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I'm about to build a new work computer, and vertex3 seems like the clear choice for a max speed 240GB drive. Any reason to get an m4 instead? Used to be some stability issues with vertex, is that still the case?

So, I'm trying to increase my NFS read performance, as I feel I should be able to consistently get into the 90s or 100s: First 1976844+0 records in 1976843+0 records out 1012143616 bytes (1.0 GB) copied, 14.3723 s, 70.4 MB/s That's my current speed reading some random file (not...

Where can I find a reasonable $$ (<$250) SAS Expander that has the most recent firmware? I don't want to get stuck having to find some HP machine sitting around so that I can update it.

I don't want to mess with 4k sectors on ZFS. Even though it might actually sorta work, I'm in a unique situation in that if I were to buy 4k sector drives, I'd then have 2 vdevs in my pool, a raidz of 512byte drives, and a raidz of 4k drives. Given the complications of just getting 4k...

Does ZFS work correctly (alignment) with Samsung Spinpoint F4 drives? I know there are a lot of problems with alignment and speed on Western Digital 4k drives. I"m under the impression that is because while it's 4k, it's reporting as 512byte. Do spinpoints report as 4k or as 512byte? I...

So, my current server hardware is getting a little bit old, especially now that I've migrated to ZFS. I currently have: Athlon 3800+ s939 dualcore 1GB DDR1 (this works AWESOME with zfs [/sarcasm] Random asus motherboard (a8n-sli deluxe I think). Given the load, I'm actually not...

So, I'm experimenting with a server virtualization. I'm currently using FreeBSD w/ jails, but want to change. I'm looking to use either ESXi or KVM. With a single large (> 2TB) raid array on an Areca 1220. A one-box whitebox solution (no separate SAN or anything for the storage...

So, I'm in a situation where I might need to buy another switch. My current baseline for switches is Netgear Prosafe; I've had good luck with them, they support jumbo frames, etc. For a home environment, is there any reason to consider getting anything else other than a prosafe (or something...

So, I'm probably going to be switching from my Areca 1220 to a ZFS solution with my next purchase of hard drives. UFS support for >2TB isn't spectacular. My Areca has connections for fail leds, and while I guess I could continue to use the Areca in passthrough mode, I'd ideally like to sell...

So I just got my new center channel, and, despite thinking otherwise, it's too big to sit on mounts on top of my TV. So now I'm looking for a TV stand that has a shelf that will support it. The TV is a 61" dlp, and the center channel is 26" wide, 12.5" tall, and 16" deep. It weighs about 60...

Will the x16 slot actually run at x16 (or at least x4) when I plug a non-video device into it and still use onboard video? Specifically, can I plug an Areca 1220 or the supermicro 8-port into this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121355 And have it run full speed?

So I've been running a Stacker with 2 supermicro 5-in-3s for a while now, and I'm downsizing because I realize that I only need one of them. I'm also buying some new hardware (switching to ZFS so I want a machine that let's me have 4gb of ram). What are some good small, quiet cases that have...

Since FreeBSD 7-STABLE has pretty good zfs support at this point, I'm probably going to migrate to it and dump my areca. I need sata ports though. I thought supermicro had some pci-e sata cards, but I remember hearing lots of random problems with some of them. Which one is good?

Anybody have any recommendations for a power filter/conditioner? Must have DC-triggered outlets. Preferably either a passive or battery-based unit. Price range is < $1000, although I can be encouraged to move up. Will be filtering for: TV (DLP) preamp/processor 4 amps squeezebox...

So I've got a server in my house that runs 24/7. It is a: s939 Athlon XP 3800+ 1gig ram random fanless nvidia video card Areca 1220 2 Intel PCI-E gigE nics 5 Samsung 750gb HDs (storage) 1 Old seagate 160gb IDE drive (system drive) 2x Supermicro 5in3s in a Coolermaster Stacker Fortron...

So, I'm upgrading the NICs in my home server, and I want to run a pair of Intel NICs: one for WAN, a 20/5 FIOS connection, and one for a LAN. The LAN is primarily serving 3 other machines, a desktop, a laptop (at wireless speeds), and a popcorn hour network media player streaming HD content...

I'm currently using a 6800 GT OC video card, on a Q6600. Sometimes HD content plays back a little choppy while using MPlayer (my preferred video player). Will upgrading to a more modern video card that has h.264 decoding help me? If so, any recommendations for a non-gaming oriented nvidia...

I'm running an Areca 1220 on a FreeBSD machine with 2 arrays on it 4x seagate 320gb in raid5 4x samsung 750gb in raid5 The machine is a s939 dual core (3800+) with a gig of ram. Firmware version V1.43 2007-4-17 Doing a read test on the arrays (using bonnie++) is only yielding about...

