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Mellanox ConnectX-2 EN Single Port Cards - SFP+ restrictions?
As I'm looking around ebay for other cards to put in the supermicro 846E1 I came across our favorite Mellanox ConnectX-2 single port 10gig ethernet SFP+ cards for $35/ea Mellanox Connectx 2 10GbE...
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Question about Mellanox ConnectX-2 MNPA19-XTR Drivers
I am planning to use the MNPA19-XTR cards for PC to PC 10Gbe connection. The Mellanox site offers two versions of the driver that works on Win 7 Win 2008 R2 Server Driver or Win 7 Client driver. Which...
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M1015 dual sff8087 to 12 sata? How?
How do I split my m1015 dual sff port card into 10-12 sata ports? I'm assuming some sort of 8087 port expander, but I need it to fit within a c6105 chassis, so as to connect all 4 x 4 Sata hdd sled...
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IBM M1015 8-Port Raid Controller Flashed LSI 9211-8i IT P20 Firmware
See eBay listing for details. Ships to USA and some International Country's. www.ebay.com/itm/201221647447
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Wanted cheap: PCI-E SAS HBA
Looking for a simple HBA I can drop in my testing workstation 2012 R2 to test various drives,
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Crucial M500's on sale - 2.5" and mSATA
Pre-BF sale: Crucial sale at Amazon 240GB - $99 2.5 and $129 mSATA 480GB - $199 - even for mSATA 960GB - $389 These don't have power loss protection but they're cheap and reliable. That 480GB mSATA is...
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Thoughts on WD VelociRaptor?
I can find very little information/discussion here about them. I've used two--a 150GB WD1500HLFS and a 80GB (I think WD800HLFS) and never had trouble out of them. Are none of the STH regulars buying...
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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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Cheap Dell-LSI 9260-8i with BBU
$180 OBO: 03NDP Dell LSI MegaRAID 9260 8i 6GB s SAS SATA RAID Controller w Battery 0H21G | eBay That's a nice price these days. 512MB cache with the battery.
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HBA (M1015) and RJ45 Gb nic combo card?
This is an odd question, but does anybody know if there is a such thing as an M1015 type controller (running in IT mode) AND 1/2 RJ45 Gb NICs combined into a single pcie card ? Just got a D6105 DCS6005...
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Low(est) power ESXI host?
OK, so I have taken: i5 NUC D54250WYK board, TranquilPC Abel passive case, 12GB RAM (8GB Crucial & 4GB Crucial DDR3L-1600) 480GB M500 mSATA Sandisk Cruzer Fit 8GB ESXI 5.5 Put it all together and...
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Help Me Design a Simple Compact microATX Case
A recent thread regarding the Silverstone DS380 case got me thinking about designing a simple, compact microATX storage case. With 6x 5.25-inch drive bays and a PSU mounted over the motherboard, its a...
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Supermicro CSE-825TQ-R740LPB refurb @tigerdirect $99.72
Alright for the money.... Says if comes with rails etc. Good case if you only need 8 bays Rails and psu would cost that. SM CSE-825TQ-R740LPB BLACK (Refurbished) at TigerDirect.com
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The 11.4TB desk census
This evening I was putting another four drives into one of the test chassis and came to a realization. Right now there are six servers running different types of tests. Many folks have seen the SSD...
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Supermicro case with non-supermicro motherboard
Supermicro makes some nice cases but I saw one in the datacenter being built. It has a non-standard front panel connector that wouldn't work on a Gigabyte, ASUS or ASRock motherboard. Is there an easy...
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Newegg FUEL UP thread
Hey guys, I've been a lurker for quite a while now but I decided to join to post this thread. Newegg is have Deals throughout this month and they're selling some good stuff. I will be posting all the...
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N54L based storage box
I've been lurking on here for some time, enjoying the ingenuity and useful insights since a colleague at a previous clients put me onto ZFS about 3 years ago. I've amassed 4 HP Microservers (2x N40, 2x...
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For Sale orTrade: C6100 FCB, Lower Power Board, Cables
So I bought a C6100 a while back that only had a single power supply and 2 nodes. I bought the parts to allow for both power supplies and discovered the different FCB versions. Anyway I have the...
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Crucial MX100 512GB $168
DEAD. Show is over folks. Info here 512GB Crucial MX100 SSD - Slickdeals.net
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FS - 32GB (4GBx8) DDR2 - Registered RAM, 12 Core Opterons, Older Xeon CPU's
Great if anyone is running an older system. Thought I'd offer here first, before I feed em to fleabay. lot of 8-4GB sticks Micron Model#MT36HTF51272PY-80EE1 for 80 bucks shipped. Plenty available. Lot...
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