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FS: Sans Digital EliteRAID ER104UT+B 4-bay Rack Mount USB 3.0 eSATA Enclosure...
I'm selling this on the behalf of my workplace. It came as part of a setup with a server that we have virtualized, and no longer have a use for. All hard drives are model Seagate ST1000DM003 and have a...
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Shipping unusual package shapes
How do you package unusual shapes for shipping? Specifically, I've got a couple rack mounting rails I'm looking to ship, and no boxes to put them in. Is there a place that most towns have which sells...
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6 port GigE cards
I was picking up a card for work and didn't realize how low these have gotten. Silicom PEXG6I is $80 OBO New Silicom Pei Series PEXG6I Server 6 Port Gigabit Adapter Copper PCIe | eBay This Hotlava one...
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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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How much has this site "saved" you in 2015?
I don't think I actually save money. It's like when my ex used to tell me she saved $$$$ at Costco. I compared my pre-here what I would've spent on SSD and rackmount servers (7k) to what I did spend...
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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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Mediatomb AddOn for napp-it ZFS Server Appliance
Mediatomb is an open source (GPL) UPnP mediaserver, which allows you to stream your digital media through your network and listen to/watch it on a variety of UpnP compatible devices. Napp-it is a...
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Anyone going to RSA?
Going to be in the Bay area from April 20-24 for the RSA Security Conference. Wanted to see if anyone else was going?
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Project: DIY 6-Bay DAS with built-in SAS Expander
I came across an interesting 6-bay 3.5" drive cage meant for an HP server which has a fairly unique feature - a built-in SAS expander. It has 2 SAS ports, one labeled "IN" which connects to the RAID...
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Fusion-IO Win7
2 of my Fusion-IO drives came, I got the drivers from Sandisk/Fusion site for Windows, installed them, and in my device manager it says "Storeage ControllerS" and then "Fusion ioMemory VSL Device". I...
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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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STEC Mach16 50Gb SLC, ZIL Hidden Jem?
So i picked up a pair of 50Gb STEC Mach16 SLC drives (model m16isd2-50ucu) for $60/each on ebay for use as a ZIL to get me by until I had some more cash for a pair of Intel S3700's. I figured they...
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Looking for 10G switch
I'm looking for suggestions on a good used decent priced enterprise grade 10Gb switch. Preferably with 8 SFP ports, maybe more. I already have an S50N for regular network traffic, but find myself...
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NAS4Free Slow SMB/CIFS
I recently set up a NAS4free 9.2 system (used this release for ConnectX-2 support) with 6 7200RPM drives in RAIDZ2, 8GB RAM and an i3-4160. I'm seeing very low SMB speeds and I can't figure out why....
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WTB: 2P E5-26xx v1/v2 Motherboard
Looking for a SuperMicro motherboard (and/or Motherboard+Workstation) that supports 2 Intel E5-26xx v1/v2 CPUs, room for 16 RAM, 10GigE is ideal but not required, I don't need SAS but would be fine....
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Guest tools and Linux
I'm having issue with one of the Linux guests. This is CentOS 7 with minimal install. No GUI. Latest update. According to Microsoft. RHEL/CentOS 7 supported. It runs as Gen1 VM. Also it runs fine, I'm...
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FS: Dell DCS C1100
I have a Dell DCS C1100 I removed from colo in working order. It has dual L5630 CPUs, (18 x 4gb) 72GB Registered DDR3 (PC3-8500R), 4 3.5" drive caddies, and a rail kit. I would like $585 + shipping OBO...
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2015 ebay Bucks #2 out today!
Keeping with tradition (here was the Jan 2015 thread) $354.89 this quarter. How did everyone else do?
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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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Portable NAS storage for backups
Is anything like this exists? I have server which I need to backup. One of the backups would be just on another drive. So, ideally, I'd like to take that drive with me home daily. I see it like this....
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