Rack Rebuild 2024 - Let The Hardware Shuffle BEGIN!
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Published 2024-02-23
Everytime I film a 'State of the Homelab' tour video, I will invariably change everything just a few months later... so LET THE CHANGES BEGIN! Today, we're looking at problems with my existing hardware, swapping around 1.5TB of memory, learning how Supermicro decided PCIe Bifurcation should work, and giving you a sneak peek of some upcoming server builds.
But first... What am I drinking???
Coffee. With maybe some Irish Cream at the end ;-)
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All Comments (21)
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I hate dust. It's coarse and irritating, and it gets everywhere.
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"Coffee. Because it's 8:30 in the morning you monsters." 😂😂
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Not dusting server out and commentary made me laugh more than it should have. Great stuff!
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Behind every confused system admin is an application engineer going this makes perfect sense
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Bifurcation was a mess. lol. Glad it all worked out. I enjoyed
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Check the Epyc socket for pins that are folded the wrong direction. I had an issue with a memory channel on one of my systems until I flipped the pin back. Tada!
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Counterstrike called, it wants its de_dust back! :P
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1:45 If it's optane, it's using 3D Xpoint non-volatile memory, not nand flash.
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I had a similar problem with a memory socket that had "gone bad" on my 2009 Mac Pro 4,1 upgraded to 5,1, on which I've also upgraded CPUs a few times as prices have come down. The problem turned out to be one of the CPU socket pins that was misaligned and either shorting to an adjacent pin or perhaps not connecting with the CPU at all. I broke out a magnifying glass to inspect the socket more closely and then saw the misalignment more clearly. I realigned it with a small screwdriver and everything is working fine now.
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That whole segment about your server dust only convinced me that you're in denial and secretly terrified! 😂
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I wouldn't say you have a lot of dust, but it's an unusual fine brown dust probably from your wood working. Living room dust is more fluffy and grey.
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If you rack in the garage has front to back airflow, might fill the front door with furnace filters to help with the dust, but you are right not all that much dust.
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Ch 8 is probably the dust! ROFL! Happy to be a troll for you. LOL I loved that term.
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I too have (most of) my servers in the garage. The only 'dusting' I've given them is occasionally cleaning out their filters. Honestly, they actually stay CLEANER than the 3 servers & 2 workstations I have in a carpeted home office.
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1:51 Not quite. Optane uses 3D-Xpoint a type of ReRAM and not NAND flash.
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Great job, looking for the troubleshooting of epyc. This style of videos is welcome by me.
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A dirty case is a sign of a dirty mind. Looks over at the dust circles in front of the intake fans...
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Not sure if you're aware; later engraving/cutting will definitely put metal dust into the air. I worked in a metal fab shop, with a couple later cutting machines and it put metal dust in the air. Definitely shorted out a few machines in the shop, prior to me starting and performing more maintenance on the machines and changing the enclosures
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Love these types of videos. I started my own homelab after watching your content. Picked up a Dell R720XD for a decent price and decided to install unraid on it and it has been working very well! Plex is the main usage but also file storage for now.
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The one place i've had issues with dust, is in the livingroom with pets and kids, and at work next to a plasma cutter table and welding stations. Ended up getting a fanless computer for the plasma cutter table.
