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Solaris 11.1 and Mellanox ConnectX 2
I am running into driver issues with Solaris 11.1 and Mellanox ConnectX 2 MHQH19B-XTR. The base system is a Dell PowerEdge T110. The problem is for a clean loaded system. Whenever I try to add the...
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Thoughts on Seagate 600 Pro SSDs? (compared to S3700 for ZIL)
Has anyone had any experience with the new Seagate 600 Pro line of SSDs? I know the go-to recommendation for ZFS ZIL drives, (assuming budget doesn't stretch to a ZeusRAM) is the Intel S3700 series...
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Napp-it and ProFTPD problems [OmniOS]
Hi, I have some problems using the proftpd addon. Does this look correct (near the end of add-on install, everything up to this point looks normal). Code: make && make install; please wait some...
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Choosing a new Motherboard
Hi, I'm searching for a new motherboard for my server and cpu. I thinking of buying a Xeon E3-1275. I have seen this motherboard ARK | Intel® Server Board S1200V3RPL. What do you guys think of this...
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ASRock E3C224D4M-16RE pricing?
Does anyone know what kind of price we can expect when ASRock E3C224D4M-16RE is released?
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L2ARC drive selection
Hi all, What are your thoughts on priorities when selecting L2ARC drives? I'm unclear whether multiple L2ARC devices will effectively stripe for faster performance, or will just act as a plain span....
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Mixing supported types of ECC RAM
I have a new motherboard and am needing to buy more RAM for it. I currently have 4 sticks of ECC RAM M393B1K70DH0-YH9 and am thinking of buying 2 more of M393B1K70CH0-YH9 which is also ECC. Both are...
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4036 Subnet Manager
I am running into a wall when try to configure IPoIB Partition and adding Ports. Mainly is I am not sure where to start and the SM on 4036 does not seems have CLI to configure IPoIB Partition and...
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CES 2014 - Let me know if you want to see something
Hey all, Wanted to make the offer that if you hear of something in particular at CES 2014 I will be there covering for STH. Give me a heads up if there is something you want to see.
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Kingston RAM ECC UDIMM +14% overnight
I had this RAM in my cart at newegg but it went up 14% overnight and I need 4 units for 32GB. Anything happen to drive up RAM prices again? Any tips on sourcing? kvr16le11/8ef, was $92 now $105 each up...
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Weird Infiniband Issue
I have 4 PCs, all with connectx cards connected to a voltair 9024 switch. It was running fine up until 2 days ago, and now for some reason the switch will die. It will show connections on the back...
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Dell C6100 FCB issues. Fans not changing speed.
Hi, I have a C6100 unit that had a faulty FCB. The board has been changed (supplier sent a new one) but now, after the initial burst of speed at boot, the fans refuse to increase speed beyond 1600rpm...
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HP DL180G6 runs Synology (xpenology) ! With LSI SAS!
I just installed Synology DSM 4.3 onto an HP DL180 G6 with an LSI SAS card, giving me the equivalent of a $3,000 Synology DS3612xs NAS for around $400... though much louder than any store-bought...
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Citrix XenServer VS Proxmox
Before i was thinking i will deploy Proxmox on my colo setup but after seeing the move by Citrix to make the XenServer fully opensource..i am thinking if everyone else is thinking same...why will i...
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If you are seeing this...
Colocation trip went well and I did not mess things up. Actually managed to add four more SSDs to the systems.
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2.5 SSD mounts without using a HS Bay
Hi all. Looking for some advice. I have a couple 2 U SuperMicro Chassis that is in the process of being retrofitted with new drives. I'd like to install (4) SSD drives 2 OS-Mirror (OmniOS) and 1 for...
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zfs commands to underprovision cache SSDs
Hi guys, more novice zfs questions I'm afraid :-P I took the plunge and ordered up the parts for my server build. I'm just trying to work out any last unknowns before I set it all up once the kit...
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Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces Benchmarks
I'd like to share a few benchmarks that I ran to test Windows 2012 R1 Storage Spaces performance. The Server: HP DL180 G6 - the 3G expander backplane version with 12 drives Single Intel Xeon L5520 CPU...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 + Hyper-V and 3 x 1Gb NICS in a team with poor network...
Hi all I am building my server over in the DIY server build area. I have started using Windows Server 2012 R2 as the main OS, and rightly or wrongly also installed Hyper-V on it. Basically I am using 3...
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Dual port 10GbE PCIe cards for $88 OBO, free ship
These are Mellanox MNPH29C-XTR ConnectX-2 EN Dual Port 10Gigabit Network PCIe Cards for $88 with free shipping. Standard profile bracket. SFP+ connectors. Mellanox MNPH29C XTR Connectx 2 En Dual Port...
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