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I have not used that specific adaptor but I have not run into any compatibility issues with any module that I have tried. I have been using 10Gtek on amazon for most of my stuff.

@Dmitriy.0@Dmitriy.0 Honestly seeing the attacks on my network was eye opening. Something out there was hammering my network with thousands of attempts over a five minute timeline before I took action. I think that TP-Link has a large enough market share that they got a target placed on them. I am still using the deco wifi but I have greatly increased my network security with better passwords and locking down anything but physical access for control. To summerize I still like the TP-Link hardware but I am going to be more mindful going forward.

@@pal2tech thanks Chris ♥️, I really like the sound from this earthworks mic.

@@tangodown2721 if you get a chance look at the new beta software, they went back to the drawing board and tossed the old ui entirely.

@mr_jarble oh really i wasnt aware of this. Its been awhile since I've messed with one. I'll definitely take a look!

@@tangodown2721 Thanks for the positive comment. I was hesitatent to take my position as the unifi community can be quite aggressive at times.

I need to add an update on this as the network has grown quite a bit from here.

It is quite sad that support has fallen so far.

The 8TB is indeed a double sided drive. The board and chassis has clearance for double sided drives.

@@mr_jarble Excellent. Its gone on sale so I'm thinking of getting it however read some reviews saying that it gets hot or overheats which is giving me pause as if it is hot that might effect component lifespan in the long run. How is yours holding up when it comes to heat dissipation and fans?

@@ahsan101 I think I was in rant mode and did a poor job of getting the key information across. The bios is updated to the latest and I am continuing to test. From more digging it seems any device with a phison controller will not work.

I am using the Fuji XT3 body and the amazing Viltrox 27mm 1.2 . I love the bokeh of this lens. I find it does an exceptional job on these types of talking head setups. The XT3 is an older body nowadays but after I replaced it with the XH2 the XT3 has become my dedicated content camera.

Thanks Chris! <3 I am trying to get back into some videos between work meetings

There are a handful of k40 models and most of them are closer to 250w each so I am not sure what you are referring to about 20 watts? I am currently running four 4070 supers in here with no issues. As for the reverse airflow on the M60 I assume you are referring to part 869724-B21? That part is if you need a back to front flow rather than front to back so a fairly nich use case. All that to say I would have zero hesitation running a full six dual slot cards in here. The server has airflow for days if you can put up with the sound. So either your ears or the power delivery is going to tap out long before cooling is a issue.

@@mr_jarble They're the k40m variant. They're 245 watts, which is 20 watts more than the 225 watts per card needed to get 4 of them in according to the manual (900w total).

@@mr_jarble I'm not sure what the reason would be to switch the airflow direction.. is that something specific to the M60 card?

@BadStoryDan I believe the bus limit is 1200w, assuming you are running n+n power configuration. In production, I have produced a load greater than 2000w on my unit. I don't specifically remember the 900w limit you are referring to in the service documents, but it has been a moment since I was digging in them.

@BadStoryDan I did a bit of digging on that m60, and honestly, I am not sure. The heatsink is a bit different than modern high airflow cards, so that could be the reason, but I can't be sure.

@@c1nema1 on mine the highest is the controller. I know most guides recommend killing sources like you did but I took on the problem a different way. As my server is primarily a GPU server running at full load I looked at it from that perspective. I put the server under 100% load and started bringing the fans down till sensors started climbing and made that my floor. So in my case the sensor that started heating up first was the 35-HDD controller so I was able to set the fans up with the command fan p (00 through 03) max 95. This resulted in a stable configuration with my maximum temperature being that number 35 with a temp of 68c and a caution at 100c so plenty of headroom. The major note here is this doesn't provide a doomsday environment where external factors caused more heat than full load so if your external environment could produce heat beyond this and cause dangerous temperature then this might not be the solution.

@@whiiiz9410 the 7900xtx cards are a bit too thick to fit. I do have four 4070 Supers in there and they fit nicely.

@@mr_jarble Thanks for the reply. Have you tried them at deep learning? I've been thinking of running 4 x AMD MI100s or 4 x 3090s as the 4090s won't fit in this server. 7900xtx are pretty decent but I would need at least 4 of them without having to fiddle with risers or pcie extenders.

Flashed firmware that gives control of the fans via command line. I hope to make a video about it soon.

