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BitFenix will soon launch the perfect case : the Prodigy-M. It combines the best features of the Silverstone TJ08E and SG09B. I didn't like the original Prodigy due to its size for a mini-ITX enclosure, but a similar size would be very acceptable for a µATX enclosure.

Apparently...he's speechless.

I'll take a look when I have time to revisit that. Thanks.

Indeed. No matter if you opt to go with VSphere (~1000$ per year per socket) or Server 2012 R2 (~6000$ once per system), the cost of licensing always outweights the cost of going for premium hardware (versus targetting mid-range hardware if more licences are needed).

Now the prices have been leaked too. The 12-core models are more expensive than what I thought they would be. They are worth buying anyway.

The only way you can make sure your backup plan is good is to simulate a failure and test if it restores your files as it should. I know that backing up files offsite isn't good enough for my companies because even with our 100Mbps symmetrical connection, it would take too much time. I have a...

My main NAS will probably have Openfiler as an OS. I have yet to install and test Openfiler (will do next week), but I think there's a feature that will let me synchronize files with another network location (a Synology DS1512+), or am I too optmistic? SnappRAID could be interesting if my main...

Which should happen sometime in October. However, I expect the RTM will be out by the end of next week of the other one after and we do have an MSDN subscription.

I planned to use Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 for the major server upgrade we'll do next month. Are you telling me that if I pay the ~6000$ Microsoft asks for the DataCenter Edition, I won't have to pay for the 9 Windows Server 2012 R2 std licences that we'll run inside VMs on that server? Each of...

I lost my father in 1996 and I know nothing that can be put in words here can make you feel nothing less than miserable for now. All I can tell you is that it will pass. You'll never forget her, but at some point in the future, you'll remember the good moments more than the last few weeks. My...

Hey look, your secretary wanted to listen to your speakers while your weren't there. Look at the picture your webcam snapped :

I'm not sure, but it looks like Mark has upgraded something in his setup. His production for the day so far is unusually high.

We use an Aventail VPN and the client doesn't like Windows 8.1 Preview either.

That is a good idea, although the links are not that far from the top. I don't expect this thread to become much bigger than it currently is.

He isn't on to something. He is on something.

Active Password Changer. Available on older versions of Hiren's Boot CD. I don't remember if I've used it on a Server 2008 (because generally, people who operate a Server 2008 machine don't lose their passwords). It works like a charm on all Windows 2000-to-7 though. I have yet to use it on...

We still ship Windows 7 laptops to our employees and the only two persons who operate a Windows 8 system are the lead programmer (since last Friday) and me (and it's a Server 2012 R2, not Windows 8). We have roughly 250 employees.

Thanks!

That thread is already six years old. It's probably the one I've visited the most along with the "Something Random" one. I bump it because I'm tired of scrolling to the bottom of the page to view it. It should have been made "STICKY" from the moment it was created. We are one of the top...

Nope. 2.5" SAS. I bet it's slower than an Intel DC S3700 too, which cost roughly 550$ for a 200GB unit.

I've received a server quotation from HP. They ask over 7K$ per 200GB SSD. Granted, they use SLC memory, but still. It must be their way to tell us to look elsewhere and that our money is not good enough for them. Anyone has experience with SolidFire's Storage Systems? Probably over-the-top...

It's actually not that bad. It falls in the recoverable category. I've seen far worse. You should see the setup we have at the office. Now THAT is a mess! No, I cannot take pictures (confidentiality clause). Let's say that merging the new networking setup with the old one is going to be...

I've read somewhere that invasive mothers-in-law are one of the primary break-up causes. Why in Hell would you want her to get health insurance? Her falling sick and be forced to leave would be the best thing that could happen to you. According to statistics, at least.

...and he is not willing to do that.

I work at another city during the week, but I havent moved my stuff yet so I come back during the week-end to my old place. As a matter of fact, I lost power for a second about five minutes after posting my previous message. My sole, under-powered UPS died two weeks ago. To be safe, I would...

You dream you can teach construction folks how to manage access and user accounts on any computer system? Seriously? I'm an administrator too for a construction-conglomerate and I can assure you that you are completely delusional. There are simple systems, but there are none...

