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Lenovo SAS Expander
Interesting expander. Looks like it is a pull out of a thinkserver rd640. New Lenovo 03x3834 ThinkServer 24 Port SAS Expander Card w Cables | eBay Looks like someone is selling a knockoff version of it...
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Adaptec 31605 - worthwhile anymore?
I've seen many adaptec 31605. 16 port RAID 6 capable. I know they're older, but are they still worth getting? They look like FH only. Good/ bad?
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All I want for Christmas is...
Somehow this was recommended on amazon as I was shopping for my family: RAVPower 6-in-1 6000mAh 6000mah battery, travel router and wireless memory card reader all in one for $50. Has anyone here tried?
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Seagate 3TB desktops failing
Random hard drive observation. We bought the Seagate 3TBs (ST3000DM001) early on when they were first released (mid 2012)... about 150 of them to shove into storage arrays. We had major problems...
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Samsung 845dc Evo 960 Gb Internal Solid State Drive - Sata
FYI. Amazon is listing the drive for $644.82 + free shipping 10 left in stock Amazon.com: Samsung 845dc Evo 960 Gb Internal Solid State Drive - Sata: Computers & Accessories (Edit: NB. Drive seems...
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When will pfsense 2.2-RELEASE happen?
Rumor has it we are getting close to pfsense 2.2-RC. See the announcement here. I have been using pfsense 2.2 since the ALPHA releases and it is getting much better, especially in Hyper-V.
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Travla C146 1U Mini-ITX Rackmount Case $35
Travla C146 - 1U mini-ITX Rack Mount Case - $35 For those of you who use mini-ITX boards and don't need the hotswap capabilities of the TE-1160.
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[newegg] Intel 730 Series SSDSC2BP480G4R5 2.5" 480GB SATA $199
Intel 730 Series SSDSC2BP480G4R5 2.5" 480GB SATA 6Gb/s MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - Newegg.com Here is a review if interested
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Crucial MX100 bug
Seems Crucial's new MX100 is having a few issues. My 512GB one dropped out (Windows Server 2012R2 more or less died, but was still able to serve files off the HDDs). Upon reboot the MX100 was found but...
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Supermicro 3u 16bay 3.5" chassis with SAS2 expander
Mr Rackables has a chassis lised that is an even better deal than the SC846 SAS2 expander chassis some of us bought a couple of months ago: 3U Supermicro 16 Bays Storage Server Chassis SC836E26 R1200...
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Crucial M500 Series 480GB SSD Solid State Drive 2.5" Form Factor, SATA III...
Saw this on Slickdeals: Crucial M500 Series 480GB SSD Solid State Drive 2.5" Form Factor, SATA III $165 FS AC @ TigerDirect... Crucial M500 Series 480GB SSD Solid State Drive 2.5" Form Factor, SATA III...
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VirtKick - Anyone?
This looks awesome if they make it work: Site: VirtKick - Take Cloud Back Crowdfunding: VirtKick - Take Cloud Back | Indiegogo They are basically making an open source version of digital ocean's...
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Supermicro X9DAi: reboot loop (OH)/Fan Fail LED
Hi to all, The story; I wanted to build a supermicro workstation for editing, I am a student on film school. So I bought the supermicro X9DAi motherboard, and have does evil Xeon ES CPU. I don't have...
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Trouble Flashing SAS9220-8i
Hi Guys, on two computers, I'm only getting as far as "megarec -writesbr - sbrempty.bin" and then it just sits there with a flashing cursor. I've let it sit for about 20 minutes and it did absolutely...
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My long overdue file server upgrade
Build’s Name: Zoidberg Operating System/ Storage Platform: Gentoo Linux x86_64 CPU: Dual Xeon L5520s or maybe E5540s Motherboard: Supermicro X8DTH-iF Chassis: Supermicro CSE-846E16 Drives: Variety to...
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Performance tuning three monster ZFS systems
Just a few weeks back I was asked to put together a large amount of storage for a last minute project. I usually avoid projects like this, but it's a special case and thus far it has gone as planned...
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Successfully flashed to IT, now stuck after Drives detected (won't boot to...
After having successfully flashed my 9220-8i to version 15 firmware, it all seems to come up normal and detects all my drives, but then it just sits there doing nothing. I need it to continue on and...
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Building an AIO server - advice needed
Here's the situation. I'm going to colo a system at a budget provider. In the system I plan to have 8 hard drives and 2 SSDs. In terms of hypervisor it will either be ESXi or Hyper-V. I do plan to have...
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Intel S1400FP2 LGA1356 UP Motherboard 160$
Was just able to pick up a couple of Intel S1400FP2 LGA1356 ATX motherboards for 160$ each though you could probably put in a lower offer as at 160$ the offer was accepted right away Intel DBS1400FP2...
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Does the Supermicro A1SAi-2550F REQUIRE at least two memory sticks?
Hey guys, I got the SM A1SAi-2550F motherboard about a week ago, finally got my order of ram, and the sellers screwed up and sent me 1 sodimm and 1 standard Dimm memory module. So for now, I was hoping...
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