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I’m looking to start moving my networking backbone to 10Gb starting with my server. So my question is can I put a 10Gb intel fibre card into my server and use a DAC cable to attach it to my currently 1gb switch until I can swap my switch out??

I guessed as much. Just thought I'd ask. And no it doesn't have an expansion slot. Just have to do it the old fashioned way and wait. I started the move shortly after I posted anyway. 13 more hours to go. Wipe off hyper-v, load esxi and start the copy back the other direction

Hi there. A few days ago I took delivery of a new QNAP nas box with 4 lan ports on the back, so I configured these for LACP along with my server. My question is I have 2 ports LACP on my server, 3 ports on my NAS, and my managed switch I think configured as it should be as if I configure it...

Can anyone here provide a link to somewhere I can get access to the bios/firmware updates for this server?? ive tried hp support website but they wont let me download without a support contract :(.

I have a box that I currently use for a NAS storage with 4 1tb reds installed. Im looking to expand this system out with a few more drives but have no more spare sata ports. are the Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 still a comparable card performance wise?? am I likely to saturate it with 6+...

Looking for some advice on setting up nat rules on my Sophos utm. I have a synology box running behind the utm and an unable to upload photos from the iPhone apps both internally and externally.

I have 1 5tb array mounted to my file server and 1 to my media server.

Have always considered moving to esxi due to the lower footprint hypervisor. my main issue is that the box that would be running esxi also has my adaptec 6x 3tb raid 6 array on it. how would I present this to esxi, I currently have 2x 5tb VD's and what left is in a VD for CCTV. last...

xcase.co.uk £66.00, collected it aswell, its an unbranded but made by the same company that supplies Norco, its a 22u and very sturdy. http://www.xcase.co.uk/rack-cabinets/open-frame-rack-cabinets/open-frame-dr-cabinet-22-42u.html

its only the flat roof of a garage connected to the side of the house, no real weight apart from some boarding and felt.

nah, its got 2 32mm holes through it, still plenty of room for some more, in the new location the cables come straight through the wall and down 50x50 mk trunking to the new rack.

just temporary to keep the house running. I have 2 4u chassis going in and haven't really planned out where im putting everything yet. I considered putting the servers close to the top to make it easier to work on them.

Here are some pics of the start of my network rewire. I started with a 9u wall mounted rack when I first moved into the house but as smart TV's, media streaming and kids have all moved on I've required more and more ports dotted around. Old Rack New Rack Old Rack Down...

if you use advanced sharing you can add a $ symbol to the end of the share name and it will hide it from users who don't know its there, users who want access to the hidden folder can either map it directly to their desktop or can manually type the share name. my cctv shares are hidden so...

That's about 7m from the unifi pro and up 1 floor, basically the pro is on my diningroom ceiling, and the reading is taken from my bedroom. Standard red brick 3 bedroom house with thermal block internal walls.