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Hello folks, i have the following situation and would like to ask for advice :) I am using two dual port 25Gbps NICs MCX4121A-ACAT installed next to each other (pic attached). Both cards are running latest available firmware. OS is latest truenas core 13 U6.1. I know these cards are running...

Hello guys, I hope my post does not violate some forum rules :) i got old sparc T2 server recently and i have veritas storage foundation installed on it (i got the install files from my previous work). Unfortunately i am not able to find the free version of VEA 5.1 tool (i have VEA 4.1 but it...

Hello friends, I use one old Z620 workstation as an ESXi host for couple of years already. But it has one really weird behavior - the workstation shuts itself down and then powers on by itself. It does this completely randomly, sometimes once per 20-30 days, most frequently once per week or...

Hello STH folks, recently i've bought old Sun SPARC T1000 server, which i plan to use from time to time to play with :) However, fan noise is just unbearable. All 4 fans are spinning at almost 10k rpm, even though total server consumption is 150-180W. Even after Solaris 10 has completely...

Hello STH folks, Few months ago i've build DIY NAS using old PC case, xeon cpu and ram, which i had left from other projects. The hardware itself is pretty old (sandy bridge, DDR3, etc. :)) but it does the job for me. I have three NVMe drives Samsung - 960 EVO 1TB, 970 EVO Plus 1TB and 980 1TB...

Hello, i observe strange issue with one of my pools. I am running solaris 11.4 on physical machine (my home lab) and one of the pools behaves strangely. The pool consists of 4 x Samsung 860 QVO (1TB drives). I use it as a datastore for couple of VMs (sharing is done via iscsi to esxi host)...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1x-32GB-SAMSUNG-DDR3-PC3L-10600L-4Rx4-1333MHz-LRDIMM-RAM-M386B4G70BMO-YH90/224230600988? Offered 30 GBP/stick for 16 sticks and it was accepted. If someone is interested :)

Hello, I would like to buy 10Gbase-T 16 port or 12 port switch (Netgear XS716T or XS712T). If anyone plans to upgrade home lab and wants to get rid of such switch, let me know :) For 16 port i am ok to pay ~400euro. For 12 port ~300 euro. Plus delivery (~25 euro). If you have comments on...

Hi guys, i think the price for this one looks very good if someone needs 16 port 10Gb copper :) Netgear 16-Port 10G Ethernet Switch Smart Managed (XS716E) | eBay

Hello mates, i would like to know if someone tried to use samsung nvme drive (960 evo or pro series) with solaris 11.4 and if it worked. Many thanks!

Hi guys, i am going to buy Z820 v1 (boot block 2011) and i would like to upgrade RAM to 256GB (or maybe even 512GB), but i am not sure which LRDDR3 modules will work with the workstation. Can someone of you who has experience (modules which have been tested and work fine) provide me part...