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    How much RAM you got?

    My first computer had 640k. The massaging I did with the autoexec.bat and config.sys files to get stuff to load in a certain order so I had 600k free to play games was certainly a time sink. My next computer I bought 4MB dimms for that were gold plated and 4 of those cost me over $200 at the...
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    OLED can't compete

    I am cray-cray...
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    OLED can't compete

    It may be the next wave of technology for panels, but for what I can buy right now OLED is the best. Once it becomes affordable then we can start comparing consumer levels of both types (look how long it took for OLED to become affordable to the masses). It's certainly an interesting...
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    [H]ard Forum Storage Showoff Thread

    My ProxMox and PBS. I also have 2 Synology 920+ with 4x10TB disks which house my gold copies.
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    [H]ard Forum Storage Showoff Thread

    In my Proxmox server I have 8x 15TB SAS SSD's for data, 2x 900GB SAS SSD for ProxMox and ISO's, and 2x 3.2TB PCIe NVMe drives for the VM's. In my PBS server 16x 8TB IronWolf Pro drives for backups and LTO7 tape. In my "Gold Copy" Synology NAS 8x 10TB IronWolf Pro's.
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    How much RAM you got?

    Gaming rig - 32GB Gaming laptop - 32GB Streaming recording NUC - 16GB Proxmox server - 512GB (have enough to add another 512GB in 64GB dimms, just don't need it yet) PBS - 128GB Test server - 128GB Firewall - 16GB
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    Share your pfSense / OPNsense builds

    I have an OPNSense box. Specs are i7, 16GB RAM, 128GB SSD, and 2x 10Gb dual port NICs. It's a Dell 7070. Considering moving to one of the i5 Dell 7070's that I have but that one is a SFF case so I'd need to add a couple of fans for the 10G cards where the i7 is in a micro tower so there's...
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    Here is a link to the share I have this stuff on if any of it helps you. MSL Firmware

    Here is a link to the share I have this stuff on if any of it helps you. MSL Firmware
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    7.2 is the latest I have. Haven't had access to newer in a while.

    7.2 is the latest I have. Haven't had access to newer in a while.
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    Harvester vm-import-tool help

    Yeah, it has some interesting quirks. It only took me 3 tries to get it set up correctly. I'm fully running on Harvester now. It's on to figuring out why I am only seeing about 5Gbps performance on the 10Gb links.
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    Harvester vm-import-tool help

    Well, after much banging my head on the wall, this doesn't work for stand-alone esxi at this point. It requires the vCenter appliance as standalone doesn't support the functions that the import tool uses to export the VM. I've reverted to just manually exporting the VM and using qemu-img on...
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    Harvester vm-import-tool help

    In case anyone is wondering, I've started to get it figured out through some kubevirt stuff. Here's what I had to do: 1. Log into the harvester node as 'harvester'. 2. sudo -i to get root access. 3. Create a vsphere-clustersetup.yaml file. I had to track down what the default Data Center name...
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    HP MSL2024 Tape library firmware

    Unfortunately I can't get the FW for these anymore. Don't have a contract and got laid off from HPE a while back. I keep stuff archived so it it disappears just ask for it. I have to move things around on google drive to make space for other requests sometimes.
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    Harvester vm-import-tool help

    Yes, and I've got the addon installed, but the problem remains: Where are the CRD's to configure them?
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    Your home ESX server lab hardware specs?

    Not a bad idea if most of my copying wasn't from a NUC to a Synology and then into Plex which is on the esxi box. I will eventually replace the Synology with something like OpenMediaVault on a 2nd virualized server. At that point I'll probably get that 25Gb working, I only have what I have...
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    Harvester vm-import-tool help

    I can't for the life of me parse what to do to make this work. I'm been an esxi admin for many years so that is very familiar to me, but I have not ever used Harvester or OpenShift style hypervisors (I have dabbled with ProxMox). Anyway, I'm trying to determine if I want to migrate to...
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    Your home ESX server lab hardware specs?

    That's pretty good entry point! Former employer went out of business so I got a bunch of 10Gb networking stuff and servers for free. I love having 10GbE around the house. I have 25Gb cards and SFP28's now but no 25Gb switch. Been looking at Arista since that is the SFP's I have but haven't...
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    RAID backup

    For what I do, I use the free version of Veeam and backup to LTO7 tape. For restore purposes, LTO will read at 750MB/s from source at 2.5:1 compression or 300MB/s uncompressed. It is not slow for that. If you are going for random access, then sure. Not sure if Veeam's community edition does...
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    Your home ESX server lab hardware specs?

    Fell into a good deal on the hardware, couldn't say no.
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    Anyone went strictly to SSDs only yet ?

