CA3LE

Over the decades I've always strived to have the fastest servers I can afford to host TestMy.net.  My journey with hosting has taken me into a colocated datacenter where I pay for cabinet space, power & internet connection and bring in my own equipment.
 
When I first started using colo I built everything out with brand new, current generation servers and networking gear.  Over the years I added servers and built up a High Availability Proxmox cluster.  Adding servers I found that eBay was definitely my friend.  Now I could afford servers that only a few years earlier often went for nearly 10X what I was able to get them for "off lease".  Each time I added a new server, it was more powerful than the previous.
 
Over this time I'm adding more resources, things are getting faster.  Even my first servers were full solid state, employing arrays of 4 Samsung 850 Pro SSDs.  But things really started flying with the advent of Optane storage.  A game changer... really, it was too good. (and now it's gone.)
 
Fast forward to 2024.  I get a generous donation of servers, the person doesn't care what I do with them, they're just happy to give them to me.  They're newer than my servers, 2nd version into the next generation of CPU.  So quite a bit newer.  I get one of them setup with the same Optane storage I run in my current master server and start benchmarking. 
 
It's not really faster and doesn't justify switching servers.  Sometimes it was slower.  I assume because my servers are higher clock speed, highest end of the CPU SKU.  Scratching my head, I really thought being so much newer I'd get a much better result.
 
I take the storage out and pop it in a gaming rig... another machine recently donated to me by a friend.  This PC happens to have hardware from the same year as the server I just tested.  I run the same tests and had to do a double take.  Not only was it faster on the gaming rig, it was WAY faster.  This made me reimagine my server topology.  Maybe it was time to build with consumer hardware.
 
Here I had a setup that was a fraction of the cost that was out performing in real world scenarios.  The better single thread performance and higher clock speed, faster memory... it all makes sense. There's more competition in the consumer market, things cost less.
 
So I sold those servers to someone who can better utilize their resources.  Extremely nice servers but for my use case here, they had too much of everything.
 
As soon as they were sold I ordered parts for my next build.  Promptly put it together and got to testing.  Minimum, 2.5x faster at everything.  Average is 3x faster and in some cases I've seen over 6x faster.  It has completely blown me away.
 
What is the magical setup?  Nothing much really, minus storage I think it cost my about $900, including a piKVM setup to remotely control the machine.  Much less than any of my used enterprise servers cost me.
 
Here's my build.
 
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor G.SKILL Ripjaws S5 Series (Intel XMP 3.0) DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 5600MT/s CL28-34-34-89 Optane 905p (zpool) and Samsung 960 Pro (OS) ASUS Prime B650-PLUS WiFi ID-COOLING IS-40-XT Black - 47mm Height Low Profile CPU Cooler EVGA 750 BP, 80+ Bronze 750W PSU Rosewill 2U Server Chassis RSV-Z2900U BTF-LIGHTING WS2812B 2PCs 19in Individually Addressable  2GB Raspberry pi4 Geekworm KVM-A8 (kit for building a piKVM) 10G network card  
It's only a 65 watt TDP CPU! very easy to cool in a constrained (or SFF) build like this.
 
A single half dollar sized CPU out performs all of my dual Xeon systems.

 
Yes, I can't run a terabyte of RAM with this setup but I don't need to.  My current systems are 128GB, I figure I only really really need 64GB with this CPU backing the system. 
 
Especially in single thread performance the new Ryzen system blows all my other systems away.  This type of gain will be felt everywhere, especially in mysql queries and responsiveness.  It still excels in multithread and even has a larger cache than my Xeons.  It really wins for me on every level.
 
And yes, RGB was a requirement.  I never put RGB in a computer, not really my thing.  But I figure this is a gaming PC at its core so for $13, why not.  I can control them in linux but it adds a bunch of unnecessary packages, I like my base PVE to be as simple as possible.  So default rainbow it is.
 
lambo-2025-lq2.mp4
 
 
I haven't been necessarily doing it wrong all these years.  Without the low TDP and high performance of the 9700X this build would be more challenging.  These are recent developments.  There's basically zero redundancy in this server.  So, it also helps having a PVE cluster that has a bunch of reliable machines, to back up this consumer grade hardware.  
 
I can't wait to bring Lambo into production!

