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Question Any advantage in using NAS from a backup point of view?

The way I have things setup: Primary NAS TrueNAS Scale running on an old desktop ~18TiB usable from old enterprise 3.2TB SAS flash drives Secondary NAS TrueNAS Scale running in a VM on ESX 6TiB of capacity in the pool I replicate everything from my primary system (~5TiB at present) to my...
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- Post #9
- Jan 9, 2023
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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I'm feeling nostalgic. Old timers check in!

I'm waiting for Wduaqnug and spunky to reappear.
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- Post #101
- Dec 2, 2022
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Need to invest in UPS's now...

For what it's worth, I've had good luck with my pair of Eaton 5P units. They have holders to make them floor-standing, or versions that are more portly and would fit under desks. I figured if the large storage OEMs were using them for their arrays, they couldn't be too bad (could they?).
- HappyCracker
- Post #6
- Jul 22, 2022
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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Question 4 Petabyte SSD NAS Storage

For connection to DGX, I'd look at Vast, DDN, or PowerScale's F600/F900 nodes. These will all have a cost that may not be within budget, but are robust solutions backed by a support team for when stuff breaks. They're also fairly turnkey so they will have a quick time-to-value. All support...
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- Post #9
- Jul 18, 2022
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Question What network switch should I opt for a workstation with 10GBE Network Card ?

Mikrotik has some very cost-effective (depending on your budget) 10Gb switches if you want something new with a web interface for management. If you want used gear, eBay may have other options. Ubiquiti has some 10Gb/s gear but their switches are, in my opinion, overpriced.
- HappyCracker
- Post #41
- Apr 28, 2021
- Forum: Networking
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Question Does NVMe require M.2?

I've done this. The Clover bootloader on an SD card is what my R720 boots to. It loads an NVMe module, which can then find the Optane drive in a PCIe slot (through an M.2 to PCIe adapter), and finally boot from the SSD. It wasn't a horrible setup; it took a little persistence to get the config...
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- Post #23
- Apr 26, 2021
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Info AMD.com has 5800x direct for $449 ! For your DC work @!

Hi Mark, The link is here. I'm not sure the frequency (it doesn't seem daily), but the two times I've checked, they have in-demand products and not stuff from the junk drawer. :)
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- Post #7
- Jan 29, 2021
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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Who makes a NvMe PCIe 16 X 3.0 bootable SSD?

I own a Dell R720. It has an EFI BIOS but does not support booting from NVMe cards natively. However, you can go get Clover: https://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot/ https://www.win-raid.com/t2375f50-Guide-NVMe-boot-without-modding-your-UEFI-BIOS-Clover-EFI-bootloader-method.html Boot...
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- Post #16
- Mar 17, 2020
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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How much would you pay for a SW only RAID-5?

I deal with enterprise class storage arrays day in and day out. What we're hearing from the vendor is, any drive over 500GB should probably have a dual-parity RAID like R6. That's not to say you couldn't run R5 and have no problems upon rebuilds, but as drives get larger, rebuild times extend...
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- Post #23
- Jun 5, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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I feel like buying some junk food. What should I buy?

Doritos throwback taco. Otherwise, golden cream double stuff oreos are winnars.
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- Post #45
- Jun 5, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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40Tb Media Server Performance issues

Regarding the partition alignment, this was a problem on Windows (and Linux) up to Server 2003. Server 2008 is supposed to have it fixed out of the box. The problem is, the operating system would detect 63 sectors per track, but should be picking up 64 sectors per track. This causes...
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- Post #28
- Jan 18, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Anyone have RAID setups?

