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[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 89 points 9 months ago* (5 children) want to make a server RAM and HDD prices spike Fuck this permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] sirico@feddit.uk 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) Proxmox cluster and shuck externals I started during the 2008 crash this is how I'd do budget HL permalink fedilink source parent [–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 4 points 9 months ago (2 children) honestly servers don’t need the latest hardware: just build using DDR4 (or even DDR3): it’s half the price per GB or less each step down, and honestly the biggest reason you want RAM in a server is for a ZFS cache, which is going to be bottlenecked on plenty of other things far before your RAM speed (IMO; i’ve done exactly 0 testing) (though the max size of a DDR3 module is 8GB so on most consumer hardware that will limit you to 32GB total) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] castlebravo404@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 9 months ago DDR4 RDIMM is like 4 times what it was this summer so even that won't save you. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 4 points 9 months ago It still cost a lot compared to this summer :/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 1 point 9 months ago I should have bought more DDR5 when I first built mine. I figured I'd be able to add more later so I just focused on a good CPU... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sirico@feddit.uk 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) Proxmox cluster and shuck externals I started during the 2008 crash this is how I'd do budget HL permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 4 points 9 months ago (2 children) honestly servers don’t need the latest hardware: just build using DDR4 (or even DDR3): it’s half the price per GB or less each step down, and honestly the biggest reason you want RAM in a server is for a ZFS cache, which is going to be bottlenecked on plenty of other things far before your RAM speed (IMO; i’ve done exactly 0 testing) (though the max size of a DDR3 module is 8GB so on most consumer hardware that will limit you to 32GB total) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] castlebravo404@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 9 months ago DDR4 RDIMM is like 4 times what it was this summer so even that won't save you. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 4 points 9 months ago It still cost a lot compared to this summer :/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] castlebravo404@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 9 months ago DDR4 RDIMM is like 4 times what it was this summer so even that won't save you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 4 points 9 months ago It still cost a lot compared to this summer :/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 1 point 9 months ago I should have bought more DDR5 when I first built mine. I figured I'd be able to add more later so I just focused on a good CPU... permalink fedilink source parent