Totals
Nodes 7 servers + 1 NAS CPU 180 cores / 344 threads Memory 2112 GB (2.06 TiB) GPUs 7 cards, 216 GB VRAM Storage (raw) 100.78 TB Fabric 10GbE and 100GbE (Mellanox SN2100 + Dell S4112T-ON)
Fleet Overview
Clocks shown as base / boost. Atom C3958 has no turbo.
Storage Breakdown
Class Drives Capacity NVMe 18 93.44 TB SATA SSD 8 2.84 TB HDD 1 4.5 TB Total 27 100.78 TB
Synology DS1821+ bays not included in the totals above.
AI/ML & Gaming PC
8 cores / 16 threads · 64 GB DDR5 · RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96 GB · 10 TB NVMe · 5 GbE
NVMe drives
Drive Capacity Interface Seq read Seq write Crucial T705 (CT4000T705SSD3) 4 TB PCIe 5.0 x4 14,100 MB/s 12,600 MB/s Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1 TB PCIe 4.0 x4 7,150 MB/s 6,300 MB/s PNY CS3040 4 TB PCIe 4.0 x4 5,600 MB/s 4,300 MB/s WD_BLACK SN850X (WDS100T1X0E) 1 TB PCIe 4.0 x4 7,300 MB/s 6,600 MB/s
Board slot map: MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk MAX WiFi
Slot Interface / width Installed Status DIMM A1 / A2 / B1 / B2 DDR5, 4 slots, dual channel 4 × Corsair 16 GB (64 GB) Full (0 free) PCI_E1 PCIe 5.0 x16 RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Used PCI_E2 PCIe 3.0 x1 SilverStone ES02-PCIe Used PCI_E3 PCIe 4.0 x16 phys / x4 elec WD_BLACK SN850X 1 TB (M.2 on PCIe adapter) Used M2_1 PCIe 5.0 x4 Crucial T705 4 TB Used M2_2 PCIe 5.0 x4 Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1 TB Used M2_3 PCIe 4.0 x2 (shares PCI_E3) M2_4 PCIe 4.0 x4 PNY CS3040 4 TB Used SATA A1 to A4 SATA 6 Gb/s, 4 ports none 4 free
Storage Server
12 cores / 24 threads · 256 GB DDR4 · 100 GbE · 81.44 TB NVMe · TrueNAS
Role TrueNAS, VM storage for the hypervisors CPU AMD Threadripper PRO 5945WX · 12C / 24T · 4.1 GHz base, 4.5 GHz boost · 280 W Cooler Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 Motherboard ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WiFi (sWRX8, WRX80, E-ATX)Memory 256 GB DDR4 (4 × 64 GB Samsung M386A8K40BM2-CTD LRDIMM) SATA SSD 2 × Apacer AS340 120 GB Network Mellanox ConnectX-4 CX455A · 100 Gb IB EDR / 100 GbE · 1-port QSFP28 · PCIe x16 LP PSU Lian Li Edge Gold 1200 W (ATX 3.1)Case HAVN BF 360 Flow
NVMe drives (81.44 TB)
Drive Location Qty Each Interface Seq read Seq write Intel SSD 660P Onboard M.2 2 2 TB PCIe 3.0 x4 QLC 1,800 MB/s 1,800 MB/s Samsung 970 EVO Plus Onboard M.2 1 500 GB PCIe 3.0 x4 3,500 MB/s 3,200 MB/s Intel SSD 660P Hyper M.2 X16 card 4 2 TB PCIe 3.0 x4 QLC 1,800 MB/s 1,800 MB/s KIOXIA CD6-R GLOTRENDS Quad U.2 3 7.68 TB PCIe 4.0 x4 6,200 MB/s 4,000 MB/s Intel D5-P4326 E1.s EDSFF PCIe adapter 3 15.3 TB PCIe 3.1 x4 QLC 3,200 MB/s 1,600 MB/s
Board slot map: ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WiFi
Slot Interface / width Installed Status DIMM (8 slots, 8 channel) DDR4 LRDIMM 4 × 64 GB (256 GB) 4 free PCIe slot 1 PCIe 4.0 x16 ASUS Hyper M.2 X16 V2 (4 × 660P) Used PCIe slot 2 PCIe 4.0 x16 Mellanox ConnectX-4 CX455A Used PCIe slot 3 PCIe 4.0 x16 GLOTRENDS PU41 Quad U.2 (3 × CD6) Used PCIe slot 4 PCIe 4.0 x16 Intel D5-P4326 E1.s + EDSFF PCIe adapter Used PCIe slot 5 PCIe 4.0 x16 Intel D5-P4326 E1.s + EDSFF PCIe adapter Used PCIe slot 6 PCIe 4.0 x16 Intel D5-P4326 E1.s + EDSFF PCIe adapter Used PCIe slot 7 PCIe 4.0 x16 none 1 free M.2_1 PCIe 4.0 x4 Intel 660P 2 TB Used M.2_2 PCIe 4.0 x4 (shares U.2_1) Intel 660P 2 TB Used M.2_3 PCIe 4.0 x4 (shares U.2_2) Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500 GB Used U.2_1 / U.2_2 PCIe 4.0 x4 each none 2 free SATA (8 ports) SATA 6 Gb/s 2 × Apacer 120 GB 6 free
Each E1.s ruler sits on its own PCIe to EDSFF adapter. Both onboard U.2 slots are empty. M.2_2 / U.2_1 and M.2_3 / U.2_2 share lanes, so populating a U.2 slot disables the paired M.2.
