FS: Highpoint Rocket 2720SGL SAS 6Gb/s HBA
Hi, I have another HBA to sell. It's a plain HBA, no raid support. Looking for 60$ plus shipping. I can ship it worldwide. Some specs: PCI-Express Bus2.0 x8 Port Count8 Connector TypeSFF-8087 Form...
View ArticleFS: New 1U SuperMicro 6017R-TDAF Barebone Server Chasis (Dual CPU)
Hi there, I have a brand new SuperMicro 6017R-TDAF Dual CPU bare bone server for sale. It is still sealed in box. Specs: http://www.supermicro.com/products/s...6017R-TDAF.cfm Looking for $700 OBO....
View ArticlePlextor M6e 256GB and Hyper-V speeds
First things first: EVGA SR-2 is terrible, the NF200 pcie bridge is nothing but problematic. And storage-pools leaves something to be desired parity or not, at least with these drives. plextor M6e's...
View ArticleRunning "sudo rm -rf /*" on OS X (10.9.2) Mavericks
So this morning I had some time so I spun up a VM and ran "sudo rm -rf /*" Here is the video:
View ArticleHome mini Data Center
Hello everybody. I'm a new user from Spain, and while I was looking for info for my Setup, I've found this excellent forum, with the incredible setups showed here. I'm currently ending my Computer...
View ArticleLSI sas2flash.efi P14 or older request for 2308 firmware
I'm trying to flash a HP H220 HBA (LSI 2308) with the LSI 9207-8i firmware. I might get this to work with and older sas2flash.efi. LSI removed them from their support site and google is of no help....
View ArticleWTB: 2x 10GBe NICs + 1M DAC SFP+ Cable (shipping to germany)
Hello, i'm looking for a set consisting of two 10GBe PCIe networking cards with SFP+ in combination with a working 1 - 3m direct attached copper SFP+ cable. The components shall faster connect my...
View ArticleC6100 node not starting
Hello! I've got a Dell C6100 xs23-sc and yesterday one node just stopped working. It didn't start, all the light were correct and in ipmi there was no problem and ipmi do even think that the server...
View ArticleHard Drive Recommendation
Hi All, I'm new to this so sorry if these seem like basic questions. I come from a software engineering/processor architecture background, so IT decisions are a high level thing for me. I decided to...
View ArticleSTHbench 2014 - Updated Linux Benchmark Suite
Patrick submitted a new resource: STHbench 2014 - Updated Linux Benchmark Suite - The updated Linux benchmark script: STHbench for 2014 - Beta Releasing the first "Beta" version today of the 2014...
View ArticleSupermicro A1SAM-2750F standby/hibernate not possible?
Hello again, is there a chance that someone can tell me if those boards are able to enter standby or hibernate mode? Stupid as I am I ordered one of those, because I fell in love with the idea to run...
View ArticleSamsung 840 Pro or 840 EVO (overprovisioned) for MySQL (ZFS)
Hello all, I'm currently running a MySQL database on OmniOS in a zone, MySQL data on four Seagate Barracuda 2tb disks (ZFS, raid10). Didn't really have an issue with that, but I believe that the hard...
View ArticleMay the Fourth (Star Wars Sale)
Got an e-mail that maybe STH'ers may like. Both trilogies for $31.99 each for Blu Ray and DVD versions. Amazon.com: Star Wars Trilogy Episodes I-III (Blu-ray + DVD): Hayden Christiansen, Ewan McGregor,...
View ArticleNeed setting up VLAN on Cisco SG300 Switch
I need some help in configuring VLAN on my layer 3 Cisco SG300 switch Router with DHCP that controls the whole home network: NETGEAR WNDR3400 (http://www.amazon.com/Netgear-WNDR34.../dp/B0041LYY6K)...
View ArticleSeagate 600 Pro 240GB $129
not a bad deal at all Seagate 600 Pro 240GB Solid State Drive - 2.5, SATA 6Gb/s, 520 MBps - ST240FP0021 at TigerDirect.com Amazon.com: Seagate 600 Pro ST240FP0021 240GB... Seagate 600 Pro 240GB $129
View ArticleIs anyone seeing increased WordPress comment spam in March 2014?
Just wanted to get reactions from folks. So far STH's WP instance has gotten over 90,000 spam comments in less than 18 days of March 2014. View attachment 11 Seems like this month is shaping up to be...
View ArticleASRock E3C224D2I IP KVM Stopped Working?
Anyone else out there have on of the ASRock Haswell Xeon motherboards? I have the E3C224D2I. I recently went to use the IP KVM (Remote Control -> Console Redirection -> Java Console), and found...
View ArticleSYS-5018A-MLTN4 pfsense
there has been some discussion about a sys-5018a-ftn4 based pfsense box, but i haven't seen anything on the SYS-5018A-MLTN4. the former is an 8 core 20w tdp soc, while the latter is 4 core 14w tdp soc....
View ArticleDell C6100 XS23-TY3 2U 4-Node (8 CPU) Cloud Server
Decided to start a mini-thread as I play with this thing. Getting a Dell C6100 XS23-TY3 inexpensively I purchased the disk less unit for $1000 + 65 Shipping. Here is a link to the "deal" thread. Here...
View ArticleC2100 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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