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Overkill for starter build? in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

[–] AmSoDoneWithThisShit@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I just checked and I stand corrected. 325w but I have a BUNCH of VMs going on it.

Overkill for starter build? in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

[–] AmSoDoneWithThisShit@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Dual E5-2670s. (8 core, 2.6ghz). I also have a broadcom dual port 10gb LOM and an emulex dual port 8gb Fibrechannel card in it with their respective optics

Overkill for starter build? in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

[–] AmSoDoneWithThisShit@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (5 children)

You can quiet the fans using IPMI.. and mine pulls about 150w loaded with 10T drives and a GPU for Plex transcoding

Overkill for starter build? in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

[–] AmSoDoneWithThisShit@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

My whole rack (6 servers and a bunch of Cisco switching equipment.)

Why is Windows (desktop versions) frowned upon as a home NAS/server OS? in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

[–] AmSoDoneWithThisShit@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Reboots every tuesday night because microsoft cant make a patch that doesnt require a reboot?

How often are you shutting down your hosts? in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

[–] AmSoDoneWithThisShit@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Today marks the first day in about 2 years that my hosts will be shut down on purpose. Running new electrical circuits for the rack.

Previous shutdowns have been like weather related power outages and such.