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My disks are full on WHSv1 reads are about 65MB/s and writes about 35MB/s so I can't compare. I like the way 2011 behaves vs v1. Remember that gigabit LAN will max out at ~100MB/s. I only have 2TB drives, nothing larger to test. Formatted they are only about 1.85TB. I looked at the 2012...

cafcwest is right. I'm testing 2008R2, WHS 2011 now and have been running WHS v1 since May 2009. This is my initial observations. My purpose is a media server for A/Vrecordings, backup, storage, no need or live RAID/ZFS. WHS v1 has been very good to me, current uptime is over 3 months...

I have no idea about the power draw of your RAID card, but I'd think that the CPU and PSU are likely drawing some extra power. This system will idle at 54W, hits 108W on bootup. Win7 on "power save" mode. Asus M4A785-M undervolted Sempron 140 unlocked to dual core 4400e (same power usage...

Sucky AT&T DSL, billing nightmares, time to change to something else, but what? It seems like the only other options here in SE FloriDUH are Comcast or Uverse which is another AT&T product.

I don't know for sure, but I suspect it is Windows reducing speed. This pattern and speed seems very consistent, I've done it several times. If I use the same Win7 "sending PC" to a different Win7 "receiving PC" (instead of the Win8 PC), the transfer is over 100MB/sec the entire transfer. In...

I had some updates for Win8 customer preview this morning, installed them. I have 5 X 2TB Samsung disks in parity. Sending the Win8 ISO will go at over 100MB/sec for about half the transfer, then it throttles down to between 25-50MB/sec for the rest. I have an Intel Pro1000 PT NIC installed...

Just get a Killawatt and plug your PC into it, it plugs into an outlet. You can measure real time power with one drive, then add some more and remeasure. Power supplies also vary this is some testing I've been doing. Lowest idle power to date is Intel DH61WW and i3-2100, 18W with Seasonic...

I have a similar "smaller scale server". It has a Sempron 140 unlocked to dual core (same power usage as single core mode), Asus M4A785-M board, 2x1GB DDR2, Seasonic 300W Bronze PSU, 6x2TB Samsung drives, running Lubuntu 11.04 off a 16GB USB flash drive (also tested this with unRAID on a 1GB...

I did some extensive testing with several different NICs and a couple different switches here in 2008. My onboard Realteks seemed to always be fast one way and dog slow the other way. Recent testing with the Lubuntu server showed some oddities where the Realtek 8111C (06/2011 dated driver...

I don't know if you already bought the zacate board, but I'd either switch to a regular AMD CPU or an Intel Sandy Bridge CPU, both will have a lot more processing power and use little if any more than the zacate at idle, maybe even less. I'd imagine that ZFS will use some CPU. I briefly tested...

I have been trying something similar recently, similar system, only 2GB RAM though, with my now unlocked Limpron 140 "dual core" aka 4400e. My WHS v1 is acting up, and I generally don't like how it operates, thrashes the crap out of hard drives during the night. It was totally locked up for...

I'm testing a FreeNAS 8.0.1 build, AMD Limpron 140, 2GB RAM, Asus 785 board, three 2TB Samsung F4 drives. FreeNAS is running on a 4GB USB flash drive. Intention is using this for streaming SageTV videos, backups, downloads, etc., small system with 6 or less drives. The three 2TB drives in...

I bought three Samsung F4s last fall for a new media server build. I wiped a old flash drive, set up Samsung's firmware, ESTools, but I also added on BIOS updates for 2 new motherboards. This setup works really well and has been very handy. I'm not using it for anything else now in case I...

I'm getting a new PSU and RAM today. When I update, I'll try and run some benchmarks and see what the settings actually accomplish.

I am building a "low power server" using a combo deal i3-550 and freebie Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2H board. A while back I bought three 2TB Samsung F4 drives for media storage, tonight I updated their firmware. I'll use a laptop drive for the OS. When I run Samsung ES Tools it shows that SMART is...

I can only tell you that our old production Solaris server with 4 single core CPUs running off our crappy SAN took 7.5 hours to process our monthly data, but little $1450 PC did it in only 2.5 hours. I had some big files, but certainly a lot of smaller ones too. YMMV.

I don't have time to read through the details of the thread, but I did something similar in testing for a new server. I use software that processes data in large temp sequential files. I used 4 Western Digital black drives and partitioned only about 50GB on each drive, left the rest unused...

I got these drives for adding/replacing drives in my WHS server (based on Win2003) so they need to be aligned it looks like. I can use Gparted, or it looks like I can also do it with a command in WHS. From the other website they formatted the drives, then used the diskpart command to set the...

I have 3 of these "on the truck out for delivery today" from the Newegg sale. What kind of settings, offsets, or whatever do you need to do with them? I am not using them as OS drives, only storage.

