Server Rack Tour 2021 - Epyc Rome and Ice Lake, OH MY!

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What is all the equipment in my server rack, and what do I use it all for? It's time for 'What's in my Server Rack - 2021 Edition'!
But first... What am I drinking???
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[@nevoyu]

"I want self hosted home automation!" Home Assistant? I've been runnig it on an airgapped system for a few months now. Been a non issue

[@TheRogueBro]

Came down here to say this. TONS of videos on youtube. Heck, even Linus is going to run it in his new house.

[@muddyland6910]

I was thinking the same lol It's amazing how people don't find this stuff. Home Assistant has changed my life! Self-hosted, private, feature rich, amazing community. What else could you ask for?

[@stephenp4440]

I also use Home Assistant with ZWave, Ubiquiti, etc. I have redundant Raspberry Pi 4Bs plus I run it in ProxMox so that I have a local copy on each floor of the house (I have a rack on each floor that has local control and communicates with the others). Home Assistant also automatically controls all of my air cleaners, dehumidifiers, HVAC, exhaust fans, etc. based on environmental measurements all over the house and outside temps/air quality.

[@tjmbv8680]

Yeah I can think of a few off the top of my head, I am setting up an open hab system right now for controlling some lighting in my bedroom, an open sprinkler controller, yard lighting, my home theater system, and my hifi stereo system.

[@HcgRandon]

HIGHLY recommend home assistant, w/ zigbee

[@Codeaholic1]

Question: when will the bottom servers get vacuumed out?

[@pixel_vengeur391]

My 20 Mbits/s upload speed and I feel reassured knowing we are not the only ones bottlenecked by our ISP :)

[@gurgle9849]

Have you had a look at Shinobi for your self-hosted camera setup? I was thinking of going down that path, as I can still use the RTSP from Ubiquiti cameras.

[@JCHuynh3011]

I switched to Ziply Fiber to get full 1 Gbps upload and download. Never look back to Comcast...

[@DavidAshwell]

Jeff, do you duct any of that hot air into your house during the winter months?

[@andys3dworld]

No one. Absolutely no one... Jeff: *Flex*

[@Shake_M8]

A server just for Guacamole? My docker container running it takes less than a gig of ram. Feels like you wanted to find a problem (Guacamole) for a solution (new server).

[@CraftComputing]

I wanted the GUI for my KVM console as well. Yes, Guac can be Docker'd easily enough, but I still wanted physical video out from it.

[@UnreasonableSteve]

For sure. That said, there is a definite benifit to having guacamole off of the hypervisors, in case you don't have IPMI or something.

[@saulgoodman1390]

For a professional beer review channel, you have a hell of a network setup!!

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

Nice rack! Also, home assistant is a great way to take control of all of your home devices.

[@BoostedNW]

Home assistant is a must for sure! The addons and default features will be all you ever need!

[@Space_Reptile]

"rails are worth their weight in gold" yea sadly sellers for said rails think the same and they are hidiusly expensive for what they are in the end

[@DangoNetwork]

it depends. sometimes just the inner rail, other time just the outer

[@computersales]

Shipping costs are a factor too. Dimensional weight is a pain.

[@antoinereese4295]

I'm truly amazed that your not running Home Assistant on all that. Not going to get any better for self-hosted home automation.

[@ConfidentGrips]

Same I think his argument is many of the smart things you can buy require the cloud

[@NathanBorup]

Lol when he started talking about not being able to run a home automation solution locally, I was like bruh... You gotta check out home assistant

[@NathanBorup]

@@testthisfordecficiencies name them?

[@ProffesorFarnsworth]

@@testthisfordecficiencies What are they?

[@jlficken]

I've had that Docker installed on UnRAID for months now but haven't set it up. The updates to it are frequent and huge for some reason.

[@miguelgutierrez2759]

The only time we can say "NICE RACK!" without offending someone.

[@CraftComputing]

I had to specifically add "Nice rack" to my comment section whitelist, just for videos like this 😀

[@SpookyLurker]

@@CraftComputing Seriously?

[@mjc0961]

@@SpookyLurker I believe it. It's very easy to imagine KZbin automatically holding comments that say "nice rack" for review because so many scumbags would be posting it inappropriately in the comments of any video with a woman in it.

