A data eschewer

What data source do you have that can saturate a 25Gb link?

What is your usecase … video editing?

From this angle, that looks like a DL380 G5. It’s not worth buying parts for. But if you must … EBAY, of course.

Decent plex host, but you’ll hear it, and your power bill may sting a little because of it. Also, tanscoding won’t be great, consider a GPU if compatible.

If all you have is the serial number of the disk that is failing … you’d better know what slot it’s in before you go pulling disks for replacement.

This isn’t a hobby, it’s a horde /s

You are asking the wrong question… when does server become lab (multiple servers).

You could replace switches with cheap 2.5gbe switches, and even if a room doesn’t have ethernet, you could use moca adapters, and leverage the coax cables for ethernet connections.

You’ll probs want to put your router and/or cable modem in there too.

This sub is my backup porn thread