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LSI MegaRaid 2108 bad SSD Raid0 Performance
Hi folks, A bit curious about this one here, I have a LSI 2308 (SM branded but crossflashed) MR controller running 2 OCZ Arc100 240GB drives. They're not the fastest SSDs but this is just for Windows...
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NVME Motherboard Choices?
Looking for a SuperMicro or other brand motherboard (3yr+warranty) to buy new that supports NVME on the motherboard, and possibly SAS2/3 on motherboard too. I would also like 3-5 PCIE3.0 slots for...
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Vsphere 6.0 GA
Download Packages Download the hypervisor (vSphere ESXi Installable) The hypervisor should be directly installed on any supported physical server targeted for hosting virtual machines. Start Download...
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TapaTalk trending list
I love the app for use on mobile devices and it's pretty feature packed overall, but the "home" screen for forums which defaults to the "Trending Topics" tab seems to be really wrong. It always shows...
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Samsung 845DC Pro 800GB
$700 + free ship. There's best offer too: Samsung 845DC Pro MZ 7WD800EW 800 GB Internal Solid State Drive | eBay More expensive but 3d nand and MLC not TLC. It's about $200 off not including the best...
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Another Cheap 10Gb Switch Option (Netgear 4 x SFP+ and more)!
After being completely disappointed with the Quanta LB4G switch that @h0tw1r3 and I purchased from the same eBay seller, I scoured eBay for other options and came across the Netgear GSM7300s series of...
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FS: Dell C1100, Custom 2U SuperMicro Server
Hello all, I have 2 servers that I'm no longer using in my lab so I'm selling them off. Let me know through PM if you are interested. Dell C1100: $400 + shipping cost Processor: 2 x Xeon E5540 RAM:...
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Next NAS - Time to shed spinning disks?
At the gym this morning I had a perhaps crazy thought: What if my next NAS no longer included a spinning disk? On my lab NAS, STH uses about 1.5-2TB for raw photo storage, 0.5TB or so for images I keep...
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FS: Network and Server parts
Hello All, I purging some of my stuff in order to consolidate. I have: (All prices include shipping) Supermicro H8SGL / Opteron 6134 and a 2u Supermicro Heatsink. $225 $325 with 32gb of ram 8x4gb...
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Hyper-V Virtualized Domain Controllers & Time Sync
I ran into an issue when I introduced a second Hyper-V host to a non-domain environment, and to make things play nice I decided to create a Server 2012 VM and set up a domain. Everything went fine and...
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[Rant] So many eBay sellers dont know how to SELL
Just a quick rant from dealing with different eBay sellers almost every day for various reasons, parts, etc... Why is it so many eBay sellers take no time or effort to try and close the sale? Most of...
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What have I done!!! or What to do?
So, I was browsing another forum the other night and saw a link to an amazing deal for a Supermicro X10SRH-CF motherboard. After some quick research I decided to go ahead to buy it. Now I'm almost...
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4x Xeon E5-2640v2 & 4x Xeon E5-2660v2 for sale
Hi, I have these 8 CPU for sale. They come from an IT company who decommissioned the server department and the employees had the possibility to take whatever they wanted from the residual stock. They...
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What sort of "burn-in" testing is recommended for newly acquired hard drives?
i.e. Using what and for how long?
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Craigslist find: 10U enclosure, thoughts?
10U Fully Enclosed Server Rack with Active Cooling Eyeing this enclosure. Don't know much about it or enclosures like it for that matter. I was hoping it would be sound proofed or sound proof-able, and...
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Supermicro 4u 24 bay chassis with SAS2 expander
Hi, This was posted in the supermicro 3u thread but I wanted to make my own now that I have received the chassis and I can confirm that everything was as advertised. I reached out to the seller of this...
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Help! OmniOS Major Severity Error!
Hello, My fileserver has been working flawlessly until yesterday. I was streaming movies and everything kept skipping, this has never happen before. I logged in to the VM and got the following error...
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The truth about CPU power consumption
Power consumption can be an interesting topic when you're building a home server system that runs 24/7. To estimate the maximum power consumption of your CPU you can look at the Thermal Design Power or...
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Homeserver virtualization
Hi all, I'm currently running my homeserver with samba, nfs, nginx, ftp, ... all in one debian 7 system. Since I need to extend the storage soon (14TB with ~200GB free) I thought about moving every...
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Hitachi Harddisks Thread (5K3000, 7K3000, 7K2000)
Hitachi 2TB 7K2000 (HDS722020ALA330) Current firmware: 3MA Previous firmare: 3EA, 28A, 20N (newest to oldest) Description: This firmware applies to Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB 7K2000 harddisks, model...
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