Subj : Arch btw
To   : DaiTengu
From : Accession
Date : Fri Nov 28 2025 08:04:54

Hey DaiTengu!

On Thu, 27 Nov 2025 23:25:34 -0600, you wrote:

 > Rackmount servers, especially 1u/2u boxes are WAY louder. like 80db
 > loud when the fans crank up to 100%, which HP servers tend to do if you
 > have "non-hp-certified hardware" installed in them (like non-enterprise
 > disks).  I had to write a script that reboots the iLO controller any
 > time the fans get above 50%, otherwise they just crank themselves up to
 > 100% and no amount of fan control command wizardry will stop them.

Well, that's good to hear for me anyway. I don't have room for a rack, and I definitely don't want to hang that crap on the wall, so I actually prefer tower setups. My gaming machine with 7 120mm fans is louder than my server tower when gaming (and it's not even really /that/ loud, but it's by my feet so without my headgear on I can hear it).

 > I want the CPUs and the drive space. whatever replaces this HP box will
 > wind up having a couple 20-core CPUs at minimum.

I feel like I'm light years behind you anyways. I've been working with 4c/8t with 32gb ddr3 ram for the last 15 years or so, and have made it work. The jump up to a couple 14c/28t CPUs I'm not sure I'd ever run out of things to do. ;)

 > I do have virtualbox, but the idea would be to jam it on the physical
 > hardware to see how it can perform with anything I want to run.  I don't
 > play a lot of video games, but I've been hearing good things about
 > gaming on Linux recently, and kind of want to give it a try again.

It's got one of the best wikis around. Unless you're a glutton for punishment and absolutely /need/ a Gentoo fix, you'll soon realize how easy things can be. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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