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We bought a once $100,000 NetApp storage server setup for $1000, except, we never checked if any of it works. Today we find out if we got scammed, how it was intended to work, and how you at home can modify one of these to provide a ton of storage expansion for a NAS or home computer for CHEAP.
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova
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Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:12 What we bought
4:36 Trying to set it up NetApp’s way
10:59 Booting it up
13:39 Repurposing a DiskShelf for a NAS
16:08 Upgrading to 6 Gigabit SAS (IOM6 Controllers)
19:46 Interposers!
20:41 Calling Wendell
22:14 Use TrueNAS Scale, not Core
25:47 SPEED TESTING!