[@prashanthb6521]

LOL

[@BenCos2018]

@@SpookyLurker what did he said lol

[@JeffGeerling]

2:35 look at you with your fancy 50 up! Spectrum doesn't go past 40 for love or money 😭

[@CraftComputing]

Oh, I pay handsomely for upgrading from 20 Mbit to 50 Mbit....

[@computersales]

Me just vibing wondering if I should go from $55 a month for 100 by 100 to $70 a month for 500 by 500 🤔

[@sleepysloth847]

Kinda crazy to think that I pay $85 a month for gigabit fiber up and down in central Iowa. Ya'll need to move out here lol

[@andythekitsune]

Rogers won't give higher then 30 up on their gig plans and Bell is taking their sweet time finishing FTTH in this building

[@JeffGeerling]

@@computersales And my bill for 1000/40 is $150/month 😵

[@AlexZanderMuro]

you might still want to consider going with two UPS units when you do decide to upgrade; having A/B redundancy and splitting the load between the two is a great way to not only bring the individual unit load down, but in the event of a failure, PM, battery swap, etc., you have one unit that can remain up and handle the full rack on its own. Plus, if you already have to run a 240 circuit, running a second at the same time is better than having to run it after you get everything buttoned up. that tripplite unit is frickin sick though! i didnt realize they had rack mountable AC units like that. will definitely be looking into one of those.

[@ProjectswAlex]

"Letting everyone know you are better at typing than they are" CRACKED ME UP! 🤣

[@joran4612]

hey man, i live in the netherlands and we have this thing around christmas time called "surprise". its basically where you make a present for someone else of the group you do it with (chosen at random). i have my dad and im making a GIANT beer bottle and i wanted to ask you what beers you whould reccomend. my dad drinks a lot of special Belgian beers. i would like to get some weird beers and i have already chosen a few like a beer with a taste of a cake thing we eat here a lot, "caramel fudge stout", and "christmas ale". thanks already!!!

[@black.phoenix.]

I can vouch for the Mikrotik equipment. Last company I worked they had a router board and a switch from them and at the first glance I, who always had used Cisco/Netgear/other enterprise brands dismissed as bad. Yes their management software on the PC is archaic and somewhat confusing, with a somewhat step learning curve. But in terms of hardware for the price/performance bracket, heck they are some powerful little machines. Yes has you said, if you start messing with L3 the cracks start to appear, but again as you said, for L2 that is most of the normal needs of a small to medium business, they just rip and tear.

[@Dgeigerd]

L3 and cracks? Laughs at CCR1036-8G-2S+EM at work! I mean who excepts gigabit+ routing to be good with a SWITCH?!

[@azurite2926]

I’m surprised you still use the UDM Pro. I stopped using anything Ubiquiti related due to the constant bugs and issues. Switched to Untangle which is absolutely fantastic, switches and APs are now Engenius (also working out great).

[@gwjones82009]

don't know if it's been said yet but.... "Nice Rack!"

[@attilavidacs24]

Great video. Would have loved for you to talk about the power usage in watts and what is costs to run the setup per month.

[@taimaishublm]

Home Assistant with a Zigbee / Zwave usb stick would be good. Also Home Assistant Amber would be good with a cm4.

[@JeffGeerling]

Agreed. Can't wait to check out Amber!

[@taimaishublm]

@@JeffGeerling holy smokes! I I love watching your videos. Amber seems like a win in my books.

[@kirksteinklauber260]

Nice video!!! Related to Mikrotik RouterOS v7 is in release candidate and this version enables L3 HW offloading so the issue on L3 routing will be addressed and fixed. You may want to explore a video testing this new version!

[@drumaddict89]

be careful with that feature ;) it still is a bit buggy (even on 7.6 as of date writing this comment)

[@kirksteinklauber260]

@@drumaddict89 for me has been working great!! Stable and no issues at all

[@drumaddict89]

@@kirksteinklauber260 glad to heat that. on which hardware you are using it? cheers

[@kirksteinklauber260]

@@drumaddict89 I have deploy it on 5 x CRS326-24G, 1 x CRS312 and 2 x CRS328-24P and all running fine and with lower CPU usage after l3hw-offlod was enabled

[@drumaddict89]

@@kirksteinklauber260 well thank you sir, i need to check that one out on my CRS326 then.

