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+type:
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+created: 2026-04-24T11:23:01
+date: 2026-04-24
+tags:
+---

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+---
+date:  2026-04-22
+created:  2026-04-22T11:06:58
+category:
+  - "[[Daily Notes]]"
+---
+# Wednesday 22nd April 2026
+[[Home]] | [[PARA|PARA Board]] | [[2026-04-21|< Back]] | [[2026-04-23|Forward >]]
+## today's activity
+![[Daily note today.base]]
+
+## in focus
+![[PARA.base]]
+

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+---
+date:  2026-04-23
+created:  2026-04-23T15:44:45
+category:
+  - "[[Daily Notes]]"
+---
+# Thursday 23rd April 2026
+[[Home]] | [[PARA|PARA Board]] | [[2026-04-22|< Back]] | [[2026-04-24|Forward >]]
+## today's activity
+![[Daily note today.base]]
+
+## in focus
+![[PARA.base]]
+

References/Amazon Fire Tablet Bella.md

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 ---
 [[Isabella Jaime Hodgetts|Bella]]'s tablet
 Amazon Fire HD 8 (12th generation)
-Serial number GCC1 XE03 2303 05PW
+Serial number GCC1 XE03 2303 05PW
+
+- [[2026-04-21]] this was sold at the weekend

References/Dell XPS 8920 Desktop PC.md

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 Motherboard: Dell IPKBL-VM REV:A00
 SSD: m.2 SanDisk 7400s 32GB
 HDD: Toshiba DT01AC 2000GB
-RAM: 2x 4GB DDR4 @ 2400 mhz 
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References/Western Digital 2.0 TB HDD WD20EZRZ.md

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 - Date: 15 AUG 2018
 
 Timeline:
-- [[2026-04-04]]: backed up an image of my [[Lenovo Thinkpad T440s]] ssd before i used it for something else, I think that's all there is on it
+- [[2026-04-04]]: backed up an image of my [[Lenovo Thinkpad T440s]] ssd before i used it for something else, I think that's all there is on it
+- [[2026-04-21]] recovered the t440s image form the drive, adding into the offsite proxmox/truenas machine.
+- 

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+  - "[[Journal]]"
+type:
+  - "[[Log]]"
+title: Fow Circus tickets sale merchant
+created: 2026-04-22T13:02:23
+date: 2026-04-22
+tags:
+---
+Tickets
+- £8 per ticket
+- 220 per showing, 3 showings
+- £5,280 if all tickets sold
+
+- can we sell tickets separately?
+
+ticketebo.co.uk
+- 4.95% (min of £0.75 per order)
+	- £264 in fees
+	- 1 ticket = 0.75
+	- 2 ticket = 0.80
+	- 4 ticket = 1.60
+- 10% refund for charity
+	- £26.40 refund
+- fee can be paid by patron, or included in the price
+- all via barcodes scanned on Android/iPhone apps
+- no patron registration required
+- printed tickets are extra
+- all tickets are done through the service, even free tickets (incur 75p fee)
+
+zeffy.com
+- in person ticket sales
+- all via barcodes scanned
+- 

_Inbox/2026-04-23 1005.md

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+---
+category:
+  - "[[Journal]]"
+type:
+  - "[[Log]]"
+title: Zfs storage pool notes
+created: 2026-04-23T10:05:27
+date: 2026-04-23
+tags:
+---
+currently my data needs are:
+- 5 TB now
+- + another ~2TB for my and erin's photo's
+- so 7TB should do it
+	- options are
+		- add one more 3TB drive = 9TB in total
+			- Sdb1
+		- buy x2 6TB drives

_Inbox/2026-04-23 1544 initial install and setup of a proxmox host.md

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+category:
+  - "[[Journal]]"
+  - "[[Note]]"
+type:
+  - "[[Log]]"
+title: initial install and setup of a proxmox host
+created: 2026-04-23T15:44:49
+date: 2026-04-23
+tags:
+---
+[[Proxmox|Proxmox]] initial generic setup
+
+## during install
+
+### network
+- 192.168.1.4x
+- host naming scheme
+	- pve-xxxxx.home.arpa
+		- where xxxxx = brand/manufacturer + model number
+		- i.e. lenovo thinkstation p520 = pve-lp520
+
+## post install
+
+### pcie pass through
+- boot loader config
+	- edit `/etc/default/grub`
+	- add `intel_iommu=on iommu=pt` to `GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=`
+	- then `update-grub`
+	- after reboot check: `cat /proc/cmdline`
+- other config
+	- exec: `lspci -nn`
+	- copy device id e.g. `[8086:a282]`
+	- create/edit file: `/etc/modprobe.d/vfio.conf`
+	- insert lines:
+		- `options vfio-pci ids=8086:a282`
+		- `softdep ahci pre: vfio-pci`
+	- exec: `update-initramfs -u -k all`
+	- after reboot check `lspci -nnk -s 00:17.0` (for sata ahci=bad, vfio=good)
+
+### power saving
+- exec `apt install --no-install-recommends powertop`
+- exec `crontab -e` and add the following lines:
+```
+# PROXMOX POWER SAVING TWEAKS
+# Sets CPU to powersave
+@reboot echo "powersave" | tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor >/dev/null 2>&1
+# Runs powertop auto-tune on boot
+@reboot /usr/sbin/powertop --auto-tune >/dev/null 2>&1
+```
+
+
+
+

