Average draw would be similar to the other person 200-300 watts under load. And 140 watts idle. My server is really only super loud on boot. The noise levels are a none issue for me.

Most the drives I get I scan the smart data and most have nearly no usage on them. The drives are cheap enough and running parity I am not too worried about data loss. I have been running the server for 2.5 years now and I have yet to lose a drive.

I run these guys and with a ssd cache I really have zero complaints. Like I said my main priority was 4k video and they handle even the largest file steaming without issue. Although I try my best to avoid transcoding and using a shield to minimize that.

I went down the rabbit hole a while back, I have the space so I went with an old Dell R720 server rack with 24 cores/48 threads, and like 128 gigs of ram for 300 dollars off eBay.

I flashed the raid controller to IT mode using this guide

The perk of going this route is that I can run UnRaid which has an awesome web interface for creating docker containers and content servers.

At the same time you get the ability to add drives over time without having to rebuild your array. I started with a cache, parity, and storage. Over time I have added an additional parity drive and 6 more storage drives.

With this setup and similar you also can use SAS drives. Used helium filled enterprise drives are around 80 dollars for 10tb.

I run a plex server with mostly 4k content, game servers, Wordpress, pihole, media grabbers (aars), seedbox, home nas and countless other containers basically 24/7.

It works incredibly well especially for the price, but it is large. If you have space I highly recommend it. I run mine in an insulated crawlspace lol.

I can’t give a full review because I am getting used to the slacker front head tube and the slightly different seating position from my old bike.

Things that stand out immediately though, the frame is stiff as hell and it handles sustained climbs unbelievably well.

The floating rear brake has also instilled quite a bit of trust, I find myself hitting the brakes in the chunk rather than before it.

Great impressions so far, I’ll know how it handles lift assisted downhill this weekend!

They are based out of California, I met them and got to demo the bikes at the Fruita Fat Tire fest in May and really fell in love with it.

Oh yeah that’s gotta be a huge upgrade! A good pair of shoes like five tens to with them and you’ll have grip for days!

I love the link to the trail data, was that done from the watch? I run an Apple Watch but have been thinking about grabbing a computer. If it does the same that would be awesome!

The blue Chester’s are actually pictured here! They are great pedals, plenty of grip all the way until I replaced them with the atlas set.

Ended up replacing them because after so many pedal strikes I was missing a good amount of screws and plastic on them!

The atlas pedals are great with the angled screws, but the chesters might have them beat with all out grip.

I already sold the bike! In a perfect world a backup would be great but I really wanted to put the money towards something new.

I have an eminent on the way! I was actually able to demo the onset st, onset lt, haste lt, and a bunch of other brands over a few days. But the design of the eminent bikes with their suspension and braking really won me over!

I tried a bunch of the flavors over the years, Rocky road is super good. Goes well with water, and is actually like dessert when you mix it with milk!

I tried a bunch of the flavors over the years, Rocky road is super good. Goes well with water, and is actually like dessert when you mix it with milk!

I received Dave the Diver as a gift, it’s absolute fire.

It has the make money, go deeper, get better gear grind similar to games like motherlode, but then you run a sushi shop!?! Such a wild combination of video game systems baked into a complete package.

Highly recommend!

I need some more mountain biking based content, it’s my healthiest addiction and I want to keep it fed! There are a few instances but content is lacking at the moment, really no place to post questions either.

I have a server rack running unraid that I may look into spinning up a docker instance if possible so can maybe share in the Lemmy load.