Thanks to the many available 3.0 lanes, an above-average number of NVMe SSDs with full bandwidth can be used. Due to the high prices at the upper end […]
TR-Server #3:
Memory and PSU
Once the basics are clear, RAM must be procured. ECC would be possible, but it is significantly more expensive and harder to find than normal, unbuffered RAM. So […]
TR-Server #2:
The Base
Due to personal preference and a bit of coincidence, I ended up with a first-generation AMD Threadripper, complete with motherboard and cooler. I would describe the purchase price […]
Setup:
Recovery-PC
This PC is mainly used for specific processes involving storage devices. Of course, at the end of the day, it is just another computer and is used from […]
Setup:
Tamy-PC
My partner’s workstation. This is basically the first version of my current workstation, with many similarities. The important thing here is the overall computing power. The interior was […]
Setup:
Floh-PC
My everyday workstation. The focus was on general computing and virtualization performance, hence the 870 Evo with 4 TB storage capacity for VMs, the most powerful processor on […]
Thoughts on the current situation with data storage devices and RAM
After high-capacity hard drives and subsequently SSDs and RAM of all kinds had risen sharply in price due to extreme demand from AI companies, this unexpected news came […]
Setup:
Retro Server
After several changes over the years, the server is now equipped close to its limit. Unless something breaks, nothing else is likely to change – the Windows Server […]
Retro Server: HP ProLiant DL120 G5
Like so much else in my hardware collection, this 19″ computer server from HP with a height of 1U came into my possession as electronic waste. Like all […]