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Smite got a reaction from ionbasa in Looking For Server Rack, Need Recomendations
For the dell rack it's not bad the split back is my preference. Sound dampening will help minimally depending on your servers. if its in an office environment might look at filtering\extra meshing front and back to add more sound damping again depending on server and loads and ambients.
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Smite got a reaction from Ben17 in DIY Server Rack?
Building it how you want it is the largest benefit here as you can customize it to height. Second hand racks are easy to come by because they are dated and most people are done with them. As I tell my Tech's "I don't care where but make this go away"
Best benefit to a half rack that is built is legit casters. Its all up to you tho. 19" is 19"
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Smite got a reaction from ivan134 in [Rumor] ZEN to be "soldered"
The 4 Watt settings are to high on your monitor if you turn them down you can clearly see the Intel logo on the exposed CPU.
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Smite got a reaction from XenosTech in [Rumor] ZEN to be "soldered"
The 4 Watt settings are to high on your monitor if you turn them down you can clearly see the Intel logo on the exposed CPU.
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Smite got a reaction from dalekphalm in My Boss Isn't Convinced about ECC Memory for a File Server
I would agree if I was being paid the standard in my area, I wasn't. My bosses boss even said they wanted to keep me just couldn't meet my salary requirements. Just have to know what you're worth and go get it. After getting on some where after that and leaving again I now make 2x what I was making originally. Principles aside getting paid bread crumbs and having a boss like that isn't worth it, IMO.
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Smite got a reaction from dalekphalm in My Boss Isn't Convinced about ECC Memory for a File Server
Your boss is the one whom assumes responsibility. You have presented the options and your opinion, nothing more to do. When you become the boss you can make the decisions and accept the responsibilities. A word of advice, "local repair shops" are A-Typical just like best buy know how to sell crap but know very little of the industry. Also like most have stated current server hardware configurations will only allow ecc ram generally in good principle should stick with it. I had a boss once that would give a complete 1 minute deer in headlights stair when I said something technical or asked something technical, highlighting she didn't know shit. When I asked for a 10k raise and didn't receive it, I had no quams about applying else where and getting more money. To each their own.
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Smite got a reaction from Member in Freenas server- Plugins not working, possibly network settings problem
Also everything in the same sub-net. no NATing or vlan cross over stuff etc.
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Smite got a reaction from Member in Freenas server- Plugins not working, possibly network settings problem
DNS is least important but you can use your gateway address for this so 192.168.0.1
try doing a constant ping test to it. with command prompt ping -t 192.168.0.11 or w/e the address is (Control+c to stop).
see if it stops. you can also do this with plex jail to make sure it is staying up.
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Smite got a reaction from Joshosaurus in Terminology
Blade Server = apart of a larger unit with special internal connectivity between each blade.
Rack Server = Standard server with rack mounts fits standard Unit sizing 1u,2u,3u,4u,etc…
Tower Server = Server in a tower cassis, similar to desktops just larger in overall size.
Raid = Redundant Array of (Inexpensive\Independent) Disks
Raid0 = striping data written to both disks without parity for speed.
Raid1 = mirroring same data written to both disks for fault tolerance of 1 disk
Raid 5 = minimum 3 disks with fault tolerance of 1 disk typical 2x speed of reads (common practice is to not use this raid level)
Raid 6 = minimum 4 disks with fault tolerance of 2 disks. Typical 2x speed of reads.
Raid 10 = minimum 4 disks with fault tolerance of 1 disk. Typical 4x read and 2x write speeds
ZFS file system and freenas give you access to RaidZ these are simplified in RAIDZ is speed RAIDZ1 is 1 drive tolerance RAIDZ2 is 2 drive tolerance, So on and so forth.
Generally speaking, freenas uses software raid and while standard raid is hardware based.
Rack’s, Server racks are 19” wide. 1U is 1.75” and common sizes are half and full racks, half being 24u and full being 42u (yes I am aware of 24 not being half of 42).
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Smite got a reaction from YedZed in Help! I spilled milk onto my number pad!
