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    Any feedback on Intel Core i5-6400T? Low power home NAS

    Thanks for the feedback guys. Guess I will stick with the Ivy Bridge for my NAS and just upgrade my home machine instead :)
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    Any feedback on Intel Core i5-6400T? Low power home NAS

    what kind of desktop CPU has 5W TDP when idle? :eek: Those numbers sound more like laptop processors
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    Any feedback on Intel Core i5-6400T? Low power home NAS

    I'm looking to upgrade my 3 year old 65W TDP Intel i5 3400 to the latest skylake Intel Core i5-6400T (35W TDP). Any feedback on implementing this new CPU on a home NAS? Any better lower TDP/power options? My freeNAS is mostly idle all the time except at night when I stream some movies to the...
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    pfSense as Layer 3 "switch" with VLANs and completely transparent?

    I own a public /24 IP block "internet accessible" not part of the 172.16.0.0 x or any other local LAN. Yes I don't want to use packet filtering at all on these hosts.
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    pfSense as Layer 3 "switch" with VLANs and completely transparent?

    No, my newer switch (gigabit) supports Layer 2 only. Does no routing. Therefore I need something to route my VLAN's /29s Dell Powerconnect 5448 is my switch FYI - support no ip routing.
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    pfSense as Layer 3 "switch" with VLANs and completely transparent?

    HI guys, I have a problem, need to replace my current layer 3 switch with vlans with pfsense. The good thing about it is that I will be able to create policies for security. There is a guide for transparent filtering here...
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    3TB on NexentaCore + Napp-it ST3000DM001

    Hi guys I purchased a set of 3TB ST3000DM001 Seagate drives during black friday and am starting to migrate the data from my 2TB drives set to take advantage of ZFS ability to auto-expand when all larger drives are replaced in the pool. Hard drive is connected to an IBM M1015 (flashed LSI...
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    Had a party, now speaker volume has to be at Max to hear

    The receiver shows "MUTE" on the screen when its on mute, so certainly is not on mute. I reset to factory defaults and unplugged for 5 minutes, lost all settings (labels on my inputs) sound is still the same. Called Yamaha they suggested I try another set of speakers, have none, so they said...
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    Had a party, now speaker volume has to be at Max to hear

    I am using HDMI inputs. Input 1 is DirecTV receiver via HDMI Input 2 is Apple TV I havent tried analog but HDMI inputs seem to be having the same issue. There is no fuse or anything that may have blown causing this issue?
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    Had a party, now speaker volume has to be at Max to hear

    Hi guys I had a party over the weekend and I think my friend who was DJ'ng at my house put the volume too loud. Symptoms:: When you play anything on the system, the volume needs to be really loud 48 dBi, all speakers (5.1 system) appear to be working. I don't hear any chirping or rattling...
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    OpenZFS NAS (BSD, Illumos, Linux, OSX, Solaris, Windows + Storage Spaces) with napp-it web-gui

    I just migrated from my ubuntu FUSE zfs to Gea's NexentaCore + napp-it I backed up my filesystem on a spare 2tb external, but just FYI there is a bug when IMPORTING zfs pools. It will not create a symlink under /nameofpool -- so you cannot benchmark using napp-it. To ensure a troubleless...
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    Cheapest Laptop Shipping Box?

    Hi guys I need to ship a laptop, whats the cheapest box/way I can get it shipped? Thanks
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    Cheapest Laptop Shipping Box?

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    ESXi cheap SATA2 and SATA3 controllers for passthrough? (Raid not needed)

    thanks for the tip. Seems like a good controller, since it has SATA III :D
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