ESX-1
28 cores / 56 threads · 512 GB · NVIDIA L4 24 GB + NVIDIA A2 16 GB · 100 GbE
CPU Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M · 28C / 56T · 2.1 GHz base, 3.8 GHz turbo · 165 W Cooler Noctua NH-U14S DX-3647 Motherboard Supermicro X11SPi-TF (LGA3647, C622, ATX)Memory 512 GB total: GPU NVIDIA L4 24 GB (N3rdware copper passive cooler) Network Mellanox ConnectX-4 CX455A · 100 Gb IB EDR / 100 GbE · 1-port QSFP28 · PCIe x16 LP Boot Apacer AS340 120 GB (SATA) PSU Corsair CV650 Case be quiet! Pure Base 500 FX
Board slot map: Supermicro X11SPi-TF
Slot Interface / width Installed Status DIMM (8 slots, 6 channel) DDR4 LRDIMM 8 × 64 GB (512 GB) Full (0 free) SLOT6 (CPU) PCIe 3.0 x16 Mellanox ConnectX-4 CX455A Used SLOT4 (CPU) PCIe 3.0 x16 (x8 if SLOT3 used) NVIDIA L4 24 GB Used SLOT3 (CPU) PCIe 3.0 x8 none free SLOT2 (CPU) PCIe 3.0 x8 NVIDIA A2 16 GB Used SLOT1 (PCH) PCIe 3.0 x4 (in x8) none free M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 (2280 / 22110) none free SATA (10 ports) SATA 6 Gb/s 1 × Apacer 120 GB (boot) 9 free
ESX-2
28 cores / 56 threads · 512 GB · NVIDIA L4 24 GB · 100 GbE
CPU Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M · 28C / 56T · 2.1 GHz base, 3.8 GHz turbo · 165 W Cooler Noctua NH-U14S DX-3647 Motherboard Supermicro X11SPi-TF (LGA3647, C622, ATX) Memory 512 GB (8 × 64 GB Samsung M386A8K40BM2-CTD LRDIMM) GPU NVIDIA L4 24 GB (N3rdware active cooler) Network Mellanox ConnectX-4 CX455A · 100 Gb IB EDR / 100 GbE · 1-port QSFP28 · PCIe x16 LP Boot Apacer AS340 120 GB (SATA) PSU Corsair RM850x Case be quiet! Pure Base 500DX
Board slot map: Supermicro X11SPi-TF
Slot Interface / width Installed Status DIMM (8 slots, 6 channel) DDR4 LRDIMM 8 × 64 GB (512 GB) Full (0 free) SLOT6 (CPU) PCIe 3.0 x16 Mellanox ConnectX-4 CX455A Used SLOT4 (CPU) PCIe 3.0 x16 (x8 if SLOT3 used) NVIDIA L4 24 GB Used SLOT3 (CPU) PCIe 3.0 x8 none free SLOT2 (CPU) PCIe 3.0 x8 none free SLOT1 (PCH) PCIe 3.0 x4 (in x8) none free M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 (2280 / 22110) none free SATA (10 ports) SATA 6 Gb/s 1 × Apacer 120 GB (boot) 9 free
ESX-3
28 cores / 56 threads · 384 GB · MSI RTX 3090 24 GB + NVIDIA A2 16 GB · 100 GbE
CPU Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M · 28C / 56T · 2.1 GHz base, 3.8 GHz turbo · 165 W Cooler Noctua NH-U12S DX-3647 Motherboard Supermicro X11SPi-TF (LGA3647, C622, ATX) Memory 384 GB (6 × 64 GB Samsung M386A8K40BM2-CTD LRDIMM; 2 DIMM slots empty) GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24 GB Network Mellanox ConnectX-4 CX455A · 100 Gb IB EDR / 100 GbE · 1-port QSFP28 · PCIe x16 LP Boot Apacer AS340 120 GB (SATA) PSU Corsair RM750x Case be quiet! Pure Base 500DX
Board slot map: Supermicro X11SPi-TF
Slot Interface / width Installed Status DIMM (8 slots, 6 channel) DDR4 LRDIMM 6 × 64 GB (384 GB) 2 free SLOT6 (CPU) PCIe 3.0 x16 Mellanox ConnectX-4 CX455A Used SLOT4 (CPU) PCIe 3.0 x16 (x8 if SLOT3 used) MSI RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio Used SLOT3 (CPU) PCIe 3.0 x8 none free SLOT2 (CPU) PCIe 3.0 x8 NVIDIA A2 16 GB Used SLOT1 (PCH) PCIe 3.0 x4 (in x8) none free M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 (2280 / 22110) none free SATA (10 ports) SATA 6 Gb/s 1 × Apacer 120 GB (boot) 9 free
