[jerick70]

 

[Podster]

That top photo reminds me of the first public bathroom I went into in France back in the late 70's, like this but not as refined

 

[jerick70]

That top photo reminds me of the first public bathroom I went into in France back in the late 70's, like this but not as refined

When I first saw this, I was like, is that on the wall or the ground.......

 

[Whazzzup]

Could be worse. Roman times they used Xylospongium. The device itself seems innocuous except it was shared…. Gross

 

[572217]

https://www.theonion.com/guy-who-sucks-at-being-a-person-sees-huge-potential-in-1850488022

 

[jerick70]

Could be worse. Roman times they used Xylospongium. The device itself seems innocuous except it was shared…. Gross

That is totally gross. I'm going to puke.

 

[GearMe]

WOW



a bit of a stretch...but whenever I can post SRV...I do

 

[tjw321]

I know there have been replies from @jerick70 & @tjw321 when I've asked questions about Linux - and I'm wondering if you, or anyone else on this thread, runs their own "Home-Lab"?

By Home-Lab, I mean a Main-PC, plus systems running hypervisors like TrueNAS Scale, Proxmox, KVM, etc. - to provide services like NAS, Pi-Hole/Firewalls, and VMs to run Windows, Linux, or Mac OS.

I've been working on ideas for the best combination of hardware & software to set up my Home-Lab.
Right now, all of my Music is stored on a 2TB Samsung T7 Portable SSD (will have to increase the storage space, once I rip all of my CDs) connected to my Main-PC. The music data is also copied onto my backup disk, and will end up on my NAS. Currently, my Main-PC has to be on, with JRiver Media Center running, in order for any of my other devices to connect to the DLNA server. I think I'd rather have the JRiver MC DLNA server running in a "lightweight" installation of something like Manjaro, in a VM on the lower power SuperMicro X10SDV server.

Last Fall, I pulled the Core i7-3930K @3.2GHz (6c/12t) out of my Main-PC, and installed a Xeon E5-2697 v2 @2.7GHz (12c/24t). It has twice as many cores/threads, but is clocked slower. This means it has a lot more multi-threaded performance (14,338 vs 8,228), and due to its newer design, it has slightly more single-threaded performance (1,800 vs 1,755). Checking CPU Benchmark, the Core i7-4960X @3.5GHz (6c/12t), has the highest (2,087) single-threaded performance for a CPU in the LGA2011v2 socket. The next highest (2,072) is the Xeon E5-2687W v2 @3.4GHz (8c/16t), but the Xeon has higher multi-threaded performance (12,163 vs 10,134). The Xeon is also 1/2 the price ($55 vs $120) - so I've got an E5-2687W to install (just waiting on some Artic MX-6 Thermal Paste that I've ordered).

It would be fairly "cheap" (~$300) to buy a second E5-2697 v2 ($36), a used SuperMicro X9DRD-iT+ (2x 10GbE, 1x IPMI)($109) dual LGA2011v2 motherboard, along with 256GB DDR3 ECC RAM ($155), to set up a Virtual Machine Server (24c/48t). --- But what I'd really like to do, is get a new AMD Ryzen 9 7950X @4.5GHz (16c/32t) CPU, and put it on an ASRock Rack B650D4U-2L2T/BCM Workstation motherboard (2x 1GbE, 2x 10GbE, 1x IPMI), along with 64GB - 96GB of DDR5 ECC RAM. However, the 7950X system (CPU, Motherboard, RAM) would be more than $1,500. Since there are communications overheads, two E5-2697 v2 CPUs (12c/24t @2.7GHz each) would not scale to equal 2x one CPU, so they'd provide less than 1/2 of the multi-threaded performance, and less than 80% of the single-threaded performance of the 7950X. But, is the 7950X worth 5x the cost?

Hardware that I currently have:
01.) Sierra Wireless EM9191 - 5G NR Sub-6GHz Cellular Modem Module with USB-3.0 Adapter Enclosure. Once the Gowin R86S-G3 is operational as my Router, I intend to use the EM9191 for Internet service, instead of the slower AT&T UVerse.

02.) MikroTik RB493G - [current] Router/Firewall/HotSpot (OpenWRT) - AR7161 @680MHz (1 Core), 256MB RAM, 128MB NAND, 9x 1GbE, 1x RS-232, 1x Dual Channel 2.4GHz mini-PCI WiFi, 1x Dual Channel 5.0GHz mini-PCI WiFi. Old hardware, and available OpenWRT is three versions older than current.

