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As with all things backups, testing and maintenance is key.
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If there were ones that vibrated or had interference enough to affect neighboring units, that would be marketing points. As it is now, no one mentions any of those points. It’s all capacity, I/O and features.
If there were units that showed any of those issues, the reviews would tell.
This unit is basically dead silent in normal operation. During charging and discharging there is an audible hum, but nothing else. I haven’t noticed any vibration or ZFS scrubs reporting corrections.
Keeping tradition with doing things backwards, I've finally got a UPS for the rack (mounted in the bottom of the stack). Got a PowerWalker VI 2200R. Its a 2U unit which is all the space I've got left in the rack. Decent price and decent I/O with USB, serial and a slot-in for network expansion + 4 IEC outputs. Its powering everything in the rack and connected via USB to my main server which runs a NUT server that other machines can connect to. A calibration run (100-80%) puts the runtime at about 20 min. Long enough that I'm comfortable setting things to shut down when 20% capacity remains. Summary, I sleep better now. ![The rack with the UPS at the bottom](https://feddit.nu/pictrs/image/1078f5f4-04c8-4f70-ac78-c63e07d242c6.jpeg) ![NUT output](https://feddit.nu/pictrs/image/52be9f28-1be1-4dac-8e5c-5138c8b26ad1.png)
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Yes.
Not aware of any such project. I’d assume you’ll need some hardware anyways as you need it for the level of access (ATX etc.). Not sure how that would be preferable to this.
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It’s a KVM in the same sense but instead of switching it provides the functionality over a web interface so that I can manage my server from my workstation or laptop instead of crawling in the space beneath the stairs where my server is if something goes wrong. Compare with IPMI.
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It’s not a graphics card. https://pikvm.org/
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It’s kind of the point here to occupy the video out as this is a server and has no screen connected otherwise. Normally it doesn’t need one.
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Would’ve loved to gotten one of those. But the power consumption of a Xeon is a bit higher than I’d like. This was a nice to have, not need to. It was a Christmas gift from my wife 🥰
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There is power/reset and power/hdd LEDs as well as a USB 3 header for mouse and keyboard and flash/disc emulation. That way you can mount an image and boot from that if you want. Super handy for re-installs or troubleshooting tools.
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Exactly, it isn’t a replacement. It is redundancy in the form of a screen with keyboard and mouse directly connected, but accessibly from remote (my couch). It is far from my primary interface with the server.
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It’s part of my PiKVM-kit. https://geekworm.com/products/pikvm-a8
It’s also PoE which is very nice.
Built a nice little PiKVM and deployed it in my NAS. The NAS is heavy and placed in a dark half-height place under the stairs so it’s awkward when things go wrong and you need hardware access. ![The built KVM](https://feddit.nu/pictrs/image/6698669b-e315-44f7-9182-8c32f48bf12a.jpeg) For those that don’t know what PiKVM is: https://pikvm.org/
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All valid points! As I said, very subjective. Good on you for doing your thing!
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Not to be that guy, but I don’t really find the picture that amazing. 5/10. It’s a rally car. Probably har to compose for and get in focus as it’s moving fast so props for that.
Possible improvements:
- The picture is kind of dark and lackluster. Lifting the shadows and increasing the contrast a bit might help.
- There is no real sense of speed. Slowing down the shutter speed a fraction and tracking the car would give some background motion blur.
- The background doesn’t tell us much. A bit tighter crop might make us see more detail in the car instead.
Obviously all of this is my subjective opinion. Take it for what it is. A strangers opinion on the internet. Thank you for sharing!
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So there is no central framework for pushing fixes to urgent fixes? Patching zero-days?
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Surely Android provides security updates?
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It’s why I went with TrueNAS. It has built in support for VMs and containers in K3s. So far it’s been super nice. A lot to read up on, but you seem to have the same background as me so it should be fine. I find it fun!
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My thoughts exactly! I recon that I’ll probably keep the case the longest of all, out of all those a hardware.
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My trick is setting a monthly saving for this a few years ago. Today me thanks past me.
Also, I started out with 2x 4TB in raid 1 in my previous server. Or really just an unused desktop with a 1TB disk before that.
Serves mainly as a NAS, but also as the host for Plex, HomeAssistant and some other stuff.
Fick konstigt svar från feddit.nu tidigare idag. Berodde det på något särskilt eller normal hicka?