

Here we go ... so for the mobo, cpu's, ram and cooler I prefer a single sale. Hence the discount. I don't want to get stuck with a few modules or cpu's that won't sell. For all items: 100% working! Stuff ran for years 24/7 with no issues whatsoever. Mobo and Xeon Silver are 3,5 years old. Xeon...