Subj : Re: Dell PowerEdge r730 serie
To   : paulie420
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sun Dec 08 2024 15:46:45

-=> paulie420 wrote to All <=-

 pa> Hey, DoveNET. Does anyone else out there use the Dell r730/730xd
 pa> platform and wouldn't mind emailing about the system?

 pa> I finally scored my r730xd and I'm super impressed with it so far. I'm
 pa> in the testing process and is just blew through all stress-ng tests
 pa> with ease and didn't get over 65C!

 pa> I'm learning about the Perc 730 Mini, and the Perc S130 CPU RAID on the
 pa> mobo. Since I'd like to run Proxmox and TrueNAS as a VM on top, I would
 pa> normally pass the entire Perc RAID card to TrueNAS, but I'd prefer only
 pa> passing through 8-10 of the front bays to TrueNAS... or, putting the
 pa> rear 2.5" bays on the S130 and then passing the entire 12 bays on the
 pa> Perc 730 to TrueNAS. Or, find another way to pass HDDs to TrueNAS on
 pa> the hardware level.

Ping me on 20forbeers or poindexter@realitycheckbbs.org, I had a couple
of 720XDs that I repurposed. Might be able to answer questions on the
730xd. They were great fun, I loved them.

If you do some digging around inside, you might have bootable 2 SD card
slots as well.




 
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