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I've submitted a ticket, and we'll see what they say. Honestly, a quad-core @ 1.7Ghz should have no issue keeping up with 1GB/s in RAID-0, particularly if the NIC is hardware accelerated. RAID-5 or -6 I can understand bottle-necking of writes (due to parity calcs), but this isn't expected...

HGST HUH728080ALE600 A4GNT7J0 HGST He8 Ultrastar 8TB Should be quick enough.

I've had many random issues that were fixed when a USB storage device, even one that had been in the system a long time, were removed. I don't even keep card readers connected to my system anymore, as that was one of the first steps when troubleshooting anything.

Interesting that any of them are even talking about 7nm. Things I've heard indicated that no one has a clue how to do production-level chips below 10nm.

Running a copy to the NAS from the workstation ran two of the cores at 90-95% and the other two to 50%. It says these are hyper-threaded cores, so that is basically maxed out. Reading data from the NAS to the workstation kept the average CPU utilization around 50% on all the cores. This was...

Yup, thanks for that. This has been a challenge since they added so many HDMI inputs that I had to go to a receiver over the old mixing board. Sounds like using the receiver as an HDMI switch with audio breakout then going back to the mixing board is a winner. Shame I can't pipe it back into the...

It should work directly. Mine worked straightaway this afternoon, but my network was labeled as "work" instead of "public". You should be able to change it by clicking on the link that is the network type name. This video is very poor, but factually accurate if you need additional guidance...

Your link is busted, but I assume you meant to link to a switch that has many Gigabit ports and at least two SFP+ ports. This is the easiest way to implement 10GbE. You may have actually linked to one of these? http://www.netgear.com/business/products/switches/smart/S3300-28X.aspx#tab-techspecs

Another thing worth noting is that I suspect that this system will draw <300W at the wall even with full synthetic benchmarks running. Idle will be <100W. These are both way less than half of what my current home rig draws, and I expect the performance to he higher for its intended workload.

After I left I was reading the manual and found out how to check. I'll do that tomorrow.

Thanks for those links. I'm not really aiming for silent (this case has too many open sides for that), and I did set the radiator back from the front grill by 1cm or so allowing it to pull air from anywhere in the case if resistance is an issue. This is also helped by the awesome...

I'll probably do that tomorrow. I gave up for the night and came home.

No worries. I thought it dropped for me last night around 10PM PST. That could have been on my end.

Nope, no AES. Could it be Jumbo packets or something? I doubt it as the send and receive are different speeds; if it was network related they should be limited to the same value, no?

The other HDMI source is a wireless HDMI bridge that I'm not in control of. My current thoughts are to strip the audio from the HDMI, mix it in the mixing board, and then send it via RCA into the receiver. Then program the receiver to play the audio from the RCA while playing the video from the...

Down for about 16 hours I think...

As a performance test for the QNAP TS-831X, I set up a RAID-0 of 8x 8TB drives after updating the firmware to the latest. I then set up the direct connect networking described above using the 10.0.0.2 and 10.0.0.3 addresses (with no gateway or DNS) on the workstation and NAS respectively...

You've nearly done it. The part you are missing is to make sure that the static IPs used for the direct connections are in a separate subnet altogether. For example, if your normal network uses the 192.168.xxx.xxx, you can use the range 10.xxx.xxx.xxx for the dedicated links. Then you use the...

We can probably sort out your networking issues pretty easily. What configuration did you have in mind? The easiest for administration is a setup where the computer and NAS both connect to a switch that has the right ports. A solution that requires less hardware takes a little setup...

Switched the chassis to a Corsair Carbide Air 240, and rotated it so that the windows is on the top. This is an astonishing case for the money. The look is distinctive and to my taste, the case shows the motherboard very well while hiding everything else. The 2x120mm Corsair Hydro AIO CPU cooler...

I've always enjoyed games where you can build things. I've also enjoyed games where there are multiple levels of understanding and design involved in success. EVE Online is way too good at these things, and is taking most of my game time from other things. If anyone here is interested, I now...

There can, but typically it only effects a single PCIe slot (they are electrically connected, basically the same slot in two different form factors). Just move the card to another slot.

I have a system that uses a standard receiver and HDMI to switch between sources, and amplify the speakers. The customer would like to add talk-over capability to one of the HDMI inputs. We already have XLR mics, but is there a box that can add additional audio to an HDMI stream without removing...

