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Hi everyone, I have a surface go laptop with one usb-c port. I purchased 2 Asus portable monitors which connect power+display using USB-C. This setup is for work travel, so being light and nimble is paramount. The problem I have is that my surface go only has one USB-C port. What I'd really...

Hi everyone, I've finally come to realize how sh**ty consumer grade routers and custom firmware like dd-wrt are. Long story short I tried to upgrade my current router with a new Linksys WRT3200ACM which was advertised as "ddwrt ready". Trying to get it working with dd-wrt was a complete...

I'm considering changing my whole setup to a small rack to organize the space and cleanup cable mess. I have my server gear and my gaming box all sitting together on the floor, with network switch, ups, and other stuff to go with it. Can anyone recommend a good 4u case for a windows gaming pc...

Does anyone have a recommendation for a floor rack? The use would be to store a few servers and some networking gear. Something only about desk height or less. Preferably with wheels so I can easily move it out from the wall to do maintenance. Thanks!

I wanted to make a discussion about this in particular because it makes little sense to me and I want to understand why. In particular, I want to know why almost every display has to be a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio? This aspect ratio is optimized for movies and games. That fine, but last time...

I've been in the market for upgrading my screens. After doing a lot of research I think I'm going to hold off for the moment and stick to my 10 year old dual 1080p screens for now. Right now in early 2017 it seems like bad time to make a long term investment in an expensive high quality...

I'm trying to decide between 2 screens: 1. 32", 4K resolution, 16:9 (3840x2160) 2. 30", 2k resolution, 16:10 (2560x1600) The use case is mostly for work. Possibly light gaming and watching movies, but most of the time that happens on the tv. TL;DR: Which of these 2 options would you choose...

Hi everyone, I'm working on making a new setup with either 2 big (~27") screens or 3 (24") smaller ones. This setup is mostly for working at home, with the possibility of occasional gaming or movie watching. I want screens with ultra-thin bezels, so that they can be close together. The first...

So I've got a crazy idea which probably won't work, but I wanted to ask. I want to get a 2u rackmount UPS for my home theater system. Rackmount simply because I want something rectangular in a horizontal configuration that will fit nicely in the bottom shelf of my entertainment stand. Floor...

Hey everyone, I just bought a Supermicro PWS-865-PQ 865W from newegg and its exhibiting a loud high pitched sound which is I believe is coil whine. It starts as soon as I plug the PSU into the wall and doesn't stop no matter if the system is powered on or off. Is this indicative of a possible...

For 12 10TB disks, I'm looking at 2 possible ZFS raid configurations: 2 vdevs, each having 6 drives in raidz2. 80TB total storage with 40TB lost on parity. 6 mirrored vdevs. 60TB Total storage with 60TB lost on parity. I was almost sold on mirrors after reading this: ZFS: You should use mirror...

Has anyone experimented with the external SAS drive enclosures available on the market today? I'm talking more on the cheaper end, not expensive enterprise grade gear. I don't use a rack, so stuff that can sit on the floor is better. I want to create a backup system for my main server and I...

This seems to be a popular idea with drive manufacturers nowadays. So far I've seen it for the WD red and also on the seagate Ironwolf. Does anyone have any more detail on this from an engineering perspective? Is is related to some theoretical loss of performance in a raid configuration? Like...

Hi everyone, I've been running a raidz2 (i.e. raid6) on FreeBSD with 10 1.5TB seagate disks. The array has been going strong for about 8 years now with no drive failures. I'm ready to upgrade storage sometime near the end of the year and I'm trying to figure out which drives to buy. I plan to...

I want to add 9 serial port holes to the back of one of my cases. They need to be done right because the internal serial port cables use screws to be mounted securely. One screwup with too big a hole and the serial ports won't mount correctly. What tools do you guys recommend to do this? I have...

Just recently with my server, I have been getting some voltage assertions off the power supply for +12V and -12V. So far this only happens when I completely power off the box and unplug the power cable to do work inside the case. Upon plugging the power cable back into the PSU and then pushing...

I'm running a FreeBSD server that only has a vga port. My monitors and keyboard are all connected using an hdmi kvm. Ideally I'd like to be able to also plug the server into the kvm. This necessitates a vga to hdmi converter but all of the ones I have tried don't work at all in console mode...