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Hi guys, My server (will) consist of the following: 8 x 750gb Samsung F1 Sata HDDs 8Gb DDR2 Ram 2 x Dual core Opteron 2214s Highpoint RocketRAID 2220 8 port RAID card 1 x Sata DVD drive Various 120mm fans 3 x 5in3 Sata hotswap backplanes 2 x 36gb Raptors I have a Corsair modular...

Thanks I will check it out!

Hi wondering if someone could critique my resume. Thanks :) Personal Details Name Address Mobile E-mail Resume Summary An IT Support specialist with 2.5 years proven experience installing, configuring, and maintaining Windows based systems and networks. Skilled in...

We have unlimited. I work at a lawfirm so I guess its standard. Biggest inbox I just checked is 8gb next biggest is 4gb. I am in the process of moving some mailboxes from one store to another. A little bit of a pain moving the bigger ones thats for sure. Because we have a few exchange...

Can I just ask a question here as I am about to buy 8 x 750gb WD drives for my RAID5 array. Do I need to buy the RE drives or can I simply buy the normal desktop drive and enable TLER? I assume I can get some 750gb drives that aren't the stupid GP?

Hi guys whats a good server motherboard for Dual Opteron 2214s? Im looking to spend ~$300 for a server grade mobo. With a nice amount of ram slots. PCI-X slot would be beneficial as i have a Highpoint rocketraid 2220, but its not that big a deal I could always swap to a 2320.

Hi since I am in Australia the only motherboards I can find at a reasonable price are the following: KFN5-D-SLI ASUS KFN5-D-SLI M/board - Dual AMD Socket F 1207, nVidia Pro 3600 MCP, HT2000, DDR2 533/667, 2 x PCI-Ex16 (x8 link), SATAII RAID, 2x GbE LAN, E- ATX KFN4-DRE ASUS KFN4-DRE/2GBL...

What size are your raptors? are you running them off the motherboard or off the controller card? same question with your OS drives.

Apart from costing you more moeny is it really worth it, do they run much cooler? :)

What was the reasoning behind getting the GP versions over the regular?

Thanks for the quick answer just wondering since i just picked up a 2220.

hey guys I recently purchased 2 dual core opteron 2214s and eould like some advice on what motherboard and ram combo would suit these chips. Should I be getting 667mhz ram? This server is for alot of things including virtualization steaming media content and testing. Probably other things as...

hey guys is there much difference between the 2220 and the 2320?

Hi guys just going to ask a quick question here because I know some one in this thread will know the answer! A friend wants to sell me a Highpoint Rocketraid 2220 card for a pretty good price, are they any good?they hold up to 8 drives as well right?

I would love to see a dollar figure net to each of those parts

Well I managed to get a server from work that was just lying around, I will post the specs and pics early next week I will be away the next 3 days for work. Well see if anyone can help me spec this baby out.

ESX isn't free though is it? This is very informative thanks. I didnt realise you also need fast hard drives. So SCSI or Raptors it is then. Just a question for you CoW how did you run a dozen VMs with only 146gb of usable hard drive space?

Well that certinly makes sense. Does a VM on a dual core use both cores or does it use one core? For example if I had 4 VMs on a quad core machine will they all run on there own core? 20Gb for each VM should be enough shouldnt it? can you change the size after it has been allocated...

Hi guys, I am new to virtualisation but I am going to build a server and use VMWare so I can test sending down group policies etc when I start my mcse. My Host OS will be Win2k3 and I plan on running a couple of xp VMs and a linux VM and probably another Win2k3 VM. I just want some advice...

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Linux with mdadm has been suggested to me so I may look at that option. As I dont want to buy expensive controller cards. Also whats the best and quickest way to reduce the size of my ripped dvd? currently all my dvds are just ripped to my Hard drive via DVD Shrink @ 4.35gb. They also need to...

Thanks for your suggestions. I am just going to put the drives into the machine for now running xp and just sharing the drives until i figure out what to do!

Mohonri - I more saying the server needed some cpu grunt if I did software RAID as the controller would not be doing it.

Hi Vader, Why would Windows Home Server be any better than Windows Server 2003? also wouldnt that have the same problem of not being any good at RAID?

Hi guys, I have a HTPC but because its small there isnt much room for hard drives. What better excuse to build a media Server? :) Couple of questions: 1. What needs more grunt Server or htpc? htpc is currently x2 4200+,1gb ram, 500gb HDD 2. I am thinking of buying another 3x500gb drives...

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Hey all, I just joined up after reading some great stuff on the forums. Im chucking together a htpc and a media server. I have a couple of questions and would like some advice. My htpc is a dual core 4200+, asus m2npv-vm with 1Gb ram, my current desktop comp is a A64 s754 3000+, gigabyte...