Just the integrated GPU.  It's a virtual machine server with no need for GPU.  I only need graphics to get into the bios, set up the machine and remotely manage at the base machine level.
 
If I ever have a need for GPU I run it on one of my local machines. 
 
This puppy is built for a very specific workload.
 
Will be racked at the datacenter in a few days.  Just waiting on one more network card...

@CA3LE what are you running for a GPU in that rig? or AGPU...> 
 
 
My setup is pretty dated.. i just dont use the pc much anymore so I haven't really sunk any money into upgrades (especially the platform) in many years..
 
ASUS Prime X370-Pro AM4 ATX Motherboard
AMD RYZEN 7 1700 8-Core Base Clock 3.0GHz OC @ 4.1 GHz 
NZXT KRAKEN X73 RGB 360MM AIO LIQUID COOLER W/LCD DISPLAY
G.SKILL TridentZ RGB 32GB 288 Pin DDR4 SDRAM 3200 MHz
XFX QICK 319 AMD Radeon RX 6800 16GB
CORSAIR HXi Series HX1200i 1200W 80 PLUS PLATINUM Full Modular
Thermaltake Core P5 ATX Open Frame Panoramic Viewing Tt LCS Certified Gaming Computer Case

Over the decades I've always strived to have the fastest servers I can afford to host TestMy.net.  My journey with hosting has taken me into a colocated datacenter where I pay for cabinet space, power & internet connection and bring in my own equipment.
 
When I first started using colo I built everything out with brand new, current generation servers and networking gear.  Over the years I added servers and built up a High Availability Proxmox cluster.  Adding servers I found that eBay was definitely my friend.  Now I could afford servers that only a few years earlier often went for nearly 10X what I was able to get them for "off lease".  Each time I added a new server, it was more powerful than the previous.
 
Over this time I'm adding more resources, things are getting faster.  Even my first servers were full solid state, employing arrays of 4 Samsung 850 Pro SSDs.  But things really started flying with the advent of Optane storage.  A game changer... really, it was too good. (and now it's gone.)
 
Fast forward to 2024.  I get a generous donation of servers, the person doesn't care what I do with them, they're just happy to give them to me.  They're newer than my servers, 2nd version into the next generation of CPU.  So quite a bit newer.  I get one of them setup with the same Optane storage I run in my current master server and start benchmarking. 
 
It's not really faster and doesn't justify switching servers.  Sometimes it was slower.  I assume because my servers are higher clock speed, highest end of the CPU SKU.  Scratching my head, I really thought being so much newer I'd get a much better result.
 
I take the storage out and pop it in a gaming rig... another machine recently donated to me by a friend.  This PC happens to have hardware from the same year as the server I just tested.  I run the same tests and had to do a double take.  Not only was it faster on the gaming rig, it was WAY faster.  This made me reimagine my server topology.  Maybe it was time to build with consumer hardware.
 
Here I had a setup that was a fraction of the cost that was out performing in real world scenarios.  The better single thread performance and higher clock speed, faster memory... it all makes sense. There's more competition in the consumer market, things cost less.
 
So I sold those servers to someone who can better utilize their resources.  Extremely nice servers but for my use case here, they had too much of everything.
 
As soon as they were sold I ordered parts for my next build.  Promptly put it together and got to testing.  Minimum, 2.5x faster at everything.  Average is 3x faster and in some cases I've seen over 6x faster.  It has completely blown me away.
 
What is the magical setup?  Nothing much really, minus storage I think it cost my about $900, including a piKVM setup to remotely control the machine.  Much less than any of my used enterprise servers cost me.
 
Here's my build.
 
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor G.SKILL Ripjaws S5 Series (Intel XMP 3.0) DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 5600MT/s CL28-34-34-89 Optane 905p (zpool) and Samsung 960 Pro (OS) ASUS Prime B650-PLUS WiFi ID-COOLING IS-40-XT Black - 47mm Height Low Profile CPU Cooler EVGA 750 BP, 80+ Bronze 750W PSU Rosewill 2U Server Chassis RSV-Z2900U BTF-LIGHTING WS2812B 2PCs 19in Individually Addressable  2GB Raspberry pi4 Geekworm KVM-A8 (kit for building a piKVM) 10G network card  
It's only a 65 watt TDP CPU! very easy to cool in a constrained (or SFF) build like this.
 
