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Thanks for the feedback guys. Guess I will stick with the Ivy Bridge for my NAS and just upgrade my home machine instead :)

what kind of desktop CPU has 5W TDP when idle? :eek: Those numbers sound more like laptop processors

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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?

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...

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...

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

thank you kind sir. It worked

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

Hi guys I setup my all in one and I am in the process of setting up napp-it with NexentaCore - I installed NexentaCore but it did not bring up the network via DHCP. I tried "Ifconfig" but it won't show the interface status... I also tried ifconfig e1000g0 and didnt work. Suggestions? Thanks

I am pretty sure it has crossed your mind, you usually buy items from Tigerdirect (not in california) and save plenty of money if you are spending $100's. CA sales tax is close to 10% Has anyone found a way to get around buying from Newegg and avoiding the sales tax (without getting a resale...

Success! Intel DQ67SW B3 motherboard works in ESXi -- read my comments about how to install it - Passthrough works!! :D

Wow $5,000 + for the Nexenta license to do replication! thanks for chipping in

I am curious if anybody knows if its possible to implement a cheap/affordable high availability storage solution? The perfect system, in order to be reliable and highly available should be able to: High performance with multiple drives, maybe SSD L2 cache like ZFS (would love to implement...

Hi guys I recently purchased an Intel motherboard featuring Intel AMT 2.0, which I have been able to exploit using VNC Viewer Plus. With Intel AMT 2.0 you are able to control several aspects of a server: Power Off, Power On, Reboot control View screen, BIOS and control machine remotely...

Hi guys I built my own home ESXi whitebox today and I am looking to buy a controller for pass through. Preferably 8 port (for 8 disks) and SATA3 for future SSD. Any suggestions? I looked thru the ESXi whitebox hcl and the only controller I see that fits the profile is LSI MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i...

Subscribed. I am curious to know. In an unrelated question, how has your performance been with ZFS and 4k drives? I heard that 4k drives are slower than old drives. Thoughts?

Hi guys I found another forum saying that the Intel DQ67SWB3 motherboard will work with esxi. I just ordered it from Amazon, once I get it I will report back!

Hi guys I am thinking about upgrading my i7 930 to a SB 2400 with built-in graphics. I wanted to get some feedback on the motherboards with this new chipset. Please post your stories, motherboard and if it has integrated graphics (no dedicated GPU required). Thanks! :cool:

Hi guys It is time for me to build an ESXi whitebox server for my home and I have been researching VMdirectpath using VT-d directed I/O for virtual machines. I have been unable to find much information about motherboards that do support ESXi and VT-d out of the box, would you mind helping...

Hi guys Will the LSI SAS3041E-HP work for VMdirectpath also? Theres one I can pickup for $60 ;)

Has anyone been able to play with this board? Tyan S5512GM4NR http://www.tyan.com/product_SKU_spec.aspx?ProductType=MB&pid=700&SKU=600000226 I was looking at it for a new ESXi build, wanted to do VMDirectPath (for ZFS) and run a few virtualized machines as well. CPU I wanted to throw in...

Why would you need to reflash an IBM hardware with an LSI firmware?

at least 4 pref 8

Hi guys I am looking for cheap adapters to be able to use passthru using VMDirectPath on VMware ESXi 4.1 U1 Any advice? 1068e controllers seem to be in the $100+ range this is for my home test box. Thanks

Thanks. I did buy a passive DP to DVI from Monoprice but it did not work. 1920x1200 Any cheap ACTIVE adapter suggestion? Thanks :)

Hi guys I wanted to have a single video card for my three monitors, so I purchased a MSI ATI Radeon HD 5770 http://www.frys.com/product/6139339?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG On the website it said I bought a displayport adapter from Monoprice DisplayPort to DVI adapter...

Thank you for your quick and detailed response. I've tried NexentaStor and OpenIndiana (had tried OpenSolaris too). My motherboard (Biostar TPower I45 ) or the video card (PCI-E ATI Radeon 3800 series) seems to act very very funky with both on live-cd (slow graphics and load times for OS)...

Hi Noob here. For your statement Do these include the built in motherboard LSI controller? or better to get a standalone card, if the later can I get some recomendations to look ebay for deals? Thanks PSS how bad is performance on 4K format 2TB drives?? has it been benchmarked in...

HI guys has any of you upgraded their PSU from a regular PSU to an 80 rated one and actually saw their power consumption decrease? (without any other hardware changes)? Thanks