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Cheap/Easy way to connect ESX hosts to Linux SAN at speeds over 1GIG
Cheap/Easy way to connect ESX hosts to Linux SAN at speeds over 1GIG So as the title says, I am looking for a cheap easy way to connect my ESX hosts ESX02 - Dell R710 ESX01 - Dell T5500 SAN - Asus mobo...
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lsi 9265-8i + RES2CV240 expander -OR- 3x 9265-8i ? opinions?
Hello, I currently have a 4u supermicro chassis with 24-bays and a BPN-sas-846A backplane (direct attached 6x sff-8087 s ). With 1x adaptec 51645 , 1x Highpoint tech 4320 (the 4320 replaced a adaptec...
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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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First Home Server
Glad I found this site as it is full of good information. I am a long time Computer user/builder (Lets just say I know DOS). I am taking my first stab at building a home media/file server and I am...
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Article comment not working
I tried twice today to comment on an article (the SAS from ebay article) and both times it didn't show after hitting the submit button, and reload of the page. Browser is Waterfox on Windows 8.1 if...
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Does SSD impact unzip speeds?
We always see benchmarks on throughput. I have a few web apps that each have 4000+ individual files. Most are small code files. They take minutes to unzip on my Crucial MX100. Would it be better to get...
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ESXi wont boot from RAID1 SSD
I was previously booting from USB and decided to move my ESXi install to a pair of new 850 pro SSD's in RAID1. I booted from the ESXi install USB and installed ESXi to the new RAID1 SSD volume I...
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Dell r710 internal SSD (with vCenter)
I am looking to add internal SSD drive into an r710 so I can utilize the 6 current SSD drives as part of a new Napp-It server. I'm just trying to figure out the best way to do this as my current...
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unable to enable write cache on 1 of 7 WDC WD40EFRX-68WT0N0
Hello everybody, I have 7 WD RED 4TB (WDC WD40EFRX-68WT0N0) 6 of them are showing the to be expected performance in reading and writing speeds. 1 is ony able to deliver write speeds between 12 MB/s an...
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Xenserver 6.5 released
Xenserver 6.5 has finally been released, XenServer 6.5 | Citrix Blogs Have not tested it, but it looks like it has gone from more open source (free) to less open source (enterprise licensing). Seems...
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Amazon Prime - New Lenovo RD640 - Xeon E5-2620 V2, 8GB Ram, $450 with Free...
Amazon.com: ThinkServer RD640 70AY0006UX 2U Rack Server - 1 x Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 2.1GHz: Computers & Accessories Was looking for just a CPU, and given the price of just an 2620 V2 is around $350...
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Benchmarking NAS drives
Gentlemen, Just started a new job and am having to benchmark a proprietary 3rd party NAS product that must remain unnamed. I mapped the network drive and have access to its shared content, but none of...
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FS: Couple of Samsung 840 Pro 512GB SSD's $199.00
SOLD Well taken care of SSD's Awesome Samsung 840 Pro 512GB Internal 2 5" MZ 7PD512 SSD Solid State Drive 887276001180 | eBay
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[solved] 5 monitors on dual R9 270x Wont Work- Unable to save display settings
Hey, Im trying to run 5 x monitors on my dual R9 270x cards (not running crossfire , no eyefinity). Running Win7 Sp1 64bit , AMD CCC 14.12 Omega vid drivers. All the monitors detect correctly in both...
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Looking for a new storage setup
Hey all, My dad has a nearly full RAID5 array with 8x2TB hard disks attached to an HP P400. It's worked well for him for the past couple years, however it's getting to needing an upgrade. He's looking...
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Lsi 9217-8i and eight samsung pro 850 ssd's...any recommendation?
Hi, gentleman and ladies What I have going on here is as follows and I was hoping that somebody here might have tried this or can make a helpful suggestion. I currently have eight samsung 850 pro ssd's...
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Expansion Chassis's for Dell R710
Hi Guys, I have a Dell R710 with a perc 6/i which i am not using. I have a Norco 4220 with an asus board and 2x IBM 1015's in IT mode pusing 12x2tb disks in a raid 6 via mdadm. I am trying to find best...
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Dell C6105 for lab use
Looking to setup a "studying" lab to prepare for my MCSA/MCSE. I've been seriously looking at the AMD based C6105, three-node setup to be of potential use for a lab to where I can setup numerous...
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KVM Over IP Suggestions
Can anyone suggest an inexpensive, used KVM over IP? I don't need a local display attached to the device. 8 ports would be enough, but 16 would be great. I recently moved all of servers and test...
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FS: Server Hardware E5-2620 V2, SAS Expander
Selling the following: (2) Xeon E5-2620 v2 6-Core 2.1Ghz 2011 CPUs TRADED (1) IBM RES2SV240 SE91267 24-port RAID Expander SAS/SATA TRADED The system below I was building for a project that got...
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