I purchased it as soon as you linked it. I've been looking for something in this configuration (10-gig, 8-drive) for a while and it was not a hard decision. I'll be populating it with 8TB HDDs and a direct-connect cable to a high-end machine with SSDs in RAID0. We'll see how it performs. Might...

TDU and TDU2 were both fun games, but quite dated at this point. Some of the Need for Speed games had a lot going for them in this regard.

Works fine. By the way, I now have a QNAP TS-831X sitting on my workbench. I'll be populating it later today if anyone here wants tests or screenshots of config screens.

Rainbow tables for common passwords are not only common, but usually google-able. I'm sure I've posted this before: https://youtu.be/8ZtInClXe1Q

Not only was it more than 3 years ago, but that entire setup would fit in half a rack and cost less than $100k. The thing that makes you most susceptible to this kind of attack is having a file that you can beat on. If there is a file that you can copy into a system such as this and try as...

Yup, that is the one I've been buying. Not the cheapest, but I haven't had any issues.

I wouldn't be surprised if it did throttle in normal use. Before I put a heatsink on mine it was idling at 65C. Granted, this is a low-airflow very quiet case, but not unreasonably so.

No vulnerability has ever been found. Someone did get to the parts of the database that need to remain open, that is it. And it was a year ago.

Some kind of password management system should be considered required at this point if you have things of value accessible over the internet. Keepass is one, I use LastPass. Any of the recent hacks highlight four attributes that passwords need: Unique - You should never use the same password on...

Did the Annapurna Circuit from Pokara when I was younger, including a detour to base camp. Probably won't do another 30+ day hike again.

Integrated 16x10GbE seems to be screaming for the supercomputer space. Or just really extreme routers?

5000k at home, 6500k at work. Lower than 4000k makes things look wrong.

The GPU cooler itself is likely fairly optimal, but the backplate would probably benefit from more thermal mass and larger surface area (at least that has been the case with previous GPUs). If you are willing to compromise the slot above it provides an effective secondary route for heat...

Bah, I'd fix them, but you can at least see what I was looking at. I wanted a newer Lian-Li chassis, featured in the video below. The 950Pro will certainly get heatsinks, and possibly the 1080 as well. https://youtu.be/CQXIyvsWTNA There is a NAS, no significant local storage is necessary. 512GB...

I always just considered Lightroom "easy mode" and Photoshop "expert mode". It makes sense in that way.

You don't need a disk, just download the program called Rufus, it will take the ISO and make a bootable USB out of it. https://rufus.akeo.ie/

Once microtransaction systems become ubiquitous, there is a plausible solution to this and SPAM. No message or call is delivered without a small payment. The payment goes to the recipient. If you send and receive about the same number of messages and calls, you break even. If you try to contact...

It is just an absurd gaming box. Additional cores beyond 4 is nearly useless. Max clock (and IPC) is key. Only PCIe device will be the single GPU. I've never seen a game successfully eat even 32GB of RAM, much less 64. Expandability is not relevant. This system will be replaced entirely when...

Got my first order for a 1080 build. Current thoughts ($3000+): ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition GTX1080-8G 8GB GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0 Intel Boxed Core i7-6850K Processor (15M Cache, up to 3.80 GHz) FC-LGA14A 3.6 6 BX80671I76850K Corsair Dominator Platinum...

Indeed. Those kinds of scams are awful. From personal experience, I can attest that the IRS first sends a letter to your employer to withhold your pay. This is how I first found out, anyway.

Sometimes?

Even two is enough to setup RAID-1 (mirroring), 3 is enough for RAID-5 (parity) and 4 is enough for RAID-6 (double parity).

Indeed. It isn't tricky, particularly if you have a reasonable budget and are buying new hardware specifically for this task.

It seems that I've had this position long enough that lots of sales peoples CRM databases must know that I am in charge of evaluating and purchasing IT stuff for my company. The receptionist is great at routing all these calls to my desk voicemail that I never answer (currently 98 new...

Flash is tricky enough that I avoid it whenever possible. I prefer LED panel lights attached to Magnetic Gpods. The lights stay on so you can better understand where and how much light you need.

That is a tricky one. All other things being equal, what you are looking for is a sensor with less noise at higher ISO. There isn't a good metric for this, just have to read the reviews. The other thing that allows better low-light pictures is to open the aperture, but as we discussed this...

I'm typically 5-10' away. My wife doesn't complain about feature distortion so long as I stay above 18-20mm. A smaller f-number means that the aperture is larger. This lets in more light, but narrows the depth of field. Putting the camera in Av mode (this lets you set the aperture and the...