World of EUC

Just ordered. Trying to schedule my electrician to install this weekend.

Looks very cool. Don't some power companies allow you to do some monitoring yourself (though probably not with anything close to that time resolution)?

Yes, in Texas we have SmartMeters and can see our up to date power consumption on <https://www.smartmetertexas.com/> but it doesn't break down what all things in your home are causing the high electricity usage.

I'm using a much older Aeotec Z-wave tied one.  It monitors right at the box/mains.  I've been looking for one that can give me a per breaker breakdown.

Cool, is Plus eq Pro or just a newer version. I have lots of 970 EVO

From what I saw on some benchmarks, it's between. I'd say it's not worth buying EVOs anymore. Just go for EVO Plus instead.

Just looked at the new I bought, they actually delivered Plus (just did reorder) :-&gt;

<https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MFZXR1B/>

I love the samsung evos. I have 3 in my box in raid 0 and 6 more in 3 nucs for vSAN.

These are new EVOs, EVO Plus to be more specific…

i was wondering if they’re actually 20-30% better than the normal EVOs

I'm sure they are on paper but honestly these things are  so fast now days it doesn't really make much real world difference for a consumer. I mean honestly do I need 3 NVMEs in raid 0? Probably not and I probably wouldn't notice if someone swapped them for a larger single drive. If I was going to buy drives today, hell yeah I would get them. :slightly_smiling_face:

I want to plug them in some Supermicro SYS-5028D. Is it a mandatory practice to install some additional vents?

Before I bought my QNAP I ran evos in the 5028's and had no issues with them. Since then I moved them to the nucs for vSAN.

I got both M2 and PCI-X NVMe without any extra fans

<https://www.asus.com/Motherboard-Accessories/HYPER-M-2-X16-CARD-V2/overview/>

vSAN storage (the Samsung is for Cache, the Intels are for Capacity, since these are pretty slow, but way better than spinning HDDs)

I know, but which system?  The HYPER M.2 requires PCIe bifurcation

Yeah, it requires 4 x4. not too many do that.
For example, the SuperMicro 5028D have only 2 x8

highpoint has had a similar card for a while now... <http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA_new/series-ssd7103-overview.htm>

1800 euro ex-vat. Luckily my employer sponsored..

I priced that at the HP store and it was over $4000US

I have good luck with this <https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Ultra-Speed-Drive-Quad-PCIe-x16-Adapter-Card-Up-to-4x-NVMe-M-2-SSD-Support/352065353373?epid=1669456050&amp;hash=item51f8baf69d:g:yggAAOSwX61ZFRDC:sc:USPSPriority!91360!US!-1>

FYI
<https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/intel-fixes-severe-firmware-web-console-vulnerabilities/>

Yes please, seems to work with any AC since the puck is just an advanced universal AC control

I have all my gear in the pantry with my 35 year old water heater. Been thinking about swapping it out with a heat pump heater. <https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/water-heating/heat-pump-water-heaters> Takes in hot air and the byproduct is cool air. Like your fridge in reverse.

The servers would actually make the water heater more efficient and the water heater would cool my gear.

Wow, didn’t know that even existed. My water heaters are in my hot garage. Why aren’t more builders using this?

Stupid efficient compared to regular electric. Putting one in the barndominium I'm building. If its good I'll add one to my pantry/server room, lol.

My only guess is the upfront cost. Builders wanting to keep overall price down.

How about tankless water heaters? I’ve seen a lot of builders start using those since the price on them has been dropping.

Gas is great but electric requires 300 amp service.

<https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rheem-Performance-36-kw-Self-Modulating-6-GPM-Electric-Tankless-Water-Heater-RETEX-36/300800822>

Compare that to this... <https://images.homedepot-static.com/catalog/pdfImages/a0/a08b0271-17e7-4224-97db-620d22ea32c4.pdf>

I guess I should have said the energy guide link is to the 80 gallon heat pump from rheem.

<https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rheem-Performance-Platinum-80-gal-10-Year-Hybrid-High-Efficiency-Smart-Tank-Electric-Water-Heater-XE80T10HD50U1/303419594>

They don't even post the energy guide for the tankless, lol

Nice. I didn’t realize how much power my water heaters were taking until installing the Sense. I always assumed it was the ACs that were running up the electric bill.

<@U3XHU32D7> can't you put it in the grid? Sale it :money_with_wings:

Not in CT. You can only sell back to $0, everything else the power company gets for free. Technically I have it as a year credit but I'd have to have all the panels go out for about 5 months at this point for me to even use it. Some months I am generating 3x as much as I consume. Now with summer coming and AC weather maybe I'll get up to 1/2 or 2/3 consumption but even then I'll never touch it all.

Do you do any LABs hosting at home? Just asking for a friend :))

Saw this on Twitter today. Super cheap 
<https://www.neobits.com/mikrotik_crs309_1g_8s_in_cloud_router_switch_309_p13827269.html>