The promise of ZFS is appealing because it has flexible caching algorithm, automatic data scrubbing (to prevent bit rot). So I started researching and tried the following OS.Ī new kid on the block, a linux-based OS that features ZFS. I am reasonably proficient in managing Linux through CLI, but it is hard for tedious repetitive tasks like mounting and keeping track of all my disks Some sensible GUI (either remote desktop or web-interface) option, to be able to easily see current performance stats, easily manage disks.No more consumer crap limitations and automatic restarts I’ll start with 256GB RAM and will buy more in the future if needed.Plotting with MadMax would be nice to have, if I have extra HDDs to fill This system is intended to primarily support the farm. A server-grade motherboard with a server-grade CPU, decent number of cores.So with that being said, I have embarked on a journey to pick better hardware and software.įor hardware, the here were my considerations: I know you can disable automatic restart when running as a privileged user, but I run chia as a non-privileged, to minimize risk of security issues ![]() Windows 10 Pro is bloated with unnecessary software and the worst part - it forces a restart when update comes in.When you move plots over 10Gbe network from your plotter, this becomes a bottleneck for the plotter (it is unable to “spit out” the plot fast enough, as result gets bogged down by a protracted copy routine) It seems to be limited to certain percentage of the available memory, and caps out at ~16GB. ![]() Windows 10 Pro has a hard limit for write cache.The more plots are in the system, the more important page cache becomes to reduce lookups 128GB RAM is the limit on consumer motherboard and this processor.Sometimes it takes 5+ minutes to POST! And sometimes the Virtualization technology gets disabled on its own, despite it is configured as enabled in BIOS (thus Docker is unable to start) The more drives are connected in SAS JBODs, the more weird problems start occurring during POST. ![]() There is not enough 8x slots on a consumer motherboard to connect more HBA I am slowly but surely getting to a point where my current rig and operating system is reaching scalability limits.
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