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1. 7666 (7666@comp.lain.la)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 03:29:45 JST 7666
   i don't get how people go "boo hoo <software> is so poorly performing my 2 core VPS on <over-provisioned budget provider> can't keep up" like stop being a pussy and just spend $150 on an old server. we have a stupid amount of used hardware just floating out there because businesses are pussies and won't use or upgrade them despite them all being just as functional as day one
   
   the entirety of lain.la (56 VMs) fits into a single well specced R730, a ten year old server, with ROOM TO SPARE, and my shit supposedly gets more traffic than mastodon.social!
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   •  (mint@ryona.agency)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:14:18 JST 

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     @7666 Here hardware gets used until it bites the dust. You'd be very lucky to get a Nehalem-era Xeon for that price.
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     @mint @7666 I need to find a high core system (and ram) but the r930 i was looking at seems to only use 2.5.... Does anything in the same price range exists?
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     @dcc @7666 I mean, I'm hosting agency on a Lenovo Chinkcentre with a pre-Ryzen AMD APU. I'm not in position to check the state of more fitting hardware yet.
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   • † top dog :pedomustdie: (dcc@annihilation.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:31:10 JST † top dog :pedomustdie:

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     @7666 @mint I need way more cores is the problem, should i just buy a r930 and a r820 as a separate storage server? (this is all going go be hosted in a collection since i have some :biznus: plans)
   • 7666 (7666@comp.lain.la)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:31:11 JST 7666

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     @dcc @mint I don't believe they sell quad socket systems with 3.5" bays. You can get additional 2.5" backplanes for the R830 which is a quad socket system, this one has 16 2.5" bays for not too much more money.
     
     Also this guy absolutely STACKED the thing with RAM. I'm tempted to buy it myself lmao
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   • 7666 (7666@comp.lain.la)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:40:14 JST 7666

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     @dcc @mint r820 would not be a good storage server, and the 4U of the R930 is a bit silly. You want the 720XD or 730XD for storage.
     
     Alternatively buy an R830 with the quad socket midplane thingy and stuff it full of E5-46xx v4 CPUs and then get a SAS JBOD array like a Powervault MD1200. You can get up to 88 cores if you bought the super duper maxed out CPUs.
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   • † top dog :pedomustdie: (dcc@annihilation.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:45:26 JST † top dog :pedomustdie:

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     @7666 @mint midplane thingy? also how do you connect the jbod to the r830?
   • 7666 (7666@comp.lain.la)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jul-2024 04:55:17 JST 7666

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     @dcc @mint Your extra two CPUs come on a riser midplane.
     
     The JBOD array connects via a SAS HBA. Dell sells rebranded LSI cards that should work, such as https://www.ebay.com/itm/355876119043?epid=1758165763
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