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  • globtohomelabLow power NAS mainboard w IPMI?
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    1 year ago

    I’m afraid I don’t have any ideas for you, but please let us know what you end up going with. I’ve been running a FreeBSD NAS on an old HP N40L microserver for some time. 4 SATA drives in a ZFS pool plus a 5th for the OS. I also added a 10Gb NIC. It has been solid for years, but I’m starting to plan for the inevitable replacement.




  • When I play films produced decades ago in stereo or even mono, it’s shocking how much easier the dialogue is to understand. I’ve resorted to spending a not insignificant sum on a 5.1 setup just so I can crank up the centre channel and make the dialogue a bit more intelligible. Even then it still isn’t perfect. The dynamic range just really isn’t suitable for home viewing. I’m still constantly riding the volume to keep sound effects from pissing off my neighbours/sleeping child…

    Here’s a youtube video on the same topic I watched recently: https://youtu.be/VYJtb2YXae8