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    Vlan question.

    I finally updated my lab switch here at the house, (HP 1810-24g) and started to play around with ways to separate my "lab" portion of my network away from the "production" portions. Let me describe what I have running, 2 Esxi hosts, 1 nas for vm shared storage, Vcenter has 3 dvswitches one...
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    Can I / Should I attach 14tb of freenas raidz2 storage as iscsi?

    I'm looking for ideas on the best way to add this storage. Here's the story: Home lab components: SM MBD-X10SL7-F-O 1230V3 32Gb ram 6x 4Tb NAS drives 256Gb SSD, MLC Current configuration thought: ESXi 5.5 pass-through the (IT mode'ed) LSI to freenas 9.x attaching the 6x4tb drives as...
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    Looking for a reality check on two home projects

    I've spent the last week reading and testing what I can with my existing hardware. I'm looking to buy a GA-990FXA-UD5 or ASRock 970 Extreme3 with a 8350 & 32Gb for this new setup. Which mobo depends on if phase 2 is doable or not. Phase1: I have 3 severs currently, two esxi5.1 (6 guests to be...
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    4770k heat issue

    Ive never been a serious overclock'er, and figured that I'd go a bit deeper on this build, and grabbed a 4770k and a z87x-ud3h. I've been using it stock as I don't have a HSF yet, and noticed that my load temps are crazy high. This is what Ive been seeing at all stock settings: idle / browsing...
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    P45 and 5770 bsod on xfire enable.

    I recently acquired two 5770's to use in my EP45-DS3R board, but I'm having a hell of a time getting it to work. Advice/Suggestions most appreciated! testing: Both cards work fine on their own, and in each of the slots. Tried 13.1 , 12.8 and 11.12 drivers. (each on fresh OS installs)...
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    Recommend me "professional grade" Benchmark software.

    hiya folks, the boss man asked me to come up with a benchmark suite for all incoming models, (Dell and Apple Products) I took a look at a few on the web, (Futuremark,Sysmark,Sandra), they didn't seem quite what we are looking for. Does anyone have any suggestions on a few products?
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    GA-E7AUM-DS2H vs GA-EG45M-DS2H

    I guess the question really is, 9400 vs 4500HD, both the boards seem to suit my needs, but I hear that the 9400's have better Audio (or rather implement the functions on the chip better.) too. If you were buying one, what one would you pick? TIA! Figured I should add a link or two to...
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    Need create Many AD Test users...

    I swear that I seen/used a tool like this before, but I can not seem to find one now. What I need to do is create a ton of user objects (like 20k) for testing purposes. Anyone know of a free tool (or another way to do this?)
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    Q43/Q45 Chipset

    We just got a pre-release model (under NDA so I can't get specific) with the Q43/45 chipset, I really cant find any decent info on this, how different is it from P/G43/45's?
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    Thinking of moving to ESXi

    I have been playing with ESXi since it was released as a free download, and I think I'm ready to take the full virtualized plunge. I want to combine my current 2k3 server, my Astaro firewall into one box and then the other box as a lab training, experimenting, etc.... The issue I see, is that...
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    Spin Down Idle HDD - ARC-1220 & W2K3

    Does anyone use this feature on their 1220 and Windows combo? I'm a little hesitant to turn it on, but I would say 60% of day the drives would be off so it would be a big $ savings over a year. Thoughts?
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    GroupPolicy applies mapped drives, every other login.

    I have dug around on the net for an way to make Mapped drives apply consistently, but have not had any success...yet Details: 2003 dom, schema extended for 2008/Vista pol's Vista32Sp1 and XP32Sp3 PC's all with the Client Side Extensions installed. No errors in logs, RsoP shows Success on...
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    Thoughts about compatibility issues with Areca 1220 and Samsung F1 HD103UJ

    I recently bought an Areca 1220 and had a few issues with drives dropping. After a bit of digging around on Areca's website I found this, Unfortunately, I had already purchased 8 F1's. Anyone else have issues with with this card and drive combo? I downgraded the drives to 150 and turned off...
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    Giga4850+ Vistax64 = Intermittent Atixxx.sys BSOD's

    It looks like quite a few people are having issues with the 4850's, Just wanted to check to see if anyone has seen any tweaks/trick to getting this working (stably) until Ati gets their crap together. This is a new build: Antec EW650 EP45-DS3R Q9450 Gigabyte 4850 4G PC8400 Vista64 (no...
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    Recommend me an 4 sata drive external enclosure

    I have been looking around for an enclose for a few of my older 250g sata drives, I figure they would be good for backup. The problem is, I haven't had any luck finding 4 drive enclosures that are sata. Nas enclosures would work, but for $350, I can get two 1tb drives and just slap them in my...
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    Power down Hard drives - On a schedule

    Has anyone ever seen a tool/utility to power down hard drives on a schedule? What I would like to do is power down certain sections of my 2k3 server when not in use. Example: 6a-6p Kids movies drive - ON 12p-11p Regular DVD, BD Volumes - ON 3p-11p Data volumes - ON 6a-2a Recorded TV...
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    HTPC Sound - Questions.

