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user
03/26/2018, 11:40 AMThis is the QNAP I have. It can be found cheaper: https://www.amazon.com/TS-531X-8G-US-ARM-based-Hardware-Encryption-10G-ready/dp/B01N678MQE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1522064400&sr=8-2&keywords=TS-531X - u
user
03/26/2018, 11:41 AMAnd yes I am using it with my 200-8d - u
user
03/26/2018, 12:16 PMAwesome, already have Synology & QNAP, doesn't need yet another brand (and QNAP has 2x 10GbE). So how's the performance compared to local SSD storage? What kind of disks do you have in there? - j
Jarian Gibson
03/26/2018, 12:27 PMFor the ubnt switch. I saw in the forums there is a $43 sfp+ to rj45 that works. Haven’t tested yet. - u
user
03/26/2018, 12:42 PMI have 5 500gb 850s plus I have the add on card that let me mount 2 M2s. - u
user
03/26/2018, 12:42 PMPerformance seems really good to me 🙂. I don't have anything with a local SSD to compare though. - s
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- u
user
03/26/2018, 12:57 PMWTF, that shouldn't have happened. I you did it through the new system? Blame it on that. Also you could just go VMUG Advantages - u
user
03/26/2018, 12:57 PMwhat's the link to add on card? - u
user
03/26/2018, 12:58 PMSo 2TB pure SSD storage - u
user
03/26/2018, 1:18 PMYes 2TB pure SSD and another 1TB M2. THis is the card: http://shop.qnap.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=213 - u
user
03/26/2018, 1:19 PMSSDs are RAID5, M2s are RAID0 - u
user
03/26/2018, 1:21 PMGuess you guys know about this: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/2/20/17031256/worlds-largest-ssd-drive-samsung-30-terabyte-pm1643 - u
user
03/26/2018, 1:23 PMI wonder how much will cost... - u
user
03/26/2018, 1:23 PMRAID5 in that QNAP 👼 - u
user
03/26/2018, 1:29 PMAFF, you guys are killing me. The QNAP, Switch & Disk is $2500 and another $2500 for SM with 2 TB Samsung 960 Pro (without memory and SSD) - w
Webster Webster
03/26/2018, 2:01 PMIt's just money - u
user
03/26/2018, 2:16 PMWhy so much local storage for the SM? - u
user
03/26/2018, 3:12 PMThe SM's is going to replace my NUC/Skulls's. So the local storage is for running XenServer nested for 3/4 students per SM - j
Jarian Gibson
03/26/2018, 3:18 PMnice upgrade - u
user
03/26/2018, 3:35 PMIndeed, will test with one and see how it goes (performance wise) - j
Jarian Gibson
03/26/2018, 6:53 PMI have found the Xeon D boards to work very well. I do a custom build with the 12 core motherboard and SCE300 case to add GPU. Also allows me 2 2.5" drives and an NVME drive. - u
user
03/26/2018, 7:56 PMYeah, the limitation is as always the CPU, so that will decide if 3 or 4 per SM. That being said I think the magic number is 3 XenServer with 40GB of memory each. That will be nice both for the students and the CPU - u
user
03/26/2018, 7:57 PMwhat GPU @Jarian Gibson? - j
Jarian Gibson
03/26/2018, 8:08 PMamd wx4100 - j
Jarian Gibson
03/26/2018, 8:08 PMlooking to pickup a nvidia tesla p4 - u
user
03/26/2018, 8:17 PMI've got a K2 I could sell you 😉 - u
user
03/26/2018, 8:19 PMI have 8 - u
user
03/26/2018, 8:19 PMI'm assuming you got the updated power supply for the SCE300 to feed the GPU - u
user
03/26/2018, 8:20 PMthe K2 won't fit on the SCE300 case