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Hello, I want to rip a BluRay Movie using HandBrake with a DTS-HD audio-track into a simple DTS track. I am able to choose "DTS passthrough" on a "DTS-HD MA" Track, does this work and just peel off the lossless HD Master part? Thanks!

Hello, I am currently speccing a new computer for a friend and looking for the best available HDD in respect to: - 4 TB - low noise - reliable The price does not matter, enterprise-grade with 10^-15 error-probability, 5 years warranty etc. is very fine. However, I doubt the 7200k drives...

Hello, anyone able to interpret that message? Last login: Thu Jan 16 23:13:53 2014 from 192.168.42.10 OmniOS 5.11 omnios-8d266aa 2013.05.04 root@plankton:~# pkg update Creating Plan / pkg update: No solution was found to satisfy constraints Plan Creation: Package solver has not found a...

Hey, I'm just browsing around on supermicro checking their new haswell UP-xeon lineup ( http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon3000/#1150 ) and wonder what the difference between the following features is: - Dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports (1x Intel® i217LM & 1x Intel®...

Hello, could someone make an educated guess please whether a normal-sized ODD will fit or if I'll need a slim drive? It's a Denon UCD-F88 and it's dimension is: W 270mm / 10.6in H 112mm / 4.4in D 305mm / 12in I will try to cramp a HTPC into it. Any guess, advice, whatever...

What's New: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/documentation/solaris11-1-whatsnew-1732377.pdf Press-Release: http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/1859224 Solaris11-Site: http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/solaris/solaris11/overview/index.html

What do I lose/gain if I disable/enable the OptionROM of an HBA like the M1015? Are there differences between IR and IT regarding the ROM? Would you flash to IT with or without OptionROM? Thank you very much

Hello, This is not about gaming/overclocking/whatever, it's about ECC server RAM I am planning a new ESXi Server and wonder whether the new 8GB DIMMs with DDR3-1600 and slow 11-CAS latency are any better than the usual DDR3-1333 with 9-CAS? Are there any cons/pros? Thank you

Hi, does anybody know the Supermicro-Board "X9SCM-IIF"? What is the difference to the current X9SCM-F? It is explicitly mentioned here (among other new ones): http://www.supermicro.com/newsroom/pressreleases/2012/press120514_UP_IVB.cfm And via google you find this PDF...

Hello, I am looking for a new performance harddrive in my workstation, hosting game-setups and virtual machine images (no media storage). Currently, I am using a Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1GB (ST31000340AS) which is now in use for about 4 years. So I want to replace it and use it as an...

hello, has anyone successfully used ProxMox [1] to host a ZFS-host, including pcie-passthrough and decent network-performance? Are there any major differences to ESXi regarding a SAN-less, one-machine, SOHO installation? [1] Debian KVM Hypervisor, http://www.proxmox.com/

What purpose has the OptionRom of an HBA, e.g. M1015? How do I disable it and why? Thanks

Hello, I am looking for unbuffered ECC Dimm for Sandy Bridge. Asking kingston [1] there are numerous different kinds of DIMMs. What are these differences? Is B vs. C die really a quality-thing? Is SR single-ranked? What does this mean? What do I need TS/ThermalSensor for? Is "ValueRam Server...

Hello, i can't find a definite answer, does intel introduce new chipsets for the ivy-bridge versions of the E3 Xeons, e.g. "E3-2300 v2" ? Or is c20x going to stay? Thanks

Hello, which 2,5" HDD to choose to store the virtual-machine images for ESXi? I want 7200rpm and >=250GB, so I am looking at the Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB. Its price/GB is not that good but its a single platter and it's said to have nice random-access performance. The 500GB...

Hello, I am trying to decide between the Sam-Sung and the Intel. Price-difference in Germany is about 10EUR, so that does not matter. I am currently using a Vertex 2, 60GB and have learned what to keep on the SSD and whatnot, so 128GB is plenty enough for me. I will not...

Hey guys, I'm trying to get a realistic picture of energy consumption, using the soon-to-arive Ivy Bridge Xeons. Is the following calculation somewhat correct? Any other things to factor in? ODS-Sheet Download

Hello, I decided to value my data so much that I will use 4 disks and can live with net-capacity of 50%. So 2 disks are free for parity. Do I use Raid1 or RaidZ2?

Is it possible to get an E3-12*5 Xeon CPU, having an IPMI Mainboard, using ESXi v5 and utilize Intel's QuickSync in an Win7/WHS2011 VM for example with ArcSoft MediaConverter ?

Which one would you choose? Are there any differences besides the second proper Intel NIC on the Tyan? Solid Capacitors or such? Severe differences in BIOS settings? The Tyan-board just went available again in Germany and it seems pretty nice. I think serverthehome mentioned the...

Hello, does anyone have some figures how much power a server-motherboard like the Supermicro X9SCM uses? How much does the IPMI take? Is it possible to build a high-efficient server with such a Server-Mainboard, even using IPMI? I am considering to use an Intel Motherboard without IMPI...