    I recently got around to hooking my HTPC built on a foxconn NF4 to my old Onkyo 520, the issue is I'll be damned if I can get the S/PIDF (Coax) to work. I just never get any sound out of it. I cant seem to find any info on the ALC 850 and whether this will work with Vista media center. I did try...
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    Purevideo & Purevideo HD, Use same software?

    Is there a difference between the two software wise? I don't see new download's on Nvidia's site. I also saw that they recommend Power DVD Ultra for Vista and not PV. I have had PV on my htpc when I had a 6800Gt and now with the 8600gts, it plays fine. Is there any diffrence between the...
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    Vista Media center and playing movies with DTS.

    I have ripped my movies to the HD's of my Server/HTPC for easy access, this one particular movie only had a DTS sound track, and VMC will play the movie but not the sound. I have the CCCP codec's installed, and everything else has been fine. Any Suggestions, Thoughts? Note: I have already...
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    Automated file copy. - Looking for suggestions

    I'm looking for a way to copy files to my server from my HTPC through out the day, but there are a few stipulations to how it needs to be done. What I need is to run a batch job every three hours that will copy specific files from a local folder to a network share. It needs to be completely...
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    DNS Issue - Confused...

    I have my test server here at the house running w2k3 and the domain is windows.somedomain.us. When I do a nslookup, for yahoo.com I get yahoo.com.somedomain.us and my external IP address, not yahoo's address. The web works fine, (I assume because my forwarders are doing the actual lookups)...
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    ASUS M2N-VM DVI & Vista = Not playing nice.

    I just received my new ASUS M2N-VM DVI board on Saturday, after pairing it up with a new 4800+ and 2G of Gskill 6400 (55512) I can not seem to get Vista to install on it. I was thinking that the Mobo came bad, but it will install and run XP without issue. What happens: During the vista...
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    Gripe about Newegg's Shipping/Packageing

    I just received my most recent order from Newegg, and what a disaster!! All of the hard drives (4 500's and a 750) were single wrapped in bubble wrap (which was all popped!) and the box looks like a three year old packed it. Newegg has been slipping over the last few years, it seems that the...
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    Windows 2003 Features VS Netware/Zenworks

    As a long time Netware/Zenworks guy, the (evil?) work of MS has been thrust upon us, I have a few questions that I just can not seem to find solid answers to. Is there a MS product that has the equivalent features of Novell's Zenworks? Specifically I'm looking for application distribution...
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    Ultimate reinstall on new hardware, am I in for trouble?

    I'm replacing my HTPC hardware that vista ultimate installed on it. one of these: Vista 32-Bit Ultimate for System Builders Single Pack DVD. The warning on this has me concerned: Disclaimer: This OEM software is intended for system builders only and cannot be transferred to another PC once it...
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    6600GT VS 7050PV

    I currently have a 6800GT in my HTPC, I am wanting to move some hardware around and replace the mobo-video combo with one of these: ASUS M2N-VM 7050PV. I do not play any games on this box, it is solely for TV, DVD, ETC.. play back, is this a wise move or should I keep the current combo...
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    Pci express 8x in a 16x video slot, Possible?

    I have a an older NF4 board laying around that I could love to repurpose as a server, Could I get a Raid card like this one and use it in this slot? Or are Video slots not compatible?
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    Switched to Gigabit - Now having slowness and disconnects.

    Back story - I have a small network of 4PC (xp and vista) and 2 servers (Netware and Win2k3) for the last few years I have been running 100 (over a Netgear FS108) and never had any issues. Recently I have dived into the Media center/HTPC thing and transmit increasingly larger amounts of data...
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    Dell Sata raid card, will it work in a standard PCI slot?

    I'm Frankenstein-ing an old PC to be a server, and I have dell 4 port sata raid controller (it's the model that is identical to 2410sa). The question is, can this be installed into a standard PCI slot? Will this be a big enough hit in performance as to effect network storage for a HTPC? Kelly
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    PSU & MB Compatability issues? WTF!

    OK Just put together a new HTPC, components below, and the Seasonic PSU that I bought came DOA. (or so I thought.) I put everything together and no love turning it on, I grabbed the old PSU that was in the old tower and plugged it in and presto, it came on. I was tempted to send it back...
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    Picture Quality through MCE.

    I recently built a HTPC, and have an issue with SD TV quality, with the SD cable straight into the TV, the picture isn't great, but it is livable. When switching the same cable over to the PC's tv tuner, the picture is really soft. Is this normal? Hardware: x2 4200 6900GT hauppauge 150 & 1600
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    Another e1705 Thread

    Just wanted to get a few opinons before I pulled the trigger on this E1705. This is what I am going to get: Inspiron E1705 Core™ 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB) 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™ 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz...
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