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I appreciate your criticism... however unraid offers you no other choice if you want to use it.

Top tier comment! Thanks so much for the tips.

@@KMHardware :) Nice to help you little :)

Yup! OK so this channel small enough that I can take the time to answer your questions. So to start off, I had almost 2 hours of recorded footage for this video. It is always a gamble how you trim the footage down to make a video. I didn't bother showing the trouble I had importing (passthrough) the disks into Proxmox as I felt it wasn't compelling enough to leave it in. As well, this wasn't supposed to be a "tutorial" video. "Why did you put in that GeForce (or any) graphics card?" - The HP Z440 motherboard does not have onboard video. Would need a GPU to drive the monitor to actually install Proxmox. As well, I was thinking about messing around with a media server and by extension, video transcoding. A graphics card is pretty much a required item for that. "Why did you passthrough those NIC's and not give them to proxmox, so all VM's benefit?" - I didn't show it in the video but one port of that 10GbE NIC was originally used for my Unraid system. I have an identical NIC installed in my main computer. As well, I currently do not have a switch capable of 10GbE. One day, I will have a full 10GbE capable LAN! That NIC was previously configured on bare metal so I could have a really fast connection between my main computer to the unraid server. As far as any benefit to any other VMs, I don't need a "fast" connection for any of the other VMs... and I just wanted to get my unraid server back to what it was when it was on bare metal. "Why bother with the passthrough of the (non-nvme) disks?" (Paraphrasing - "why not just reconfigure the array and move data after you have backed it up in some way...") - So yeah, the point of the video was, "Can I successfully move the bare metal install of my servers to Proxmox and virtualize them?" (P-->V - Physical to Virtual) I actually have a few TB of historical channel videos backed up that I have already copied over to the unraid VM now. For this video, I left some non critical data on the unraid share to make it easy to see if I was successful do P-to-V. As well, even though I didn't show passing though the disks. The process of passing through disks is the same whether they are from an existing array or brand new. In reality, it was actually faster to import the existing array rather than start over. Thank you for watching and for the engagement on the video with these questions!!! :)

@@KMHardware Thanks for the elaborate answer. I thought you had some LACP 10Gbit switch setup. And no onboard video... Hehehe, ok. makes sense. I have P2V-ed probably more than 100 linux machines. I used to do the "dd" thing, but started using tar and rsync instead. It's a bit messy, but it's so quick and can greatly reduce downtime (almost non) and have not had any issues with it. Cheers!

Yeah it needs a little TLC but it still works!! I just need to do some recapping on it. But my skills and knowledge on that subject is not quite there yet!

heck yes! I actually used to run a pfSense box on my network and I configured a Pi-hole for it as well. I never made any videos about it though.

It's been a while since I used proxmox. So easily we forget stuff! Hehe

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and commenting! :)

Oh sweet! Good to know about actual Temps! Thanks for watching and commenting.

Lol!! Me looking around the room nervously hoping nobody would notice I said "unraid server" in my video.... hahaha!! Yes sir, you are 100% correct. I'll show myself out now.

@KMHardware nah, you made content which is rad!! For me, the tinkering IS the project. Always break things!!

Just between me and you, my next video is combining my unraid, iventoy and game server using proxmox. Don't tell anyone. Hehe

@KMHardware hahaha. I was dead on it!! You should do a BBS video; I run 2o for beeRS BBS - one of the most popular and would give you access to all the things...

I had no clue this thing even existed! It's a bit pricey but sounds amazing. Thanks for the heads up!

@@KMHardware You're welcome. I use it pretty much daily. It is one of the best tools I've ever bought for my repair shop.

100%! I used to have proxmox server running until the physical server blew up (mainboard). I've made a couple videos about proxmox on this channel. I used to run my Dayz servers using proxmox. I do have a couple a couple of other servers, but those 1U servers are way too loud. I currently have an HP Z440 workstation but it is not yet complete. I bought it basically empty. Need a few more parts to get it operational. I may go back to proxmox using that workstation.

Thank you for the excellent comment! Viewers like you providing useful comments is exactly in line with my vision for this channel. At work, I use SCCM to image our computers. Its pretty much fully automated and I never have to manually do any tasks. The computer in this video did not like having all my other storage drives connected. Once I disconnected them, the windows installer behaved exactly as you pointed out on your excellent comment. Thank you very much for watching and commenting!

