what am i actually running#

workflows have a note of what the initial hardware was when i started, but parts get swapped in and out ofcourse. so here i’ll give an overview of the full setup i’m running. don’t expect this to be updated daily. it will be updated when noteworthy changes happen. if none happen i’ll update it every 3 months or so.

the history of this page (and the rest of the site) is kept on github, last change date is on the bottom of the page.

battlestation#

windows 11 pro 25h2 26200.8246
amd ryzen 7 9800x3d
scythe mugen 6 black edition
asrock x670e pg lightning motherboard, uefi 4.10
2 m.2 sn850x black 8tb drives, fw 638211wd
asrock challenger radeon rx 9060 xt oc 16gb
antec p20ce case (includes 3 120mm fans)
3 arctic p14 pwm pst case fans
realforce 1 105key iso layout

cleaned it just for this picture#

sas specific - permanent setup#

these devices are always installed and powered up

hba#

broadcom 9500-16e

Model = HBA 9500-16e
Firmware Package Build = 37.00.00.00
Firmware Version = 37.00.00.00
Bios Version = 09.73.00.00_37.00.00.00
NVDATA Version = 37.00.00.14
PSOC FW Version = 0x006E
PSOC Part Number = 14790
Driver Name = ItSas35
Driver Version = 2.61.85.00

storcli#

storcli

CLI Version = 007.3703.0000.0000 Jan 16, 2026

external to internal sas converter#

startech sff86448plt2

connect with a 0.5m cable#

looks like this

internal sas drive#

------------------------------------------------------------------------
EID:Slt DID State DG      Size Intf Med SED PI SeSz Model            Sp
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0:12      1 JBOD  -  13.970 TB SAS  SSD -   -  4 KB X670_S164315TATE -
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Manufacturer Id = NETAPP
Model Number = X670_S164315TATE
NAND Vendor = NA
Firmware Revision = NA56
Raw size = 13.970 TB [0xdf87ffff Sectors]
Coerced size = 13.970 TB [0xdf87ffff Sectors]
Non Coerced size = 13.970 TB [0xdf87ffff Sectors]
Device Speed = 12.0Gb/s
Link Speed = 12.0Gb/s
Negotiated Physical Link Rate = 12.0Gb/s
Sector Size = 4 KB
Config ID = NA
Number of Blocks = 3750232063
Connector Name = C3   x1

sg3utils#

am using a self built version of sg3 utils based on git commit https://github.com/doug-gilbert/sg3_utils/commit/4645e17958e13493d72ff550c97623169666f9d4

smartmontools#

smartmontools

version smartctl pre-8.0-355 2026-01-05 [x86_64-w64-mingw32-w11-25H2] (GHA Build)

sas specific - adhoc#

these devices get powered on when needed.

netapp ds224c diskshelfs#

3 shelves
2 power supplies each
2 iom12a fw0401 each
around 50 x371 sas ssd drives

optical tower#

wip