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Eniqmatic

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  1. But then, FreeNAS is so easy to setup and works so well, why not? True many of the features are overkill for home, but if the core functionality works well, why not use it? I do understand where you're coming from, just thought I'd throw it in there
  2. None. But Samsung's one has a higher write speed.
  3. If you can extend your budget by a bit ($150) then build this, put FreeNAS on it and be very happy about how safe your data is: PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YTwb6h Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YTwb6h/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.95 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: ASRock E3C226D2I Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($199.99 @ Mwave) Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.79 @ SuperBiiz) Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case ($34.99 @ Micro Center) Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg) Total: $448.71
  4. It is constructive criticism, apologies if it came across that way. Seriously though, save your budget for other things, you can get a lot lower end, still server grade hardware for what you're trying to do, without becoming unreliable in the slightest. I know you don't want to hear this and won't take any notice, but virtulisation's purpose is to consolidate the amount of physical hardware you have and make better use of resources. By building something remotely decent, you are way over provisioning resources that will never be touched. Take a look at this way, my company runs just 4 hosts with around 450 VM's and we still have space for more on those hosts, and we are still considered very small in terms of our virtual environment. So my suggestion is you just build two physical machines as it just doesn't make sense at this level, unless you get a small HP micro-server or similar and do it on that, still has server grade memory with ECC, and will also take a Xeon.
  5. 2 VM's on that? What a waste! Totally overkill and over provisioning, you're missing the point of virtuliazing
  6. I used to be on Virgin a while back, horrendous service from them but I am up north Scotland. I have BT infinity now 79/20 and used the HH5 for about 7 months and all was quite good. Then I put in and unlocked firmware on a new modem and I get better speeds and more consistent than I was before. Infinity has been very good for me!
  7. PFSense should be used to dial PPPoE through the modem, hence it's Modem > PFSense > WiFi/Router/Switch/Whatever > Clients I've considered posting up a PFSense build I did recently for someone if your interested.
  8. Yeah, but what would you prefer? It would save you having to spend again when you upgrade or whatever next time. Just think about all your options is all I'm saying, then no matter what choice you make you will be happy!
  9. You'll be fine to update within the OS assuming you're running Windows Server, or at least a Windows OS. There is something strangely satisfying about updating the BIOS haha! Remember to mark a post as answered if your question has been answered!
  10. If you're not keeping critical data on it, why not build an ITX system for less than that enclosure, running FreeNAS and capable of running Plex? You won't get ECC support at the same/less money than that but if you turn scrubs off and you make backups of it, then why not?
  11. What are you going to keep on it? How important will the data be?
  12. Or did you mean an off the shelf NAS solution?
  13. You can do it with FreeNAS in a roundabout way, install the dropbox client to a desktop, then point the sync folder to your NAS. I know of a few people who do this!
  14. Eniqmatic

    I hate Excel, I wish you could have multiple wi…

    We all have days like that!
  15. Then I think the company will get destroyed in court!
  16. Eniqmatic

    I hate Excel, I wish you could have multiple wi…

    I guess it's one of those neat little "tricks" that you don't really think about!
  17. Eniqmatic

    I hate Excel, I wish you could have multiple wi…

    Haha seriously? I bet today is a good then! :D
  18. If movies were available in 4K, I don't think many people would have much problem buying a 4K panel. Or at least I wouldn't
  19. Eniqmatic

    I hate Excel, I wish you could have multiple wi…

    No worries :)
  20. I haven't read anything other than the main post at the moment but I wonder was it her own personal phone or a company provided one?
  21. Eniqmatic

    I hate Excel, I wish you could have multiple wi…

    It should still work, close all Excel instances, open up Excel, open a workbook. Then if you have a scroll wheel on your mouse then use the scroll wheel to click on excel and it should open a second instance? I know on 365 you need to open a workbook for it to work.
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    I hate Excel, I wish you could have multiple wi…

    You on 2013/365?
  23. Eniqmatic

    I hate Excel, I wish you could have multiple wi…

    That's on a second monitor, you'll noticed I cut my taskbar out of the main one
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    I hate Excel, I wish you could have multiple wi…

    http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=wprx0&s=8#.VVNahvlVhBc I'm not sure if we are on the same page, but like this?
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