Recent content by Markess

Any specific needs: OS/Hypervisor support? New or is used OK? etc. For example, Solarflare 7000 Series is 5.9w typical for dual port & dual port ConnectX-2 are 6.4w. But neither is current product any longer and you'd be missing out on a number of features thatn newer, more full featured...

Because where's the challenge in that? Makers gotta make.

Ahh...the joy of SnapRAID! If it holds data...its good to go!

Along with the SC505, these 1U Supemicro Chassis also have front I/O: - SC503 is similar in depth to the SC505 series - SC513 & SC515 are deeper than SC505, but also have front I/O

PM Sent concerning the 8TB drives. Thanks!

Unless there's stuff out there that I've never heard of, I don't think you can set or change RPM on a mechanical drive. Even Western Digital admitted after the fact that Green drives were fixed RPM. They carefully marketed them as operating at RPM between X and X...and they let everyone...

So, totally ancedotal evidence, but: I got an open box Asrock Rack server board a while back...came with EVERYTHING the retail one came with, even cables and IO shield still sealed in the bags. OTOH, they only guarantee you'll get a bare board. Maybe...just maybe...if its a server board, you...

All R720 have an iDRAC port built right onto the motherboard. The included port comes with BOTH Express and Enterprise, but only Express is automatically enabled. To “upgrade” to enterprise you need to get an Enterprise license code, which you enter into an iDRAC configuration.screen to unlock...

My experience...which is worth as much as you are paying for it: 1. Generally with fans of the same size: if its quieter, it pushes less air and doesn't cool as well. There are exceptions, and there is a range of performance of course. But, you really need to keep in mind that most really...

I know the thread is old. But, after reading that story about the Dell switches, I've been compulsively checking labels every time I see them. For example, the one in this post from over in the Great Deals section. Its an Ivy Bridge generation Riverbed appliance with....an American...

Thought I'd ask, in case other folks got the idea to try their hands at something like this: @BlueFox, did you install pfSense via serial into "AUX", or did you pull the CF card out and load pfSense onto it with another computer?

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And (other than Asus) its super easy to do without the need for a programmer or other physical tools.

Ahh...this is maybe why I've had no success with soldered chips. I was using the clip that came with my cheap Amazon programmer "kit". I know the programmer does work when it comes to socketed & de-soldered through hole chips, so I guess the clip is, as you say, junk. Thanks for the advice.

Was the computer fully turned off or was it suspended/sleep? is it simply waking up, or is it restarting? If its an issue with waking, rather than turning on from an poweroff state, you can try: powercfg /requests to see if anything is blocking your systems sleep state.