Yeah, you're right about the USB drive. There's no replacement for portability. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Yeah I use (regular) ventoy at work all the time! I actually had no idea iventoy existed! The problem with ventoy and by extension, super fast USB media (m.2 based) is that it sometimes does not play well with my older hardware. I figured that if I had a motherboard (or computer) that supports PXE boot, might as well give it a shot! So far so good.

@@KMHardware Yah, I use it for all my devices, works fine on the Steam Deck too. So you could run Windows 11 on the Steam Deck using Ventoy as well. As for M.2, never buy Kingston drives, I bought 2 of them, seems they working very bad, sometimes just locking up on read/write, and then continued (2TB ones). Switched to 2x 2TB Samsung SSD's in my laptop, and they working fine thank god. Just as a warning ;)

Ventoy (regular) has been used (and loved) by IT professionals for many years. I've never heard anything bad about it. But, a little caution always goes a long way and I'd never fault you for it! Thanks for watching and commenting.

I can certainly appreciate your candor! Thanks for watching and commenting!

SSH is great! The game server I setup had all the games on it configured by connecting to it with SSH. Thanks for watching and commenting! :)

Yeah, I use regular ventoy at work all the time. Until very recently, I had no clue they had a network boot version! I have an external m.2 sata storage drive at home and yes, it's really fast compared to a regular USB stick. But it gives me issues every once in a while. Especially on older machines.

Furthermore, for your situation, I would seriously look into using virtual machines to segment your different game servers, and to actually also audition different operating systems before deciding what to use for production. This completely also sidesteps the whole needing to create USB keys and such thing too for the most part. So either Hyper-V under windows, or KVM/QVM under Linux. Both are great options that I use and can recommend. And if you are brave, you can do your auditions, and if everything goes well in setting up a virtual machine for the game, say on your desktop, you can just copy/migrate the virtual machine to your server and save yourself a ton of work.

@@canthearu4876 Agreed. Also, the majority of regular users don't have their homes wired for ethernet so PXE is a non-starter. Good alternative is an M.2 NVME drive in a USB enclosure that can push at least 10 gigabit. Little bigger than a thumb drive but with speeds that beat an internal SATA SSD.

Yeah, I used to have a decent dual cpu server and I ran proxmox on it. I loved it. But unfortunately it died and just didn't have the desire (or money) to replace it. Thank you very much for watching and commenting!

​@@pessimism056 - Pretty much any USB3 flash drives are plenty fast for a one time install of an OS, practical, and easy to use instead of complicated PXE method. heh

@@KMHardware For auditioning Linux distributions, you can still enable Hyper-v if you are running a pro version of windows 10 or windows 11 on any of your desktops. Now, this doesn't address hardware compatibility, but generally for linux, there isn't a huge difference between different distributions for that.

Do it! It's awesome! Thanks for watching and commenting! :)

What annoys me the most is how slow external USB media is to write. I do have an external SATA based M.2 drive, but that thing gives me booting issues sometimes. Especially with my really old motherboards.

I don't know why people still bother with SD cards when there are better options out there. There are actually some good thumb drives. None of them are SanDisk branded. Or a USB SSD drive if you don't mind carrying something quite large around.

I was initially sceptical about this idea as never booted up from a network device before and wasn't familiar with PXE even though its been around a while and have seen the network boot option for years but never knew how it was used without a server, thought this might be a bit too complicated but glad I watched this video as its opened up a lot of options and doesn't look that difficult to use.

I'm glad you watched the video too!!! Thznk you! :) Give it a shot! I think it's such a slick system.

​@@Shocker99 - USB3 is plenty fast of an OS install, cheap and ubiquitous. IF it ain't broke don't fix it. heh

I still remember my families Commodore 64 in the 80s and waiting for my games to load from cassette!

DAT what's up! (pun in DAT tapes) hehe

I need to follow your example, because I hate flash drives too.

i bought a 100 pack dvd for 7$ only so i use dvd for all my operating systems

USB flash drive. I have several (8+) and it has been working fine for years for me.

@eazy_black Welcome to 2007. Are you still on Vista also?

I still use burned media every once in a while. My stock of blank media is lasting a long time! Not like the old days!

How would one delid a processor that is soldered to the board?

​​@@KMHardware So in xbox 360 slim there are IHS soldered to the core? I've made a few delids myself and haven't come across a soldered one yet.

No, I meant that processor itself is soldered to the mainboard. Normally in a delid, you use a delid tool specifc to the CPU you are removing the IHS from.

