Suggestions for home server, lots of disks, AMD Ryzen CPU, 32gb+ ECC memory?

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Does turning on PBO require a reboot? Do you need to go into the BIOS to make those changes? If so, then depending on your needs, is pushing the optimal...

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Hi all,
It's getting time to replace my AMD Althon Phenom II X4 945 system with 16Gb of RAM and a bunch of disks. I've even got a Cyclom PCI serial...

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Its going to take time, but getting this in front of people and forcing it will have a ton of short term pain, but in the long term it will lead to better...

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This is a great point. The tests don't tell us anything really until the cache is warmed up. So maybe you need to do a git pull and build of the linux...

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These are interesting results, and it would be nice if they could be expanded even more to see how it works when you have a RAID1, RAID10, RAID5 or RAID6...

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I'm using LVM cache and using mirrored SSDs and Mirrored Disks. Any other setup would be insane for reliable storage. Now for testing... not a bad idea....

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Yes I did! When you use a keyboard for 10 hours a day at work, it pays to have good tools. A cheap motherboard is one thing, but a crappy keyboard really...

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It's not the OS generally that sucks memory, it's the applications. Anything Java based sucks. As does firefox. And gam_server when you have alot of...

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Have you looked at the stuff from http://wasdkeyboards.com at all? I've got a pair of CODE keyboards and I'm really enjoying them. Cherry MX Clears...

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So what about including the BeagleBone Black into this comparision as well? It's able to run all the software that these other boards run. The big difference...

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Seeing your other post on water cooling for some of your systems, would it make sense to use water cooling on your systems? Put some copped pipe out...

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lvmcache speedup results with (ideally) mirrored data and SSD cache drives. Or a better comparision between bcache and lvmcache. I've been quite happy...

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So just change it...



I'm not sure why this is such a big deal. Just change it on your farm by default and have PTS setup...

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Are these going to be long term system installs? If so, the lack of rails to slide them in and out of the rack is probably ok, but if you're doing frequent...

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Maybe I'll try and see about adding more tests to get perf/watt measurements on linux based tests. Nothing quick though... too many other demands on...