A single half dollar sized CPU out performs all of my dual Xeon systems.

 
Yes, I can't run a terabyte of RAM with this setup but I don't need to.  My current systems are 128GB, I figure I only really really need 64GB with this CPU backing the system. 
 
Especially in single thread performance the new Ryzen system blows all my other systems away.  This type of gain will be felt everywhere, especially in mysql queries and responsiveness.  It still excels in multithread and even has a larger cache than my Xeons.  It really wins for me on every level.
 
And yes, RGB was a requirement.  I never put RGB in a computer, not really my thing.  But I figure this is a gaming PC at its core so for $13, why not.  I can control them in linux but it adds a bunch of unnecessary packages, I like my base PVE to be as simple as possible.  So default rainbow it is.
 
lambo-2025-lq2.mp4
 
 
I haven't been necessarily doing it wrong all these years.  Without the low TDP and high performance of the 9700X this build would be more challenging.  These are recent developments.  There's basically zero redundancy in this server.  So, it also helps having a PVE cluster that has a bunch of reliable machines, to back up this consumer grade hardware.  
 
I can't wait to bring Lambo into production!

Completely AWESOME... best IMO also

Check this out, the Ryzen 7 9700X is built on a 4 nm production process using 8,315 million transistors.
 
I don't feel like it's getting the love it deserves.  The latest AMD chips are truly amazing.

Amazing and cool !
 
A Life time dream.

Thanks for posting
 
I was a fan of AMD, they are excellent and less expensive than Intel. The chinese already have 7nm chips. The 3B6600, for example, is claimed to perform at par with Intel 12th—and 13th-generation CPUs thanks to its new eight LA864 cores with a clock frequency of just 3 GHz
 
My family PC for Gaming have I7 8700K recommeded at the time by Tom´s Hardware.
 
I am not a gamer and my 2023, ASUS Notebook have 

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz   2.59 GHz
RAM:    16,0 GB
Graphic card 8 GB
SSD: 952GB
Display 15.6"
240Hz 3ms
G SYNC
Pantone colors 
Windows 11
PORT 1 Gbps.
USB adaptor 2,5Gbps

My favourite F1 team was Williams
https://www.formula1.com/en/information/williams-year-by-year.6wHlJglT3USpmIbETtAYzW

Ferrari is beautiful and have long history

Cheers
 
 

Over the decades I've always strived to have the fastest servers I can afford to host TestMy.net.  My journey with hosting has taken me into a colocated datacenter where I pay for cabinet space, power & internet connection and bring in my own equipment.
 
When I first started using colo I built everything out with brand new, current generation servers and networking gear.  Over the years I added servers and built up a High Availability Proxmox cluster.  Adding servers I found that eBay was definitely my friend.  Now I could afford servers that only a few years earlier often went for nearly 10X what I was able to get them for "off lease".  Each time I added a new server, it was more powerful than the previous.
 
Over this time I'm adding more resources, things are getting faster.  Even my first servers were full solid state, employing arrays of 4 Samsung 850 Pro SSDs.  But things really started flying with the advent of Optane storage.  A game changer... really, it was too good. (and now it's gone.)
 
Fast forward to 2024.  I get a generous donation of servers, the person doesn't care what I do with them, they're just happy to give them to me.  They're newer than my servers, 2nd version into the next generation of CPU.  So quite a bit newer.  I get one of them setup with the same Optane storage I run in my current master server and start benchmarking. 
 
It's not really faster and doesn't justify switching servers.  Sometimes it was slower.  I assume because my servers are higher clock speed, highest end of the CPU SKU.  Scratching my head, I really thought being so much newer I'd get a much better result.
 
I take the storage out and pop it in a gaming rig... another machine recently donated to me by a friend.  This PC happens to have hardware from the same year as the server I just tested.  I run the same tests and had to do a double take.  Not only was it faster on the gaming rig, it was WAY faster.  This made me reimagine my server topology.  Maybe it was time to build with consumer hardware.
 
Here I had a setup that was a fraction of the cost that was out performing in real world scenarios.  The better single thread performance and higher clock speed, faster memory... it all makes sense. There's more competition in the consumer market, things cost less.
 
