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    IBM Blade Networks G8124-E Rack Switch 24x 10Gb SFP+

    Anyone source a cheap console cable for these? I think it's proprietary cable.
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    IBM Blade Networks G8124-E Rack Switch 24x 10Gb SFP+

    Anyone source a cheap console cable for these? I think it's proprietary cable.
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    c6100 vs c6105 chassis

    You ever find out if this was possible?
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    Question about Dell C6100 and C6105 sleds

    Did you give this a shot yet?
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    Natex Deals for STH Members

    To be fair though it's better than a poke with a sharp stick to the eye. Fair go. They don't have to offer anything. So 5% is better than nothing.
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    Natex Deals for STH Members

    Hi Libby Sent you an email enquiring if you can deliver and delivery cost of three of the Dell C6100 Barebones to Australia. Thanks
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    Fusion-IO ioDrive2 1.2tb - $240+$13 shipping

    Do you have to match driver version with firmware version before the card shows up? I'm guessing most cards respond to 3.X driver?
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    Fusion-IO ioDrive2 1.2tb - $240+$13 shipping

    Great information here - thanks so much for sharing. What on the back of the card tells yout the firmware version that was initially loaded?
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    Sun Oracle Flash Accelerator F40 400GB PCIe SSD - $99 + 15 BIN

    Just went up the thread to answer my previous question. I think these 2 threads are related to the issues you saw on ESXi when used as datastores. https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1030265 Lost access to local datastore | VMware...
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    Sun Oracle Flash Accelerator F40 400GB PCIe SSD - $99 + 15 BIN

    I bought 4 of these specifically to use on ESXi 6.5. Can you please expand on the issues you had?
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    Fusion-IO ioDrive2 1.2tb - $240+$13 shipping

    Two questions 1) Where do you find the device product number? 2) Which file needs to be edited to include the device product number?
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    VSAN Wont see allow SSDs

    So you can see all 6 drives under devices. But you can't claim all 6 when you go to add them to vSAN is that correct? Can you please follow the link IamSpartacus provided and see if there are partitions on the SSDs. My VSAN journey - Part 2 - How-to delete partitions to prepare disks for VSAN...
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    Sun Oracle Flash Accelerator F40 400GB PCIe SSD - $99 + 15 BIN

    Just wondering if you had any further adventures with flashing Seagate firmware. With the seagate firmware were you able to configure hardware RAID? Were you able to overcome the PCIE x1 width? Did you flash back the Oracle firmware?
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    Sun Oracle Flash Accelerator F40 400GB PCIe SSD - $99 + 15 BIN

    So I could do a large RAID0 against the 4 drives and then create 3 x Virtual Disks ? of Say 128GB each? What I am intending to do is use this as a vSAN write cache in a DELL C6100 with the 3.5" SATA Bays. I am wanting to put 3 x 480 GB SSDs in as Capacity and use the Warpdrive for 3 x VD for...
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    AU MICRON M500DC 480GB $150 and 960GB SSD $300

    Message him he has more. I have no idea why he doesn't list multiples. He is just listing 1 drive at a time. I had to ask him to list 11 in one transaction after I purchased a sample.