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Yeah, in theory it "should" work. However, I don't know if I want to base everything off that and buy a whole system before finding out I can't use the firewire device.

I really want to go small form factor (mini ITX or Intel Skull Canyon) but also have to have firewire to connect to a Saffire pro 40 and can't use a PCIe slot as I need a graphics card. Is it a bad idea to connect a firewire to Thunderbolt 2 adapter and then connect that to a thunderbolt 2 to 3 adapter then to the motherboard/NUC? Unless there's a thunderbolt 3 to firewire adapter out there I haven't found yet.... Any thoughts appreciated.

Thanks for confirming this - I was beginning to suspect that's how it worked.

Hey all, Has anyone ever successfully used NIC teaming on a Mac using either Thunderbolt or USB 1gig adapters to get more than 1gig of throughput? Given all the crazy network throughput LTT has done I'm surprised he hasn't tried this yet (or maybe he has and I missed the video - I know he's done PC tests just not Mac's). Reason for this is to get more than a gig connection to a file server with a 10gig NIC. Setup: Macbook Pro w/2x thunderbolt 1gig adapters configured as a virtual interface -> 2 gig ports on a switch setup for LACP -> 3gig uplink to another switch -> 10gig link to server running ESXI w/file server on a v-switch Between VM's I can get 1.75 Gbps on the ESXI v-switch using Jperf so I know the bottleneck isn't the ESXI v-switch. I've tried using multiple connections connecting to the Macbook from the server but everything always evens out to 1gig max. I know LACP is working cause traffic continues when either of the links is pulled from the Macbook. Any suggestions are welcome - thanks in advance

Mostly google searches. It would be on a Windows Server 2012 R2 VM inside ESXi with a Dell H700 raid controller passed to it. I am pretty sure I've used this software before to monitor a Dell server but stuff online says I can also manage the raid controller but the installer doesn't seem to have that package to install. I know virtually nothing about the software so maybe it's can't do what I want.

Hey all, I'm trying to install Dell Openmanage software on my Dell R510 so I can manage it easier. However, the download from the dell website doesn't have all the custom setup options like all the tutorials show. It just has the "Server Administrator Web Server" and none of the storage and command line stuff. Can't find information anywhere on how this stuff is supposed to install or where to get it - everything just assumes you already have it. Or do I need to have an official Openmanage disk from Dell and it isn't online? Any help from those more experienced? Thanks in advance.

Although I've never used the aggregation feature on these switches before I recommend you try a Netgear model: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122596 Keep in mind you can't go less than 16 ports with Netgear otherwise the aggregation feature goes away. And it must be of their managed line. I've personally never bought a 4 port NIC so hopefully other people can chip in on that. All I can tell you is look at reviews and google.

You would probably be able to get away with just two aggregated Gig links to the server for what you have currently. However, if you are planning to do more later then, if you can afford it, I would get a good 4 port NIC that supports aggregation. I'm pretty sure that switch you listed above does not support aggregation so you would have to look into something managed with that feature.

I would suggest you look at Ubiquiti's line of AC AP's - they work great for the value. Just make sure they have the same wireless settings as your router and you should be good to go.

If your motherboard came with a CD then it would have the drivers on there as well.

If they access it simultaneously all the time then yes. However, if your clients are just randomly moving files back and forth and some of then not at all for periods then it may be overkill. What is the purpose for the file server for the clients?

Also, if you are planning on aggregating those two ports together you would have to make sure the NIC and the switch both support than feature otherwise you'd have to give each NIC port a different IP and instruct half of your clients to use one and the other half the other.

Well one Gig network port has a maximum throughput of 100 MB/s which is 1/10 your drive max throughput. So it would help to aggregate two Gig ports coming into your server to give more bandwidth. Also remember if your clients have all 1 Gig NICs then they won't be requesting anything more than 100 MB/s themselves. And if your clients are wireless then they would use even less.

If you are streaming multiple HD movie streams to wireless clients then the faster the better. But also realize most wireless devices can't even handle the 802.11ac speeds these routers can put out yet. My suggestion would be to go to Bestbuy or something and grab a comparable router and test it at home and see how well it works for what you want then just return it (or keep it if you really like it and price was good). For use cases on different models I usually scroll through reviews on Amazon or Newegg to see what results people have had.

I don't have this model myself but if I was looking to buy something for your situation it would go to the top of my list: NETGEAR AC1750