So I sold those servers to someone who can better utilize their resources.  Extremely nice servers but for my use case here, they had too much of everything.
 
As soon as they were sold I ordered parts for my next build.  Promptly put it together and got to testing.  Minimum, 2.5x faster at everything.  Average is 3x faster and in some cases I've seen over 6x faster.  It has completely blown me away.
 
What is the magical setup?  Nothing much really, minus storage I think it cost my about $900, including a piKVM setup to remotely control the machine.  Much less than any of my used enterprise servers cost me.
 
Here's my build.
 
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor G.SKILL Ripjaws S5 Series (Intel XMP 3.0) DDR5 RAM 64GB (2x32GB) 5600MT/s CL28-34-34-89 Optane 905p (zpool) and Samsung 960 Pro (OS) ASUS Prime B650-PLUS WiFi ID-COOLING IS-40-XT Black - 47mm Height Low Profile CPU Cooler EVGA 750 BP, 80+ Bronze 750W PSU Rosewill 2U Server Chassis RSV-Z2900U BTF-LIGHTING WS2812B 2PCs 19in Individually Addressable  2GB Raspberry pi4 Geekworm KVM-A8 (kit for building a piKVM) 10G network card  
It's only a 65 watt TDP CPU! very easy to cool in a constrained (or SFF) build like this.
 
A single half dollar sized CPU out performs all of my dual Xeon systems.

 
Yes, I can't run a terabyte of RAM with this setup but I don't need to.  My current systems are 128GB, I figure I only really really need 64GB with this CPU backing the system. 
 
Especially in single thread performance the new Ryzen system blows all my other systems away.  This type of gain will be felt everywhere, especially in mysql queries and responsiveness.  It still excels in multithread and even has a larger cache than my Xeons.  It really wins for me on every level.
 
And yes, RGB was a requirement.  I never put RGB in a computer, not really my thing.  But I figure this is a gaming PC at its core so for $13, why not.  I can control them in linux but it adds a bunch of unnecessary packages, I like my base PVE to be as simple as possible.  So default rainbow it is.
 
lambo-2025-lq2.mp4
 
 
I haven't been necessarily doing it wrong all these years.  Without the low TDP and high performance of the 9700X this build would be more challenging.  These are recent developments.  There's basically zero redundancy in this server.  So, it also helps having a PVE cluster that has a bunch of reliable machines, to back up this consumer grade hardware.  
 
I can't wait to bring Lambo into production!

Hello there! I could have sworn I've been to this website before but after reading through some of the post I realized it's new to me. Anyways, I'm definitely happy I found it and I'll be bookmarking and checking back often!

I'm passionate about product design and I've often thought it would be amazing to have a real time (or almost real time) dashboard showing current network speed, that was tangible and not on your computer screen. Like a clock, or the Tachometer your car.
 
I'm just wondering what people's thoughts are on this? If it's of interest to anyone it would be fun to pull together a team of people on here and potentially use testmy.net for the back end. 
 
Let me know your thoughts, critiques, and ideas.

Testmy.net team number 44352
 
V8.x is functioning and getting WU's
 
It's interesting the way it's setup now. @EBrown @nanobot may have seen this on v7.x
 
