I asked a simple question – How far can you push RAID 0 with NVMes before something breaks? I found the limit – plus we now know what the most optimal number of NVMes is to add to a RAID 0 pool to get the fastest M.2 NVMe storage pool possible. Disclaimer – PCIe slots were heavily bifurcated to achieve this outcome.
AI inference is the in topic – but how can you get in on the action? I solved that with a risky investment. ChatGPT told me not to even try. My stubbornness won. We can take a DGX data center AI Accelerator and fit it to our workstations! The Volta V100 SXM2 card never felt more at home within my HP Z8 G4 workstation. Noisy – yes. But thus far – fully worth it!
AI is all the hype – but where is the application? Sure it can write your emails, complete your data analysis, and make some images, but where is the AI Assistant we all need? In light of the OpenClaw wave – I got myself positioned to get in on the action. I created my own AI – it called itself A.I.D.E.N. All running locally on my HP Z8 G4 with my 32GB V100 SXM2.
Looking for fast storage in your system? I opted for a dual U.2 to M.2 NVMe adapter, along with x8 PCIe slot bifurcation, to add a rapid RAID 0 NVMe storage pool. The storage pool is working perfectly for video editing.
How can you add massive storage to your homelab? This was my take on it – Fractal Define 7XL + HP Z440 case swap. With the right combination of PCIe HBAs and SATA power splitters it becomes quite feasible to attain a huge storage upgrade. I don’t have a solution for the high HDD / SSD / NVMe prices however…
The M720S SFF got much more than it bargained for – a RTX 5060 LP – along with some bare metal modifications. Throw in more PSU grunt than a SFF was ever meant to have – and you create a solid portable gaming rig – much cleaner than the eGPU build!
Get ready for a Deep-Dive on the Jeyi QUAD U.2 to M.2 NVMe Adapter. The end goal is to help you set up your adapter with an ultra fast ~8TB RAID 0 NVMe SSD configuration.
Unleash Rapid Transfer Speeds! We’re diving into the world of extreme storage performance. Join me as we fit and configure not one, but two MSI M460 1TB M.2 NVMes into the HP Dual M.2 NVMe Personality Module designed for the HP Z8 G4 and HP Z8 G5 Workstations. We will harness the power of RAID 0 to supercharge storage, boost productivity, and rev up your workstation like never before.
GUIDE : CPU Fitment Get ready to fit those Skylake or Cascade Lake Xeons into your HP Z8 G4 Workstation.
PART 3: I give you: FMS / “Frankenstein Mini Server”.The base system started life as a HP EliteDesk 800 G3 Mini. But it will end up doing much more than what HP originally intended for this Mini PC.What did I pay for my Mini PC? ~$45 USD on auction with CPU and 8GB RAM!
PART 2: You have seen everything done to Mini PCs – but you have not seen the potential that 2024 holds for these little units. What makes me qualified to extract every last horsepower from a Mini PC? Years of experience in fine-tuning naturally aspirated, cough, hardware? Now I give you: FMS: Frankenstein Mini Server.
