Thumper Win + Linux Install

Intent: Stable LTS Ubuntu with: 20260817 1600 You are a senior linux systems admin in dual boot windows with dedicated ssd per os i just installed Ubuntu LTS Desltop AMD64 24.04.4, if i do uname -r it tells me 7.0.0.28 generic, i want to lock this linux instance to v6.8 as I need to install […]

20260816 Thumper Flower SSD rejig

Primary intent: xxx SSD Before 20260714Host/Purpose 20260714Host/Purpose 20260816Host/Purpose WD SN8100 4TB Gen 5 Thumper:AI Assets Thumper: P1 100GB: For Windows Page File (To get off SATA SSD)P2 2TB:WSL2/ Docker/ StableDiffusionP3 200GB Apps GamesP4+ Balance on demand for projects e.g where linux partition requiredUnallocated = NONE (Unnecessary) ThumperLinux/models Crucial T705 2TB Gen 5 Thumper:WSL2/ Docker/ StableDiffusion […]

Reminder: PCI Speeds

PCIe Throughput in GiB/s Gen x1 x2 x4 x8 x16 PCIe 3.0 0.985 1.969 3.938 7.877 15.754 PCIe 4.0 1.969 3.938 7.877 15.754 31.508 PCIe 5.0 3.938 7.877 15.754 31.508 63.015 PCIe Throughput in GiB/s Gen x1 x2 x4 x8 x16 PCIe 3.0 0.917 1.834 3.668 7.336 14.672 PCIe 4.0 1.834 3.668 7.336 14.672 29.344 […]

EcoFlow Delta Pro 3 Portable Power Station

https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/ecoflow_field_manual WHY? Reason 1 = UPS: High current draw buffer and input conditioning Reason 2 = Solar input Intent: As AI load is sporadic but high power draw when operating Reason 3 = When gonna be sunny next day use the battery to power projecter / some pinball machines in the evening EcoFlow Delta Pro […]

PLX PEX + OLDMONSTER

Most Important: Found this one on Ali https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005011926861954.html Googled and found https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/about-chinese-pcie-switch.55718/ https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=66bd49378881c4c59&ie=UTF-8&q=88096&sa=true Unboxing of Up to 80-Disk NVMe 5-Card Broadcom PEX88096 PCIe 4.0 AIC Expansion Card (4090, Broadcom PEX88096) https://www.chiphell.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2685098 Here’s my project from the National Day holiday: a DIY 4U graphics card expansion enclosure to help deploy a large personal AI model, and […]