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Major problem with IBM M1015- Configuration Not Importable
had X4 HGST 4TB drives running at RAID 10 on an Intel DZ77RE-75K. i got this every time windows (7 ultimate X64) started: after a while drives started to break from the array and needed to be rebuilt...
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Recommedations for setting up a home VMware lab
Im a long time Solaris/Linux/Unix administrator and I'd like to setup a inexpensive ESXi training lab in my home. I'd like to play around with VMotion so I would need two close to identical servers....
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4TB Hitachi Coolspin $139 in store @ frys
On sale this week. 4TB Hitachi Coolspin (5900 RPM) drives $139 in store only. Limit 2. FRYS.com*|*Hgst A Western Digital Company
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Help - Samsung 840 Pro and LSI 9260 4i or 8i
Any one using Samsung 840 Pro with LSI 9260-4i or LSI 9260-8i without any problem. I would like to know before making a final decision. IBM M5014 = LSI 9260 they are similar price brand new in the box...
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Hyper-V and SR-IOV
I've finally got ASUS to give me a BIOS for the KGPE-D16 motherboard that enables SR-IOV to work with my I350 Quad NIC, and from what I can see it appears to be working, VF's are appearing inside of...
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LSI 9266-4i and 9270-8i w/ FP and CC Pro 2.0 - NY Seller
Saw this not from China versions. For those wondering, a lot of these have keys that are not valid but here's two from a new york seller: LSI MegaRAID 9266 4i with Cachecade Pro 2 0 Fastpath | eBay...
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Issue with setting Windows permissions on ZFS smb share
If I try to change the acl of a zfs share within windows even as a windows admin. I get the error on the security tab of "The requested security information is either unavailable or can't be displayed"...
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Chenbro RM31616M2 PSU
Greetings, I just purchased a Chenbro chassis. It comes with the 820w zippy redundant PSU that is quite noisy. I really do not need a redundant PSU and noise is very important. I am trying to power a...
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Need help 1U/2U Backup Server
I need help building an 2U or prefer 1U server for offsite backup. My co-location will accept 1u or 2u servers in their racks. I will be backing up about 200-500GB of data. Mostly windows files, the...
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Can't mirror boot (USB) disk
I'm running Solaris 11.1 with napp-it from an ultrafast USB flash drive (Sandisk Extreme 32GB), and I'm trying to use napp-it's 'mirror bootdisk' menu feature to create a mirror of my boot disk onto...
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PCI-E lanes and versions question
So, I know the different versions of PCI-E (1.0, 1.0a, 2.0, 3.0) are all interoperable (in theory anyway), and that a lot of server/workstation motherboards have physical x8 slots, but only x4 lanes...
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What percentage of your home systems use extra onboard mobo features?
Reading this article by Patrick today: http://www.servethehome.com/Workstat...7-motherboard/ and the one from last week: http://www.servethehome.com/Workstat...view-q87-vpro/ It made me think of...
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Wtb: M1015
As per title, I'm after an M1015. Would require tracked postage to Australia. Cheers
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WD30EFRX vs DT01ACA300 or other
Hey guys, I currently have: Code: CPU: Intel G620 Memory: 8GB ddr3 Motherboard: Z68X-UD3H-B3 Case: I-cute HDD Mounts: 3x 5-in-3 5.25" to 3.5" converters Custom fitted Fans on HDD mounts Custom fitted...
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Welcome to the new Commercial NAS Systems forums
We have many users purchasing commercial NAS systems, from Synology NAS units to HP Lefthand storage systems. This forum was created in response to a recent suggestion. Let's fill the new board up!
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The NAS Uptime Thread
I will start off. The Synology DS1812+ from the review. 142 Days uptime with the reboot occurring due to a DSM 4.2 update.
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NAS: Backup to the cloud
I can't resist being the now third thread in this new forum. Figure I'd help out getting it started. Currently we have a small HP N40L running Windows Home Server 2011. We have all non-media files...
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NAS Warranty Transfer Policies
I was planning to buy a used NAS, so I looked in to the ability to transfer warranties. It's not good news. The following vendors ALLOW or EXCLUDE warranty transfers: Buffalo: EXCLUDE. Quoting: This...
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NAS Vendors - who sells the most units
Here are the 2011 Gartner rankings of NAS vendors by number of units sold: 1/ Netgear 108,876 2/ Qnap 97,554 3/ Synology 94,538 4/ Buffalo 90,955 5/ EMC 81,032 6/ NetApp 58,687 7/ HP 12,402 This is...
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Synology "roll your own".
I know the forum topic is "commercial" NAS systems, but I've got a question about a commercial/custom hybrid. Synology publishes all their software on Sourceforge and licenses under GPL. There is some...
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