Search results

  1. A

    Cheapest way to get a SAS 8088 external port.

    Here is my problem. I have a number of external SAS tape drives that I have for testing in our lab. I do not have enough SAS cards though, and all the cards I am seeing that have an 8088 external SAS port are all like $300-$400. I am looking for something on the cheaper side, this is only...
  2. A

    Looking for a guide for VM templates

    I had a good guide that I can't seem to find now on creating VM templates so that once deployed from the template it would be have a new computer name, new sid, vmtools installed, all the vm tweaks setup, etc. I know there was some sysprep stuff and other things in it. Anyone have any good...
  3. A

    Free non expiring copy of NovaBACKUP backup software.

    Just fill in the form and it will email you a license key and download link for the software. http://www.novastor.com/en/download/express
  4. A

    ZFS boot/zil/l2arc all off of one SSD?

    First off I know this isn't ideal in any sense of the word, but right now I have 1 128gb ssd and 3 2tb hdds that I am trying to use in this ZFS box. I looked around a bit and it sounds like it is possible to use a single drive as a ZIL and l2arc...
  5. A

    Check my QA Testing build

    As far as I can see there shouldn't be anything wrong with this build, but I would like a second opinion. This box would be running ESXi 5 (VMware vSphere 5 Enterprise Plus licensing) off a flash drive with storage being done via iSCSI. I would be buying two of these setups, and they are going...
  6. A

    Whiteboxes above 32GB of ram?

    Anyone have any examples of a whitebox that they put together with over 32GB of ram?
  7. A

    SoCal software business moving sale pickup only (lots of hardware)

    The company I work for has been moved out of our old office since Feb. The lease is coming due at the end of the month so we need to clean it out. Things that are at this office include: Portable server room AC unit by APC. Too many P4 and below PC's to list. Rack mount servers, P4 and...
  8. A

    Migrating a VM from one datastore to another throwing an error.

    I am running vsphere 4.0 foundation (no vmotion) and am trying to migration one VM from a DAS storage to iscsi storage and getting the following error: "moving a virtual machine that has snapshots is not supported when the virtual machine has disks placed outside of its home directory". The VM...
  9. A

    Lots of tape and older stuff for sale.

    All the prices listed is what I believe they are worth, if you think I am high please PM me. Please check back regularly as I will be adding QUITE a bit more to this, particularly rack mount servers, networking equipment, and some tape loaders. Basically I am collecting what the company does...
  10. A

    Anyone using Amazon EC2?

    I am just wondering about some peoples experience with EC2 and what you are doing for: Data Protection High availability of servers Monitoring of performance and all the other fun stuff that Virtualization/Cloud Computing brings to the table. One particular thing that I would like to...
  11. A

    Running a x64 OS in ESXi.

    I have a couple of Dell PE 1950's. One has an intel E5320 quad core and the other has an intel E5405 quad core. From what I am reading these do not have VT enabled on them. Right now one is running Suse linux with vmware workstation on it, running a couple x64 guest OS's. I just...
  12. A

    What software do I need to manage multiple esxi boxes.

    I am slowly but surely migrating my companies QA lab from VM workstation to ESXi machines. My one issue is I would like a centrally managed way to see all the machines. Basically the VI client that can connect to multiple ESXi servers. Yes it would be awesome to have running VM's...
  13. A

    nic's losing static ips.

    Ok here is the situation. I have a server with two nic's (internal lan, external lan). When the server is rebooted the nic's lose their statically assigned ips. Anyone ever run into this? I know this has to be a registry thing, but I have no idea where to start. nfouarge AT getthewave.com
  14. A

    lowest p4 with hyperthreading?

    lowest p4 with hyperthreading? 2.8? How do you know if it has hyperthreading?
  15. A

    WTB: SFF barebones, DDR ram, HDD, CPU

    I need a sff barebones, I would prefer amd. Need ddr 2700 or above ram, 256+ sticks also need a hdd, 20gig + also need a cpu to go with the barebones, preferrably 2800+ barton. i can be reached via email [email protected] seller must accept paypal.
  16. A

    linux distro for web browsing booting from compact flash

    I am looking for linux distro for web browsing booting from compact flash. Just a simple browsing machine that has mozzila/firebird for a simpley browsing terminal. Anyone have a preference or have done this before?
Back
Top