Subj : Re: FInally hit a wall...
To   : paulie420
From : claw
Date : Fri Dec 13 2024 07:24:29

On 12 Dec 2024, paulie420 said the following...
 pa> Dude!! Big things happened last weekend - I found a Dell r730xd for $400!
 pa> 28cores (gonna upgrade CPUs so I get 40cores/80threads) and it can
 pa> accept lots of RAM, too. 128GB right now - running 32GB LRDIMMs... gonna
 pa> add more here, too.
 pa> 
 pa> I'm thinking of grabbing another HBA RAID card so I can pass all 12
 pa> front bays to TrueNAS, and have the rear 2x2.5" SSDs for OS - and
 pa> thinking of adding the 4 mid-bay 3.5" HDDs on that new HBA... its going
 pa> to be awesome. :P
 pa> 
 pa> I'm super impressed with the r730xd. That being said, I also run a r330
 pa> and r320. And TBH, the r320 MIGHT be the better Proxmox machine - thats
 pa> because while the r330 takes a max of 64GB RAM, the r320 can take up to
 pa> 192GB... and I upgraded its CPU to 10cores/20threads - whereas the r330
 pa> has 4cores/8threads - its like they 'downgraded' the newer generation
 pa> box and I just don't understand why...
 pa> 
 pa> I think I'll sell the r330, and migrate the r320 into a dedicated PBS
 pa> machine; I currently run my PBS in an old Dell tower; the r320 would be
 pa> much more solid IMO...
 pa> 
 pa> Thanks for chatting... I assume the r720 is awesome, too - I once
 pa> thought I wanted to only use rX30 systems, but I've been proved wrong.
 pa> 
 pa> pAULIE42o
 pa> .........

Wow cool Paulie!  nice work.  You can find R815's around that price too so keep an eye out.  Most come with the quad CPU 16 for 64 COREs and 128 - 192G ram  

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