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    Intel server chassis

    I believe it's socket 604. Any idea what SSI Entry form factor is? That's what the intel site says the motherboard is.
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    Intel server chassis

    And to think I was quite thrilled when I saw 77%. I was expecting 50 something. The last power supply I had to buy was in 2009. I don't recall 80 plus anything then. I did move the server to the basement. It's not putting out much heat. The noise was annoying though.
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    Intel server chassis

    I did some digging around on the web and found the tech sheets for the power supplies. They are supposedly rated at 77% efficiency. I currently have it running FreeNAS 9.2.1.8 with 2 3TB WD Reds mirrored with ZFS. For now I'm using the onboard ICH5R for that. The 8 port intel raid card it...
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    Intel server chassis

    Hmm OK then. So it sounds like a bit of a power hog. If I were to switch out the motherboard/cpu/ram would that help much in terms of power? How hard would it be to put a more efficient power supply in? I don't need dual power supplies. This is just going to be a freenas box for media at...
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    Intel server chassis

    My mistsake, it's 730 watt total output max. I would think that would be both psus running? I'm only using 1. The sticker inside says ~35 amps on the 12v rails. It also says 130w 3.3/5v combined. The server has been in my office running all last night and this morning. The power supply...
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    Intel server chassis

    Recently I bought this intel server off of ebay for $50. It's a dual 3.2ghz xeon with 8GB DDR-400 ECC RAM. The case has dual 750 watt power supplies, 6 hot swap bays and 4 internal 3.5" bays. I was cleaning out the dust from inside the computer and noticed that the motherboard looks to me...
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    Home virtualization server

    OK I got my new motherboard yesterday. It's a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3. Now I just need to get cpu, ram and a power supply. Does anybody know if this motherboard can boot without a video card? My server will be headless so I am hoping I can get away with no video card.
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    Home virtualization server

    From what I recall FreeBSD 32bit has the PVM options in the kernel where as 64 bit does not. My plan is to run 64 bit freenas so I can use ZFS. There is a free version of citrix xenserver. I think it's also opensource. Supposedly the free xenserver does more than free esxi. I am a fan...
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    Home virtualization server

    I've looked in to citrix xenserver. I think it would great for me if 2 of my virtual machines weren't freebsd based (freenas & pfsense).
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    Home virtualization server

    I'm stil considering this option too. I am considering the piledriver 6300 and the gigabyte 970a motherboard. I can at least get those locally where as the e3 setup would need to be ordered online Yes, amd system can use ECC. I've read this in numerous places. Once you add in ecc ram...
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    Home virtualization server

    Well that looks like a good motherboard. From what I've read you need the +- version so that both NICs work. Does that still apply to the newest esxi? I find that you have to watch carefully because some sites list it as x9scl+-f and the part # is actually a x9scl-f. Also, with this board...
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    Home virtualization server

    Guess I'll pass on the AMD system then. Ok, it's final. Intel e3 1220 with Intel Server Board S1200BTL. I can get those for a little bit cheaper than I paid for my i5 cpu and motherboard back in 2009. I'll have to check ebay regularly for a cheap M1015.
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    Home virtualization server

    Maybe I should just forget about pci passthrough and go with an i3 system. Would it be a smart idea to use RDM for zfs instead of passing through controller itself?
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    Home virtualization server

    Issues with onboard nic. The motherboards I've been looking at use realtek nics. I thought the realtek 8168 on my p7p55d was working ok but it wasn't. After a short while it would stop working. Also, my biggest concern is that IOMMU won't work properly. That is the main thing I need. I'll...
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    Home virtualization server

    Darn. I looked at that page last night and I was almost certain it supported vt-d. Oh well. I guess that settles that. Down to 2 choices now. Intel S1200BTLR server board with xeon e3-1220 and ecc ram or phenom x4 ii 965 black edition with some sort of gigabyte board. The amd is half the...
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