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    FS: Backplanes, HBAs, Mobo, Chassis + more

    Come on guys, I'd rather sell to a [H] than flea bay!
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    FS: Backplanes, HBAs, Mobo, Chassis + more

    Not POE+ unfortunately, only POE. A POE+ device will either not power up, or power up, then drop off when it doesn't get enough power. Used it with a couple Ubiquity AC units and as soon as a 5ghz client would connect the APs would reboot due to not getting enough power.
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    FS: Backplanes, HBAs, Mobo, Chassis + more

    Close, but not exact. The 71605E doesn't come with the cache vault (BBU) and isn't licensed for the MAXCache 3 for SSD Cache. Same base card, just this one comes with all the bells and whistles out of the box. :)
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    FS: Backplanes, HBAs, Mobo, Chassis + more

    bumping for new stuff FS
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    Anyone registered for Hands-On Labs Expert-Led Workshop at VMworld 2015

    I signed up for classes the night the course builder opened. They are moving things around so openings may happen.
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    ESXi alternatives for home lab - looking for some suggestions

    With the latest version of the free Veeam, you can use powershell to automate your backups. Manual backups never get done.
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    production vm storage?

    Anyone using vsan for small deployments? We have a number of remote sites that need 2-4 hosts and shared storage. Going to be testing vsan in our lab soon.
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    Network pics thread

    ITv-3 has 1Gb internet??? If so that really drives me nuts. Where I live, the city decided to not have them do FTH and instead went with a much smaller local telco that can't figure out how to do DSL right, let alone try and do FTH. They have bandwidth caps on their FTH service! Anyone looking...
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    Virtualizing Exchange, SQL, etc and Storage Block Sizes

    We do separate clusters just for Oracle and SQL and license the hosts.
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    SCVMM 2012 R2

    Scvmm cluster aware updating is for hosts only. Your guests are handled via other means. It also does compliance policies on updates, and remidates all the hosts automatically. I use a wsus instance on my vmm server just for my hosts and a dedicated wsus server for my guests. You can setup vmm...
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    the beauty of a unified environment

    I just left a small edu for private sector at a fortune 50 global company and it is interesting to say the least. There are so many projects and systems I'm working on I'll never be bored. Many things are for sure better than edu but there are still a lot of issues and problems. Some systems...
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    supermicro 846TQ-R900B quiet options?

    2x PWS-920P-1R really helped. Now my loudest device is an old dell switch I am going to replace.
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    Network pics thread

    I wired in a dedicated 30 amp circuit when I bought the house :D
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    Network pics thread

    My current Home Lab Top SuperMicro is my "SAN" running 2012 R2 and acting as an iscsi target. 2x R610s in a Hyper-V cluster 1x SM half depth atom server. Running ESXi and has one of my DCs and the SCVMM VM. Not pictured are 2x baytech PDUs, 1x Nortel 5520-48T for the network, and 1x edge...
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    5405z + 24bay SM BackPlane Weird issue

    I've used Adaptec 5, 6 and 7 series cards in SuperMicro 2u, 3u, and 4u chassis with Sata and SAS drives and never seen this issue. Once the system starts booting the controller, that will then start talking to the drives. How long does it take between the raid card starting and the final status...
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    supermicro 846TQ-R900B quiet options?

    Welp I just bought 2x from this guy, http://www.ebay.com/itm/111494687413 Offered $60 each, settled for $65 each with $25 shipping total.
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    supermicro 846TQ-R900B quiet options?

    Thanks for the link, I'll give that a try. I wasn't going to originally since it wasn't a Q model.
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    supermicro 846TQ-R900B quiet options?

    I replaced my 3 pin fans with 4 pin fans and that made a big difference on my 3u SM chassis. Compatibility is the difficult thing though, I ended up emailing SM support and they gave me the model numbers I needed for the front and back fans. PSUs are next on my list to replace, but for my 3u...
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    Full Packet Capture Options

    Do you do MITM SSL on all your SSL traffic or just parts of it? Our PA firewalls have that capability but I've never configured it.
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    Best UPS Hack for ESXi Free Edition?

    I need to configure this for my Hyper-V cluster at home. At work it is nice having a UPS backed by a auto on gen. As long as we got diesel and nothing fails we aren't going down due to power loss.
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    Interesting ERL performance observation

    I have a ER Poe and I've notice the slow dhcp too at times. Doesn't happen all the time, but sometimes it takes a good 30 seconds to get a dhcp address.
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    GTX 570 as a physx card?

    I'm going to replace my 570 with a 970 later this year, but I don't know what I should do with my 570. Is it worth it to keep it just for doing physx and running a second screen? I have 2x 1080p screens, but I only use 1 for gaming. Would there be any befit to putting the 2nd screen on...
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    Hyper-V: Automate maintenance?

    Do you have system center? You could set something up with a runbook through operations manager.
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    Network pics thread

    Cisco even lets you download their firmware and drivers for their UCS servers without a support contract. You do have to login with a Cisco account, but that is it.
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    Wireless Bridges

    The Ubiquiti wireless stuff is awesome. We have 3 sets of bridges between multiple sites and they are rock solid.
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    Network pics thread

    I was wondering about the floor, does he really have a raised floor at home?!?!?! :D My new R610s are nice and quiet. once I get my Hyper-V cluster going I can get rid of one of my noisy SuperMicro servers.
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    4+ Node Servers -- How do they share disks?

    If you are super constrained on U then the multi node systems make sense. Otherwise 1U servers are generally cheaper and have more expansion slots if you need them. I bought 2x of these for my home lab...
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    Network pics thread

    Looks like the magic smoke was let out. I found this gem while on the roof a local hospital. The cisco antenna on the outside was not grounded to anything, and a set of fiber converters were used to protect the router on the other side of that old radio.
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    Who, besides Cisco, for enterprise access switches?

    HP in the access, distro and core. We are moving to Juniper in the core though for expanded features. HP is awesome and cheap, Cisco gear is nice, but we could not afford them. Juniper gives us pretty good discounts on their gear and their jcare is cheap also.
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    What to look for in Used Rackmount Servers on eBay?

    ooh that is rather awesome then. For that price I could get 2.
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    What to look for in Used Rackmount Servers on eBay?

    Those AMD ones are super cheap. Cheap enough I could look over the lack of IPMI. Can they take a 4th node? It looks like most of them for sale were only 3 nodes. Are they any different than the c6100 other than AMD instead of Intel?
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    What to look for in Used Rackmount Servers on eBay?

    I'm looking for some servers too. I'm currently using a R300 and a old SM white box for my hyper-v servers. I'm thinking about 4x C1100 or something similar with iscsi boot for all of them.
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    Comcast business internet - migrating away from static IPs

    Same, except mine changed once but that is it.
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    how are the ubiquiti edge routers?

    A friend of mine does where he works. They manage wireless networks for multiple sites and businesses from an internet hosted unifi manager. They are not using aws, but some other hosted solution. it works rather well for them.
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    how are the ubiquiti edge routers?

    I use the POE version at home. One thing to be aware of it comes with a 24v not 48v power brick. So if you have a 48v poe device you want to power, you have to buy a different brick.
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    Network pics thread

    What, no Sapphire or Halon system at home??? :D Drive still good after that or did it get fried too?
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    Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 Remote Management

    Yea it is really annoying. To make it even worse, 8.1 can't manage 2008 R2 and lower Hyper-V! They really need to make it so RSAT can manage more than +/- 1 version of their products.
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    Network backup software

    All software, never used their dedicated appliance they have now.
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