Common misconception Rubber dome keyboards fail just like Mech's do with spills. It all depends on how much was spilled. I would also say that milk is the worst, because it takes time to turn and get funky. After that its game over. So clean and dry everything you can. Hope fore the best. If not just trash it and pick up another cheapo from walmart.
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Smite got a reaction from Mikensan in Terminology
Blade Server = apart of a larger unit with special internal connectivity between each blade.
Rack Server = Standard server with rack mounts fits standard Unit sizing 1u,2u,3u,4u,etc…
Tower Server = Server in a tower cassis, similar to desktops just larger in overall size.
Raid = Redundant Array of (Inexpensive\Independent) Disks
Raid0 = striping data written to both disks without parity for speed.
Raid1 = mirroring same data written to both disks for fault tolerance of 1 disk
Raid 5 = minimum 3 disks with fault tolerance of 1 disk typical 2x speed of reads (common practice is to not use this raid level)
Raid 6 = minimum 4 disks with fault tolerance of 2 disks. Typical 2x speed of reads.
Raid 10 = minimum 4 disks with fault tolerance of 1 disk. Typical 4x read and 2x write speeds
ZFS file system and freenas give you access to RaidZ these are simplified in RAIDZ is speed RAIDZ1 is 1 drive tolerance RAIDZ2 is 2 drive tolerance, So on and so forth.
Generally speaking, freenas uses software raid and while standard raid is hardware based.
Rack’s, Server racks are 19” wide. 1U is 1.75” and common sizes are half and full racks, half being 24u and full being 42u (yes I am aware of 24 not being half of 42).
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Smite got a reaction from NinjaJc01 in My Roommate is annoying so I need help
not 100% about language rules on the forums but tell him to "eat a sausage" and replace sausage with your favorite curse word. and man up.
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Smite got a reaction from Member in Freenas server- Plugins not working, possibly network settings problem
network config of the plugin is likely incorrect. When My plex wasnt pulling a dhcp address or I had a bad address it in. It would look like it started but after refresh it was not.
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Smite got a reaction from Member in Freenas server- Plugins not working, possibly network settings problem
Im a little confused why it is showing a ipv6 address and a gateway when neither are present in the config page. I'm not at home to look at mine. I can follow up later if no one else adds on here.
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Smite got a reaction from Deagon in smell in pc
all of the smells are pretty distinct. New parts have a smell of chemicalish stuff, burning electronics/PSU caps exploding are very distinct. Cockroaches cooking under PSU agian very distinct. GPU getting to hot and melting pcb again distinct altho similar to the burning. I worked at a manufacture repair center and can tell you some horrors, the smells being the worst.
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Smite got a reaction from Notional in AMD 2016 Financial info released. AMD computing and graphics revenue down from Q1 2016
So as someone who has actually studied accounting and I have done a complete analysis of AMD in the past I would say this is complete click bait and trivial. Anyone with a lick of sense will tell you Quarter to Quarter means nothing as with many businesses they are seasonal highs and lows. Year over Year is the important part and as I can tell AMD.increased EVERY single aspect.
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Smite reacted to colonel_mortis in Certain pages showing as insecure
That's because there are images embedded in it loaded from other domains (such as imgur) that were loaded over HTTP rather than HTTPS. The page is still secure, and there is absolutely no risk of anyone obtaining any information that they couldn't already access (ie. just the domain name), but it does mean that an attacker could replace that image on the page, which is why it's flagged as insecure.
There's not much that we can do about it without breaking image hosts that don't support HTTPS.
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Smite got a reaction from Tyrius in Server tips for newer people
Server tips to save your hair: or maybe the "Don't list."
AD should always be on its own server/vm host but can include services such as integrated dns. (Always have 2 or more Domain Controllers, however both can be VM's if everything is following best practices - i.e. set to boot first after critical server maintenance, etc. There are exceptions to this (i.e. small branch office with RODC), if in doubt look at the Technet best practices articles)
AD backups last 90days max if you try to go back further than this, it “might” work, if very very little has changed, but is never recommended.