[@Diversifried]

Out of curiosity, what kind of electric bill do you have with running all this hardware?

[@edbouhl3100]

Hope he’s buying renewable power for all that electronic activity! Otherwise….

[@SupremeRuleroftheWorld]

11:30 you know why rack rails are worth their weight in gold? because they cost about as much as if they were made of the stuff.

[@javiej]

Great video. One question: Can you redirect the air conditioned exhaust to help to heat your house in the winter ?

[@mapesdhs597]

I see a fair few comments about using the vented air to heat the house during winter, but that's the time of year when less such air would be created anyway. Also, as it is, the air would be rather dry, laced with heaven knows what vapours from all the machinery and probably static prone, not something one would want to blow straight into a home. Perhaps a heat exchanger could do something useful, I don't know.

[@DavidEsotica]

Great overview. I must admit that I'm a bit nervous that you don't have an off-site backup. But then ISP in USA are complete ass

[@ghomerhust]

so is most of the rest of our infrastructure. that's why so many of us build our own stuff!

[@nphil93992]

Great video as always. Just one observation - everything needs a good clean

[@TheNerdy1]

If I am ever in OR, one stop would be to have a meetup and beer with Jeff! Love the content!

[@chrishooper7179]

I've been wanting to implement a PFsense router in my network. Those Zeus servers look tempting but I don't have a space where the noise wouldn't be an issue. Do you have any recommendations on something similar in price but quieter and able to handle gigabit lan? Figured better bang for my buck is used hardware rather than one of these all in one appliances going for $300 +

[@jfrohne]

Wow. 1000W. That's around 240 Bucks a month in Electricity only for the servers...

[@tumtumsback]

Hey Jeff, long time watcher of your KZbin channel. When you got to the USW and mentioned having issues trying to figure out an anti-cloud home automation solution I just felt like I had to reach out personally to say that you can pick my brain about home assistant. I have over 100 devices in my house, from bulbs to switches to sensors to TVs and much more, all with automations galore. I would love nothing more than to give back and help you out if you need any guidance. Oh, and I have a dedicated beer fridge in my basement … Cheers 🍻

[@TheJensss]

I'm really wondering why you don't upgrade to more professional router and firewall. I think pfSense would be much better than the ubiquiti router.

[@DigitEgal]

Could you compare the Cost of the Power Consumption aswell of yearly upgrades to servers aviable from hosters?

[@aniceto11]

Nice rack. But how much energy it takes and how much the energy would costs to keep a rack like these is US?

[@ghomerhust]

[generic complaint about how it sounds rehearsed, generic suggestion that makes no sense, some random swear words trying to make you feel bad even though im some rando on the interwebz] haha love you jeff =) pretty sweet to see the modern rack

[@Junior41180]

Comcast: lets give em 1 gigabit, Also Comcast: lets limit the upload bandwidth for no other reason but to male them pay 3 times more for the business service.

[@drumbum7465]

You mention that the AC unit only runs about 8 months out of the year. I'm curious what the coldest temps are in your garage during the remaining 3-4 months? I've been considering moving my computer equipment to the garage, but it can frequently drop down to below freezing (and occasionally below 0F) in the winter where I live, so I'm a little worried about that

[@maynardcrow6447]

The chenbro does have a sas controller. Hdd 1-8 I believe are all sas. I have 5 SAS drives in mine BUT you have to use a sata to sas adapter and you won't be able to fit 12 drives with adapters but it does have SAS controller. They might have smaller adapters out there though.

[@kyerie030]

Don't forget that your PBX provides the "cloud" LED system used to signify to your wife and kids that this is YOUR OWN CLOUD SERVER :D

[@MasonzeroDigitalWorks]

I don't know most of what I just heard, but I love hearing it. This stuff is awesome. Here I am with my NAS made from an old Dell Optiplex and feeling happy that I just bought a single 14TB hard drive. Maybe someday I will have a valid excuse to do any of this home networking stuff.

[@devinbridgwater]

This is literally how my Media Server started. ~10 year old gaming PC that was collecting dust, figured I'd get Unraid and play around with it. 4 years later I'm still using it, and have 32TB of storage, plex server, and other fun stuff.

