Recent content by StartledPancake

Hi Patrick, I use it on the Q57 chipset and its very effective. Not sure how much interaction you really need console but the Intel management commander toolkit provides access to a free version of the VNC viewer (with a banner over a part of the console screen) and has a host of other...

Yes - it identifies the product as genuine. They are fully activated Microsoft licenses. If you want to stock up, claim all your licenses as soon as possible and export them to XML (this service is available form the site). Many people were caught out when they reduced the number of Win7...

I really, really dont think Microsoft have a problem with this. As long as you arent using it in any way for business, they want you be doing the kind of stuff your talking about with your Technet sub. They are some seriously enthusiastic dudes:). Edit: - Posted just after Nitrobass, but I...

Its an odd one, at least for MSDN Microsoft themselves describe the licences as "perpetual". I have a rolling subscription (actually a few, they give them away free with exam courses or for attending things like TechED) but I dont believe your licences expire once you no longer subscribe. Like...

Yeah the "baremetal" (although its pretty heavy compared to ESXi) hyper-v host is free. Its command line only (with a basic gui for config) although it can be managed remotely, configuring it isnt for the faint of heart. The various windows server licences then provide you with the ability...

A guesstimate, but: ESX - More, just more. Ballooning, despite sounding entertaining, actually causes a much greater performance degradation than going from DDR3 1333 to DDR3 800. NAS - It probably doesnt matter unless you have perhaps a large number of simultaneous connections. Ive no...

Hey Patrick, No worries, chuck the ONTAP 8 simulator (even the 7, just for a laugh) into the mix then as well if you ever get the time:). @oddity It depends on what your using your home server for I guess. Mine form a test lab, not a just file store but even that can benefit from...

Hey Patrick, Dont know if youd have the time but Ive been wondering about the performance and functionality of the various free or "sort of" free storage solutions/VSA's. Ive been considering: HP's Lefthand VSA on HyperV or VMware - iSCSI only, with a 60 day licence that doesnt expire as...

Its very handy particularly when your firewall is a VM, although Ive been struggling to get it working with the Radeon 5450 despite both the onboard GPU and the discrete card being enabled. The annoying part is the use of VNC Viewer plus to handle the connection in conjunction with TLS, at $90...

Build’s Name: Startled's "Just how much can you do with one box?" challenge Operating System:Windows Server 2008R2 with Hyper-V SP1 & SSR2 iSCSI target CPU:Intel i5-650 + Tower cooler Motherboard:Gigabyte Q57M (KVM/Management over IP) Chassis:Silverstone SG02 Drives:2x320GB WD 2.5"...

Hey Patrick, Congrats and thanks for setting up the forums. Looks like they could be a very useful resource for those of us with home test labs as it doesnt seem that there's anything similar out there. I look forward to finding new reasons to spend money on stuff I dont really need;)...