Does anybody know of a 120mm fan-replacement bracket for the Chenbro RM41416B [1] ? [1] http://www.chenbro.com/corporatesite/products_detail.php?sku=38

Hello, has the supermicro a decent working PWM-controller for the CPU-fan or is normal 3-pin recommended over 4-pin PWM? Thanks

Hello, I am currently seeing very strange behaviour of my tiny HTPC-box, following dmesg of the ZFS server: Dec 23 18:54:15 knecht smbsrv: [ID 421734 kern.notice] NOTICE: [KNECHT\htpc]: filme.bat share not found Dec 23 18:54:15 knecht last message repeated 1 time Dec 23 18:54:15 knecht...

Hello, due to Thailand being flooded I am not able to get a 500GB WD Black for my ESXi Data-Store. I wonder whether I can use my old 320GB Seagate and replace it with a new HDD when available. Is this going to work? Are there any special image/clone/backup tools that are to be used with...

Hello does anybody know of an adequate software which lets you issue basic commands via an usb-microphone like "attention, attention. emergency shutdown" or better yet "servant, what is thy zfs status?" An speech-synthesised response would be awesome :D

Hello, for my upcoming setup I plan to have an ESXi running and hosting only two virtual machines. One being Solaris 11 (Express) with at least 8 GB and the second WHS 2011, so nothing fancy here. I wonder if it is better to install Solaris 11 bare-metal and virtualizing the WHS with...

Hello, I dont even need 500Gb for VMs (ESXi Datastore) so I thought I will go with fast and reliable 2.5" drives. Is this a bad idea? I plan to purchase two 500Gb 2.5" Hitachi E7K500 HDDs and wonder if the "certification for continuous operation" (excuse the poor translation) is worth the 20...

Hello guys, short question: What is the max height of a CPU Cooler in a 19" 4U chassis? (say Norco RPC-450 like) About 140mm, or even less?

Hello [H]s, I just pushed version 0.10 of SolarStatus ( https://github.com/hotzen/SolarStatus ). SolarStatus is a Web-Interface for your Solaris Server that aggregates the output of simple shell-scripts and configured commands (e.g. S.M.A.R.T.) and displays them raw or slightly parsed...

Hello, I plan to buy the Supermicro X9SCM-F and want to start with 2x DIMMs to upgrade later. I'll want 2x 8GB modules, the following seem to be fine: Kingston ValueRAM DIMM 8GB PC3L-10667R reg ECC CL9 (DDR3L-1333) (KVR1333D3LD4R9S/8G) dual rank • x4 • 1.35V-1.50V Kingston ValueRAM...

Hello, since the most HBAs have 2*4 SAS/SATA Ports, I also plan to fully utilize them, which means I want to create an 8-disk RaidZ2 vdev. This means I have 6+2 (N+P) disks, where N=6 ist neither 2^2 nor 2^3 but 2^2.58 which means this configuration is generally not recommended and not...

Hello, I plan to purchase 6* 2TB drives for a new RaidZ2 and wonder what the most efficient way to stress-test new HDDs is. I plan to do the following: - SMART Short Self-Test - SMART Long Self-Test - Checking SMART attributes - "Erasing" the HDD by overwriting each bit 3 times -...

Hello, I am planning to upgrade my existing LGA775 Box to a mini-ITX system using the Intel S1200KP Mainboard [1] and a Xeon-CPU. However I wonder if i get IPMI/KVM features out-of-the-box with a Xeon that does not contain an integrated GPU? (I just got to know that the 12*5 Xeons have an...

Hello, how many watts do I need to power a Xeon 1230 with 16x HDDs at max? Do 400W suffice or do the HDDs need much more power for spin-up? HDD: Seagate Barracuda Green 5900.3 2000GB, SATA 6Gb/s

Anyone able to configure Solaris Express 11 with sendmail using a Smart-Host to relay mail through? I cant get the Authentication at the host to work, since the authinfo.m4a module is missing... Anyone an idea and could you please post your sendmail-config plus the basic steps to get it...

Hello I just set-up the following Solaris 11 Express Box: C2D 6600 (2*2,4Ghz; LGA775 with 965P Gigabyte-Board) 4*1GB DDR2 Intel G2-V SSD as Boot-Drive (SATA-Port 0) 3* Seagate Barracuda Green 5900.3 (5900rpm, 2TB, SATA 6Gbps interface; connected to SATA-Ports 1-3, which are actually SATA...

Hello I just installed the IBM M1015 Card and have the infamous "no physical memory" error when booting into windows. I am, of course, using an old Gigabyte Motherboard 965P-D3... I got a Parted Magic Live CD, booted into that, got the MegaCLI from LSI and extracted the rpm and ran it. It...

How do you check whether your zpools are still fine? SSHing every other day is not an option for me, I want at least an email and better yet: I want to get killed by that tiny but loud piezo-speaker of the mainboard ;) How do you accomplish notifications of zfs-failures, or more general of...