crocodile

The Supermicro X9DAi is not an old computer but instead my current server machine, powering not just this website but all the services provided by huntertur.net.

Specs

CPU

2x Intel Xeon E5-2630 @ 2.30 GHz

RAM

16 GiB DDR3-1333 Unbuffered ECC

GPU

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630

Storage (/)

250 GB Samsung SSD 850

Storage (/mnt/shared)

4x 1 TB 7200 RPM hard disk (3 TB RAID 5)

Quirks

• ECC and non-ECC RAM can't be mixed, or else the computer will not boot.

History

• 2013-??-??: The data science team at my workplace acquires the computer.
• 2020-02-12: I acquire the now-decommissioned computer from my workplace. The RAM has been removed, but everything else is there. There are two 250 GB SSDs and four 1 TB SSDs.
• 2020-02-12: 📉 One 250 GB SSD is removed, and all 1 TB SSDs are removed. The 250 GB SSD goes to my sibling's computer, one 1 TB SSD goes to kobold, and the other 1 TB SSDs go to my coworker.
• 2020-02-12: The computer is transported to my dorm room.
• 2020-02-21: The computer is transported to my parents' place.
• 2020-02-21: 📉 The NVIDIA Quadro 4000 is replaced with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 630. I needed a video card for installation, but I didn't want the Quadro sucking power if I wasn't going to be using it.
• 2020-02-21: 📈 Four 4 GiB DDR3-1333 ECC RAM sticks are installed.
• 2020-02-21: Debian 10 is installed, beginning the computer's new life as my server.
• 2020-02-22: 📈 Four 1 TB 7200 RPM hard disks are installed.
• 2020-02-22: The four 1 TB hard disks are assembled into a software RAID 5 array using mdadm.
• 2020-09-23: One of the hard disks in the RAID 5 array drops off the SATA controller. After replugging it and re-adding it to the array, everything is OK.
• 2021-11-25: Debian 11 is upgraded in-place over Debian 10.