@fox I have plenty of DDR4 ECC ram i can move around my hosts.
There are some real good pricing with Refurb resellers.
Rather than getting more DDR4, I need to start with some DDR5 if i want a platform where i can leverage PCIe v5.
My ratio comparing refurb DDR4 2666MT/s vs the same amount of ram in DDR5 is 2.5x price change
#homelab #HomeDC

#HomeDC #maintenance
Sounds silly, but once every 5-6 years its worth to replace the #cr2032 battery to ensure BIOS integrity.

#HomeDC maintenance. Installing new #vSAN ESA NVMe disks (Samsung PM9A3) and #ESX9 NVMe Memory Tiering (Intel/solodigm Optane) in host.
NVMe Memory Tiering will double the 384GB host memory.

#HomeDC maintenance. Clean-up to add #ThermalGrizzly #Carbonaut 51x68 between the Xeon CPU and the CPU cooler.

Time to upgrade the BMC Firmware & BIOS just before installing the next version of #ESXi in the #homelab #HomeDC.
Thank you #supermicro for releasing updates & patches for motherboards released in 2017

Just another preview of the @mikrotik #RDS2216 NVMe over TCP performance with a RAID10 of 4 Samsung PM9A3. The Linux VM maxed out the NIC when running the fio test for large files.
#HomeDC #homelab #NVMeOF

@erik @mikrotik As for the NVMe over TCP to the #vSphere host, i’m working on it, but needed 💤
#HomeDC #homelab #RDS2216 #NVMeOF

@mikrotik The #RDS2216 ROSE arrived.
Time to load the NVMe 2.5” 7mm drives and NVMe M.2 2280 drives in their sleds.
#HomeDC #homelab #NVMeOF

Getting goosebumps… my @mikrotik #RDS2216 has shipped…
expanding the #homelab with NVMe-over-TCP capabilities. #HomeDC

@normis @erik I ordered my #Mikrotik ROSE #RDS2216. Looking forward to seeing it in action and bringing #NVMe-TCP in the #HomeDC.

MikroTik RDS2216 https://mikrotik.com/product/rds2216
https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/spaces/UM/pages/298975330/ROSE+Data+Server

ROSE https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/spaces/ROS/pages/259031065/ROSE-storage

Plan for the weekend
- Deploy the add-on TPM2 keys on 4 supermicro servers and enable the encryption service on my #vSphere cluster
- Attach some Tigo solar optimizer on some solar panels
- deploy a new set of NSX ALB load-balancer VM for integration in #NSX for #kubernetes
#HomeDC #homelab

The next phase of the #HomeDC has been achieved. The #vSphere cluster is running on pure Solar power. Not bad as a UPS. #Ecoflow #EcoflowPowerKit with 4x Supermicro ESXi hosts.

Decided to invest in a 2nd #Ecoflow system with two batteries for the #HomeDC.