CmdrShepard49
@CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on LF Suggestions on how to architect new setup, 5x22TB + 3x4TB NVME 1 day ago:
Today I have a huge bottleneck in unpacking and moving. I’ve got 1gb fiber and can saturate it, getting a complete iso in just a few minutes, but then it’s another 30min plus waiting for that to actually be usable.
Are you doing this all manually or using the *arr suite? For me, this process takes a minute or two depending on the size of the files with Proxmox and ZFS but even previously on Windows 10 with SnapRAID it was quick.
- Comment on Do I need a NAS ? 1 day ago:
Its honestly pretty small for what you can pack inside but they do have smaller options like the Node series. The 304 is around 8"x10"x14" with room for 6 drives.
- Comment on Do I need a NAS ? 1 day ago:
The third alternative (and best IMO) is to buy a PC case with lots of drive slots and transfer everything into it. With a NAS you’re going to pay a ton of money for the NAS itself which is just laptop-equivalent hardware and a fixed number of drive bays meaning you can’t expand it when it fills up without buying more expensive hardware, and you’ll also be forced into buying matched drives. With an HDD enclosure, you’re spending less money but again fixed on the number of drives while also being somewhat unreliable due to the USB connection.
I use a Fractal Design Define 6 midtower case which can hold around 12 HDDs. For hardware I bought a mobo with the most SATA ports I could get and began slowly buying drives as my storage pool filled up, eventually needing an LSI HBA card to expand the number of SATA connections. This is the best value IMO as the cost is comparable to buying a NAS, you can add drives as you go with a much higher drive capacity, the connection is rock solid, and you can run real PC hardware.
- Comment on Cams, anyone? 1 day ago:
It was definitely not fun stringing Cat6 through the attic, but knowing myself, I probably wouldn’t have stayed on top of battery changes and I also wanted 24/7 recording since a battery powered camera can miss movement and start recording late or not at all. I also need a doorbell camera still but I’ve had trouble finding one that checks all the boxes.
- Comment on Cams, anyone? 1 day ago:
It sounds like a fun project but I dont know if I’d rely on it for security purposes. Plus with the cost of Pis now you might as well but a full fledged camera.
- Comment on Cams, anyone? 1 day ago:
I have Amcrest PoE cameras hooked to an Amcrest NVR for 24/7 recording and also Frigate running separately tied to Home Assistant to record clips and send notifications when people are out front/back of my house. It all works really well thus far after about a year of use.
- Comment on In light of recent events, I'm really starting to wonder about Reddit, /u/MaxwellHill, and Aaron... 4 days ago:
It seems pretty cut and dry to me. He was the victim of an insanely overzealous investigation to the point that they were literally following him around everywhere and even got his girlfriend to turn on him. There have been numerous other people that have gone for the same reason previously. The second guy they tried to pin the anthrax mail killings on from the early 2000s suffered the exact same fate as one notable example.
- Comment on Any Amazon replacements on prime for a AMS Bambu 4 pin bus cable 4 days ago:
Yeah I luckily already have a 4 port hub and cable so I only needed the power supply, but did notice both their AMS kits were sold out despite them having plenty of AMS and AMS 2 still for sale with their black Friday deals going on. Seems like someone in their stock department screwed up on quantities or they should sell the AMS with the kits included and have a separate SKU for AMS without the adapter kit for those people ordering multiple AMS.
- Comment on Any Amazon replacements on prime for a AMS Bambu 4 pin bus cable 4 days ago:
I’ve been working with customer service for the kissing items
That’s some good service.
- Comment on Any Amazon replacements on prime for a AMS Bambu 4 pin bus cable 4 days ago:
They should really ship these together. I got my AMS 2 a few days ago but the power supply doesn’t show up until next week. I know its only needed for the drying function but that’s precisely why I bought it.
- Comment on Needed mods to run overture spools in Ams 2 pro?? 4 days ago:
I haven’t tried the filament cutter mods so I cant answer that but haven’t had a problem with my cardboard spools (Overture, Polymaker) outside of needing the rings to keep the cardboard from shredding.
A weight or desiccant pod insert couldn’t hurt, but I only ever run into this issue with my 250g spools with printed adapters since they’re so light with a long ‘lever arm’ from the center of the spool to the edge.
- Comment on Do you guys know how awesome a printer is that is just working? 4 days ago:
I just bought some of these to replace the wiper and they seem to work well so far, but I’ve only got a few prints on them so far. th3dstudio.com/…/bambu-x1-p1-upgraded-nozzle-brus…
- Comment on Do you guys know how awesome a printer is that is just working? 4 days ago:
On the P1S its a couple of connectors and two Allen screws (assuming you have a fully assembled hot end to swap in). On the X1C its the same but three connectors. The new P2S is coming with a quick swap nozzle feature which would definitely be worth it if you plan on buying one of their printers.
- Comment on Do you guys know how awesome a printer is that is just working? 4 days ago:
I’m so right there with you and know several people in the same boat. We all got so sick of tinkering and still having a high percentage of failures to the point that it became a chore, but now its as simple as slicing and waiting.
