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6 Proxmox Web GUI: [[https:~~/~~/ambrosia.schleppe:8006>>https://ambrosia.schleppe:8006]]
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8 >In the ancient Greek myths, //**ambrosia**// (/æmˈbroʊziə, -ʒə/) is the food or drink of the Greek gods, and is often depicted as conferring longevity or immortality upon whoever consumed it.
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Kevin Wiki 14.1 11 Ambrosia is a IO heavy machine providing large storage, GPU's & high frequency CPU cores for whoever wishes to consume it!
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14 It is also a heavily modified Xserve RAID machine with custom PCB's for making IO status lights and drive caddies fully working. Check out the [[xserver project pages>>doc:xserve.WebHome]].
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Kevin Wiki 14.1 16 = Hardware =
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20 |CPU| E5-2680 v4|Intel|14 cores, 28 threads 2.4 GHz|(((
21 [[intel.com>>https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/91754/intel-xeon-processor-e5-2680-v4-35m-cache-2-40-ghz.html]]
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30 |Memory|M393A2G40DB0-CPB| Hynix|DDR4 2133 MHz 16 GB|(((
31 [[samsung.com>>https://semiconductor.samsung.com/dram/module/rdimm/m393a2g40db0-cpb/]]
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33 |Networking SFP| MT27500|Mellanox|ConnectX EN 10GigE, PCIe 2.0 5GT(((
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35 )))|[[nvidia.com>>https://web.archive.org/web/20230703143340/https://network.nvidia.com/pdf/user_manuals/ConnectX-3_VPI_Single_and_Dual_QSFP_Port_Adapter_Card_User_Manual.pdf]]
Kevin Wiki 11.1 36 |SSD NVMe| A2000|Kingston|1000 GB|(((
37 [[kingston.com>>https://www.kingston.com/en/company/press/article/56606]]
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39 |GPU|GP106GL - Quadro P2000 |Nvidia|1076-1480 MHz, 5 GB GDDR5, 140 GB/s, 1024 CUDA Cores|(((
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42 |GPU|RX 580 - Polaris 20 XTX|AMD|1257-1340 MHz, 8 GB GDDR5, 256 GB/s|[[amd.com>>https://web.archive.org/web/20240401050523/https://www.amd.com/en/support/graphics/radeon-500-series/radeon-rx-500-series/radeon-rx-580]]
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Kevin Wiki 14.1 44 == Hard drives ==
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Kevin Wiki 22.11 46 (% class="info" %)|Vendor|Model|Family|Serial|Capacity|Cache|RPM|Helium|Host device|Virtual device|Hours|State
Kevin Wiki 24.3 47 |Western Digital|WD80EFZX-68UW8N0|Red|VK1DTL8Y|8 TB|128 MB|5400|TRUE|/dev/sdh|scsi4|66 463|(((
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Kevin Wiki 24.2 50 |Western Digital|WD80EMZZ-00TBGA0|White|VLJ30H0Y|8 TB|128 MB|5400|FALSE|-|-|50 778|Spare
Kevin Wiki 24.3 51 |Western Digital|WD80EFZX-68UW8N0|Red|VK1EYPWY|8 TB|128 MB|5400|TRUE|/dev/sdb|scsi5|66 456|Active
52 |Western Digital|WD80EZAZ-11TDBA0|Ultrastar|7SJ5GZEW|8 TB|256 MB|5400|TRUE|/dev/sdd|scsi8|44 269|Active
Kevin Wiki 24.2 53 |Western Digital|WD80EFAX-68KNBN0|Red|VGJL4K4G|8 TB|256 MB|5400|FALSE|/dev/sdf|scsi3|35 787|Active
54 |Western Digital|WD80EDBZ-11B0ZA0|-|VRJJ2LSN|8 TB|-|7200|FALSE|/dev/sde|scsi2|26 500|Active
Kevin Wiki 24.3 55 |Western Digital|WD80EDBZ-11B0ZA0|-|VRH33HYK|8 TB|-|7200|FALSE|/dev/sdc|scsi9|24 418|Active
Kevin Wiki 23.2 56 |--Western Digital--|--WD80EDAZ-11TA3A0--|Ultrastar|--VGKYZGSG--|--8 TB--|-|--5400--|--FALSE--|--/dev/sda--|--scsi6--|--14 102--|Dead
Kevin Wiki 24.3 57 |Western Digital|WD80EDBZ-11B0ZA0|-|VR1B80SK|8 TB|-|7200|FALSE|/dev/sdg|scsi10|20 440|Active
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Kevin Wiki 23.3 59 |Western Digital|WD80EFZZ-68BTXN0| |CA3AEVZK
Kevin Wiki 24.3 60 |8 TB|-|5640|FALSE|/dev/sdb|scsi11|1|Active
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Kevin Wiki 25.1 63 (last updated 11.05.2025)
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Kevin Wiki 14.1 65 = Xserve =
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Kevin Wiki 14.1 67 This server is built into a piece of Apple history, bringing new upgradable hardware to the steel cabinet using custom PCB's to re-enable front IO and drive caddie functionality. Check out the linked project pages above.
