I have few requirements for my planned HTPC, In order of importance.
1. Ability to play h.264/1080p encoded files
1. HDMI out (1.3 audio support)
2. Internal space for at least 2 3.5" HDDs
2. Small/slim form factor
3. Sub 225w PSU
I would like to base the system off of something...
Using SFTP (WinSCP) I can upload to the server at about 6.3MB/s consistently, and download at 2.1MB/s consistently. The spikes are within10% of those numbers and are short lived. It's not a CPU issue. I know that. Its a dual core 3.4GHz P4 and the cpu utilization doesn't go above 0.8% during...
Tried some samba tuning, SO_RCVBUF=16384 SO_SNDBUF=16384, no change. I'm trying ftp and I'll see if that helps. I'm still not convinced its not jumbo frames though...
Mapped network drive, the server is running Samba 3.0.24 Right now i'm thinking that the MTU might not be set properly. The desktop has the MTU set to 9000 (jumbo frames support) but the gentoo box is set to 1500 and I cant change it above that for some reason, I think its a driver lock issue...
After recently setting up my new server, I have been noticing some data transfer anomalies when backing up some files. I am transferring from by desktop (C2D E6700, 2GB, D975XBX mobo, Intel Pro/1000 onboard gigabit ethernet, Windows XP Pro) to my primary server (Penguin Computing Relion 102...
I'm looking for at least one (if not 2 or 3) Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA II drives. They're the same ones that were on sale at Newegg a week or so ago. I don't mind paying a bit more than the sale price, as long as they are good (or new). The same drive can be purchased here. I have...
anyone wanna unload an extra one of these drives (or know where i can get one cheap)? I ordered 2 sets of the 500gb + free 250gb a couple weeks ago and wanna get the 500s in RAID 5. PM me if anyone is interested
I bought this motherboard and decided to go with something a bit less expensive. I bought it OEM, so you only get 2 SATA cables, the driver cds, the floppys with the SATA drivers on them, the backplate and the mobo. This is easily a $240 board, but here it goes for $175 + Shipping of your...