@@mr_jarble well I guess I'll just have to subscribe then

In this video they link the file server and the render server together. In my current config they link the file server, the render server, and the ML server. I use the 100g backbone to move massive files from the file server into ram on the server that needs to work on the data then move the final product back.

th-cam.com/video/YodCOVppzIw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=4UjVHiVaCcohaNYJ I made this video with all four 4070 super cards at 100%

I don't do 3D rendering myself but I would be happy to benchmark something for you.

@@mr_jarble I like this beast. Only one problem its too noisy to keep within the room.

@@AzadMamedov I recently changed the firmware recently that significantly helped with the noise levels.

@@mr_jarble could you make short video of it ?

@@AzadMamedov absolutely 😀

If you are planning on a wired backhaul they should have nearly identical performance. While the unit can use all four bands it is very hard to find a client device that also supports this. Maybe in a few months as more client devices hit the market it could play a larger role but for now I would not really worry to much about the tri vs quad band.

@@mr_jarble I appreciate the advice. Thanks for getting back to me.

The internal network is 100gbps for all communications between my servers. The link to the outside world is 1gbps symmetrical. Thanks for the kind words! I have done some additional clean up after this video so it looks even better now.

Wired backhaul is temperamental in the current firmware but when it is working I was able to peak over 3 gigabit on a wireless device using the wired backhaul. In talking with support they are actively working on a firmware update to resolve this and a few other small issues as well.

The 7642 is a great bang for the buck CPU. Much cheaper than the 64core variant while packing almost the same punch.

That’s what I was thinking, ok good. Thanks for confirming!

@@proterotype anytime 😊

If you have it in the budget I would go for the Genoa because as you said it could stretch a bit further. I am totally sold on the Epyc line up as they are just amazing processors. For me the Rome was the right balance of cost vs performance where as Genoa really has not hit the second hand market just yet so msrp is a bit out of my reach.

When I built this I intended to have this host everything from files to compute. But that was overly optimistic so I pivoted to create many specialized servers for each task. Meaning that this file server has way more CPU power than needed but I already have the hardware so no harm in running it.

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This is shot on my 13mm lens so it is quite wide. Though I am not seeing jello on the original so might be something with my encoding. Got to justify all this hardware somehow and what better way than massive 8k prores footage 😉

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Hey thanks so much for the comment. To answer your main question this particular server is for video rendering and image stacking task. For me a big part of this processes was wanting to learn so things are not fully optimized for the task at hand but rather what I could learn at the time. Also there has always been part of me that wanted to run a monster and this ticked that particular box quite nicely. If you are into computer engineering and want to learn old hardware is a great place to start. I have found that even in my current role building these servers has helped me grow. For what you are wanting to do, take a look at my other server, the 256TB file server, as it would be a much better data and hosting environment. The only thing it does not do is high powered gpu compute. It is newer more efficient hardware (same number of cores) running nearly twice as fast at a quarter of the power. The nice thing for me is that this is all e-waste so find what you are looking for and wait for it to pop up on ebay for a good price and bingo you have a server that can do anything without breaking the bank.

This thing has two modes: tolerable and holy hell that's loud. Most of the time, it is tame and is not bad, noise wise, but you kick off an all core workload or something that pulls a lot of power and expect to need hearing protection.

@@mr_jarble 😂 Thanks. it looks like a coal shed is the best place for the beast to keep it in!

I have not tried a 3090 in there as I gave mine away and my 4090 is to large to fit.

I continued to daily drive this and it has been a workhorse for me. My only two gripes are the fan and the instability on power loss. The latter I put down as mostly the complexity of my network but it would be nice to not have to mess with it if the power goes out.

Not sure what that is tbh

How noisy is your environment? I have not see the exact failure you are experiencing. I have only run the network optimization a couple of times but I am in a condominium so I have to fight dozens of others for wifi channels. The connection once it is established has been pretty solid.

These should be genuine tray cpu's

I think someone is messing around as I have two videos with weird ratios

Very good points. I am mostly just exploring the possibility as this is all new to me. So much to learn with these systems.

The plan was to use an HBA card but I had an old raid card sitting around so I did some testing on it. I have now moved everything over to the HBA and removed the raid controller.

@@mr_jarble Ah! Yes I caught up to the end of your series. HbA is the way to go. I've been messing with these old server boards for many years now. They're at the same time a lot of fun and a lot of Frustration.