[@ArthursHD]

I would like to put together an off grid system :) HD Plex PSU EPEVER Tracer 5kW model Charge controller Daly or some other BMS with custom parameters for cyle life. Prismatic LFP cells. (in place of ups) Collect all the production data to home automation system and adjust performance based on power available.

[@jengdes1gn]

@Craft Computing You have a great rack! As a fellow 6’5 person, when you grabbed a chair and sat next to your rack, I felt that.

[@UNVIRUSLETALE]

You can host home assistant and buy tasmota flashed (or flash your own) devices to integrate and be completely independent from the cloud

[@LeGoog2008]

Jeff: Why do you have a dead rat skin top of your head? Please: NEVER again 🤐

[@hotstovejer]

Right now, I have 2 desktops (3rd gen i5 as firewall, 6th gen I3 as freeipa server), 1 e3-1220 (4/4) with 32gb of ram as a Truenas test box, a HP server with 2 8/16 Xeons and 128gb of ram running Proxmox, hosting a couple of desktops, and a Docker machine, and my unRAID server which is another dual core Xeon with 32 gb of ram doing Docker containers and file storage. It's much too much, and I'm looking forward to building one Epyc server for Proxmox, 1 Epyc server for Truenas, and a good old ds4246 as a disk shelf. I was thinking about virtualizing Truenas, but I do want some separation of my VM host and file server. Maybe throw a Dream Machine Pro in there with an aggregate switch because I have gig up gig down. :)

[@jefferyssparks]

I see there's quite a bit of dust buildup on some of the lower devices. Do you have any processes or procedures for physical cleaning of your systems?

[@Banner1986]

One question - what's your kWh pricing where you're at (electricity)? Have you done any research on potentially getting solar installed to offset the power draw by chance? We just bought a new house, which gives me the opportunity to fully re-think how I have my setup deployed, and power usage is one of those things that I've been considering doing something differently with. There's already 240v wired in as the previous owner had a home welding setup going... but I think maybe some solar panels might be in order here.

[@melvinhans1844]

970w was a lot less than I thought it would be that’s interesting

[@lepsycho3691]

*idling*

[@allan80supra]

You need to setup positive pressure filtered air in your garage to get those dust levels down! a few hvac hepa filters and two of the same blowers your using for heat extraction would do the trick, nice little weekend project and youtube video content!

[@experimental0000]

So much dust/dirt in that rack. How do you keep that from getting into the servers (assuming filters on the front of each unit, but want to make sure) and how often do you clean it out to prevent it from causing issues such as filters clogging up or settling on the internals if no filtering?

[@RoyHess666]

you should be thankful to have such insanely low electricity prices in the states, here in germoney we pay way more than double that thanks to insane triple and quadruple taxes on it

[@mapesdhs597]

Also the fact that the govt there unnecessarily closed all the nuclear stations due to the moral panic that followed from the Fukishima incident (changes pushed due to technical ignorance, ideological bias and corporate/political corruption), which ironically shoved carbon output through the roof as power feeds had to switch to coal very quickly to make up the shortfall. Now, from what I've been told, the legacy is a new and growing dependency on gas from Russia. Much the same sort of mess is happening in many parts of Europe, including where I am in the UK.

[@GeoffSeeley]

Looking forward to the Supermicro review! The only thing missing is a PDU. With the right PDU you can measure/log input Voltage/Amps, per outlet output V/A, temperature/humidity sensors and the ability to remotely turn off/on outlets of anything in your rack. I have Zabbix monitoring and remotely rebooting a power meter monitoring box via a PDU when it stops responding to API calls (it's old, no longer supported and no direct access). Cheers!

[@SteveSunny]

What PDUs do you have in mind?

[@RubyRoks]

Thanks for the tour. Lots of cool systems, and lots of cleaning to do

[@jeffherdzina6716]

Neighbors have heard the mighty roar of my Dell's in my garage. And, have asked about designing a home network for them. That is until the wife see a estimate of just how much this stuff cost. Have any of your neighbors asked for this kind of help?

[@6LordMortus9]

I'm definitely interested in when you go to 240V!

[@VirtualDomain]

Big Fan of the channel, bit jealous of your setup ;) Got something similiar going on in my home, but what I'm struggling with is cable-managemet so I can actually "use" my sliding rails right... Maybe follow up video like a "how to cable manage in a rack"? Great Video, love the content!

[@Vaggumon]

Really curious what his average electric bill is.

