[QUOTE=DrTaxi;50493722]Why [I]replace[/I] the HDD? Could still use it for dumping stuff.
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What [I]are[/I] you gonna use it for?[/QUOTE]
Right now, encoding/Streaming server
Edit:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/Jyd9kAp.png[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/i9GLAO7.png[/img]
goddamn that server is sexy
[QUOTE=Brt5470;50493358]Got my server today. Boy oh boy.
Dual E5-2650's
8x16GB Ram with up to 24Dimms
16 2.5" SAS bays. Eight hooked to the RAID card
SEVEN PCIe 16x 3.0 slots, with four being full height. Six Ethernet/I imagine Gigabit.
Pair of Redundant 750Watt 80+ Platinum PSU's
H710p RAID controller.
Thing looks completely mint, like we just unboxed it. Paid $170 plus lunch for my friend at the Boca Raton Alehouse.
He has a philly Cheesesteak and I had some grilled salmon.
We had Calamari for an appetiser.
I drank sweet tea[/QUOTE]
You lucky bastard.
[QUOTE=Doritos_Man;50494318]You lucky bastard.[/QUOTE]
I've missed out on a lot of these "sick" deals that come up sometimes, so I guess karma caught up with me.
I can now justify buying a rack :D
Genuinely thought that label said SHITPOST for a sec
Opinions. Starting out, should I put 2012 R2 or just W10 on it. I think I had downloaded R2 Standard. Also it has a license key on the case so I got a spare R2 Standard copy.
Definitely server between the two.
[editline]10th June 2016[/editline]
But also Linux
Oh boy
ok then which linux
CentOS is the only choice for a proper server.
[editline]10th June 2016[/editline]
You've got enough RAM just install Windows server, spin up a couple Linux VM's and see what you like.
Supports 32GB dimms, so it can go to 768. lel.
Also given it's SB, it's dropin upgradable to v2 ivybridge XEONS.
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Put a laptop drive I had in there and it says it can't see the disk. Don't know if it's the disk or if it's that I need drivers for it.
Dell's site for the system is confusing though. 5,000 firmwares and it's hard to find the driver I need.
Cent OS if up to date repos aren't important enough to be a headache.
Ubuntu if you need later versions of various pieces of software and don't feel like compiling from scratch.
So after a bunch of work, looks like the PERC card can't operate in non-raid. So single disks need to be configured as single disk RAID0 virtual disks.
y
You could use a bare metal hypervisor like ESXi or XenServer. Then you don't even need to commit to an OS and setup. Or even clone it if need be.
That's what I would do with that amount of RAM.
[QUOTE=Brt5470;50495335]So after a bunch of work, looks like the PERC card can't operate in non-raid. So single disks need to be configured as single disk RAID0 virtual disks.
y[/QUOTE]
If it's anything like the RAID cards I've worked with, then the firmware can be reflashed so it's just a dumb HBA card.
But We'd need to know the specific model number of the card and/or chipset to tell.
[img]http://rp.braxnet.org/scr/146563135901378.png[/img]
an era is over :wow:
[QUOTE=Brt5470;50494841]ok then which linux[/QUOTE]
I take it you don't need enterprise support? go debian jessie. it's stable and has next to zero dependency issues.
I just saw how much ram you have. go with a hypervisor setup.
install gentoo
I'll hackintosh it.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/SmIxrXR.png[/img]
Also, man... i fucking miss windows 10.
[QUOTE=Giraffen93;50495499][img]http://rp.braxnet.org/scr/146563135901378.png[/img]
an era is over :wow:[/QUOTE]
What would you appraise this circa 2013 antique at?
[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15606445/very%20fast.png[/t]
It also has TeamViewer, I dunno if that counts as a double antique with the recent fuck up.
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;50495583]Don't hide that AVG.
Live in shame.[/QUOTE]
Holy shit.
And leaving the "Safe to unplug USB device" or whatever it is thing pinned to the tray
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5831868/Suck%20it%20sweden.png[/img]
What about truecrypt?
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;50495557]install gentoo[/QUOTE]
Compile errythin' all day.
[sp]actually somewhat makes sense to do it on a beefy server since compile time will be minuscule, compared to a old netbook.[/sp]
[QUOTE=Teddybeer;50495663]Hey but that thing is useful.[/QUOTE]
Never used it in my life
This is freaking awesome, I didn't even know that WiDi capable TVs could send commands to the computer. Even the scrollwheel on the remote works as an actual scrollwheel.
[video]https://youtu.be/qnqga7n8HQ4[/video]
That's actually pretty cool.
I had hoped it would also work on android devices but I guess Miracast is a bit more limited
I've been feeling experimental lately. Put one of my four displays in vertical/portrait orientation (physically, it's sitting on its side). Now I'm gonna grab a old mechanical keyboard out of storage next time I'm at my parents house. Gonna need to find a AT to USB adapter - can't remember if I have a PS2 port on my computer, I'll use that if I do and save a USB port.
[url]https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4nn5zv/iama_electronics_repair_technician_hated_by_apple/[/url]
Louis is doing an AMA
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLnty8vDcuU[/media]
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