@quinnbizz I didnt set anything I just installed proxmox and it did what it did maybe proxmox defaults are aggressive I dont know I just know my VMs were swapping and I traced it to zfs arc so I yeeted the whole setup and went back to ext4 on hardware raid sorry not sorry
For anyone tracking prices, I made a spreadsheet after my last card hunt:
The $20 LSI is real, just watch for sellers who "tested" it by plugging it in and seeing LEDs blink. Ask for IT mode confirmation in writing.
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@PestWarsaw group buy maybe but shipping to Poland from US is killer, often 15-20$ just for one small card
@liam_funky good list, I would add: watch for "9211-8i" that is actually 9211-4i with different bracket, happened to my friend from work, he was very angry
Also @quinnbizz B450M Pro4 should be fine, I have same board in my brother's PC, no problems with LSI
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@kasiaxus yes shipping is problem, this is why I look for EU sellers on kleinanzeigen.de or allegro.pl sometimes, price is little higher but no customs surprise
My script is not perfect btw, I should add smartctl check for individual disks but I am lazy and docker container works so far xd
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Ja mam inne pytanie: po co wam to wszystko? ZFS, hardware RAID, HBA... dla filmów z torrenta? Kupiłem na Hetzner auction serwer za 35 EUR z 2x4TB I robię rsync co tydzień. Prostsze nie znaczy gorsze.
(For English readers: I use Hetzner auction server for backups, simpler than home NAS religion)
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@polskiegsm because some of us (actually, (most of us (in this thread)))) have upload bandwidth that makes rsync to Hetzner https://www.hetzner.com a multi-week affair for initial seed. (Also, (privacy (of not having my media library on someone else's machine (even if it's just Hetzner (who I trust more than Google (but still))))))).
(Also, (I like tinkering (obviously (given my parentheses (which are getting worse (help)))))).
@polskiegsm Hetzner auction is solid for backups but try explaining 35 EUR/month to your wife when she finds out you already pay for Netflix, Amazon, and "that other thing with the kangaroo." Home server is capital expense, monthly is operational expense. Different budget columns.
Also their Falkenstein DC is fine for EU, but my clients in Amsterdam want <10ms. Hetzner's closest is Falkenstein/Nuremberg, auction is Falkenstein/Nuremberg.
I use mdadm. I know, I know, nobody asked. But with LVM cache on SSD it is fast enough for my use and I don't need to learn another filesystem. Hardware RAID cards are expensive here in Jakarta because everything is imported. Even used LSI 9211 is like $40+ after shipping and tax.
This.
@shellservers mdadm is underrated for "I just want redundancy without philosophy." The rebuild is slower than hardware RAID, faster than ZFS in some CPU-bound cases, and it works on any Linux without tuning arc_max or vfs.zfs.vdev.scrub_max_active or whatever incantation du jour.
(Actually, (I used mdadm for years (before ZFS (on a Core 2 Duo (with 4GB RAM (and it was fine)))))).