[@leadiususa7394]

BTW, you should think about a better HVAC solution... I use a stand alone VHAC to better control the temp in my lab year round, winter to summer and so on. Recycling the (cooling the air in a close loop format) is better, cost wise then blowing out house AC/heated air but you need the right kind of AC / Heater heat pump unit to do this with exhuast and return piping install to the outside air exchange. Check out my HVAC for my home lab to get some ideas. BTW it only ran me a cost of $450 to do it. .002 cent per hour on running it. I don't run it during Fall and spring for I only run about 1/3 of my gear at any giving time. I use four block 20 amp circuits for my one part of my lab and for my burner rack in my basement I have two block 20 amp circuits. As for UPS, I use PDU instead for I only do testing so I don't need the UPS function for my needs unless I have to run a server for 24/7. That is my day job so I don't do it at home...

[@thadrumr]

FYI Layer 3 Acceleration for CRS 3x devices is coming in version 7 of ROS which is currently in beta. Check out the release notes for version 7.1 beta 6. The current verison is 7.1 RC6

[@berndeckenfels]

Of course you can put your backup server into another room, on another power storage and different flood-level (in your same home)

[@jothain]

So if I understood correctly you aren't hosting anything for others? It's hardware for personal usage only?

[@steveheist6426]

He was hosting a VM for his video editor / Rett, and two gaming VMs for his neighbor's kids.

[@jothain]

@@steveheist6426 Ok, that's pretty HC setup for such small usage. I was thinking that something like that could do something else, like whatever website hosting or something for some fee, but I did heard that there's not good up bandwidth, which obviously makes things harder. That's why I began to wonder that is it completely personal hobby server. Simply curious as I run proxmox currently on old Surface Pro 2 and one Celeron NUC. Just slight difference on hardware 😂

[@Alphahydro]

Very informative and entertaining. Didn't realize you had that much processing power.

[@JoshDoingLinux]

I have Century link Fiber... I know... Century Link. Pay LESS than I did for comcast, with HIGHER uptime, with 948 up and 984ish down, and a residential Static Public IP. If available in your neck of the woods, I would say give it a shot. Its been way better for me than Comcast has EVER been. With... betterish customer service when I do have issues (usually self inflicted because I'm a tinkerer)

[@leadiususa7394]

Looking much better man! Great video. You are getting there... Now you just need a high power bill to pay each month like I do... lol

[@DocaTafner]

Hello, I found your channel by accident 😅 I'm here to comment and wonder what a huge electricity bill you must have! Still it's very interesting some comments like not leaving your home data center for home automation items. I also love the products from Ubiquity which come very handy to specific scenarios. Anyway cheers, take care!

[@CraftComputing]

Actually I live in one of the cheapest places for electricity in the US. $0.072/kWh. Crazy cheap.

[@DocaTafner]

@@CraftComputing it is indeed! Here where I live there is hydroelectric power generation and it is supposed to be cheap. I was curious and did some calculus and the actual cost is double that, at least! Thanks for answering the comment! 👍🏻

[@edbouhl3100]

@@CraftComputing Ah, cheap hydropower! As long as the rains come, that is.

[@shykitten55]

I'm not getting why the ACU is at the bottom of the rack. Cold air sinks. Warm air rises. Ok, you have a fan and I'm guessing it is sucking the air out of the top of the rack, and that will cause the cold air to be sucked up. That's not good practice for air flow though - is it? Shouldn't you be blowing COLD air rather than HOT air? Cold air is more dense and so the fan works better. But I'm not an expert on the bigger picture.

[@PicaDelphon]

You need Dust Protection, Old Thin Bed Sheet will Fix it for you..It sucks, Well Sucking the Dust out of every unit..Dust keep you sucking it out all year..well 4 times a year on my end..

[@stephenreaves3205]

The UDM Pro SE is on the early access store and will have 8 POE++ ports and an internal SSD

[@makeitcloudy]

Some time ago you've been showing the K1 for the gaming rig, here I can see the gtx and you mention M60 GRID. Trying to understand whether this is proxmox based, with passthrough for the GTX, or you use the latest beta drivers for the GTX from nvidia ? can you please elaborate a bit on this ? That would be fantastic :D

[@curggles9745]

Jeff just curious was there a typical load on your rack when you were filming? I was just curious not a huge amount of head room left on a typical outlet there let alone your ups. So can your cloud gaming setup up run in that rack or do you have to run it somewhere else?

