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Started hauling stuff out of my closet in preparation for moving and touched my ESXi box, found it a bit warm to the touch. So I thought, hey time to check the temps and see how it's handling the much much warmer weather. Looking around in ESXi there is simply no temperature reporting(yes, I...

*SOLVED* IRQ Interrupt Storm *SOLVED* So my current setup is as follows: ESXi --> FreeBSD(ZFSGuru custom distro) running in the hypervisor with 2xIntel SASUC8i controllers passed through directly to the guest Now my issue is a huge wave of "interrupt storm detected on IRQ 18/19...

Got all my parts today, only to realize that my sata DVD drive is broken and my board has no IDE connector....so, how do I install ESXi? I've tried a number of methods for creating a bootable USB drive and so far not a single one works. Help please :confused:

Build Name: Haven Hypvervisor: VMWare ESXi Guest OS 1: pfSense Guest OS 2: FreeBSD w/ ZFSGuru Guest OS 3: Windows Home Server 2011 CPU: Intel X3430 Motherboard: Supermicro X8SIL Chassis: Norco 3116 RAM: 16GB KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G HBA: 2x Intel SASUC8i w/ LSI IT Firmware Power Supply...

So for my new and improved fileserver I'm rolling a pfsense installation alongside(virtualized in ESXi, and yes I am aware of the risks of running my firewall on the same box as my fileserver). This box will be managing 3 separate WAN connections and in lieu of buying a quad NIC(too rich for my...

Looking to build a better rig with the mentioned board but am struggling to find ram that I can guarantee will work. Does anyone happent to know if this will work? Thanks!

Looking for something that meets this: ->8 ports(via 2 mini-sas) ->Well supported(FreeBSD/Windows are a must, Solaris and pals are a bonus) ->Newbie friendly, I'm not the most technically savvy guy around so I'd prefer not having to do too much to get her running ->Good support! Knowing my...