It really doesn't need to be complicated, it just depends on what your needs are. Something to note is, RAID-(1/10/5/whatever) is not a backup. If the OS decides to write a bad bit, all of the data can go south with it. RAID (non level zero) really exists to protect you in the event of drive...
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- Post #13
- Jan 15, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Pepsi Refresh, Rett Syndrome, AnandTech Effect Requested

Up one more time.
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- Post #3
- Jun 15, 2010
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Pepsi Refresh, Rett Syndrome, AnandTech Effect Requested

All, This is from a coworker whom I have a great respect for. His daughter Laura has Rett Syndrome, a developmental disorder in the autism spectrum, and PepsiCo has picked a project that could help his daughter or others that may come after her. Please take the time to follow the link and...
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- Jun 11, 2010
- Replies: 4
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Need hard drive cloning/ RAID advice?

Why not keep your important data on the 1TB RAID1 array and let the OS and programs reside on the Raptor?
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- Post #9
- Dec 11, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Options for Enterprise class, redundant storage?

To the original post, I have only seen multiple drive failures in the event of a RAID controller freakout (IBM's were notorious). If the motherboard had a RAID controller on it and that flipped out or failed, that might explain it. Are your servers white-box or is some company responsible for...
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- Post #11
- Dec 11, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Anyone still using Gentoo?

Actually, that's one of my favorites. I don't tend to uninstall, so I can't say I've run into this one much. I've had some dependency issues with transcode where it doesn't merge the dependencies needed by transcode. This may be a fault of portage, it may be a fault of the ebuild maintainers.
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- Post #26
- Dec 11, 2009
- Forum: Open Source
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Anyone still using Gentoo?

I still use it and enjoy it. The way the system feels from the start is more natural to me; this could be because I never got used to anything else. I won't argue that the constant compiling is a bit obtuse in the name of package optimization, but most things aren't a bother. Firefox takes...
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- Post #24
- Dec 11, 2009
- Forum: Open Source
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Options for Enterprise class, redundant storage?

Yes, you could use MSCS and setup a clustered Windows file server (assuming you need Windows/CIFS stuff). You would need to have some sort of shared storage (iSCSI would work, as would Fibre Channel), and a couple of servers that see the same volumes. Alternatively, there are fancier...
- HappyCracker
- Post #8
- Dec 9, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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IT job title help

Infrastructure Support Tech or Infrastructure Support Pimp
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- Post #21
- Oct 26, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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How many of you IT guys build your own work servers (IE Lenovo)?

A poorly configured drive array can cause all sorts of problems. We had a Symmetrix 8830 where growth had been poorly planned, leading to bad performance and hotspots. What HP unit are you using? Is it an MSA? If you only have two 50GB databases, what are your expected growth rates on those...
- HappyCracker
- Post #21
- Jul 17, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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SAS vs Raptor

The tagged command queueing on SAS is much more robust than the native command queueing on SATA and can better track a lot of outstanding I/O. If you're going to have a lot of outstanding I/O to your drives, the SAS should perform better overall. I work with large (>1500) drive Fibre Channel...
- HappyCracker
- Post #9
- Jan 4, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Toddy cold brewing coffee system (necro)

I worked at a coffee shop that used something like that. The coffee steeps in the brewer for about 24 hours, after which it's drained and can be stored. We used our espresso blend to do it, producing a very nice cup of coffee. It had a taste I can best describe as tea with a chocolate...
- HappyCracker
- Post #18
- Aug 26, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Network Engineer or System Administrator

The place I work has the system administrators running all servers, from Linux, to AIX, Solaris, and Windows. They take care of all things from hard drive replacements to crashing/blue screening operating systems. They also manage the virus protection systems, the MS Exchange environment, and...
- HappyCracker
- Post #7
- Apr 15, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Any companies looking for a CS grad?

What I've seen from my past two years at a large corporation, it's not really what your degree is in that matters. My manager's manager takes care of the server and workstation teams and has a degree in philosophy. Before this job, he worked for IBM doing RS/6000 installs and sales. Another...
- HappyCracker
- Post #6
- Mar 31, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Does anyone own a Sharp LCD TV

In the warranty it said to take it back to the place of purchase first. As to the overheating, I don't believe so. It shouldn't even be warm in the first few minutes of it being on.
- HappyCracker
- Post #11
- Oct 24, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Whatcha drive? Old school, new school, what is it?

