Recent content by Dark_Falcon

Hello, I'm currently looking to upgrade/build a Proxmox VM Server to host a Storage/File/Plex Server and a few misc Linux and Windows VMs. I currently have several separate machines which host these individual services. I would like to reuse an existing rack mounted case that I am currently...

Thanks for the response/advice slavie... I was out of town for a while so only now have had the time to respond. Just to add a little more clarity to my request, here is a little more info.... I currently have 3 primary machines that I want to roll into one (onto my Norco Case). 1) Dedicated...

Hi All, Looking for help/advice on a Server Upgrade... It looks like my server (in sig) is on it's last legs. Sometimes it boots, sometimes not so much. Anyways, as it's been a while since I've built a server I'm a bit out of the loop and would appreciate any advice/input the community can...

Hi All, Looking for help/advice on a Server Upgrade... I'm currently running Windows Server Essentials 2016 to primarily handle my backup/restores/shares and Stablebit Drivepool for storage pooling etc... However, I'm now thinking of streamlining this server and decommissioning a couple other...

Ok....So no BF/CM deals :(. If anyone has any thoughts/ideas for this build/re-build, I would still very much appreciate any recommendations. My current Norco File Server is REALLY slow and the Plex Server is just taking up space (and electricity and expending heat etc...). Consolidation and...

Back in May, I posted a thread asking for assistance with a new/updated server build. Unfortunately, due to the current state of affairs with Covid etc... (or emerging state at that time), I was not able to pull the trigger on the new parts that were kindly recommended by sinisterDei and...

I agree with your thoughts on combining the 2 systems. I actually considered combining the boxes....again. They were actually combined at one time, but I just found it more convenient to have them separate. For instance, if I'm working on the server, I don't have to worry about irritating the...

Thanks a lot for the help/guidance. I think it set me well on the path to my once a semi-decade server upgrade. Here is what I've chosen for this go around. Please let me know if you see anything horribly out of whack. MBD-X11SCL-F-O Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard = $199 Intel Xeon E-2146G...

Thank you both for the feedback/input. I'll take a look at the options you presented. I should have mentioned that I'm willing to spend a $1000-$1500 to do this upgrade right. Once I'm done, I don't really want to revisit this for another 5+ years. I'll go ahead and take a look at the...

Well it's that time again. It's been a few years since I built my server. The OS has changed from WHS V1 to WHS 2011 and more recently to Windows Server Essentials 2016 (which has issues with backup/restores etc..). However, for the most part, the hardware has stayed pretty much the same for...

FYI....I know this is an old thread, but I have seen this issue on other sites with various 'solutions' that seem to be inconsistent at best (as was the case when I changed the PSU etc.). Anyways, here is what permanently fixed this issue. I went ahead and upgraded to WHS 2011 with no...

Well.... After much deliberation I've come up with a 'solution' to this issue. Due to some other challenges with 32bit vs 64bit driver issues on both the server and my client PC's, as well as some other issues with WHS V1, I'm going to go ahead and upgrade the server software to WHS 2011 /...

Thanks Danny for all your input. After much fiddling around with things and having it powered down for a while, I was able to get it to boot completely. At this point I think I'm just going to try to keep it up and see if it crashes or not. If not, I'm going to assume it's something to do...

I'm not exactly sure what that will prove. The POST appears to complete and work fine. I get 'OK' messages on all the controllers etc.. It's the OS startup that isn't completing. Oh, btw, I forgot to mention that I have taken the OS drive out of the server case and ran some chkdsk tests...

With WHS it's kind of difficult to do that. I'm concerned that it will drop the disks as defective/failed. I know that I can pull one drive for a couple of minutes and put it back and WHS will auto recover. However, I'm not sure what happens when I drop a group of them on bootup. Do you know...