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And we're still here

Not much has changed since my last post. I filled the storage server some months ago and we're still harvesting. I noticed that the network space seems to have dropped a bit in recent months as the price of Chia tanks along with most other crypto. I have yet another memory upgrade on order to the storage server. The motherboard didn't recognise the memory last time so hopefully these will work. If it works it will take it to the maximum that the Ryzen 3 supports (128GB). I would then disable the two SATA SSD's that are currently log devices and turn them into cache instead. I might consider a 2nd storage server build using the same setup as before but using existing drives. I still have the original motherboard (an i3-8100). I have 4 x 8TB drives in an external USB enclosure but it gets too hot. I have 3 x 8TB drives as spares so I would get a bit more space and then can move away from using the external enclosure which is somewhat slower than having the drives plugged in d