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Hardware pron thread
Show us your favorite pic of hardware. I will start us off Gently. View attachment 311
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Linux-Bench - Easier way to test the development script
For those feeling somewhat adventurous I know that typing the raw.githubusercontent... information is a pain if you are trying to test the latest and greatest Linux-Bench development script. The main...
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Dell PowerEdge C6220 12 Bay CTO/BareBones - $750.00each (Group/Bulk Order!)
All, I have a vendor I work with regularly that purchases used equipment. They have recently acquired a quantity of PowerEdge C6220 CTO/Barebones from a customer that purchased them and never used them...
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Quanta LB4M 48-Port Gigabit Switch Discussion
I started this separate thread (per request) for future reference and discussion of the Quanta LB4M 48p gbE + 2x 10gbE sfp+ switch and this old ebay thread is the source. I picked up three Quanta LB4M...
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VMware vSphere client fonts - any solutions?
Didn't find solution, but here it goes.. I use Windows 8 and font sizes set to 150%, this is how I work. Well, when I start vSphere client - it looks bad. Text overlaps, not fits and so on. I tried...
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Intel Xeon D-1500 Series Discussion
Intel released the Intel Xeon D-1500 series (codename Broadwell-DE) today. Frankly, this is a huge release in the microserver segment. Vendor Coverage Supermciro X10SDV-TLN4F and X10SDV-F ASRock Xeon...
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This week resolution: get an icon
After years, I finally took the plunge. I'm using something safe for work as I know the old guidance was hardware or a picture of yourself. I hope I'm in compliance. I didn't want to see as many blue...
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ESX Infiniband Config
Running an IB switch with a subnet manager (SS 9024-D). I have partitions set-up, but cannot figure out how to map the IB port on the adapter on the ESX host to different partitions. -> smSetPKey 1...
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DDR4 16GB RDIMMs $175/ Ea (Samsung)
Looks like DDR4 reg prices went up. 12 avail still Samsung 16GB PC4 2133P PC4 17000R DDR4 Reg ECC DIMM M393A2G40DB0 CPB | eBay which is decent. $15-20 savings over newegg.
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12U Rack
Operating System/ Storage Platform: ESXi / ZFSonLinux CPU: Xeon E3s (1x V1, 1x V2, 2x V3) Motherboard: Supermicro X9/X10 seies Chassis: Supermicro SC846 / SC822T / 3U "special" Drives: 48x Seagate 2TB...
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Need help setting up RAID1 with 2x Samsung 850 LSI 9260-8i
Please see attached.. This is how my RAID1 setup Problem is - specs is really bad. I run HDTune Pro read test and it shows ~130Mbs I have another drive (bootable drive - older Samsung 830 with Win7)...
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Cheap pfSense setup
Is this still the cheapset/most affordable but solid choice for a pfSense platform? ALIX.6F2 I've used these in the past and had good results for a low cost pfSense box but want to get feedback from...
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Mellanox Connectx-2 VPI Dual Port Adapter - $49.99 OBO
Mellanox Connectx 2 VPI Dual Port 40GB Adapter Card HCA 30024 700EX2 Q | eBay Seems like a good deal for those of us wishing to experiment with IB. I recently purchased a SilverStorm switch to put in...
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New Dlink 10G Switches
I've been watching and waiting for these to hit review sites and pricing. • DXS-1210-12TC: • 8-port 10GBASE-T • 2-port SFP+ • 2-port 10GBASE-T/SFP+ combo • DXS-1210-12SC: • 10-port 10G SFP+ • 2-port...
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Problem with GRUB after resizing rpool
Hi guys, I messed up a bit and would like some help. I followed this guide to resize the rpool on my OmniOS all-in-one Napp-it ESXi VM. Basicly I added a larger drive in the OmniOS ESXi VM, resilvered...
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Yet another NAS case design thread
@chinesestunna and myself have been iterating on a design for a NAS box that leverages the relatively inexpensive Supermicro 16 port SAS-836TQ backplane. Not having any drive sleds immediately led to...
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Sun QDR infiniband switch 36 port $400
Sun Data Center Infiniband Switch X2821A Z 602 4758 | eBay
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Mythbuntu - C2550/C2750/C2558/C2758 Atom Performance
Anyone have any real world experience with using the C Series processors specifically with Ubuntu for MythTV? I haven't dedicated to one of the processor types yet, but saving money is always the goal....
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User authentication with active directory
Migrated from OpenIndia to the Napp-it appliance. Brought over my lic key, and got owncloud up and rocking. Now, fighting with ACL and user authentication. Just recently connected napp-it to my windows...
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Is there any use to the video card in my VM's?
I'm re-purposing my beast desktop with i7-2700k and 32G RAM. It's got ASUS mb with video on-board. I had video card installed as well when I was working on a box. Now, I'm going to run hypervisor (ESXi...
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