2006 Black Subaru WRX STI. It'll scoot!
- HappyCracker
- Post #142
- Oct 23, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Does anyone own a Sharp LCD TV

I thought about the power conditioner. I do have access to a UPS which should smooth out the power. Eh, we'll see what Best Buy can do for me. I'm glad the guy took my word for it. It was impressive given what I've heard about Best Buy.
- HappyCracker
- Post #7
- Oct 23, 2006
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Does anyone own a Sharp LCD TV

I bought a Sharp LC-37DB5U last December and it's shutting off randomly. Today it went back to Best Buy to be fixed. Of course, while we're there and the Geek Squad guy has it plugged in, it won't do it. Last night, within three minutes of turning it on, it started up. I don't suspect...
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- Oct 21, 2006
- Replies: 12
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Abit AX8 Finally Reviewed

Linky to Hexus It looks like a nice board. It kept up with the A8n-SLi the whole way. I feel it would fall behind in disk related stuff due to the latency of the southbridge, but for the price and build quality this one looks nice. The non-fanned heatsink is nice for you silence lovers out...
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- Thread
- Apr 28, 2005
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Motherboards
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Picked up an AN8 Fatality

Okay, I have the Windows install going now. No you do not need a SATA driver disk for the install on this motherboard. It picked up my drive as normal and all is happy now.
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- Post #12
- Apr 27, 2005
- Forum: Motherboards
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Picked up an AN8 Fatality

Yeah as I was typing the first post, I saw that on their site. I knew that was coming but debated about how bad I needed SLi. It looks to be another really nice board. Mr Dangler, all my hard drives are SATA. As for the Windows install, I've not gotten there yet. Gentoo installed nicely...
- HappyCracker
- Post #10
- Apr 27, 2005
- Forum: Motherboards
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Picked up an AN8 Fatality

I would guess so. The socket area is pretty open. The only thing to worry about would be the underside heat sink support. I don't know how the XP-90 is attached. Does it clip onto the lugs? Even with the Zalman 7000 installed, I was still able to install my RAM (just a general comment about...
- HappyCracker
- Post #6
- Apr 26, 2005
- Forum: Motherboards
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Picked up an AN8 Fatality

I have no idea. I think it is one that isn't in that square directly under the socket.
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- Post #4
- Apr 26, 2005
- Forum: Motherboards
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Picked up an AN8 Fatality

Abit seems to be the red-headed stepchild of the motherboard world around here. Aside from my VP6 with bad capacitors, I've had nothing but solid boards from them. When it came time to ditch the P4 for A64, I knew what board I wanted. They only make one with the nForce4 Ultra chip so that...
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- Thread
- Apr 26, 2005
- Replies: 13
- Forum: Motherboards
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How To ... Giga-Sata-Raid1

Go in the BIOS and tell it to emulate the SATA as IDE. I know this is possible on the SATA_SB set.
- HappyCracker
- Post #7
- Apr 25, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Digital camera recomendations?

Not to hijack but WW how do you like the G6 comparatively? Better pictures overall? I love my G2. Now, Stefan Like I said above, I have a G2 and it has a ton of features in a small space. It can do point and shoot but also a bit more manual-type stuff. I have been using Canon cameras for a...
- HappyCracker
- Post #5
- Apr 21, 2005
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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THURSDAY!! Show Off Your Desktop Thread!!!!!!!

Here you go
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- Post #25
- Apr 21, 2005
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Are you uber 1337?

BAM! Teh sux0r!
- HappyCracker
- Post #35
- Apr 21, 2005
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Build me a File Server!?

I have an old Dell P2 450 I use as a file server. Granted it doesn't get loaded too heavily but I can stream a good quality movie and music at the same time without any hiccups. You can probably find these on the cheap and save more for your A64 system.
- HappyCracker
- Post #2
- Apr 14, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building

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