Setup and configuration is much more simple and almost too easy,, this from grok
 
Here are step-by-step instructions for installing Folding@home (F@H) v8.x in headless mode, based on the web results provided: Preparation: Download the Latest Client: Ensure you have the latest F@H client for your operating system. For Linux, you'll typically use the .deb package. Create or Log into F@H Account: Visit https://beta.foldingathome.org/ to either create an account or log in if you already have one. Get Account Token: Log into your F@H account on the web control site. Navigate to account settings by clicking the user icon in the top right corner. Copy the account token provided there. Installation on Linux: Debian/Ubuntu: Install the Client: Open a terminal and install the client with: sudo dpkg -i fah-client_8.x.x_arm64.deb # Replace with the correct version and architecture If there are missing dependencies, resolve them with: sudo apt-get install -f Configure the Client: Edit or create the configuration file: sudo nano /etc/fah-client/config.xml Add or modify the file to include your account token: xml <config> <account-token v="your_account_token_here"/> </config> Save and exit the editor (in nano, this is Ctrl+X, then Y, then Enter). Enable and Start the Service: Enable the service to start at boot: sudo systemctl enable fah-client Start the service: sudo systemctl start fah-client Check Service Status: Verify the client is running: sudo systemctl status fah-client Web Control Access: Since this is headless, you'll manage the client through Web Control from another device. Use the same account you set up the token with to see your headless machine listed under "Computers" on the F@H web control. Additional Notes: For Non-Linux Systems: The process might differ, but the core concept of using the account token to link the client to your account remains the same. For Windows, you might use a silent install but still need to ensure the client is configured with your account details. Troubleshooting: If the client doesn't show up in Web Control, ensure your network settings are correct and that there are no firewall issues blocking the connection. Check the client logs for errors (on Linux, they might be in /var/lib/fahclient/logs/). Updates: Keep the client updated through the system's package manager or directly from the F@H website for security and performance improvements. These steps should help you set up F@H v8.x in headless mode. Remember, the exact commands or paths might vary slightly depending on your system's configuration or the specific version of the client you're installing.  

just testing...1,2,3.
hmmm, are these the cylindroids we are looking for?
OH, hello cholla.

Thanks mudmanc4 I did not intend to limit this topic to "Original Members".
I just wanted to see how many were still around at least sometimes.
Anyone remember these:
 

You're not in the first 1000 members but you are an OG TMN member for sure.  1000th member to 10,000th is like a 6 month difference.

You're not in the first 1000 members but you are an OG TMN member for sure.  1000th member to 10,000th is like a 6 month difference.

Ok i sended em

PPPoE using a 1492 MTU, but you showed me a result of 1500, that makes me think that TCP optimizer has manually set yout MTU to 1500.

However make sure you have MTU set to 1492 with these files, changing MTU is easyest with DrTCP, here you can download it

http://www.dslreports.com/front/DRTCP021.exe

good luck

VanBuren

+1 to that

Hi VanBuren, after 20 years, just checkin how are you doing?

Wow!  Your member number is right in between xs1 and cholla.  You definitely deserve the Original Member badge.
 
Welcome back.  What kept you from signing in for over 20 years?
 
I was just glancing over some of the first members.  There are still a few registered in 2003 (the year the forums started here) who are still active.  Pretty cool.

I have an older Surfboard cable modem.
It has had no problems for many years.
I never even tried a Suddenlink supplied modem.
Now Optimum since they bought Suddenlink.
Still the same modem.
SB6141.
Fast enough for my connection.
It still only get around 200 or some lower Mbps even though it is supposed to be a up to 300Mbps connection.
I have not done a reset since the speed was changed from 200 to 300.
Maybe that would correct the speed.
It is supposed to be able to do 343 Mbps.
I do not have any splitters on my cable & it is internet only.

Hi All,
As an Original Member I like to drop by every once in a while.
I have not seen many topics I have anything to contribute to these days.
I miss when this forum was very active.
 
This would be a good topic for other members to do the same.
Let us know you are still alive.
Unless you have figured out how to post from the other side.

well now it shows 2 download and 3 upload . LOL it has come issues.

-Prior to  my internet speed was great,like 1200-1400 Mbps Down and 200+ Mbps upload but after that it drastically dropped Not the Download it is the same or close to it but the upload now appears to  max out around 64Mbps. Nothing has changed as far as my setup, my computer, my Ethernet cable. ( I run hardwired from my 2.5 Gbps Network card to the Xfinity 2.5 Gbps ethernet connection on the gateway. 
As far as iRacing goes I am absolutely Steller there I have only had connection issues back when Xfinity woudl for some reason restart my gateway at like 03:15 sat morning about 45 min after my weekly NIS race would start, is early but have between 200-400 drivers racing at that time (In Different sessions of course)
After my 5th contact with Xfinity and basically explaining if this keeps happening I will have to end using their service and find something else. It was fixed right then never to happen again.
I noticed again when looking at the specs in the  URL that something is not working correct in the gateway as my Ipv6 is not connected, my 4 Upstream channels only have 2 Showing as well as my 32 downstream channels are down a few as well and when I did a hard reboot then no upload channels were showing up and only 8 downstream ones.
To me that is obviously a issue with the Gateway or Xfinity Software.