ESX-4
60 cores / 120 threads · 256 GB DDR5 · no GPU · large PCIe 5.0 expansion headroom
CPU Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H · 60C / 120T · 1.9 GHz base, 3.5 GHz turbo · 350 W · Sapphire Rapids Cooler Noctua NH-U14S DX-4677 Motherboard Gigabyte MS33-AR0 (LGA4677, C741, E-ATX)Memory 256 GB DDR5 (4 × 64 GB Samsung M321R8GA0BB0, 4800 MT/s RDIMM) GPU None Network Onboard 2 × 10 GbE (Intel X710-AT2) + 1 × 1 GbE Boot Apacer AS340 120 GB (SATA) PSU Corsair HX1200 Case Lian Li Lancool II Mesh
Board slot map: Gigabyte MS33-AR0
Slot Interface / width Installed Status DIMM (16 slots, 8 channel) DDR5 RDIMM 4 × 64 GB (256 GB) 12 free Slot_7 PCIe 5.0 x16 none free Slot_6 PCIe 5.0 x16 (x8 if Slot_5 used) none free Slot_5 PCIe 5.0 x8 none free Slot_4 PCIe 5.0 x16 (x8 if Slot_3 used) none free Slot_3 PCIe 5.0 x8 none free Slot_2 PCIe 5.0 x16 (x8 if Slot_1 used) none free Slot_1 PCIe 5.0 x8 none free M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 (2280 / 22110) none free MCIO (2 × 8i) PCIe 5.0 x8, 4 × NVMe from CPU none free SATA (10 ports) SATA 6 Gb/s 1 × Apacer 120 GB (boot) 9 free
ESX-CORE
16 cores · 128 GB · NVIDIA A2 16 GB · 31 W · 4 × 10 GbE · always on
CPU Intel Atom C3958 · 16C (no HT) · 2.0 GHz · 31 W Motherboard Supermicro A2SDV-16C-TLN5F (FCBGA1310 SoC, mini-ITX / flex-ATX)Memory 128 GB DDR4 (4 × 32 GB, 2400 MT/s RDIMM) GPU NVIDIA A2 16 GB Network Onboard 4 × 10 GbE + 1 × 1 GbE (IPMI shared) PSU Seasonic SGX-500 Case Fractal Meshify C
Storage
Drive Type Capacity Interface Seq read Seq write Kingston NV1 (SNVS2000G) NVMe 2 TB PCIe 3.0 x4 2,100 MB/s 1,700 MB/s Kingston A400 SATA SSD 120 GB SATA 6 Gb/s 500 MB/s 320 MB/s Crucial MX500 SATA SSD 2 TB SATA 6 Gb/s 560 MB/s 510 MB/s Seagate Backup Plus (STHP5000400) HDD 4.5 TB USB 3.0 — —
Board slot map: Supermicro A2SDV-16C-TLN5F
Slot Interface / width Installed Status DIMM (4 slots, 2 channel) DDR4 RDIMM 4 × 32 GB (128 GB) Full (0 free) PCIe slot PCIe 3.0 x8 (single) NVIDIA A2 16 GB Used (0 free) M.2 (M-key) PCIe 3.0 x2 / SATA (2242 / 2280) Kingston NV1 2 TB Used M.2 (B-key) PCIe 3.0 x2 / SATA / USB (3042 / 2280) none free SATA (2 ports) SATA 6 Gb/s Kingston A400 + Crucial MX500 Full (0 free)
Network and NAS
Device Model Ports Notes Router Ubiquiti UDM-Pro 8 × 1 GbE RJ45 LAN · 1 × 1 GbE RJ45 WAN · 1 × 10G SFP+ WAN · 1 × 10G SFP+ LAN Gateway, IDS / IPS, controller, NVR bay Switch Dell EMC S4112T-ON 2 × 10 GbE · 3 × 100 GbE QSFP28 100 GbE spine Switch Mellanox Spectrum SN2100 (MSN2100-CB2F) 16 × 100 GbE QSFP28 100 GbE fabric Switch Ubiquiti US-8-150W (UniFi Switch 8 150W) 8 × 1 GbE RJ45 (PoE+ / 24V passive) · 2 × 1G SFP 150 W PoE budget Access Point Ubiquiti UAP-AC-SHD 2 × 1 GbE Wi-Fi 5, high density NAS Synology DS1821+ 1 × 10 GbE · 4 × 1 GbE 8 bay (disks not counted in totals)
