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    30 day build, suggestions?

    I have not experienced any of the IPMI issues. I have four SuperMicro boards running the same IPMI chip (built-in) and they are all solid. I think they are actually better than the Dell iDRACs I have in my R610 servers. Anyway, IPMI KVM is based on Java, and you can have problems any time...
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    30 day build, suggestions?

    In my lab at work and my home machine I am using the older SuperMicro X8SIL-F. It is entry level server/workstation, but has IPMI KVM which is awesome. I think it and and Lynnfield Xeon like the X3440 and 16GB of ECC should be less than $700. The MB has three PCIe slots and a single PCI...
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    ESXi 4.1 PCI passthrough of USB controller issue

    Hi, I have a lab setup where I am using ESXi 4.1 on a SuperMicro X8SIL-F MB. Xeon X3440 chip. ESXi is installed on a USB drive and booted using the internal USB port of the motherboard. I am trying to passthrough an entire USB controller using VMDirectPath (not USB passthrough). I...
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    ZFS lockup with hard drive failure

    No, it should not destroy the pool by just removing the disk. The pool should go to degraded if you pulled the failing drive. It should switch to offline if you pulled the wrong drive and are running raidz1.
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    ZFS lockup with hard drive failure

    Did you check the system logs? /var/adm is the location in solaris, have not run OI yet but assuming they are in the same place. If it is a driver issue I would except a couple of lines to show up in those logs. I have thrown a couple of drives into a few mirrors I knew were bad just check...
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    DIY SANs and Vibration

    After I replied in the other thread I did a quick search and found this article: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/bad-bad-bad-vibrations/896 This article attacks vibrations from a performance standpoint and not a failure issue. So, looks like something could be there, but I still have...
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    Question About Which Chassis to Buy

    I'll put in my vote for the Norco 4220. I ordered one for home. I wanted the front USB because in my basement closet I am mounting a Startech 4 post 12U rack for the systems. That will help with USB CD access etc. Norco customer service is really good. UPS or Newegg smacked the hell out...
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    Disk Vibration is a serious issue

    I am totally with you there! And the kicker is that the Fishworks storage systems are built on top of off the shelf hardware and open source software. So, when I open up the Sun box you see an AMD Operton MB, SAS HBA, ECC RAM and a bunch of SAS disks. Mix that with Solaris/ZFS, place the...
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    Disk Vibration is a serious issue

    I have seen that video before. I actually use Sun's Amber Road unified ZFS based storage systems at work. The Fishworks analytics is *amazing* from a storage managers point of view. However, I agree vibration to hard disks in operation is a problem I don't think he was showing disk vibration...
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    File server maybe ZFS

    sub.mesa - Is there a disk bench program you recommend to get a good random IOPS score from linux clients? I was just looking into Oracle's Orion tool, but never have run it or seen output. Will your ZFSGuru pre-built system work with the LSI 2008 controller with the board I am using? I...
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    File server maybe ZFS

    As sub.mesa points out the X8SI6 only has two PCIe slots, x4 and X8 available. Since I am using a chassis of 20 drives I didn't think this would be a big issue. I can connect 8 drives to the onboard LSI 2008, buy another controller for 8 more drives and connect the remaining four to the...
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    File server maybe ZFS

    Hi - I built a system very close to this for testing at work and will duplicate it at home once I get the configuration right. I used the core i3. I was having system loads of 4 and higher when copying large files (20GB+) to the server. I was testing it as a VMWare datastore using NFS and...
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    YAZBT (Yet Another ZFS Build Thread) :)

    Hello - I purchased the X8SI6-F and it did not come with threaded holes. Not sure if this is because is may be considered a workstation/server MB instead of just a server board, but if you want threaded holes I think you need to purchase a heatsink bracket that goes under the board. I forget...
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    Can I take an SSD Image file and clone it to a regular HDD?

    I thought Win7 image backups can go onto a larger hard disk, but not shrink down a partition. I could be wrong. You can use Clonezilla for that too.
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    Pre-ZFS Build info

    I am interested in this also as it would lower the cost of my build - which, by the way, is probably going to be based off of this thread - Thanks! I see in the 2nd gen i3 spec doc that it says the type of memory is based on the PCH chipset 1.2.1...
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