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Here's to my first post here! I recently got some new serious storage for my homelab. The Precision 7820 runs TrueNAS Scale to host files for my wedding photography business (I had bad luck with unRAID deleting photos randomly last year) and the Dell micros both run ESXi for VMs. Averaging about 130W on idle with everything running. Let me know what you guys think! I was considering running R730s for this but was somewhat concerned about it being loud (this is in my living room) and double the power usage. As of now, everything except the 7050 micro is barely audible when the room is dead silent. I'll leave my specs below.

Also, do any of you guys have a recommendation for routers? I've been looking at the ER-X but I'm not sure if there are other options without going towards pFSense. Thanks!

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Specs:

  • Precision 7820
    • Intel Xeon Silver 4114 - 10C/20T (85W TDP)
    • 96GB DDR4 ECC
    • 10GbE PCIe NIC
      • 1 to Switch
      • 1 to M1 Pro MBP using manual network config for a direct 10GbE Link
    • LSI SAS HBA
    • 2 14TB Seagate Exos (SAS) w/ 2 as external backups
    • 2 4TB WD Red (RAID 1) for Time Machine/Windows File History backups
    • 4 NVME Drives in Dell UltraSpeed Quad PCIe (1 as boot drive)
  • 7050 Micro
    • i5-7400T
    • 16GB DDR4
    • 512GB SSD
  • 5060 Micro
    • i5-8400T
    • 16GB DDR4
    • 1TB SSD
  • Networking
    • UniFi 8 Port POE
    • Switch Lite
    • U6 Lite (860 sq foot apartment)
    • UniFi Cloud Key
    • Hue Controller

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Posted Jan 8, 2023, 1:48 AM UTC

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Inquisitive_idiot•

I would stay away from the edge router x

  • only does 500mbps symmetrically
  • I found that you have to flash it with openwrt for the dated interface for be tolerable
  • no unifi integration (it’s a UISP product)
  • it’s very weak so forget about any security processing (even if most of that is usually theater 😏)

Go with something else.

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jtquenOPPrecision 7820 w/ TrueNAS Scale - Xeon Silver 4114 & 96GB ECC•

Perfect, thanks!

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oathbreakerkeeper•

Can you say more about the security being theater?

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Inquisitive_idiot•

It’s an unsubstantiated claim that a lot of the security isn’t configurable and seems to focus on blocking automated attacks; it also doesn’t seem to warn you about doing stupid things which is usually how the badies end up pulling your trousers down and ruining your day. It’s not a criticism of anything except the enterprise badges.

Sorry my late diner sucked yesterday and I was grumpy 😅

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oathbreakerkeeper•

I'm not offended or anything just curious. We're you talking about a specific product or all network security in general?

Lol I want to know as I'm setting up a new router firewall at home and I'm not a network person.

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Inquisitive_idiot•
  1. I was grumpy
  2. don’t worry about it 🫠
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SilentDecodeR730 LFF: E5-2697A v4, 192GB RAM, 2x 1TB NVMe, ESXi 8 w/ vCenter•

Projected Cost: 154$/yr

Damn.. That's 2,5 months for me, and in Euro's. Jealous!

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DylanYasen•

bro thats sick!!!!

btw what is this thing you are using to track power consumption? im new in town

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jtquenOPPrecision 7820 w/ TrueNAS Scale - Xeon Silver 4114 & 96GB ECC•

Lol thanks! It’s just the Eve app that connects to the HomeKit Eve Energy smart plug.

Eve Energy - Apple HomeKit Smart Home, Smart Plug & Power Meter with Built-in Schedules & Switches, App Compatibility, Bluetooth and Thread https://a.co/d/jkTmY5i

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