Although maybe more pricey, it works very well if you are wired. $10 Homebrew "HD Antenna" $149 HDHomerun $80 SageTV $100 WHS on reliable PC $200 SageTV extender Harmony remotes to turn on extender, receiver, TV all at one time Sky's the limit on the number of hard drives you'll need...

FWIW, I'm not a gamer and don't even have a bluray player now, but I try to see through marketing hype. I bought a Panasonic 50" plasma for the TV room AND a 42" for the bedroom for a total of about $1200 after Xmas in 2008. It looks like you can get similar updated models now, and the 50" is...

Did you check the settings in the BIOS? Under Advanced => Chipset => North Bridge => Initiate Graphic Adapter it is probably set to use the onboard graphics instead of your card.

I built a similar shelves but Jarpens weren't finished on all four edges so I got some doors (Effectiv?) to use on the outside of my L desk. They are about 15" deep and my preamp/amp slide under them nicely with 8" legs. I had to use different, shorter screws too. I put a band aid around a...

I have been testing extensively with a Gigayte X58-UD4P motherboard, strickly hard core data crunching, doing this from memory. I went into the BIOS, enabled RAID using the onboard ICH10R, rebooted. It prompted me for a CNTRL-I to go into the RAID configuation. I selected the drives I wanted...

I have some questions for the SSD experts. 1) How well would 2-4 smaller SSDs in RAID0 work for scratch space in a "simulated" production environment? 2) Do they multitask well? I have 6-10 users. When a user connects it creates a work space directory, and if they start sorting data...

I don't have the board but look through this thread. I suspect all your questions can be answered. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=992503

If you bought it at one of the TD Outlet stores in Miami, you have to check it carefully BEFORE you buy it. Hooleeo and his sticky fingered brother steal parts out of boxes that are not securely fastened shut. I also think some of them are returns. I bought a 939 Biostar Tforce board there...

Sadly, there are not many left. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010200302%201071317743&bop=And&Order=PRICE

My concern with the Abit IP35 Pro board would be the Realtek RTL8110SC LAN chip. It runs on the PCI bus instead of PCI-e. I have the exact same LAN chip in my mATX Gigabyte 690G and it is a real dog. It receives data ok, but is really slow on sends, maybe 18MByes/sec as I recall. I'm using a...

I have done a lot of system throughput testing for transferring files to/from a server. See this thread and skip to post 17. There is a link for tweaking memory buffer settings in Windows boxes too. Some NICs suck. With fast server drives you can get 100MBytes/sec transfers...

Thanks, it should be a lot of help. Sorry I haven't done more testing with WinXp or something but I want to use Linux (Solaris?) for my server for all my different machines, not enough time. I spent about $400 for the switch, $390 for the three WD 640GB drives, $65 for two Intel Pro1000 PCI-e...

Uhhh, you have the same hardware I was using, this thread on Page 2 might be of interest. I even did a lot of testing for you already. I have a lot of respect for LittleMe's opinion, although I don't have any Dell equipment. http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1280399 My HP...

Another update, I have hit network transfer Nirvana. Server = ASUS A8N-E, 1GB RAM, Hitachi 80GB SataII drive, Intel Pro1000 9300PT PCI-e x1 card Client = Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H 690G, 2GB RAM, Hitachi 164GB SataII drive, Intel Pro1000 9300PT PCI-e x1 card Switch = HP Procurve 1800-24G...

I moved my daily use PC to the Linksys 10/100 port so I still have internet access and can isolate the test environment. I only have 2 computers and the HP Procuve switch on the test LAN. I have Intel Pro1000 x1 cards in each PC. With the SMC switch, FileZilla took about 10seconds to...

DOH, wait until after the HP switch comes and I get it set up. I'm warning you, it ain't gonna be purdy!! I'm moving stuff to an "office bedroom". This website seems to have some good information. http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/

Thanks for the recommendations for the other switches YeOldeStonecat. I think I'll blow a little extra cabbage and get the HP 1800-24G, gut feeling = good vibes. LittleMe pushed me right over the edge, plus I like the passive cooling + warranty on the HP. Loud fans would = unhappy wife...

YeOldeStonecat, any other suggestions? I have read some of your posts and like the type of feedback you provide. Seated, I did see Provantage price today, also another LAN place that was even cheaper ($325ish?), but the second place only had 11 reviews at resellerratings.com and Provantage...

Wow, thanks for the quick replies. I accidently posted before I was finshed, sorry. There is not a 16 port switch in this model of Procurve switch. If I wire the whole house, I'll need a lot of ports anyway. Have you had any issues with the Procurve switch? I like the lifetime warranty...

I am spending some money and upgrading a lot of stuff in my home network. I do a lot of "testing" of Linux and various hardware, sometimes connect to work equipment. At work I am a SAS programmer and work on a Solaris Sunfire V440, IBM Mainframe (thankfully not much now since I migrated our...

Hows this for starters? http://www.uluga.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4388787