You can quickly spot someone who has no clue about AD when you ask them what’s their domain/forest level? If the response is we have upgraded everything to Server 2012 R2, and then find out they are at 2003 domain level, this is a quick face palm. (Better yet, is to know what each functional level does, going from 2k3 -> 2k8r2? good upgrade, going from 2k8R2 -> 2k12r2, only if you have the time, yes there are more important things to work on)
Email servers are complex and should be treated as such, make sure you have gone toughly threw the basics such as MX records and correct IP’s. (better yet, stop hard coding IP's where possible? DNS was invented for a reason, you might know if if you added a CNAME or A Record to it. Even better, learn what forward and reverse lookup zones are).
Everyone likes different server OS’s for different reasons. If you just installed linux or BSD for the first time ever, you probably should do some more research before jumping in the “help me plz pool”. (Yep, we all spent years and hundreds of dollars learning this stuff, and we've only just passed the 'mt. stupid part', pick up a book read about it)
Virtualizing just to virtualize is a bit silly, why would you want to run all of these VMs, on a toaster? (If it is part of a larger plan, i'd say it's fine, abstracting the HW layer is a good thing - i.e. Motherboard crashed on main host, just host in to another box till vendor replaces mobo, no need to worry about drivers).
For the last time Freenas wants direct access to your drives this means HBA cards or direct motherboard connections, leave them high dollar raid cards alone.
For the love of all that is holy, do not use .local or .com .net etc for your domain. This can cause so many issues, pick something different and learn about FQDN's. (It's not an issue is you actually own the domain)
Enthusiast hardware is not enterprise hardware and should not be treated as such. A major reason the enterprise stuff is stupid expensive is redundancy and support. The reason you think enthusiast stuff is expensive is all them features like overclocking.
“But, yo dog I spent $1000 on dis bad ass xeon.” I am sorry you didn’t scale your build to your needs properly.
I will add more as this progresses.
Raid ≠ Back up Linus proved this when one of his cards tanked.
99% of Rack hardware is designed to sit right on top of one another. Leaving gaps can cause airflow issues(this is more noticeable in data centers with multiple racks).
Cabling does matter in your rack because a curtain of cables can and will block airflow.
You don't need a ballin rig for pfsense. The main concern is having enough NIC's
Running a decent size production environment database on access. I cringe every time.
When removing an exchange server from production, do NOT just shut down the server and delete the VM later. This leaves traces of this old exchange server lingering in AD. Run the uninstaller and it will clean itself out of AD.
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Smite got a reaction from zMeul in Gears of War Ultimate Edition on pc is a Disaster for AMD Radeon Gamers
Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2016/03/01/gears-of-war-ultimate-edition-on-pc-is-a-disaster-for-amd-radeon-gamers/#77afe5587e7e
When it tanks it tanks hard. This doesn't look like normal jitters but down right halt.
Just to clarify.
With recent cuts and looming issues AMD is continuing to face issues. When you are forced to cut your employee base things like this will happen. Drivers will get updated and issues will get fixed, but not having "game ready drivers" continues to be a bleeding wound on AMD's side.
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Smite reacted to alex_read in SQL Server
SQL Server is a Microsoft product - it's for housing databases (at a basic level, or the more complete answer is that it's an RDBMS). The info which hasn't been mentioned here is the flavour or tier, the version being installed... each version has different hardware limits (as well as costs) associated and could impact the plans & any recommendations we all make here.
For the mentioning of backups, I fully agree with all points manikyath made above. For the server itself, I completely agree with most above - it sounds like you've got the enthusiasm & passion of a hobbiest but are a little out of your depth in the corporate world in this scenario. Building your own server would be cool, but (i) not cost efficient and (ii) would likely (reading from above) lead to overspecced hardware which would be wasted (iii) wouldn't be as tested as anything an off-the-shelf server vendor would produce. Also (iv) might not be as mainable or future proof either (with hot swap drives, space for multiple NICs or CPUs etc.). I am impressed you looked at Xeon's and ECC memory, but the idea of having any not onboard GPU and watercooling should be left to the gamer/PC upgrade fanatic area away from servers.
