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    40" Samsung UN40KU6290 4K $290 at Best Buy (or $265 with $25/$200 Amex offer)

    Went to the local Costco with a family friend last night to pick one up - sold out at that location, and the other one in our city. However still available online at $289. Not a "monthly special" so it should continue to be available for this price for some time. We ordered one online with...
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    My breaker-busting basement home lab (storage-biased)

    Very cool all around. On the storage, using the P812 with SATA drives, those are being stepped down to 3Gb, correct? As such, I'd imagine you'd be hitting the ceiling with your SSD R10 array, or would be with more SSD's.
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    Adobe flash, acrobat reader, and Java updater rights

    Is that particularly wise in your opinion? The reason they are constantly patching their (shitty) software is because of exploits being, wait for it, exploited. The amount of work to keep this stuff updated sucks, but IMHO, is necessary.
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    Low end vs. mid-range switch for small business

    I'd buy a PowerConnect 2848 (retail $549) and consolidate most of your switching onto it. Use one of your existing 2700's for the new ports, and keep the second one around as a cold spare. If/when the budget allows, upgrade to a second 2800 series.
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    Critique my virtualization setup

    Depending on the load of your VM's, you might want to go SSD all around in the hosts. A mirrored pair of 15k SAS drives is still pretty meh in performance. Since you have a multi-tiered backup strategy, stick a good single 480-512GB SSD in it and enjoy buckets of IOPS!
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    Storage Advice for a Dell C1100

    I love seeing the Hyper-V love! I am pretty familiar with the C1100/C2100/C6100 lineup. Based on what you currently own and are looking to acheive, I'd be inclined to do the following: C1100 - wait for the Micron/Crucial M500 960GB SSD to drop in the next few weeks (CES announcement said...
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    one computer acting as two

    Microsoft MultiPoint is another way of leveraging a single computer to provide a "multi-PC" experience; primarily geared towards the education market.
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    Datacenter/network management suite

    I didn't see where the OP said free was a requirement, but what about Spiceworks?
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    Server 2012 Remote FX Gaming Experience

    Please report back if you find what is the cause of this experience.
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    2.5" SSD into HP LFF

    Looks like that'll do the job - thank you sir!
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    SMTP relay for I.T. consultants

    I'd be interested in knowing what you setup. Did you use Windows SMTP relay, or something else?
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    2.5" SSD into HP LFF

    ML330 G6 server, want to configure with (4) 2.5" SSD drives. Looking for how to install the 2.5" drives into the 3.5" "LFF" hot-swap bays of the server. I know Dell makes a 'hybrid' hard drive caddy/tray that positions a 2.5" drive in the correct location within the 3.5" footprint so that...
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    SMTP relay for I.T. consultants

    Lots of people in the consulting world on here (specifically, I'm talking SMB for this need), so I wanted to reach out and see what others are doing. Let's talk about notifications and alerts from DRAC/iLO, OS, backup software, etc. If the client does not have an on-premise email server...
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    Where to purchase Ubiquiti gear?

    thanks to all.
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    Where to purchase Ubiquiti gear?

    Lots of distributors listed, lots of companies I have never heard of before. Just looking for recommendations on from whom to purchase. Thanks.
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