Recent content by tWiitri

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    One box to replace them all...

    My initial plan was to run Ubuntu with ZFS and KVM/QEMU on the server and I got everything installed when the OCZ Vector SSD I had used suddenly died. The system hung and after a reboot the drive was not accessible any more. Fortunately OCZ/Toshiba have a great support and the drive is on the...
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    One box to replace them all...

    Initial impressions of the ML350 G6: It's loud! Not as loud as the existing servers, but still... HP has all the firmware behind a paywall. Performance of the bundled E5504 was really poor. Firmware SPP-bundle was acquired through some googling and I appreciate that people make these available...
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    One box to replace them all...

    Build’s Name: The Box Operating System/ Storage Platform: ESXi CPU: Dual Xeon L5630 Motherboard: HP ML350 G6 Chassis: HP ML350 G6 Drives: 6x Toshiba 2.5" 5.4k SATA in RAIDZ2, single Samsung 850EVO for datastorage RAM: 192GB PC3L running at 1066MHz Add-in Cards: LSI 9211-8i Power Supply: 460w I...