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Best tweaks for reducing ESXi idle power consumption?
The mother board I'm using (the SuperMicro MBD-X10SL7-F-O) to run ESXi has a BIOS setting that relates to conserving power. Presently it's set to favor performance over saving power (which is the...
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$30.29 OBO - HP 10GB Mellanox ConnectX-2 10GBe SFP+
New 671798 001 HP 10GB Mellanox Connectx 2 PCIe 10GbE Ethernet NIC | eBay I have two of these. Work really well in my Linux boxen. I've used HP DAC's, Cisco DAC's, and Fiberstore SFP's (flashed for...
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Mixing 1/10g on network
Hi = this is my first post here. I've lurked for years. I've read through all these 10G threads. I've got a pfsense router I made out of an old atom. It has 1g connection to my 1g switch. If I had a...
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FS: IBM High IOPS 365gb MLC Flash, AsRock Server board
For sale are IBM High IOPS 365gb MLC Flash, AsRock Server board 1. IBM High IOPS 365gb MLC Flash IBM Redbooks | IBM High IOPS MLC Adapters Bought it for storage but cannot use it. Asking $650 + $15...
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Avoid platforms with USB 3.0 but which lack USB 2.0?
Noticed the MBD-X9SBAA-F-O seems like a nice low power platform (one of the very few with ECC memory), but it seems hamstrung by its use of only USB 3.0 without any USB 2.0. e.g. see comments in...
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Dell H200 (IBM M1015, LSI9211-8i clone) $60
Hi folks, While searching for a SAS HBA (IT Mode) and digging through all the LSI SAS2008 cards, I came across this: Dell PERC H200 Adapter 8 Port 6GB s SAS SATA Controller Card 47MCV 00RR9J 0U039M |...
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Intel Atom E3815 Performance
As part of my "buy random stuff on ebay to benchmark for STH" campaign I recently cam across the Intel Atom E3815. It seems to be a single core Slivermont at 1.46GHz and a single DDR3 memory channel....
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Planned Mini-ITX build... Need advice
Build’s Name: Multipurpose MS Home Server Operating System/ Storage Platform: Windows Server 2012 R2 (with essentials role) CPU:... Planned Mini-ITX build... Need advice
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Log management
One of the things that I haven't seen posted much for discussion is log management. We all run lots of systems and should be watching them somewhat. Does anyone play with any of the log management...
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Infiniband: So It Begins..
I have this "simple" setup which is making me crazy because it does not work (anymore) Node 1 "STORAGE" OS: Ubuntu 14.04 (server) IB: Mellanox ConnectX 2 Software installed: Mellanox OFED 2.3-2.0.0...
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Sometimes when you couldget
Sometimes when you couldget a high depending on the media what the ingredients are a taxi driver midi a little bit Lee here we have our porch they still kind of lowing Ameren aided and goon do here's a...
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Intel RES3TV360
Ok, I'll bite. Why are these cards (Intel SAS3 Expanders) sold in 5-packs for $300? This equals about $60/card... PROVANTAGE: Intel RES3TV360 Intel cc RES3TV360 36 Port 12GB S SAS SATA RAID Expander LP...
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10Gbe Switch Suggestions
Hi All After the documented issues on here that I had with my Quad Port 1Gbe cards I have thought "Why don't I just bite the bullet and go 10Gbe" With this is mind I have been chatting with @nry...
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OmniOS, Nexenta, OpenIndiana, ETC... on AMD Hardware installer boot loop
So I apparently have a unique problem when I attempt to install any of the above OSes on my server. My google-fu has failed me and I seem to be stuck. All of the OSes exhibit the same problem. The...
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I need help: PXE dos boot for BIOS update from windows platform
Hello, So, to explain the reason: I flashed a BIOS on a DCS6005 server, unfortunately, I flashed the wrong BIOS. It boots and posts, but it will ONLY boot from PXE (no other source works). So I'm...
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Intel Xeon E5-2450L $179
Intel Xeon E5 2450L 1 8GHz 8 Core Processor SR0LH | eBay If I had the money...
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HP/PMC SA in whitebox
I wanted to start a thread as a compilation of Servers/motherboards and cards tested HP SA cards are very fast and stable but often have issues dealing with non-HP boards. While this will change in the...
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FS: Server components (Proc/Ram/Network Adapters/SAS controllers)
Sorry folks, I'm swamped. Pulling this ad until I have time to dedicate to selling/shipping this stuff.
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cheapest motherboard + CPU with ECC for running freenas for doing backups?
I hope to build an all-in-one (https://forums.servethehome.com/ind...one-nas-is-easiest-to-install-learn-use.4681/) for the main file server, and I'd like a separate system to back it up. Hopefully the...
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Samsung xp941 as ZIL...am I crazy or onto something?
OK, so I had this crazy thought early this morning dating back to my investigations of ZIL devices when I first ventured into ZFS whitebox SAN building. Initially high end devices like the STEC ZeusRAM...
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