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I need a bit more clarity on your question. Are you talking about the "X-Clamp?" If yes, I didn't use the x-clamp. Edit: what I had wanted to do was use the existing studs that the x-clamp mounts to, drill them through and tap them with the thread needed for the water block mounting screws that I used. That way, I could have put the x-clamp back on to stop the board from flexing from the pressure of the water block mount. But, I didn't have time or budget for that.

@KMHardware i was thinking of trying an am4 bracket instead it might be easier and cheaper and puts less stress on the board and on the mounds the holes are bigger than the 360 heat sink xclamp screws so it can fit and either thermal glue or something else to make them stay

@@KMHardware what was used to cut the pump mount to fit the xclamp

I don't remember off the top of my head, but I am usually a chrome user.

At minimum, I had a blast building this! Thank you very much for watching and your awesome comment. It sure is appreciated!

Thank you so much!! I had a ton of fun with this one!

Wait! How do you connect multiple drives to a NanoPi? USB? I'd love to have more info on that.. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@@KMHardware by extracting the two other USB data lines, pair that with beefed up power line (5v but more amps), making that a "powered USB port", then connect a USB hub to that powered USB port

Gotcha!! Good idea.

Excellent setup! A long time I also had a Mac mini with a simple file share! That mini is long gone now. I do have some very efficient mini PCs kicking around but the trouble is always: how do I connect multiple drives to them. I did find a couple of multiple drive enclosures in the past but they are so expensive! Thanks for watching and commenting!

This is an interesting concept! I just got finished reading about TwinGate. Might need to do some experimenting. Thanks for posting your setup. And especially for watching and commenting!

I've never heard of CasaOS. I'm going to have to have a look at it. And yeah, about the DIY setups, this channel is tiny, not enough subscribers to be monetized. (yet) So yup, anything that I have bought for videos is paid for by my day job. Those bigger channels get to enjoy sponsored hardware given to them. Not that this is my ultimate goal.. but I wouldn't mind growing the channel to enjoy some of that one day. Hehe Thanks for watching and commenting!

A long time ago I build a PC in an old blue and white G3 case. I bought a conversion motherboard tray specifically designed for that Mac. But you can do it without out a conversion tray. A Dremel, some motherboard standoffs and some elbow grease and you can do it. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@KMHardware yeah the blue and white g3 look pretty cool i looked into it and the problem is the g4 mdd is that they have a completely different layout than the standard g3/g4 so the motherboard ao and pcie slots are reversed i think the easiest would be to steal some parts from a standard g3 or g4 to make the g4 mdd work .

Yeah, I've seen some really interesting (and quite professional looking) Raspberry Pi NAS setups on RUclips. Maybe one day I'll be able to build one and showcase it on this RUclips channel. Thanks for watching and commenting!!

Thank you so much! I really appreciate you watching and commenting.

Yup!!! Thanks for watching and commenting.

100%!

Interesting point you make. You remember the original black studs that the x clamp connects to? I could drill and tap the them to accept the spring loaded water pump screws. That way I could put the x clamp back on. Thanks you for watching and commenting!!! Subscribe if you already haven't! (Or don't.. its up to you. lol)

Hey thanks for that great compliment!!! I never delided any cpu before... might be time to give it a shot! I have this idea for a video where I make a DIY water cooling system from scratch. Especially the CPU block. I've already bought a bunch of stuff and parts for it. Maybe I'll try and delid whatever CPU I use for this video.

Thanks!! I had fun with this one.

Yup and I caught the error and fixed it! Thanks for watching and commenting!

Thank you for the sub! Greatly appreciated.

@KMHardware your most welcome.

I almost missed this comment! I wish RUclips would do better alerting of new comment on older videos. I still have the power supply! I did try and find if there was something I could do with this in regards to different software. maybe I should have looked a bit harder... Thanks for watching and commenting!

@@KMHardware - My unit is happily chugging away 3 feet from where I am sitting. I had to replace the power supply about 6 years ago. I woke up one morning to find the apartment filled with smoke that smelled like fish. All of my data was on that machine, so I spent a LOT of money buying a replacement power supply due to the rare form factor (like USD100++) and I used FedEX to get the power supply to me quickly (another USD100++). So, for all of you playing along...avoid my experience - learn to adapt a power supply (like in your video) or how to recap a power supply (ruclips.net/video/b40g3NDy9mM/видео.html)