The meteo man says there will be thunderstorms today, tomorrow and Thursday here. I'll be there untill early morning hours, so I'll be able to restart my computers in case of an outage this evening. However, if there's an outage tomorrow, my production will be screwed for the entire week as I...

BTW, I would NEVER use RAID5 in a mutli-terabyte array. The reason is that most consumer drives are rated for one unrecoverable error every 1014, which is once every 100TB. In your case, with a 20TB RAID5 setup (parity counts : screw the parity, screw the array), you have one chance out of...

It obvious after watching both videos at the same time that the car made, by far, the biggest difference. It seems the guy from last year is driving an average sedan (and not even a new one) compared to a 6-figure sport car from the current record holder. Even the original acceleration from...

I'm sure that beating the previous record by as much as he did, part of the explanation is the car and another part is the driver. How does the Peugeot 208T he used compares to the one driven during the last record run? Something else that would be interesting would be a split screen showing...

Of course not! I'm not Mercutio.

I'm more interested in the enterprise version : the SM843T. It's also available in a 960GB capacity and it would be great for our new SAN. Unfortunately, the only place on the planet where it seems to be in stock is in Australia. Australia is a fine place, but the problem with Australia is...

Then they should update their website, because their product page states :

The inclusion of a BBU (battery backup unit) is a nice feature, likewise for the mSATA slot in order to add an SSD. The lack of Thunderbolt support for something else than Mac OSX is less impressive though.

Mark doesn't show for you because he's outproducing you, so at your current beat, you would never catch him. Dave currently is the only one with a realistic chance to overtake MArk in the foreseable future. I would too, if outages and equipment failures or various incidents wouldn't plague my...

Yep and that's only for him, personally. You should see the bills he does on behalf of his company...

Fucking power outage. Due to a strong thunderstorm, in which there might have been a tornado, I've been out of electricity from Friday 6pm untill maybe 2:30am this morning. The internet came back less than half-an-hour ago. There are still outage every now and then, so I'll wait until later...

What do you guys use to monitor services and systems on your server farms? Here, all we have is SpiceWorks, but I don't see how to configure it to send alerts when something's down. In my previous company, we used Zabbix. I read a little about Splunk too, but I don't know if it's good or not...

Our beloved logo is gone from the page tile. We have lost our identity.

The Register posted Seagate's roadmap for its upcoming enterprise drives. You can view it here. I don't understand the very last sentence of the page : So...it's a solid-state drive, but not a pure SSD....? WTF is an SSD if not a solid-state drive?

I think it's because of new GPU units with tremendous points rewards. I've enjoyed some success too although it pales compares to yours. Only 43 members worldwide produced more points than you yesterday and only 38 teams outproduced us, as a team (we did ~1.7 million points yesterday).We've...

Not quite 6 feet tall, but the Northeast of India is home to a very large cat : Temminck's cat. It's probably the largest feline that still looks like a cat.

...and now my Radeon HD 7950 (another system) is doing over 200K ppd on a project 8902 unit. This is good.

My Radeon HD 7970 does 115K ppd on a Project 7810 unit. Even if I'm below average for that project given the card I have, I won't complain. 115K ppd is 115K ppd.

Congratulations. It's always special to get a new car. I hope you won't regret your choice. I can't comment on the car because this model isn't for sale here. With all the bad drivers (judging from one of your previous posts) and the pollution in India, it probably won't stay new and/or...

Two sockets, one filled. There are 8 memory slots next to each CPU socket. I've filled the 8 slots next to the occupied socket. All the others are empty.

Thanks

The RAM sticks I took were from other similar systems (7947-AC1 & 7947-52U) and those servers have worked non stop for the past three years. I guess that yes, the RAM has been validated for that model.

I guess that's the yellow square led with an exclamation point into it. Yes, it's lit. I'll make sure all the memory banks are enabled (all 8 slots next to the single CPU are filled).

Any idea what would cause an IBM server x3650 M2 to see only a fourth of the RAM installed? This particular server originally had 8GB installed into it and only detected 4GB. I needed more, so I added 4 other 2GB sticks (from other similar servers). It still only sees 4GB. I disable the...