Subj : Re: Arch btw
To   : Accession
From : Vorlon
Date : Tue Dec 02 2025 19:06:45

Hi Accession,

 On Sunday November 30 2025, Accession said to Vorlon:

 >> First thing I'd be doing is going to higher capacity drives, even if you
 >> continue to use your current server.

 A> That's where the new server comes into play. The one I'm looking at has
 A> 4x 3.2tb 10k SAS SSD. Plenty for what I need.

Be aware that SAS drives require a SAS controller, yet SATA will work with
both. So if you run into issues, your rather stuck with getting a SAS
controller.

 A> Mind you, I'm not out of hard drive space.. at all. I just have too many
 A> drives, and not enough bays to put them in. I don't really need higher
 A> capacity, I'd just like to make use of what I currently have.

I thought it would be ages before I filled my 4tb drives, yet I've got 140G
free and have just purchased some 8Tb drives in the cyber monday sales.

 >> Have you thought about using a standard tower case (Mine is, with 6 3.5"
 >> bays, and 3 5.14" bays). Even thought the server is a real server board
 >> it works fine. It's a S1200BTL, with Xeon E31240, the same core/threads
 >> as yours.

 A> Sure, there is always that option also. However, my bottleneck at the
 A> moment is not space, it's the cores/threads and 32gb ddr3 ram. I'm using
 A> all 8 threads already, and would like to add more VMs, but I can't.

Where are you getting that information from? My server's cpu has the same
cores/threads as your's and it sits idle 90% of the time.

5 vm's run 24/7, with another three that only run when needed.

 >> Have you thought about using a high end non server board/cpu? I recently
[...]
 >> It's only $400AUD. The main thing that's needed is sata/m2 ports and
 >> ram/cpu.

 A> I'm not trying to spend 2 grand or more on a server that I use for
 A> lightweight hobbies.

Was just throughing that out there, as in previous messages you said you'd
like to get a dual cpu system?

 A> I'm more than likely looking at a renewed server (cheaper and no need to
 A> build it myself), but just updated specs from the current one I've had
 A> for 12+ years.

I did the same thing with mine. It came with 8gb of ram, and I've upped it
to the max 32gb. Replaced the psu, and added the sata card for the two SSD's
that have the VM's on them.



\/orlon
aka
Stephen

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