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I need an infiniband cable and I'm lost
I just ordered two ConnectX-2 cards MHQH19B-XTR with the intention of doing a point-to-point connection from my NAS (Ubuntu/ZFS) to my Windows desktop. However, I have no idea what kind of cable I...
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HighPoint Rocket EJ340 - Crazy SATA III 16 port multiplier
Here is a super interesting port multiplier I found tonight: Amazon.com: HighPoint 6Gbps 16-Channel SATA Port-Multiplier Expander Module Hard Drive Rocket EJ340: Computers & Accessories SATA III...
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TBS6618 DVB-C TV Tuner (CAM/Smartcard) $70(or BTC)
Hi, I bought this by accident when I was shopping for a tuner card. I realized my mistake after it shipped. I figured that STH was a good place because many folks have media servers in some form or...
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HP N36L microserver - PCIe sata card?
Hi there, I have my trusted N36L with 6 hard drives in raid (ZFS) and silly me had open Indiana running from the USB port... well it worked fine for the last few years! I have a SSD to put in, but...
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Infiniband 3-node Ring with CentOS 6.5
All, I'm just getting into infiniband for use with gluster and I have to say, I'm impressed with the performance/price. I would like to know if someone (forum user dba maybe) can give me a high level...
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Intel SR1680MV Dual Node Barebones System $120 (+ship)
Intel SR1680MV 1U Rack Chassis Server System Warranty No CPUs No HDDs No RAM | eBay With the prices of C6100's skyrocketing I've picked up 4 of these. First order the seller accepted $140 ea, this time...
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Avoton for Server 2012?
Guys trying to spec a couple of servers for us, and I'm looking at the the new Atoms. But I can't seem to tell if they would be enough power for what we do. Server 1: 4 users which might go to 10 (file...
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Recommendations for JBOD enclosure build
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but here goes. I ran across these forums from reading some of the excellent posts on building your own enclosure. Only problem being that the posts...
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Eaton 5px ups
Is anyone using an eaton 5px ups? Can you tell me what the power draw is like under no load with full batteries? I currently have an apc 2200 which has broke and I'm looking to replace it with...
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Question: How to shutdown multiple ESXI Hosts with 1 UPS???
Question for anyone out there with a home lab setup. How do you handle shutting down multiple ESXI hosts with 1 UPS? If I only had 1 host it would be easy just use USB but like most of you I have more...
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Virtualizing NAS + UTM
Hello, Currently I am using WHS 2011 on an AMD E350 ( 2 x 1.6ghz ) for my storage needs. I recently bought an ASRock E3C226D2I with the Pentium G3220 to do a UTM solution using pfSense. Through a...
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DL180 G6 internal usb
Hi, I have found that HP DL180 G6 board have connector for internal usb - http://h20628.www2.hp.com/km-ext/kmc...01727924-8.pdf (Item 16 at figure 124, page 133). I wanted to use it for USB key with...
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Dell PEG6I 6 port gigabit NIC $136 OBO
For anyone looking for one of these: Dell Silicom PEG6I YK537 1GBP s 6 HEXA Port PCI E Copper Ethernet Network Card | eBay I bought one last year after reading Patrick's review and it has been working...
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Rangeley and Avoton - Where is the rest of the coverage?
I am a regular at STH and all, but yikes. Where is the rest of the coverage from other sites? Seems like this is the only place with reviews, and the reviews have been out for months now. Nobody else...
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How about some Bay Trail?
Saw this over at SilentPCReview. Doesn't appear on any US listings from Supermicro yet, but sure looks interesting for an extremely low power HTPC/XBMC/Myth Front End. Could even do for a decent...
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Detached Menu bar
Just wanted to check if anybody else is getting this issue or if it's just me. When browsing the main site everything is fine, however, once I get to browsing the forums the menu bar detaches and...
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Supermicro SC732 fits E-ATX SSI EEB Motherboards
I did not believe it at first, but was building a dual socket Xeon workstation using a Supermicro SC732 and it actually fits SSI EEB and EATX motherboards. Not by much mind you but it fits. I also had...
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LACP Configuration in OpenIndiana 151A8
I have an All in One setup running the latest OpenIndiana and wanted to set up LACP (my first time). I tried the better part of 8 hours to no avail. I followed this guide: Home Fileserver: Trunking...
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LSI LSI00350 (8100-4i) $702.97
+ $800 off w/ promo code CW1408, ends 12/8 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816118199
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Does HP P420 accept non HP hard drives?
Hi, anyone with a Gen8 Proliant and P420? It seems it does not accept non HP hard drive. But the Seagate Constellation may work. Any advice is welcome, thanks Oliver
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