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oh, ok. I have both (with and with cutout).. i originally bought the ones with the cutout not knowing they were dells until i couldn't update the with intel firmware. since then i bought the ones WITHOUT the cutout and all updates with intel firmware were without incident.. but this all...

the official intel x710's do NOT have the cutout.. the Dells have the cutout (just went through it this weekend building a new nas with truenas core). i guess i have to build a small linux box to do the cross flashing, i guess. since i realized the issue with cross flashing i made sure all my...

that's exactly what i was questioning, and also why i'd prefer an *Intel* oem card rather than a dell or lenovo.. a while back i bought a couple of x710-da2's that, unbeknownst to me, were dells and upon realizing it, could only update them with dell firmware as there wasn't any (at least not...

can the firmware be flashed from within windows rather than going through a dos command line?

from what's been said, they really overbuilt it.. has a brace along the bottom to hold it straight and has a far more substantial heatsink with much more surface area for cooling. there's one on ebay that's fairly reasonably priced and i'd go for it but silicom claims it only does...

Hey folks, I'm kinda struggling with this one.. I'd like to update my pfsense box with a new nic to match the modem, plus lower power draw and i've been drawn to an intel x550 because it's apparently multigig ( 1, 2.5, 5, 10). as you all know, the x710-T2L accomplishes the same but is very...

Great thanks!!! I'll check it out when i get home

from what i've read, zil is only important for recovery if the server were to lose power during a data transfer and sync writes.. so, if this were backing up vms, databases and whatnot, then yeah, mirroring the zil would be a good move, and that's if you're writing to mechanical drives.. if...

also (again), i don't plan on using synchronous writes.. really no need for it in my use case. I've read however, that in TN Scale even with sync writes disabled, you can still enable the zil on all writes.. from what i gather, the zil exists regardless, but one can move it to another drive...

ok, so if i were to install a separate nvme drive and direct truenas to use it as the zil, would that stop the double-writes? Can i adjust the page size when the pool is created to further reduce the amplification? again, the drives will be storing movies, tv shows, and music.. i'll be...

also, i planned on using async writing.. no need for synchronous writing in my usecase..

I was wondering if i could prevent the double-writing by using an nvme for the zil.. i figure if the zil was on an nvme then the sata's would only be written to once, but i'm not sure if truenas scale (or core) would operate that way.. As i understand it, if the zil is on a separate device...

And how to prevent, or at least minimize it? I'm setting up a new truenas nas based upon scale/fangtooth. it's going to have 6 evo 870 SSD's. they're brand new and i read somewhere on one of the forums that due to write amplification, the users (also using TN Scale) drives were wearing out...

Hello all, This topic has been asked a million times but as always, the answers can go all over the place, which is confusing for someone doing it the first time, such as myself. Awhile ago i picked up from ebay an lsi 9300-8i card. at the time, it said it was flashed in IT mode (this will...

yeah, i figured that title would grab your attention.. I've been around here a while but i'm still a noob so go easy on me. I'm asking this bunch because folks here seem to be a bit kinder and more open to answering odd-ball questions rather than answering back with the question "why would you...

I understand that TNC creates a small swap on the OS drives and then small swaps on all the other drives. i don't like this arrangement at all. does anyone know a way to set the swapfile system so that it resembles that of pfsense? i know i'm gonna be questioned.. it's a matter of...

Hi all, i have 2 of the aforementioned nics. both are running firmware version (NVM) 6.8 and i wanna update them to the latest. I've attempted to update them in the past but it failed, and after researching online it turns out that i can't do a direct update. My question is: can anyone tell...

MARKESS YOU BEAUTY!!!!! THAT DID IT!! ohh maaan!! the award for biggest tech a-hole of the year goes to me in a massive way!!! i forgot that i had swapped power supplies and the sata power cables looked the same and i didn't bother changing them.. upon inspection, the one that was running...

i can try that.. i could've sworn i used this power supply with another motherboard/cpu combo.. that combo was older.. the os drives are on the same cable so i'd think i'd have problems with them as well, although they're not accessed or written to at all except at boot up.. you might be...

i just remembered; it can't be that because i also tried it with the HBA which, aside from being on a different controller, is also on different sata cables (the one's connected to the hba).