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I just bought Lenovo X1 Extreme Gen2. I am thinking about doing clean install. I do it each time I buy a new PC, but this time it seems that my new laptop came with almost no shit-ware (O365 and Lenovo Vantage only). Only reason that will make me do it is that current available W10 build is...

Hi, I need some advice which GPU to choose. My two deal breakers are noise levels and price/performance ratio. I am looking at MSI 2070 VENTUS 8GB and MSI 2060 SUPER GAMING X. They both will fit into a small case and work at acceptable noise level. I wonder whether: 1. 2060SUPER Gaming will...

Hi, I bought XPS 9570 which has Thunderbolt 3 port with power delivery function. I also have LG 27UD88W monitor which can source power to TB3 devices. So now with one cable I can replace: - USB cable between notebook and monitor USB hub - DP/HDMI cable - power adapter of my laptop. The problem...

Hi guys, I need to buy a new notebook and I am much leaning towards new XPS. The only problem I have is the screen. The version that will be available where I live (no possibility to create a custom build from DELL.com) has only 4K touch screen with antireflective glass @ 400cd/m2. I am used...

Wonder if someone had experience with onboard SAS SCU controller on Supermicro boards. I need to make a decision whether to return a server or not ( and I would very much like to keep it as the price was good and I have lots of parts to be used in it). Problem is that server I bought has...

I am trying to figure out whether chassis like the one below: Chassis Part Number: CSE-826TS-R920LPBP-1 will work with normal two port 8i controller. I call it normal as this server (I bought used) came with ASR-71605 which seems to be quite crappy for ZFS.

Hi, After some time of not checking on my ESXi test lab at all, I have an environment with a problem. My napp-it VM was stopped, upon restarting it has received a different IP as its inside DHCP enabled network. After restarting, I cannot access the web interface of napp-it. I can login with SSH...

Hi, anyone found and has experience with using a microSD model card capable of wirting 20MB/s 24/7 5yrs?

Hey guys, anyone was using those? are they good enough for the sustained total 40MB/s of write/read. No database I/O, just streamlined data. I am not sure if the type of writes matters, though. any help appreciated.

Hey, I want to buy HPE DL20 rack server which is super compact. I wonder whether i3 configuration that has GPU integrated in CPU, will allow its usage?

Hi, i am trying to setup my iSCSI storage in napp-IT (both SSD and HDD). I am using easy 1:1 method so enabling iSCSI from the level of ZFS datastore menu. SSD is defined just fine, almost all usable space is used. For the HDD however, I can only have 1.1TiB instead of 1.54 TiB available. What...

Hi guys, does anyone knows where one can get an OVA template of Xpenology? I am trygin to find that but with no success.

Hi guys, I bought Lenovo T450s,Samsung 850Pro 2,5" and Transcend MTS400 2242 M.2. Drives are replaced, Windows 8.1 Pro bootable media is just being written. I would like to HW encrypt Samsung 850Pro and somehow encrypt MTS400 as well. I read lots of articles and I am not sure how to do that...

Hey, We are going to build a new video storage for a surveillance solution. Data must be kept for three months, so really large volume is required. We would like to use Adaptec 6085 and a RAID6 configuration. I have used calculator to find out the risk of data loss of such an array. It looks...

Hi guys, is there any way to enable drive encryption so I will not get any penalty on system performance or at least that it will be small enough to consider it neglectable? I will have TPM on my system. I would like not to buy a super expansive SSD like 850 with HW encryption capabilities. Is...

Anyone tried to use H200 in C6100? Will it fit and work? I am researching before I buy. I need super cheap lab and after buying C6100 I would not like to have to buy some expansive RAID card.

Hello everybody, I need to build a powerful workstation supporting dual-boot feature. Selected machine is a ML350. Ubuntu is reported working on this machine. I can add H240 RAID but if possible, I would like to stay with an integrated b140i cntrooller. The latter one requires the server to be...

Hi folks, I must send my notebook for repairs. I use it for my work and I can not allow myself to not have the same OS for the time my machine will be RMA'd. I thought I can virtualize the whole machine, then launch it on my VMWare Workstation and desktop PC that I have, and after my notebook...

Hello, I know that there have been similiar threads here. I have searched the forum, but could not find a specific answer that would be helpful for me. I do have a Microserver Gen8 with a following parts: Celeron CPU (which will be upgraded to 1220 or 1230, if a can get one), 8GBs ECC...

Hi guys, I have a problem with my WD10JPVX drive that works as a backup drive in a USB enclosure. Recently when I plugged it in to sync files, got the bluescreen. When the dump was gathered, I have unplugged it. When the system booted up, there was no partition visible. I decided to run Active...

Hi guys, I need to buy a card that must have 4GBs of RAM and at least two DP outputs. It would be good if: - it would be not especially high priced - would have a good warranty (i.e 3 years) - would be relatively silent It does not need to be a speed demon. GPU decoding is not supported...

Hi guys, A few weeks ago, when I tried to mount an ISO file, it returned an error "There was a problem with installing a file". Thought that maybe the file is corrupt, but then I have tried another one and received the same message, I realized that there is a problem in the system itself (...

Hi guys, I have a wierd problem and can not solve it by myself nor google is any help. Since the very beggning and two firmware versions back when I am using WLAN interface I can't connect to my office using VPN connection. If I switch to cable connection I am just fine and VPN works as...

hi guys, I am planning to finally build my own home lab system. As I live in the flat, have no basement I could place the system, it has to be quiet. Due to that fact I have chosen Gen8 Microserver from HP as a HW platform. Right now I have 1 x Microserver 8GBram (4x3,5" bays, 1x2,5"...

Hi guys, I have a small dilemma how to build an array that will ensure best reliability and data integrity. I am going to buy 8 constellation SATA (or maybe 12) drives that will be installed inside supermicro chassis. I can connected them to internal 8 sata ports (cant do that with 12 drives)...