    SSD only for most stuff here, spinners in my cold backup system.
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    Your home ESX server lab hardware specs?

    esxi server: Dell R740 with 2x 5217, 256GB RAM, 74TB SSD storage Nutanix CE server: Dell R740 with 2x 6136, 128GB RAM, 9TB PCIE storage Harvester server: HPE DL360 gen9 with 2x E5-2640, 256GB RAM, 72TB SSD storage Have the Nutanix and Harvester servers set up to test replacements for esxi...
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    Budget AMD build

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    Budget AMD build

    I just picked up this one, I think it's pretty nice but it is a bit bigger than I was originally looking for. lian-li
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    Need 2.1 Stereo / Dac Recommendations

    Many of the vintage Technics AVR's have optical and pre-outs, but have not seen a stereo receiver with either. I use an old stereo Technics reciever to drive an unpowered sub off the "B" channel and the main speakers off "A" since both can be active. That doesn't help with your optical in...
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    Recommendations for a backup server

    I am running a DL360 with 24TB DAS and MSL2024 library attached to it. I use Robocopy to copy data to the DAS on a schedule and let Windows 2012R2 dedupe take care of the backups to disk. From there I use VEEAM to encrypt and backup to LTO7 in the MSL. It's a bit overkill and power...
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    price/performance AVR recommendations

    I bought the Denon X3600 but I got a heck of a deal on it. At the time Crutchfield had it for $200 off and I had another $300 in Best Buy credit so I got it for $599 shipped next day free. I really like it. ARC works perfectly with my Sony TV so I only have to use the TV remote to control the...
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    Budget AMD build

    I would agree with pendragon1, go for a 550w or 600w PS at least. Gives you headroom .
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    NAS Storage Recommendations

    Stay on the spinners. Even if you look to bond a couple of NIC ports together you still won't see much of an advantage with SSD's on it if any.
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    Looking for a HP LTO-4 tape drive docment

    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-fjvG4FufcZFVC_i-z7HVl46N-yw4VVO Firmware and tools there. If someone wants to send me the documentation mentioned in this thread I'll put it up there as well.
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    Looking for a HP LTO-4 tape drive docment

    If the computer can see the drive you could use Library and Tape Tools to see if it can pull the codes. It can also do some diagnotic tests and flash the firmware.
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    HP MSL2024 Tape library firmware

    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-fjvG4FufcZFVC_i-z7HVl46N-yw4VVO Firmware is in that folder.
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    Anybody have 10gb home network here?

    I'm working on getting my Brocade switches set up properly. Got plenty of DAC's and fiber cable to get it done, but I'm a n00b with networking beyond the basics so doing VLAN's and POE properly is taking a bit of time as I only have a little time each day to do anything with it. Fun stuff.
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    HP MSL2024 Tape library firmware

    Yup, responded to your PM.
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    Yes I do. I have access to firmware direct from HPE. Send me the model number (or part number)...

    Yes I do. I have access to firmware direct from HPE. Send me the model number (or part number) of the library and what kind of drives you have (LTO4,5,etc and Fiber or SAS) and I can pull the firmware.
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    Anybody have 10gb home network here?

    I have a Brocade ICX6610-24P and a VDX-6470 as well as a 4 port 10Gbe HP Procurve that has 48x 1Gb ports. I don't know that I'll use the 6740 since it's 40Gb and I don't have any use for that other than as a stack link to the 6610. The 6610 has 8 front 10Gb ports and 4 back 40Gb ports that can...
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    HP MSL2024 Tape library firmware

    I can get it for you. Just need the type of drives (SAS vs FC) and the generation of the MSL. I have one with FC LTO7 drives in my home lab.
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    A question about a server

    Not sure I'd take the G7. If you really want it you could get an MSA 12 drive shelf and hook it up via a PCIe SAS controller. I have a similar setup with a DL360 Gen9. It does take a lot of power though. I could kill-a-watt the setup and get an "idle" wattage for you since I don't have any...
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    CBS Makes Star Trek: Picard Pilot Free On YouTube 'For a Limited Time'

    The first episode was interesting, I watched it on Youtube. It didn't capture me enough to want to pay for CBS All Access on top of the other subscriptions I already have. I haven't seen enough of Discovery to render an opinion there. I'll either wait until it hits OTA or another service (or...
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    AMD Releases the Radeon Adrenalin Edition 20.2.2 Drivers

    These newer drivers have been causing issues with my RX480 8GB card in games like Fallout 4. Lots of stuttering and lockups that don't happen in previous revisions before the Adrenaline drivers. I'll give these new ones a try and cross my fingers! I am keeping my eyes open for good deals on...
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    PCIe meltdown

    I worked for Cargill Steel for a while. There were a few times I wondered how those PC's even worked anymore when I had opened a couple up to see about RAM upgrades the case was full of steel dust up to the level of the CPU heatsink; sometimes all you could see of the motherboard was the...
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