Posts by cathode

Hi, Not sure if this is the correct forum for this but I'm researching an issue that my employer is having regarding proper licensing of Office 365 or Office 2013. Here's the deal: We use a homegrown Microsoft Access based software to...

Hello, I am in the process of a storage build-out for my home cluster and picked up 92 (ninety-two) 36GB 10k RPM 2.5" SAS hard drives on ebay (hell of a deal, $308 shipped for all 92, they come with intel / mixed brand hot swap trays)....

Might be a topic for the mods forum but I have a Supermicro X7DWA-N motherboard (dual LGA771, 8xDDR2 FB-DIMM slots) and I'm already using a pair of ultra low voltage Xeons (L5420), which stay nice and cool, but my 8x2GB sticks of Hynix...

So I stumbled across this on ebay tonight: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Flex-Computing-4U-Quad-AMD-Socket-F-Motherboard-w-4x-AMD-8218-2-6ghz-CPUs-QF88-/310512275788 And I'm curious as to whether that would be any good for a workstation...

Definitely do not go with a windows-based OS, unless you don't care about data integrity. ZFS is the only reliable filesystem for NAS/SAN. ZFSGuru is a recent and quite slick distro of FreeBSD 9 that is quite powerful. http://zfsguru.com/

Quote:Originally Posted by zoid.srg Its an amazing piece of craftmanship, but its not very practical. I do like steampunk, but I wouldnt want something like that in my house either... dont missunderstand me, its not because I dont...

The question at this point is "Do I make this with the intention of selling it?" I can't afford to buy new spiffy hardware to put inside of it, or watercooling gear for my current hardware. But I'm sure I could sell it, especially with...

I might have answered my own question here but I had an idea: paint it and do some minor body modification to make it look like a ammo crate from Borderlands 2 (one of the hyperion ones that open on the front). Some nice touches would...

Here is a photo album with a bunch of pictures (sorry, I'm a little short on time or i'd re-upload them to OCN): https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4eh5tl9zvnepndm/03UpDndkfB/Systems Picked this bad boy up on craigslist for $25. Originally...

I have two server motherboards that I got for a project. Only need one of them, but I could use either one, so I'm trying to figure out which one to sell and which to keep. They are... Supermicro X7DB8+ Dual LGA771, 16x240pin DDR2...