_Inbox/64GB Samsung (4 x 16GB) PC4-2400T 2Rx4 RDIMM.md

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+category:
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+model: 16GB PC4-2400T 2Rx4 RDIMM
+rating:
+price: 199.99
+acquired: 2026-04-15
+monthly-uses:
+---
+Purchased from eBay
+- Item number: 227274324162
+- Time placed: 13 Apr 2026 at 12:55 PM
+- Order number: 22-14479-50132
+- Total: £199.99 (1 item)
+- Sold by: [lotnumber73](https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/lotnumber73)
+
+![[64GB Samsung 4 x 16GB PC4-2400T 2Rx4 RDIMM.webp]]
+

_Inbox/ASRock H87M-ITX Motherboard.md

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 - Max RAM speed of 1600mHz, anything higher will be downgraded (see manual)
 
 Timeline:
-- [[2026-04-05]] - currently in my desktop Jonsbo case with a [[NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition|RTX3090]] serving AI models.
+- [[2026-04-05]] - currently in my desktop Jonsbo case with a [[Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition GPU|RTX3090]] serving AI models.
 

_Inbox/EVGA Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 SC GPU.md

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+category:
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+type:
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+model: Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 SC
+rating:
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+acquired: 2018-01-01
+monthly-uses:
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_Inbox/Intel Xeon W-2235 CPU.md

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+---
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+category:
+  - "[[Products]]"
+type:
+maker: "[[Intel]]"
+model: Xeon W-2235 CPU
+rating:
+price: 72.2
+acquired: 2026-04-08
+monthly-uses:
+---
+[[eBay]] purchase:
+- Item number: 157442591260
+- Time placed: 2 Apr 2026 at 6:16 PM
+- Order number: 20-14435-28834
+- Total: £72.20 (inc. VAT)
+- Sold by: [compuwyze_ltd](https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/compuwyze_ltd)
+
+Specs:
+- Intel Xeon W-2235
+- 6 Cores, 12 Threads
+- Base Frequency: 3.80 GHz 
+- Max Turbo Frequency: 4.60 GHz
+- 130 W TDP
+- 8.25 MB Cache

_Inbox/Lenovo ThinkStation P520.md

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+category:
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+type:
+maker: "[[Lenovo]]"
+model: ThinkStation P520
+rating:
+price: 266.64
+acquired: 2026-04-09
+monthly-uses:
+---
+Details:
+- Purchased used from [[Bargain Hardware|Bargain Hardware]] 
+- Machine Type Model: 30BF-S4NP17
+- Serial Number: S4SR3729
+- Warranty
+	- 3 year, on site
+	- Start Date: 2021-08-11
+	- End Date: 2024-08-10
+- Current build:
+	- [[Intel Xeon W-2235 CPU|Intel Xeon W-2235 CPU]]
+	- [[64GB Samsung (4 x 16GB) PC4-2400T 2Rx4 RDIMM|64GB Samsung (4 x 16GB) PC4-2400T 2Rx4 RDIMM]]
+	- [[Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition GPU]]
+	- [[EVGA Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 SC GPU|EVGA Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 GPU]]
+	- 120gb ssd (boot drive)
+	- 1tb Samsung nvme ssd (storage)
+	- 3x 3.0 TB HDD
+	- 1000w PSU
+
+Documents
+- [[Invoice PPSI137523 From Bargain Hardware.pdf|Invoice]]
+- [[ThinkStation_P520_Spec.pdf|P520 Product Specifications Reference]]
+- [[thinkstation-p520-datasheet.pdf|P520 Datasheet]]
+- [[p520_ug_en.pdf|P520 User Guide]]
+- [[p520_hmm_en.pdf|P520 Hardware Maintenance Manual]]
+- [[p520_p520c_power_configurator_v1.6.pdf|P520 & P520c Power Configurator]]
+
+Notes:
+- [[2026-04-21]] Removed supplied Intel Xeon W-2123 CPU, and replaced with [[Intel Xeon W-2235 CPU|Intel Xeon W-2235 CPU]]
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