03.) Gowin R86S-G3 - [future] Router/Firewall/HotSpot (OpenWRT/Rooter) - Intel N6005 Pentium Silver @2.0GHz (4-Cores/4-Threads), 16GB RAM, 128GB EMMC Storage, 1x M.2 Slot, 1x µSD Slot, 3x 2.5GbE Network Ports, 2x 10Gb SFP+ Ports, 2x USB 3.0 ports, 1x HDMI Port, WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.2. Should be able to run OpenWRT/Rooter and Pi-Hole.

04.) SuperMicro X10SDV-6C+-TLN4F Xeon D-1528 @1.9GHZ (6-Cores/12-Threads), 64GB RAM, 2x 1GbE, 2x 10GbE, 1x IPMI, Mini-ITX Server, in SilverStone DS380B case. Planning to install an LSI 9400-16i HBA. Can run as a TrueNAS Scale or ProxMox Hypervisor, and a NAS.

05.) Home-built Main-PC - Xeon E5-2697 v2 @2.7GHz (12-Cores/24-Threads) or E5-2687W v2 @3.4GHz (8-Cores/16-Threads), 64GB RAM, 2x GTX-1080 Ti, Blu-Ray R/W, Kubuntu Linux PC (soon to be Manjaro (KDE Plasma)) Linux w/JRiver MC30 - Outputs (HDMI, DisplayPort, USB, SPDIF) in Thermaltake Core V71 case (can be used with any of the Amps or DACs)

06.) Sager NP8967 (Clevo P960RF) Laptop - Core i7-9750H @2.6GHz (6-Cores/12-Threads), 32GB RAM, 2x 1TB M.2 NVME Drives, Dual Boot - Manjaro Linux (KDE Plasma) & Win10 Pro, both w/JRiver MC31 - Outputs (HDMI, Display Port, USB, TOSLINK)(can be used with any of the Amps or DACs)

07.) Asus Eee PC 1215B-PU17 Netbook - AMD E-450 APU @1.7GHz (2-Cores/2-Threads), 8GB RAM, 2TB SSD - Manjaro Linux (KDE Plasma) - Outputs (HDMI, USB & 3.5mm TRS)(can be used with any of the Amps or DACs)

I kind of went the opposite direction with dedicated small devices for each function - or at least that was the plan. It ended up being only two devices, with a Pi4 on general NAS duty, and a Pi Zero doing PiHole and VPN. There were going to be more, but the Pi4 ended up being powerful enough to do everything I needed - mostly git, samba, and DLNA. I have a couple of Macbook Pros as "thick clients" in the sense that they have more compute than the server, and any hefty work is distributed from the Pi to the MacBook "terminals" using some custom Python code.
I should point out that I'm currently living in some what temporary accommodation, so I'm limiting my hardware, as at some point I'll have to get it all shipped to which ever country I end up next. At least one laptop was essential for work, with the second being one which was about to be replaced, so the two Pis were the only additions. Network infrastructure is whatever comes with the accommodation, so generally wifi with a generic router/access point rebranded to which ever is the local telecoms supplier.
I'll do something more sensible when I retire, I expect .

 

[Podster]

That is totally gross. I'm going to puke.

Indeed, did seam to degrade fast. I remember the first time my wife told me of a dirty toilette and how one needs to lean how to hover the fact that there is zero privacy in these things you can’t believe your eyes when you walk into one only to catch someone in a full squat

 

[groucho69]

 

[572217]

That’s a lie.

 

[OldDude04]

Some of these photos trigger my OCD so bad, lol. I can't do clutter at that level.

 

[jerick70]

You know, I tried records once and didn't like them. Maybe it was my turntable? Maybe it was my patience? Still have no desire to try it again.

 

[mbwilson111]

When were you in my attic?

 

[DBaldock9]

You know, I tried records once and didn't like them. Maybe it was my turntable? Maybe it was my patience? Still have no desire to try it again.

I started buying records in the '70s, and then accelerated my buying in the '80s, after I got a nice AR Turntable.
But, then I got a CD player in the late-80s, and have been buying CDs since then.
I still have the AR Turntable (and several hundred albums), but haven't had it set up to listen to them, since the early '90s.