[@questionablecommands9423]

21:43 Guac-a-molly, the little known dip that makes you trip.

[@8xpdhpckkg]

Americans: "970W at idle? no problem" Europeans: "Let's build a 30W server"

[@3DRC-707]

Home assistant(Yes I know, but WAIT!!) They just worked with Tuya to do just that! All offline!!!

[@archibaldsimms7440]

Hey Jeff. My name is Archie. I’m in the process of building a home server rack (a welder is building it because I can’t afford to pay for one). I’m really and truly new to this whole process. My reason for building it nevertheless is to be able to have some place to hold the Unifi switch and the UDM pro controller that I intend to purchase. I truly like your KZbin shows so if it is possible, can you help me? I also intend to purchase and build two 2U chassis servers (one for plex and one for Unifi protect). With all of this then, please let me know if to get assistance from you, I must start with your patreon account. Thank you for your consideration.

[@computec1993]

I would also love to have a setup like that. Only thing holding me back is energy prices in Germany. 28 cents per kWh… Just makes me sad :/

[@-ColorMehJewish-]

If you find a good home automation solution, please share. It's a nightmare trying to find products that easily integrated w/o being locked in a proprietary mode. Best I have come up w/ so far is to get devices that all use the same Zwave or Zigbee protocol

[@McTwistedTwisties]

You should see if Tmobile 5g home networking is available. Unlimited data and 200mbit up over the 50 up.

[@gregzavertnik1204]

I emailed your contact email but never heard back. Did you ever figure out how to enable hyper-threading on your Zeus servers. Your original video detailed that it was all supported but no bios settings to enable it or SR-IOV. Those issues prevent me from purchasing these servers and hope you can provide an update.

[@EvanIIRC]

1. VA is not a battery capacity measurement, it's power. 2. Are you worried about dust at all? Seems to be building up pretty bad.

[@gary1143]

@craftcomputing the blue servers that you got for approximately 150 what brand are they?

[@Hexers]

Out of curiosity... how much does the AC in the rack pull electricity-wise?

[@lmgendron]

There's one piece of equipment that you did not cover in this video... a big piece... and I would like to know about it, maybe it's obvious to everyone else, but I have no clue... What brand is your server rack cabinet? What are the specs? Except that it's a 42U.

[@lmgendron]

I guess it will stay a complete mystery for me.

[@TransGalGaming]

anytips on getting a cheap UPS for rack mount to power a server, a PC and a TV/Monitor for graceful shutdowns?

[@peterchaploutskiy2555]

Good video. By pumping hot air of that room/garage, where is your inlet to compensate it? I guess hot&humid air from the outside?

[@testthisfordecficiencies]

Home Assistant is kinda hoaky. There are way better options if you are savvy enough or have money, or do it professionally.

[@ianseiuli]

Where's the hot air exhaust exiting. I wanna see your outside part of your exhaust.

[@FaLLeNaNg3L82]

why woud anyone need 10 physical servers in times of vitualization?=

[@Stevenwaupevon]

Mmmmm peaky blinder

[@dawn1berlitz]

theres a reason why alot hate comcast it makes me glad im in a area not serviced by them and has the option for google fiber but i in reality dont have a backup for my server currently as i dont have the funds and also a place to store a server that backs up my media/backup server

[@griffinjohnson4203]

That damn cloud neon cable is bugging me.... Can you put it through the rack mesh ?

[@MeowHomelab]

What you are running in March 2023 ?, can you make latest video ?

[@TheGoatPC]

Curious, what are you running for the VM host on your storage and cloud gaming servers?

[@henderstech]

Wish rack servers where not so loud. If I had a place to put them seperate from the main part of home I would them. I gotta go tower server

[@nooli22]

You really need to clean your rack :D Stuff looking like its been covered in mud :D

[@SP-ny1fk]

It would be really awkward if one day you started the video ...and you weren't Jeff.

[@BladeRunner21577]

All that server and it plays games, movies and stores youtube content?

[@IPD2001]

Which kind of KVM Switch do you use? You didn't tell or did I miss it?

[@retarepo]

I would be curious about the electricity consumption/bill ;)