It’s been a dream of mine for a while now to upgrade my homelab to Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs. I maaay have gone a little overboard! Meet QuadBoi! This 4-node, 2U server packs 8x Gen-1 Intel Xeon Gold 6132 CPUs, a total of 512GB of RAM, 8x NVMe disks, and a grand total of 24 480GB SSDs! Join me while I talk through the hardware, the rationale, and the build of this absurd overkill MONSTER homelab server!
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4-node Supermicro 2029BT-JNC04 Chassis: https://ebay.us/MqTgeS
Intel Xeon Gold 6132 CPUs: https://ebay.us/C1fqOE
512GB DDR4 ECC RAM: https://ebay.us/e8Mvaw
Intel DC 480GB SSDs: https://ebay.us/sICeO4
WD 500GB NVMe SSDs: https://amzn.to/4cn7p4T
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**Chapters**
0:00 Introduction
1:45 Why am I building this monster?
2:30 Let’s talk about the chassis
4:36 Let’s talk about CPUs
6:34 Let’s talk about RAM
7:40 Let’s talk about SSD storage
8:17 Let’s talk about NVMe storage
8:33 How much did all of this cost?
9:24 Let’s build this monster server!
10:55 Trouble in Server Cabinet Paradise
11:37 Racking the server
11:57 A word about networking and connectivity for the host
13:08 Validating hardware and controlling fan noise with the IPMI OOB interface
15:07 Reflections on the build and future videos based on this server
15:48 I need your help!
16:16 Closing! Thank you for watching!
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