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Are you using NFS, iSCSI or FC to access your VMware datastores on the NetApp? Thanks in advance - Ian

Thanks for the link, do you think the SRW2024 is loud? I have a Cisco 3500XL too, but it's too loud for this location in my house. I don't believe the SRW2024 supports SNMP, I like the neat Cacti graphs the SRW2008 makes.

ESXi Host Guts

3.9 amp currently, which is everything pictured plus the Buffalo wireless router. (external HD is not connected)

Both the rack and D-Link were free :D Next thing on my list is a second managed gigabit switch, 8 ports is far more limiting with this setup, so I might save and go bigger. Any suggestions? We are a Cisco shop at work so I bought the Linksys for the somewhat similar CLI. Not sure if I can...

This is my vSphere Home Lab. It consists of two white box ESXi hosts, QNAP TS-459 Pro iSCSI/NFS shared storage and a Linksys managed gigabit switch. Diagram SAL9000 - ASUS M4A785-M, AMD Phenom II Quad Core 3.2GHz, 8GB DDR2, 3ware 9650SE RAID Controller, 2x 1TB RAID1, 2x Intel PRO1000GT...

This is my basic ESXi setup with a managed and unmanaged gigabit switch. Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 w/ DD-WRT firmware Low cost AMD VMware ESXi whitebox w/ RAID1 Asus M2A-VM, AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+, 8GB DDR2, 3ware 9650SE 2 port RAID Controller with 128MB Cache, 2x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM...

You may also have smaller dark fiber providers in your area. Go down to the nearest data center and find out who they can cross connect with. The outfit in our area can do aerial pulls, even to the county. The fiber alone will run you $500+ per month and the data center would charge for...

Thanks for your input. VLAN2 is my guest wireless network and although it is untrusted it is still secured with WPA2. Most of the clients are BlackBerry/Smart Phones or guests with laptops. The XP box is usually powered off or has the VLAN2 interface disabled. I use this workstation to test...

Here is a diagram of the whitebox ESXi box I'm putting together. My next upgrade will be 4GB additional DDR2.

Comcast in Bellingham, WA

Please recommend an Antivirus suite (Server Protection, Exchange Protection, Client Protection, Administration Console) for Small Business with 40 clients. What do you like, what do you not like?

Use a crossover cable between the two PCs if you are not using a hub or switch. Once you do that you should be able to go to start > run and type \\pcname (substitute PC name for the name of the PC you are attempting to access). You also need to establish shares, or you could move your files...

What sort of utilities are out that that are able to monitor websites that users have been accessing? Currently we use a Sonicwall with Sonicview to view reports of activity on certain IP addresses. Anyone with any network knowledge could just change their IP and be untraceable. What other...

I have a Small Business Server 2003 network with 36 clients computers connected to it. I'm looking to replace our current Symantec Client Security with something else. I have heard good things about eTrust AntiVirus. I would like a suite that will protect my Servers (we also have two other...