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I just discovered a bug.

More or less, this is it.
The ping will probably improve, but not the speed.
We have a limit of 800Mbps per physical connection to prevent downtime of the entire dedicated server in case of a DDoS attack directed to a certain IP address.
What is the bug?
ok
@host_c this is for you.


Thank you very much for insisting on this, it will certainly be good for me to be able to control the electricity supply via the Internet and to have control over the electricity supply depending on the ambient temperature!
Nasty cable management. There is no minimum length specification to a 1000BASE-T segment, but damn, add some colors and tip those ends.
Yea, I'am spoiled corporation bitch, but I like harmony and structure.
Hey!
I also like order, but it was not essential until the internet connections were finalized.
It may not be as good as a purpose-built datacenter, but it's definitely a level above the average nerd running a few servers in their closet at home. Appreciate you posting all the fun updates and pictures 👍
Best of luck with your business.
Props to Florin, he was able to get it done.
If you still like the updates and pictures, I'll come with one more.


In addition to the 5KWh off-grid inverter, we purchased another 6KWh inverter, but this time a hybrid one, because a lot of electricity is wasted due to the lack of consumption and we import a lot at night.
More precisely, we have an average consumption of 1.8-2KWh, although the photovoltaic capacity would allow us to consume 5KWh without importing anything from the grid.
That's how we ended up investing a few more thousands of euros, migrating to a hybrid system that would be more advantageous, namely the 3-4KWh that we currently lose during the day due to the lack of consumption, we will inject them into the grid and in the evening when we import other KWh, they will be exchanged.
P.S. Let's not forget the note of optimism characteristic of me, having two inverters we will be able to install another 7KWh on the roof when we will have an average consumption of 5KWh and we will not export anything to the grid
Hello!
Three more small updates related to our small datacenter:
1. We reduced the start-up time of the electric generator from 10 seconds to 4.5, and we will also do tests with instant start-up (0.1 seconds) trying to have the best possible coverage but with the lowest false-positive start-up rate.
2. We set the access policy and the internet connection to our smart PDU, activating alerts when the temperature rises by more than 15 degrees compared to the average temperature.
3. I ordered the necessary cables to put the new PDU into production, going to purchase redundant sources for the two servers that did not have this facility until now, the final goal being two independent voltage sources, just like in an accredited datacenter (batteries and inverters separate on each PDU).
We remind you that we have a pretty good offer hosted on our infrastructure, having all the details here
Thank you all for your support!
Florin, Nice job, now get rid of those cheap power cords and put some C13 to C14.
I do admire your perseverance on this matter.
We will also have a re-cabling in the Oradea Data Center at RDS-RCS this month, our servers are scattered across 4 racks, we will move to 2 racks next to each other, + our new core switch is here, and servers and a lot of stuff. Happy to see we are not the only ones having a busy month.
Server is Down???
Would appear so, looks like everything is down, main domain, as it uses their own nameservers too.
What's going on?
That happened when hosted servers on your home , funny story, we have invested thousands of euros in UPSs and when there are power outages, the central (backbone) of our ISP that powers the city's routers do not have UPSs, and when I'm asking ISP for add UPS on backbone,ISP request us thousands of euros,That's why we want to move to colocation
@FlorinMarian I'm thrilled if you fixed all problems, which I ran into without solving them
Regards
Sounds like you are throwing in the towel on home hosting?
@entrailz @malhuda @Calin @Sululu
Hey!
Today we worked hard on the migration from off-grid to hybrid prosumer and the downtime was caused by a power outage during the works which caused the current inverter to enter failure mode.
After today I have the following mentions:
1. I am lucky that I have 2 ISPs and each one has the nearest distribution point in different localities from mine, in case of a local blackout, as long as the generator and the inverter used as UPS are doing their job, we have no downtime.
2. After an "ace by trade" electrician was in our location, we ended up investing more than 1000 euros in what is missing and he considers necessary: earthing including on the roof - in the bars that support the panels, voltage arresters on the grid and on panels - arresters which are very expensive.
3. The current implementation was faulty, because it was running on batteries including the AC and obviously sometimes when the voltage was taken and the batteries were only half charged, they could not cope and the servers ended up rebooting.
With the migration to 2 inverters, I don't think we will have unexpected downtimes any time soon.

Hey!
The work on the migration from offgrid to prosumator has been completed.
What this means?
1. Instead of throwing the electricity produced but not consumed in the garbage, we will inject it into the grid and receive another in exchange at night or when it is cloudy (with a loss of about 20%, which is the value of the grid transport fee).
2. We should no longer have downtime caused by the interruption of electricity from the grid because we have separated the circuits in such a way that only the switches and servers have access to the 4.8KWh batteries and they are no longer used together with solar panels (covering voltage gaps at sunrise, sunset or when it was cloudy), will always be 100% charged.
3. After about 3 months, when we will effectively start to have almost zero electricity costs, we will be able to switch to a 10Gbps network package, thus guaranteeing 1Gbps for all packages that currently have 1Gbps shared. (We intend to keep our monthly costs at the same value but offering more added value to clients).
Go go florin, but how about that outage mentioned?
Hey!
I think that I was pretty clear here:
Down again bro

Message: Cluster not ready - no quorum?
You don't need to post every time there is downtime. If server is down for more than 96 hours than please submit post.
Hello!
If everything will work according to plan, this afternoon we will sign the upgrade to the Internet line with Orange from 500Mbps guaranteed to 1000Mbps, effective from 01.09.2023.
Together with this upgrade, we will also offer dedicated virtual servers for sale.
Because we currently have 4 identical nodes that can be released, having the following resources (per node):
We share the resources so that we have 0% overselling and we allocate to each client cores of the "host" type and direct access to the SSD disk, not a virtualized disk.
A preview for "inverter as UPS"
https://youtube.com/shorts/ZUZ8nnNIuiU?feature=share
You have a residential or commercial contract with the electric company? Or both?
both
Still running on one phase curent?
Absolutelly since total power consumption is under 1.7KWh on avg.(anyway, separate circuits for rack and rest of the house)