u/Soluchyte

This is all I'm left looking for to complete my build, I only need one but if you have a pair for a fair price I'm happy to entertain the offer.

Must be SATA, no SAS. No SMR drives.

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I'm looking for a few things to supplement a set of newer servers to replace my old stuff:

Hard Drives:

• At least 1x 8TB, though if you have a pair for a fair price I am willing to consider.
• Then two or three, approximately 4TB HDDs, I'm okay with taking drives around this size as well, no lower than 2TB.
• Must all be SATA, can't use SAS.

SSDs:

• Smaller size M.2 drives, 1TB and under. Preferably TLC with DRAM cache, in decent condition. Looking for 4 sets, two to four drives. Happy to consider up to 2TB ones if priced fairly.
• Potentially pairs of U.2 or SAS SSDs instead of some of the M.2 drives, if priced well. 2TB and under is likely in my price range.
• I might be picky against low endurance drives.

RAM:

• DDR4 ECC RDIMMs. Speeds and ranks don't matter.
  • A set of low capacity DIMMs (Such as 4GB) to make up 48/64GB, max 12 sticks.
  • Two sets of DIMMs to make up ~128GB, max 12 sticks.
  • A set of DIMMs to make up ~256GB, max 12 sticks.
• I'm okay with mismatched brands as long as they are the same speed and rank, and are known to work together.
• I'd rather take kits with less sticks (larger DIMM capacities) if prices are similar per GB.

Random things:

• Supermicro or Dell Optiplex half-height blanks (Square hole perforated ones, they are nearly identical). - I'm missing a ton and they seem to be hard to get.

Feel free to make me offers. Since I'm not asking for exact things I can't place exact prices.

Looking for one of these, preferably with 10G+ SFP SIOMs included in all the nodes, both risers, two heatsinks per node, and all caddies. SATA backplane is fine, SAS would be preferred, such as the 2029TP-HC1R or 2029TP-HC0R. I don't really want one with the "wide" nodes since it would be incompatible with what I have currently.

If you have RAM with it for a fair price I'll consider, I don't need any drives or CPUs though unless they are thrown in or you have Cascade Refresh variants. I would also consider taking rails.

Shipping to South West London, or might be able to pick up locally.

Edit: I'll update this post when I have what I need, I might be willing to consider multiple as long as the price is right.

Some rule clarifications have been made, especially around the topic of AI which we are gradually seeing more and more of. AI was still previously not permitted, but the rules have been much more clearly defined now.

Has anyone tried to run 25Gb over a QSA that's technically rated for only 10Gb?

I have a load of MAM1Q00A-QSA​ adaptors and just want to manage expectations for the client. Switch is a 100Gb one, just wondering if there's actually any difference between this and the officially rated 100Gb to 25Gb one.