Recent content by Hadrien

We just had an issue today crop up after a few people installed KB3021674 in Windows 8.1. If a user tried to logon to a system that they had never logged onto before it could not create a new profile for them, giving the error "User Profile Service Failed the Logon". At first we thought...

Hmm homebrew GPU compute node or maybe some sort of GPU offload for VDI? Been foaming at the mouth for GPU offload for VDI for awhile. Would love to slice and dice our engineering boxes into VDI clients that can take resources as they need it.

We have a few Brocade 10GbE switches here and we have been using the Approved Optics generics with pretty good results. However we use the MM Fiber SFP+ units, not the copper ones. I dont know if their price is reasonable or not... http://approvedoptics.com/brocade-xbr-twx-0301/

That is a pretty solid build as a large storage platform. I am FAR from an expert, but we have built two ZFS arrays using a similar chassis as you. We found that the expanders are great to keep down on cabling, but that the direct attached backplanes offered better performance IF you are going...

We have yet to test the drives. The 9211-8i is only a touch over a year old so I will be calling LSi to find a way to either test it or RMA it. If I had to guess I would say that the drives will test out to be fine, since I imagine the odds of all of the drives on that controller going bad at...

Here is what happened. I wanted to upgrade the NOS on the Brocade VDX 6720 that servers as our 10GbE fiber "core" switch as well as our iSCSI 10GbE uplinks from the SAN to the ESXi hosts. We basically just wacked the switch in half using VLANs and have 12 ports for each network. The...

Just wondering if anyone out there is using a mirror of the ZeusRAM drives for their ZIL? I understand that this is kind of an odd question, but I haven't found much in the way of anyone using STEC ZeusRAM in a mirror for ZIL except for a few people...

Enermax PSU's have always been my favorite, they have gone in a number of my machines that needed "BIG POWAH"! I have replaced sketchy Thermaltake and even a PC Power and Cooling PSU with Enermax before to solve issues with machines that would lock up or reboot under heavy gaming or encoding...

If there is nothing weird on the label that says "OEM" or "Made for XXX by HGST" then I would give support a call/email and find out exactly why it is not under warranty. I have had to do the same for WD and Seagate multiple times with retail drives when their online tool did not see it as a...

What kind of storage server are you building? What OS are you using? Your drive selection will be based upon what hardware and OS you are going to use, as well as its intended purpose. I am not from the UK but 1500 Sterling for 24 drives sounds like not too bad of a price, assuming that...

I'm in. Love XFX wares...

I have tried the patch panels then 1 ft patch cables into the switch method and have found that the 2 - 24 port patch panels, then neat patch, then switch works a lot better for me if and when I need to flip flop cables (which is rare indeed). I also typically have one or two PoE injectors and...

Yup. I let me assistant at the time do that cabinet and I never looked at it. Shame on me for assuming he would do it right.

While this is FAR from some of my best work it is at least an improvement on what was there before. I tried a new way of laying things out putting the switch at the top, but this caused some sag in my bundle which I am not happy about. To top it all off I found a bunch of shorties in the...

Did you load the latest Intel ProSet drivers? EDIT: NM I am retarded I did not read the post you made right before I made mine. If you have the latest ProSET drivers and it does not work then I am very confused.