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Samsung SM1625 SAS SSDs
I am considering adding these to the round-up. SSD Product Catalogue | Samsung Semiconductor Global Website Personally, I would be willing to use Samsung drives in a datacenter environment. I did not...
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Solar panels anyone or wind power
Is anyone using solar panels or wind to power their servers?
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WTB: HP ProLiant Gen8 LFF Trays
having a hard time finding a good price on these. Aiming for $10, but all I'm seeing on ebay is $14-15 . Would like to buy 8 of them.
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Supermicro backplane firmwares + woes
I'm going to call Supermicro and see if I can get them to give me backplane firmware but was wondering if anyone had some around for the 24 and 12 bay backplanes. Single expander models. We are having...
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Intel 8 port lsi sas raid module 80$
For those of you who picked up one of the intel lga1356 boards the other week or another board with the intel sas io port onboard, was able to pick up this 8 port lsi sas model with an offer of 80$....
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Need recommendation on a server
I need to buy a sever for a latency sensitive application that is going to be located in a data center. Server needs to be 1u and have a 10gig port, with an option of adding a solarflare card. I'd like...
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IT Mode issues with LSI 2308 on the asrock E3c224d4i-14s
I have successfully (I think) flashed the LS 2308 on my Asrock E3c224d4i-14s to IT mode using the instructions found in this forum. I am pretty sure it worked as 1. The "sas2flash.efi -o -e 7" reported...
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Best backup solution on Windows? [2 x 4 TB external drives]
Hi all, I'm not that familiar with Windows any more, so I come here seeking advice. I'm going to help a non-techy friend to set up a foolproof backup solution for his Windows laptop. He has bought 2 x...
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24-bay (2.5") 2U Storage Deals
Here are a few more. These do not have the option to use 3.5" so I'd say not as good as the previous one however: 24-bay 2U chassis: Supermicro 2U 24 Drive Hot Swap Server Chassis CSE 216A R900UB MC073...
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X8 vs X9 vs X10 intel cpu's
While Im sure the newer gen tech has huge improvements to performance any new instructions/features? My old home server was a X7 DTH(?) with dual L5420's great system but it was power hungry hot (loud)...
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Supermicro noise levels
Hello all, I wanted to share some insight here, and maybe get some feedback. I contacted Supermicro support about system noise levels. The case I am intersted in the CSE-836TQ-R500B here: Supermicro |...
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Issues with LSI2008 on OmniOS? (mptsas_handle_event_sync: IOCStatus=0x8000,...
I'm getting loads of issue on my napp-it(omniOS) box, all relating to my m1015 / onboard LSI2008. The log is kind of flooded with entried like below, and I get transport errors in iostat. It's...
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Dell PowerConnect 8132 24-port 10Gbase-T Switch $1400
Deal of the day material: Dell Power Connect 8132 24 Port RJ45 10GBASE T Switch 8132 | eBay That is about 60% of normal price. 24-ports of rj-45 speed. You can get uplink modules too.
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Maybe good: 300GB Intel 320 SSDs - $117 OBO
Here's the link: Intel SSD 320 Series 300GB 2 5" SATA II Hard Drive MLC SSDSA2CW300G3 | eBay I'm torn and thought I'd share. Assuming I could get for $100 or less that's a solid used SSD at $0.33/gb....
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WTB: HP MSA 2040 SAN array
I'm about to do something entirely out of character: Buy new hardware as opposed to used! I could use some help and advice. @mrkrad, are you out there? I'm going to deploy some insanely cool hardware...
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Supermicro X6DVL-EG2 w/ 9690SA-4I - change to JBOD
My current server: Chasis: Supermicro | Products | Chassis | 2U | SC826E1-R800LPV / SC826E1-R800LPB Motherboard: Super Micro Computer, Inc. - Products | Motherboards | Xeon Boards | X6DVL-EG2...
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NEW DELL 1920W 2U HV 230V Rackmount UPS XJ5Y2 H928N
New Dell 1920W 2U HV 230V Rackmount UPS XJ5Y2 H928N | eBay For anyone need a rackmount UPS
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how to setup vDS on a single host scenario?
Hello guys, Here's my hardware setup : ESXi 5.1 (16GB SDHC c10) AMD A8, 20GB DDR3 128GB SSD for local storage Dual network interfaces (1 x Realtek 8168, 1 x Intel 82540EM ) only VM currently hosted :...
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Server Memory
I don't know where to get server memory. I know Kingston and Micron memory but are those ebay seller white brand any good?
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NEW Antec Twelve Hundred V3 (1200) Hard Drive Cage with 120mm Variable Speed Fan
New Antec Twelve Hundred V3 1200 Hard Drive Cage with 120mm Variable Speed Fan | eBay The Antec Twelve Hundred V3 sells with three cages included, but can handle a forth. These will match. These also...
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