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+# Archived due to hardware failure and NICs being too old. 
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+[Relevant to my NIC issues](https://serverfault.com/questions/616485/e1000e-reset-adapter-unexpectedly-detected-hardware-unit-hang)
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+Will continue to work on my [nix config](https://github.com/jahanson/mochi) until I can afford better k8s nodes :)
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 Talos & 6x Dell USFF nodes with 2 Beefy VM works with GPUs.