I’ve put 2800 hours on my X1C in the last 18 months and have had to do only one repair and have had maybe 10 failed prints mostly from adhesion issues. It’s been good enough that I’ve been able to create a side hustle and just bought a P1S during the Black Friday sale to pump out more volume.
I’m not exactly happy about their recent changes but even if you don’t like Bambu, you have to hand it to them for knocking the ball out of the park and forcing everyone else to match their quality.
- Comment on What's the name of this 80s song sang by a solo female singer? I only remember her saying "nothing really maaaa-tters" or "nothing truly maaaatt-ers". Has a vibe like I Feel For You by Chaka Kahn 5 days ago:
Oh good, this was the song I kept playing in my head while reading OPs description and now I can stop racking my brain trying to figure out what it was.
- Comment on what would you do with an old dell server? 1 week ago:
Same. For most people in our space, a Dell Optiplex micro is more than enough horsepower (except few expansion ports). There’s no reason to be running a legacy server consuming 2.5kW just to host some movies or store your camera footage.
- Comment on Hard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage — delays forcing rapid transition to QLC SSDs 1 week ago:
$100 is actually a great deal. I had a bunch of shucked 8TB WD EasyStore in my media server previously, bought between 2018-2023, and I think the best deal I ever saw during that time was around that price. Around $12/TB was always my benchmark for a great deal on some drives.
- Comment on Hard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage — delays forcing rapid transition to QLC SSDs 1 week ago:
I’ve been buying refurbished drives from ServerPartDeals and looking at my invoice from March versus now the price of the same drive has gone up 10% from $180 to $198 (Ultrastar HC530 14TB)
- Comment on Authors Guild Asks Supreme Court to Hold Internet Providers Accountable for Copyright Theft 1 week ago:
there is a reason that comcast et al basically have like a 1 gig upload on a 100 gig down connection.
Because they’re limited on channels and allocate more of them for increased download speed because most people upload very little data comparatively.
The bandwidth cap is just a pure money grab as they removed the caps during covid when everyone was video calling and sitting around online at home and ‘somehow’ their network handled it just fine.
None of this has anything to do with piracy.
- Comment on 3D design software for 3d printing? 2 weeks ago:
You’ll want to double check me but I think Fusion360 still has a free version buried somewhere on their site. I know last time I opened mine it was working but I thought I’d read something about it going away.
- Comment on Reddit’s CEO Debuts As A Billionaire 20 Years After Cofounding The Company 2 weeks ago:
The US government did that via a guy who wanted a promotion at the DOJ.
- Comment on Cool Zone Media (Behind the Bastards, It Could Happen Here etc.) 2 weeks ago:
Im on Android Yoyager and clicked the link to the community, clicked the 3 dot menu, and clicked subscribe.
- Comment on Cool Zone Media (Behind the Bastards, It Could Happen Here etc.) 2 weeks ago:
Im a big BtB fan but cannot stomach ICHH. I wish they didnt lump the weekly recap in on the BtB feed because whenever my commute runs over an hour, Spotify starts playing it after BtB finishes and im stuck listening until i get home or stop somewhere.
- Comment on How do i get my nails to stop stinking faster 2 weeks ago:
Don’t they have UV nail polish and could that contain different chemicals that dont stink as badly? I’m out of my element here.
- Comment on Rivian Tore Apart A Xiaomi EV And Discovered What America Can’t Match | Carscoops 3 weeks ago:
Until someone can do it cheaper and then they take over. This has already happened many, many times as chinese quality increased and wages and thus prices increased.
Unless some other nation finds a stockpile of rare earth minerals, slave labor, and bottomless government subsidies, I don’t see this happening with EVs. Currently nobody else on the planet is able to sell them anywhere near the price China is and that’s not because of simple cost cutting and business efficiency.
- Comment on Rivian Tore Apart A Xiaomi EV And Discovered What America Can’t Match | Carscoops 3 weeks ago:
This is probably some agreement witn the Chinese government to give good press in other parts of the world in order to get benefits on vehicles sold in China. Ford’s CEO put out a nearly identical article a few months ago.
- Comment on Rivian Tore Apart A Xiaomi EV And Discovered What America Can’t Match | Carscoops 3 weeks ago:
No it’s definitely their monopoly on the rare earth mineral market.
- Comment on Supercharger pulley 3 weeks ago:
Looks sick! And even sicker that it’s on a motorcycle!
- Comment on Microsoft Teams can record office presence from December 3 weeks ago:
Change it to WingDings and sit back while the world burns around you.
- Comment on Guide recommendation for absolute newbies? 3 weeks ago:
P2S definitely has some nice upgrades but AFAIK isn’t available for sale yet. Between the two I’d get the P2S but if you want to take advantage of the sale the P1S is still a good choice. $399 is less than I paid for my old bed slinger printer that needed constant tinkering and hundreds worth of upgrades after buying the printer. I currently have the X1C and just saw that I’ve hit 2800 hours of print time and apart from one repair at no cost to me has been totally rock solid with the number of failed prints countable on one hand.