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Smite got a reaction from leadeater in Server tips for newer people
Server tips to save your hair: or maybe the "Don't list."
AD should always be on its own server/vm host but can include services such as integrated dns. (Always have 2 or more Domain Controllers, however both can be VM's if everything is following best practices - i.e. set to boot first after critical server maintenance, etc. There are exceptions to this (i.e. small branch office with RODC), if in doubt look at the Technet best practices articles)
AD backups last 90days max if you try to go back further than this, it “might” work, if very very little has changed, but is never recommended.
You can quickly spot someone who has no clue about AD when you ask them what’s their domain/forest level? If the response is we have upgraded everything to Server 2012 R2, and then find out they are at 2003 domain level, this is a quick face palm. (Better yet, is to know what each functional level does, going from 2k3 -> 2k8r2? good upgrade, going from 2k8R2 -> 2k12r2, only if you have the time, yes there are more important things to work on)
Email servers are complex and should be treated as such, make sure you have gone toughly threw the basics such as MX records and correct IP’s. (better yet, stop hard coding IP's where possible? DNS was invented for a reason, you might know if if you added a CNAME or A Record to it. Even better, learn what forward and reverse lookup zones are).
Everyone likes different server OS’s for different reasons. If you just installed linux or BSD for the first time ever, you probably should do some more research before jumping in the “help me plz pool”. (Yep, we all spent years and hundreds of dollars learning this stuff, and we've only just passed the 'mt. stupid part', pick up a book read about it)
Virtualizing just to virtualize is a bit silly, why would you want to run all of these VMs, on a toaster? (If it is part of a larger plan, i'd say it's fine, abstracting the HW layer is a good thing - i.e. Motherboard crashed on main host, just host in to another box till vendor replaces mobo, no need to worry about drivers).
For the last time Freenas wants direct access to your drives this means HBA cards or direct motherboard connections, leave them high dollar raid cards alone.
For the love of all that is holy, do not use .local or .com .net etc for your domain. This can cause so many issues, pick something different and learn about FQDN's. (It's not an issue is you actually own the domain)
Enthusiast hardware is not enterprise hardware and should not be treated as such. A major reason the enterprise stuff is stupid expensive is redundancy and support. The reason you think enthusiast stuff is expensive is all them features like overclocking.
“But, yo dog I spent $1000 on dis bad ass xeon.” I am sorry you didn’t scale your build to your needs properly.
I will add more as this progresses.
Raid ≠ Back up Linus proved this when one of his cards tanked.
99% of Rack hardware is designed to sit right on top of one another. Leaving gaps can cause airflow issues(this is more noticeable in data centers with multiple racks).
Cabling does matter in your rack because a curtain of cables can and will block airflow.
You don't need a ballin rig for pfsense. The main concern is having enough NIC's
Running a decent size production environment database on access. I cringe every time.
When removing an exchange server from production, do NOT just shut down the server and delete the VM later. This leaves traces of this old exchange server lingering in AD. Run the uninstaller and it will clean itself out of AD.
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Smite reacted to manikyath in SQL Server
some stuff about servers:
- servers are supposed to be reliable, watercoolers dont fit in with this picture.
- same story on the gpu, if its just for a display, theres MUCH better solutions than an R7 250.
- i'd recommend looking into a raid of high end hard drives, instead of relying on a single SSD. in the server world you REALLY cannot have your data depend on a single piece of electronics.
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Smite got a reaction from dalekphalm in Tips on Virtualization
Let me bold the rest of that for the OP and reiterate it again. Run AD on its own VM,
You are also trying to combine three things that inherently don't like to work well with one another.
Pfsense - I always recommend its own box, many reasons behind this.
Freenas - great for nas, not so great at virtualization. The point of freenas is to have a great NAS OS running for your Network storage.
Windows Server 2012 - has built in hypervisor, and you don't need more licenses to run up to two instances of server 2012...