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    Best GUI Firewall

    I've used a couple systems with Untangle and found it easier and more stable than when I worked with pfSense. But, in those scenarios I was also more interested in the additional features within Untangle that didn't require a whole lot of additional configuration, such as turning on the adblock...
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    Building a DAS Box

    I'm betting what you have at work is something like the HP MSA P2000 G3 SAN. http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/disk-storage/product-detail.html?oid=4118559 With dual SAS controllers, you can connect to four servers directly via SAS with a pass-through HBA in each host while the onboard...
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    W2012R2 HyperV Cluster - storage

    Using a dedicated SAN in this situation is probably not the best idea. You would actually be creating even more chances of failures, not resiliency. By only putting in a single SAN and running all your servers off that cluster, you create an inverted pyramid of doom. With two Hyper-V hosts...
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    Seagate Seven warranty of three years

    All I can really think is, with a good backup in place (which EVERYONE should have) then the risks of data loss from a drive failure should be greatly mitigated. I will always recommend a SSD over a mechanical spinning disk for reliability, performance, and longevity. If you are worried about...
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    Hyper-V and Active directory setup in a small buiness.

    I currently have all my home services runnong on a ML310e G8 V2 as well. They are quite nice home servers and you can do a lot with them. For a small company, going with a local Exchange server is definitely not going to be the best route. It will be much more cost effective, much more...
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    Network pics thread

    I've always heard good things about the HP 1910 series switches for small business environments. I really liked the HP 1810 switches that I had rolled out. So I bought a 1920-16G here a few weeks back just to look at and try out. I haven't done much with it yet, but it's easy to work with in...
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    Hyper-V and Active directory setup in a small buiness.

    Let's take a look at this from a couple viewpoints. First, let's discuss the practicality, and then, we can discuss the possibility. So first, practicality. I've looked into this solution a few different times for customers who have wanted to do the same type of thing, even with...
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    Hp gen 8 380 and consumer ssd options

    I haven't done a whole lot of testing with this myself, but here is what I can tell you so far: It will work for the most part. This seems to somewhat depend on the RAID controller that you are using. The B120i had no problem recognizing and using the couple SSDs that I had installed and...
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    Help with connecting to Hyper-V server

    Windows remote administration tool is very finicky. I remember having a LOT of problems with this when first starting to try and learn it and Windows Server 2012. Even after setting up Active Directory I came to issues with it. But, it can be done. Active Directory is usually the easiest way...
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    Hyper-V vs VMware

    Child made a very good point above about misconfiguration in Hyper-V. To me, learning Hyper-V was pretty easy because it was in a Windows based environment that I was familiar with. When I started looking at virtualization about five or six years ago, it wasn't something that was easy to get a...
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    Hyper-V vs VMware

    Let me start off by saying that yes, I am more familiar with Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 R2 than with ESXi, but I have worked with both and as has been stated here, there are strengths and limitations on both sides. Now, that being said, almost every server rollout that I've done for...
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    recommendations for a VMware server with DAS

    Is this server business-critical? You're talking about a lot of performance, a lot of storage, and a lot of virtual services all running from a single physical piece of hardware. What if it goes down? Are you going to be alright without it for a week or more while replacement...
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    Looking for Win Server 2012 Home Lab Advice

    Why not look into a workstation or server system that is about the size of your standard desktop system, such as the HP ML310e G8? For the cost of the system, it's hard to beat. First, you can get a base system with a Xeon E3-1220 V3 quad-core processor for less cost than buying a new desktop...
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    suggestions/opinions on a 48TB+ ZFS array

    I'm not an expert with ZFS but here would be my input on hardware for your needs. The more servers you are incorporating, the more hardware there is to fail, the more costly it is, and the more complex it is to manage. To me it makes more sense to set up two storage servers for now, one as...
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    Buy or build a NAS

    The good news here is there are quite a few ways to accomplish what you want to do, but in the end you might look more towards a server solution compared to a simple NAS solution. The reason is you will get a more robust system on a server platform and may have the option to support the...
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