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Kevin Wiki 17.1 69 View user guide: [[XserveRAID_UserGuide.PDF>>attach:XserveRAID_UserGuide.PDF]]
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Kevin Wiki 14.1 71 == History ==
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Kevin Wiki 14.1 73 The **Xserve** was a series of rack-mounted servers manufactured by Apple Inc. between 2002 and 2011. It was Apple's first rack-mounted server,[1] and could function as a file server, web server or run high-performance computing applications in clusters.
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75 Xserve RAID held up to 14 hot-swappable [[Ultra-ATA>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Technology_Attachment]] hard drives, and had a capacity of 10.5 [[TB>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terabyte]] when filled with 750 [[GB>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte]] modules. Xserve RAID supported [[RAID>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundant_array_of_independent_disks]] levels of 0, 0+1, 1, 3 and 5 in hardware, hybrid RAID levels such as 10 and 50 could be created in software.^^[[~[1~]>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xserve_RAID#cite_note-Users_Guide-1]]^^ It was [[rack-mountable>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19-inch_rack]] and was 3[[U>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rack_unit]] high.^^[[~[1~]>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xserve_RAID#cite_note-Users_Guide-1]]^^
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77 Although the Xserve RAID contained 14 drives, they were split into two independent groups of 7 drives each managed by an identical RAID controller. Importantly, the controllers were independent, but not redundant; each managed seven of the storage array's fourteen drives, given a failure of one of the controllers those 7 drives were not accessible: the other could not take over its duties. Xserve RAID did, however, have redundant cooling units and power supplies. Xserve RAID's ports were two [[Fibre Channel>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibre_Channel]] ports for regular data transfer, a [[10/100>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10/100]]Ethernet port for remote management, and a serial port for [[UPS>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uninterruptible_power_supply]] communication via the [[Simple Signaling Protocol>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simple_Signaling_Protocol&action=edit&redlink=1]].
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79 Xserve RAID was available in models costing between [[US$>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar]]5,999 and US$10,999^^[[~[2~]>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xserve_RAID#cite_note-PR20030210-2]][[~[3~]>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xserve_RAID#cite_note-PR20040106-3]]^^ (later US$12,999),^^[[~[4~]>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xserve_RAID#cite_note-PR20041019-4]][[~[5~]>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xserve_RAID#cite_note-5]]^^ plus configuration and support options.
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81 The Xserve RAID was discontinued on February 19, 2008.^^[[~[6~]>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xserve_RAID#cite_note-MW-6]]^^
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Kevin Wiki 18.1 83 = Purchase =
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Kevin Wiki 18.1 85 I finally found the iconic Apple servers locally without a multi thousand dollar price tag. The previous owner worked with Sound and Lights rigging for a friends company where his hours were flexible and he traveled a lot for work. He had gotten info about a old paper publisher getting rid of these machines. It looked like they mostly used the easily deployable smb and webpage services Xserve provided.
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Kevin Wiki 18.1 87 I met the seller at his parents house at Løren who were the sweetest old Polish couple that were more concerned about covid then getting rid of these extremely loud servers that were stacked in their basement stairs. I think they offered me to stay for supper at one point.
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Kevin Wiki 1.1 89 = References =
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91 * [[XWiki>>http://www.xwiki.org]]
92 * [[XWiki Extensions>>http://www.xwiki.org]]
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Kevin Wiki 9.1 99 = Ambrosia[[image:02-xserveraid_3q.jpeg-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-removebg-preview-transformed-2.png||alt="image.jpg"]] =
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Kevin Wiki 17.1 101 |=Chasis|Xserve RAID
Kevin Wiki 15.1 102 |=(% scope="col" %)Born|3 March 2020
Kevin Wiki 9.1 103 |=Bought at|2 500 NOK
Kevin Wiki 8.1 104 |=Total CPUs|(((
Kevin Wiki 12.1 105 14, 28 threads
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Kevin Wiki 8.1 107 |=Total RAM|64 GB
108 |=HDD Capacity|64 TB
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