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Migrating raid10 array from perc6/e to H810
Hi there, I have perc6/e with 3 MD1000 running 3x raid 10 array+ 3 hotspare now, been fine. I want to upgrade to H810 for larger cache, better performance and use cachecade. Anyway, I bought SFF8088 to...
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Recomend a RAID-controller for HP DL180 G5
Hi all @ sth-forums ;-) A few months ago i purchased a HP DL180 G5 rackserver w/ 12 bays. I've had a DIY server running for several years wih standard parts and a HP P800 controller which i bought...
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Couple of questions about Areca ARC-1224-8i
Will the Areca ARC-1224-8i interface with the Chenbro 36 port expander?? and does the card spindown both arrays and JBODS??
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SSD for Dell Cachecade ?
Hi, Does cachecade on DELL H810 raid controller require DELL certified SSD drives? Does it require at least 2 in raid 1 ? If possible can someone point me to a drive that will work? Cheers.
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Possible to fit a modern mobo in an old hot swappable rackmount case?
As the title asks, is it possible to fit a modern motherboard into an old 3u server case with hot swap bays? I ask because I may be able to get a SuperMicro 933 on the cheap which has x15 bays @...
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Question on OpenStack/CloudStack
I am just curious here Can OpenStack convert a compute node into multiple physical nodes that can each run different hardware virtualization softwares like VMware, KVM, Proxmox? What am saying is...is...
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Seeking M1015 alternative for ESXi / ZFS NAS Box
Hey all, I'm looking for an alternative to the M1015 card that I've been using for the past few years under Ubuntu + FlexRAID. I'm getting a bit sick of the unRAID/FlexRAID type solutions and decided...
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Anyone have odd Dell C6100 nodes rebooting randomly?
Was talking to someone with multiple Dell C6100 XS23-TY3's the other day and he was saying he has had issues with nodes randomly shutting down at 3AM. This is after upgrading firmware and such. As a...
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Utterly Absurd Quad Xeon E5 Supermicro Server with 48 SSD drives
Warning: While interesting, this build won't be very practical for most folks. The build will also be - and this pains me greatly - made up mostly of parts for which I paid full price. Oh the shame!...
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*UNLOCKED* DELL PERC H810 External RAID Controller Card 1GB Cache
*MODIFIED* DELL PERC H810 External RAID Controller Card Normally a H810 will not allow any Motherboard to boot unless it's a Dell Server. I modified the board by disconnecting pins 5 and 6 on the...
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Looking for some feedback on this type of report
Thinking of making these downloadable with reviews. Any thoughts/ comments are appreciated. FLIR Tools is super limited in what it lets you edit while building reports. Want to hide file names of...
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RDM with nappit or freenas
FreeNAS seems to have a horrible problem with RDMs. Is this not the case with OmniOS+nappit? Disks Not Configured in FreeNAS 9.1 Release | FreeNAS Community
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Toshiba 3TB Partitioned As All MBR?
Hi, I run Windows 7 Pro SP-1 64-Bit with a ASRock P67 PRO3 (B3) MoBo that has a UEFI BIOS. My C, D and E partitions are on a 120 GB NTFS SSD with a MBR. I installed Windows 7 on a pre-partitioned SSD,...
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Need help with DL180 G6 wont post
Hello, picked up a DL180 G6 has one L5520 sans memory and drives recently, am having issues getting it to post. added HP server ecc/r memory and a boot disk off the sata port, a monitor and usb...
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My Lian Li A06 C6100 Build
Quick 2 photos from my wip c6100 workstation build. I'll edit in more info when I'm done today, Enjoy. Edit, info etc: Quick fun little project for the holidays :D Had free chassis, mobo and cpu, so...
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WTB: c6220 1200watt PS
Hi, I just found out unfortunately that the 1400 watt PS that comes with the c6220 only does 200-240v. The 1200watt does 110-240. Does anyone have any to sell for a reasonable price? I am willing to...
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Sockets Direct Protocol (SDP) for infinband/centos 6.x
I have a 4 node dell c6100. Each node has the infiniband card installed. I have IPoIB working, but am trying to get better performance in my php code. I read about Sockets Direct Protocol, and found an...
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HP Workstation Z600
Hello, I would like to hear your opinions about Z400/Z600/Z800 workstations from HP. There are some interesting deals (~200 - barebone). Chipset is Intel 5500. Purpose is always the same -...
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Which chassis for the Supermicro A1SRi-2758F
Looking to make a network box and I want to use the A1SRi-2758F. Any ideas for a good chassis?
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Quad port gigabit NIC for virtualization
Hello, I know this has probably been asked a thousand times before but I need some guidance from the experts in selecting a reliable and low cost quad port ethernet adapter. Which brand to choose?...
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