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Colo providers
Obviously I don't want a spam section... But an Area to talk about colos or possibly talk to other members about getting one together. I know I'm not happy with my Colo provider! Cheap, good...
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Short 4U sliding rails for SM SC846 chassis?
Hi, I am busy moving my equipment to a new rack and chassis. I am using the following equipment (amongst others): 24SP,26"D,ROLL OUT, ROTATING RK Supermicro | Products | Chassis | 4U | SC846BE16-R920B...
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Need some help with my first server build please.
Hi guys, I am looking at building an mITX home server. The important aspects of the build are as follows: Must be quiet Must use as little power as possible Will be serving media using Plex/Serviio...
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[Finished] My Parents' HTPC Build
My Parents' MP Build A XBMC story. What's the problem? My parents want a 'one fits all' approach: they want to watch movies & series, watch tv, view images, record all they want and have a nice,...
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FS: 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....
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What to do with two HP Elite 8300 boxes?
Hi all; I recently came into the possession of two HP Elite 8300 SFF boxes. These have an i5-3470 CPU along with vPro, 4GB of RAM, and a 250GB HDD. They were 9 months old and I got them cheap. Like I...
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Supermicro X10SLL-F and Intel Pro/ 1000 PT Quad Port ( EXPI9404PT) Not Detecting
Hi all Wondering if any of you guys have had experience with the above combo. I can get my systems to see the card in any of the PCI Ex slots, i have even tried 2 cards and have the same issue I think...
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Hitachi Harddisks Thread (5K3000, 7K3000, 7K2000)
Hitachi 2TB 7K2000 (HDS722020ALA330) Current firmware: 3MA Previous firmare: 3EA, 28A, 20N (newest to oldest) Description: This firmware applies to Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB 7K2000 harddisks, model...
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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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Brocade 1020 CNA 10GbE PCIe Cards
Starting a thread on these cards. They are extremely inexpensive on ebay (I purchased 3 for $99.99 total shipped). Here is an ebay link to the cards: brocade 1020 | eBay $33.33 each was achieved...
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Cavium ThunderX - 48 core ARMv8 processor
Just wanted to cross link, I posted info on the Cavium ThunderX 48 core (2-way capable) ARMv8 product. I have already sent a few notes out but apparently they are not in silicon just yet.
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WD 2.5 & 3.5 SAS Drives
Hello. I have a SuperMicro Chassis with 4 x 2.5 WD SAS 600GB Drives & 4 x 3.5 WD SAS 600GB Drives. Would adding these as a large mirror pool cause issues? From what I see in FORMAT, the drives are...
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Looking for a good cheap chassis 1U
I've got a system based on the X8SIE-F board from supermicro. I'm using it for a storage controller for linux soft-raid. Super Micro Computer, Inc. - Products | Motherboards | Xeon Boards | X8SIE-F Can...
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FS: Samsung Series 7 Chronos, AMD FX8150, ASUS M5A99X MOBO, 8GB x 4 RAM, and...
Hello all, Just selling some things I no longer need. Please PM/Post if interested (or if you want a picture or more detail) and I will update the list appropriately. I am only selling/shipping to the...
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LSI nightmare
Hello Everybody! I have a server I want to install VSphere on, it's an X8DTE-F (original BIOS), the issue is the LSI 9211-8i (original BIOS and FW) and/or the two small KingSpec 4GB SLC SSD's that I...
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Good SSDs for VMWARE ESX Enterprise use
Need help finding some good SSDs for enterprise use and a good controller. Card Adaptec 6805E 8 Port SATA/SAS 6GB/S RAID Controller Card PCIe w/ 128MB Cache Card OEM Drives Plextor 256GB SSD M5 Pro...
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FS: Intel Xeon L5639 CPU's
Up for sale five Intel Xeon L5639 6 Core processors. All in working order. $99 each or $400 for all five. Shipping is from Australia cheers,
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best practices for md raid
Good day! Please help me with a few questions on md raid: 1. Is it right to make an array of disks connected to different controllers? For example, some discs will be on LSI HBA, others - on the...
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Supermicro X9SRL-F RAM question
Hi, I'm building an all-in-one ZFS on ESXi server and have a question regarding RAM. Motherboard: Supermicro X9SRL-F CPU: Intel Xeon 1620 v2 I've checked Supermicro's memory compatibility list for my...
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Consumer or Enterprise Drives
Hey, I am newbie but i am going to build a new 24bay sata storage server using a Norco chassis with a lsi hba card. I will Not be doing a Raid setup but want to using the drives individually in a JBOD...
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