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Converting 3.5 to 2.5 C6100 Bay
I'm looking into customizing my current C6100 which has 3.5 HDD bay, into 2.5. So far I've found the sata backplane, along the caddies, but I can't find where I can buy the hard drive bay (cage). Does...
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Want to build SAS Raid workstation with 650 MB/s transfer speed
SAS newbie so be kind please. This is for a workstation based raid of between 4 to 8 drives for video editing. I'd like to have about 650 MB/s read with simultaneous write of around 200 MB/s (or...
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Backup Appliance Build - Ubuntu
I've followed these forums for around a year, and the level of knowledge is fantastic. I'm always amazed at just how much attention to detail you guys pay. I'm looking for some suggestions /...
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Doing switched Infiniband on the cheap?
Hey Y'all, I've recently found this site and it's great to see a bunch of gear junkies doing crazy things with cool kit in their homes! I've recently become enamored with Infiniband and am looking to...
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H700 or H200 for ZFS
I've been doing research on these 2 cards. Of the many available c2100 servers, I can select the H200 or the H700 card. I will be using ZFS, and I understand ideally, I would flash the card to IT mode....
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how to remove mediatomb snapshots?
I tried installing mediatomb using the instructions. It didn't work, but I don't care too much because I don't think I will need it. OmniOS kept trying to start the service but couldn't. After a few...
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Rackable Systems - Problem in the details?
I've been looking at some Rackable Systems stuff lately, specifically SE3016 JBOD enclosures on e-bay for cheap. I've also looked at a server or two. The problem, and reason I did not even post the...
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DELL H200 Flash to IT firmware - Procedure for DELL servers
Prerequisites: -1) a) move your H200 card from storage slot to another PCI-E slot; b) get longer cables from DELL to connect the backplane to the H200; c) verify the system is still working well. The...
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OEM only cpu in non-oem motherboard
Hi all, I have just acquired my first "real" server, an old 2U Quad socket supermicro with 4x Xeon E7320 and 48GB of RAM installed. I plan to use Xen (personnal preference, might try ESXi too if...
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HP DL180 G6 2U LGA1366 storage server
Starting a thread on the HP DL180 G6 server. For those wondering - it is a 2U server that takes up to two LGA1366 Intel Xeon 5500 or 5600 series CPUs. dba found these servers and a deal where I...
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Dell 3-Node AMD DCS6005
Stumbled across these today: Dell C6005 Cloud Server 6X 1 8GHz AMD 6 Core 48GB RAM 12x 750GB C6100 Series | eBay Anyone familiar with it? Looks like they can be had relatively affordably.
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Firewall OS for routing, DNS and OpenVPN
I am currently building a low power consumption box that I would like to dedicate to something like PFSense. I'm looking for general routing capabilities, simple DNS server, and OpenVPN host. I know...
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ATX-sized IPMI motherboard
I have a workbench that I use to do drive recovery, data migrations, component testing, etc... was looking for a new affordable motherboard suggestions. It's mounted in one of the open chassis systems,...
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Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite Initial Home Setup Configuraiton
Patrick submitted a new resource: Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite Initial Home Setup Configuraiton - Get up and running for a home router Today I setup a EdgeRouter Lite. It came with firmware revision 1.2...
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C2100 mini sas cable to PCIe
I know several folks on this forum have direct info on the c2100. I'll be flashing the H200 into IT mode. I understand the system will not boot once this is completed with the raid card in the storage...
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Group deal - Great Pricing for C6100 & C6220
I had this posted elsewhere, and was told to post it here! So, I have a vendor with brand new C6100 Barebones (Yes, Brand New in the original box.) for $575.00 each. But I need to purchase in...
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Lot 12 Dell PowerEdge C6100 Server 3.5" SATA SAS Hard Drive Caddy Tray $28
a great dell for c6100 drive caddy tray. 12 x for $28 with free shipping. Lot 12 Dell PowerEdge C6100 Server 3 5" SATA SAS Hard Drive Caddy Tray | eBay
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Heartbleed and issued but unused SSL keys
As some folks may have seen I did want to add SSL to the forums in the near future. For that, I ended up purchasing and generating the SSL keys but never put them to use. My question is simply this: is...
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Patrick's "Going to get married" FS Thread (updated often)
Since I am about to get married I have noticed two forces at work: Fiancee probably would like less server equipment around (strange since she is the programmer) Weddings are expensive So time to start...
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