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WTB: 24+ Supermicro 2.5" trays for CSE216
I just purchased a Supermicro CSE-216 and now I need 24+ 2.5" trays to go with it. The specs say it uses 3rd generation trays. If 4th gen trays work I'm open to those too. I would like to get at least...
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Using a m.2 pcie ssd for a web server. Terrible idea?
I saw these Plextor M6e's for $400 for 512GB --- Plextor M6E M 2 2280 512GB M 2 PCI Express X2 Solid State Drive MLC | eBay It's really expensive on a per GB basis, but here's the thing - what if I ran...
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Home server ESXi + FreeNAS
Hi all, I am new here so first of all thanks a lot for the site and foruns which are a helpful resource. I am planning on building an ESXi based server for home use and hoping to get some tips. The...
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$375 or Best Offer Sandisk CloudSpeed Eco 960GB
Found a great deal on eBay 0.4$ per GB for SanDisk CloudSpeed Eco Only one left SanDisk Smart 960GB SSD Cloudspeed Eco 1TB 2 5" SATA Internal Solid State Drive 0619659119607 | eBay
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$175 480GB Toshiba THNSNJ480PCS3/ HK3R Enterprise SATA SSD
Link. 10 are available for $175 each. The auction ends in 19 hours. Spec Sheet Tweaktown Review They are read focused drives with performance similar to the Intel S3500. The specs show slow write...
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Forum traffic query
Been browsing the forums for a while (more lurking than posting), and the posts per day appear to have increased over the last few months. @Patrick - you wouldn't happen to have any rough stats about...
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Intel Pro 1000 PT Quad Port NIC on Intel DQ77MK Motherboard
Hi All I am having a bit of a funny issue and wonder if anybody else has come across this. I have 4 x Intel Pro 1000 PT Quard port PCIe network cards. All four have worked perfectly in the past in...
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Which Raid 6 Card?
Hi Guys I have been running an old perc5i with an 8 disk raid 5 array (of 500gb hitachi drives) for the last 6 years performance as a workstation / small business file server has been adequate (atto...
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Interesting PfSense platform
Browsing through my news feed today and saw this - the board in there looks pretty interesting Seems like a fairly ideal system for using with pfsense in home / small office scenarios - providing it is...
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Home lab
Build’s Name: Cthulhu's Lab Operating System/ Storage Platform: ESXi CPU: 2 x SIX-CORE XEON E5649 2.53GHz 12MB L3 cache 5.86 GT/s FSB 32nm 80W Processors Motherboard: 8-DTH-iF Chassis: SC847E16 (36x...
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FS - 16GB DDR3 PC-8500R RAM sticks
I sold quite a bit of this on these forums the last time, so I thought I'd go another round. I just got another 640GB of this RAM and I'm letting it go at $100/Stick shipped. I'll further discount...
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FS: Supermicro X9DRL+iF and Two Heatsinks/Fans
Payment and Shipping Info: I accept only non-CC PayPal payments and will only ship to the lower 48 (I am shipping these items from Massachusetts). HeatWare: XxDaRkReAp3rxX 45 - 0 - 0 eBay:...
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Filesystem/RAID scheme for home NAS
Hi all, I have a 10x3TB ESXi NAS setup currently running Debian MDADM RAID6 with XFS as the filesystem. Due to a recent near miss with some hardware faults during a routine defrag, I had the luck of...
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Ebay: 960GB Samsung SV843 $300-$400
Seller: edelc currently has 960GB Samsung SV843s starting at $299+$8 shipping. Link to one of the drives. They are all posted separately. There isn't a lot of info on these drives, but Samsung is...
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Best Backup Software/methods?
Looking for a software to backup my computer and would like ideas. Would like to know which programs are good, and basic differences. I have searching many backup software's, but am looking to see what...
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FS: SuperMicro X9SCi-LN4F, 1U SuperMicro chassis, 2x4GB DDR3-1600 ECC, 4x SFP...
Hey guys, people over at reddit.com/r/homelab said I should crosspost this bundle here. Timestamps and imgur gallery. Chassis link Motherboard link... FS: SuperMicro X9SCi-LN4F, 1U SuperMicro chassis,...
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ARM benchmarks
Hello. I'm new to the forums here, and I like the Linux-Bench, especially as it's becoming a standard across more and more review sites. I was running the bench on an ARM SBC (Banana Pi) and noticed...
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Here's a $1.3k switch for you: 18x 40Gig QSFP and 40x 10gig SFP+
Tell me you are not at least a little bit intrigued by this thing: GS4008 Gnodal GS4008 40 Port SFP 10GB and 18 Port QSFP 40GB L2 Switch | eBay $1300 or best offer... Here's a $1.3k switch for you: 18x...
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SuperMicro 113-6 1026T-URF
would these servers really be useful for much of anything? The way they are configured currently they only have 6gb of ram but I could potentially pick up 4 of them for about $300 total. Just trying to...
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HP N54L with a P212 raid controller
Hi all, new to the forum and first post. I bought an N54L a while back and finally got round to sorting it. after a hard boot of the server the raid failed and which I discovered is the worlds worst...
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