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Cake day: December 17th, 2023

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  • I only remember the rough outline:
    Dual Xeon gold of some sort. The CPUs were upgraded in 2021, so whatever was reasonably top shelf around that time would be a good bet.
    256GB RAM
    Intel X710 Dual SFP+ 10gig net
    Mellanox ConnectX (5, I think, not sure) 100gig net
    Some high end NVIDIA card. I don’t remember which, but it replaced a Quadro P5000.
    Broadcom 3108 with cache battery
    36x Exos 10TB 3.5" SAS drives
    2x SSD of some type I do not remember
    2x NVMe, don’t remember those either.
    Supermicro X11 mainboard.
    Supermicro 5U chassis with drive bays in both back and front

    Some bits were upgraded, such as network, cpu, ram, and GPU. It’d be substantially less today, but the original setup is from 2017, and I remember seeing an invoice of ~180.000 USD equivalent each. My house is 150.000 USD equivalent.

    Each cluster involves four or six of these machines in a modified shipping container along with some other hardware, working as a mobile data cruncher.












  • When it’s still somewhat reasonable “too much”, as opposed to flooding the entire engine block with oil, the worst case scenario is that the piston rings get damaged, resulting in small amounts of oil making its way into the combustion chamber and gets burned off. Long term effects of this is that the engine consumes a little bit of oil.

    In your case, I think you’ll be fine. It’s so little over, that I wouldn’t worry about it. You might see the engine burn off some oil and eventually stabilize on a more healthy level. Check the dip stick or whatever it’s called in English regularly, and see if it decreases (slowly) to the correct level.
    Not decreasing: It’s fine
    Decreasing and stabilizing: Best case scenario
    Decreasing and doesn’t stabilize (not likely): Damaged piston rings. Slightly reduced engine performance, and your car has an mpg for oil now. Otherwise it’s fine. It’s worth noting that damaged piston rings is common in old cars, and it may have been like this from before.

    Source: I am no expert, so take what I say with a bucket of salt. I did experience the last scenario myself about 15 years ago. I still drive it with no long term effects.

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