So, I recently ran into some pretty bad issues with software raid, mostly my own fault but anyways I've got some money to throw at the problem, and I want a bigger array anyway, so I've decided to go with a real hardware raid card. After looking around, I decided that I wanted an 8-port card...

Been looking at bookshelf speakers in the ~$1000 price range that can function as full-range speakers (no sub). Speakers will be positioned against a wall (poorly) in my bedroom, on stands on either side of my computer desk. After doing a lot of looking around, I narrowed the field down...

I have a dell 30" computer monitor (dual-link dvi input, nothing else. Only works with a computer). And I would like to display HDTV on it. I'm using Verizon FIOSTV, and have an extra HD box available, so the whole encryption thing isn't an issue. Can I just buy an HD tv card, plug coax...

2 computers, both running linux, with the same network card (intel gigE pci-e), connected via a netgear prosafe switch. For testing purposes they are currently not connected to anything else. Both cards are properly detected, and ethtool shows them as both being set up as 1000MB/s speed, and...

Always interested in hearing about audio companies with products that I may not have heard of before. This thought was sparked by the reference to emotiva audio in another thread. I'll contribute a few: Emotiva audio (lol freebie) Channel Islands Audio Benchmark (DAC1) Lavry (DA10)

http://www.edesignaudio.com/edv2/product_info.php?cPath=2_42&products_id=624 I've made a decision to probably buy a house in the next year or 2, so I'm trying to curb spending somewhat. That means no multi-thousand dollar computer speakers like I was originally planning on. These speakers...

I'm looking to upgrade my Grado SR225s, and when looking at sennheiser models, with years changing model numbers in weird ways and there being a few situations where a higher model number isn't necessarily better, I'm getting confused. What are the best Sennheiser headphones in some sort of...

I've been a vim user for quite a while now, mostly for simple text editing tasks, as the programming I've been doing (mostly .NET) is highly suited to full blown IDEs (Visual Studio). I'm getting a new job, however, where I'll be doing a lot more programming in *nix environments on language...

I use onboard sound right now, digital output to a modified zhaolu 2 DAC, then to (usually) headphones. Will the benefits of a "gaming" soundcard (most likely x-fi) do anything for me on digital out? And does x-fi support bit-perfect output on vista x64?

I'm using digital out in vista, same as I did in xp. After a few seconds of no sound content, vista sends a mute signal to my decoder, causing it to click over to mute mode. this is an audible click, sounds the same as most receivers I've seen when you hit the mute button. It's very...

Just installed vista and I can't mount any of my samba shares (from an ubuntu linux machine). I did some research and found the information about ntlm2 versus the older methods, and applied the necessary fix via secpol.msc, and verified it was set correctly in the registry, but the issue still...

Is there any reason to not just go with the cheapest 4-port pci-e SATA card I can find if I'm not going to be using any of the raid functionality on it, opting for linux evms instead?

Anything that distinguishes which is the better of these 2? Will probably be going in a coolermaster stacker. Also, any good reason to go with 4in3 instead of 5in3? Or are the 5in3s good enough at cooling and stuff that it's not an issue?

Well I'm converting one room in my house (my bedroom), to gigE. There's currently 2 machines in there, desktop and file server. I don't have much of a need to convert the rest of the network to gigE, so I"m going to leave it alone. There's currently a 10/100 switch in the bedroom that is...

Any good 30-bands out there that take RCA inputs?

Anybody got any recommendations?

I would like to get some input on some advanced resources for learning python. This certainly isn't my first language, I'm a CS grad with experience in quite an array of languages. I mostly want some resources on learning to do things The Python Way (tm), and also some links to good...

Upgarding my current system with these 4 parts, any suggestions: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143090 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128050 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227139...

Looking at some of their bookshelves in the $1300-1500 price range, was wondering if anybody has used them and what they think?

Well I finished getting my signal path mostly in order. It's at least functional for computer speakers at this point. Zhaolu DAC balanced outs to an SM Pro audio volume control balanced outs to a behringer A500. So i've got 250 watts per channel to work with, and a dell 30", so i can get...

is 64-bit ubuntu worth it over 32-bit ubuntu? basic workstation for programming, and want to mess with beryl. And what is the typical size of an ubuntu install that includes a standard suite of desktop apps, mozilla, eclipse, openoffice, media players etc?

Well, I'm in the VERY beginnings of what I hope becomes a port of RubyOnRails' ActiveRecord to .NET, and already I've come up with an interesting problem. I have a base class, ActiveRecord, that maintains a list of database fields, of type Field. Fields can have standard database...