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I've been looking for a small/light Linux machine to use for basic web browsing, remote management, ssh, etc. I don't want to spend a whole lot because I really don't need another machine, and I want something I can toss around without feeling bad about it. A Chromebook was my first thought...

I set up a LibreNMS vm to play around with monitoring, but I can't seem to get any ipmi information from my Supermicro board. Currently it's monitoring the following. *Esxi 5.5 on the mentioned SM machine. IPMI configured VM's on this host: *OmniOS storage VM *Ubuntu 12.04 server mysql...

I upgraded the OpenIndiana server in my sig to a Supermicro X10SLL-F-O with a Xeon e3 1220 and 20gb ram. Dell SAS 6/ir as hba. In the process I'm trying to move it over to ESXi, but so far it's been a royal pain in the ass. I got it all set up, but my file transfer speeds are practically...

I've been using a JB ATV2 with XBMC for the past few years. While library navigation is somewhat slow, it works ok, but I'm tired of moving it between the bedroom and living room every time we want to watch something. I finally accepted that I'm probably not going to find one box that will...

Alright, I have a basic understanding of networking, but I just picked up my first managed switch. A PowerConnect 5324, mostly for playing around and learning a bit. The other day at work I tried to access it (both ssh and web) over my IPsec connection and couldn't get through. I have...

So the geek in me has always wanted a rack, but I never really had the gear to justify one. I finally decided I was tired of wireless AP's stacked on switches stacked on my pfSense box and I wanted somewhere to consolidate everything in one nice spot. If I was going to build a cabinet, I might...

So we just (less than a month ago) got my wife a "new" Galaxy S2 AT&T from ebay running with Net10. Everything had been going good until last week my mom tried calling her like 4 times. My wife could hear her, but she wasn't getting though. I tried calling her after work and it did the same...

So I've always wanted to build a rack/cabinet but never really had enough gear to justify it. I've been wanting to build a cabinet with a couple shelves to throw my server and networking gear in but I figured if I'm going to spend $50 on plywood to do it, I might as well spend a little more and...

My MBP is past its last leg so I'm thinking about getting what I can out of it and picking up something cheap for now. The X230 looks good, but I don't know that I would be comfortable with that small of a screen. I don't want something overly huge and heavy either though. I've been looking...

Alright so I'm in the process of cleaning up my ZFS server. Currently I have home directory's shared out and then one "Media" share where everything else tends to get dumped. First off, I'm curious what approach everyone else takes to structuring their directory's. My thoughts were breaking...

Here's the situation. My account is typically the owner for all the files on my ZFS server. I want to setup certain folders like my Movies and TV shows so that they end up belonging to a "media" group with that group having r/w/x control. The primary purpose of this is so I can have a "xbmc"...

Alright, Virtualbox is driving me nuts. I'm playing around trying to get the autostart feature working. I'm testing in OS X but will eventually be using it on my OpenIndiana server. I finally managed to get it working, but I can't seem to find a damn way to shut the machine down without...

My wife and I are considering trying out Straight Talk. $130+ a month for phones just isn't going to work for us. I just got my iPhone this past January. The only reason I decided to bite the bullet is because the plan I'm on with my family is the old Altel plan so I got it for $20/month...

Just upgraded to an Ivy Bridge Xeon so I have no need for my 920 anymore. I am the original owner and everything works %100 as far as I know (never used things like eSata or firewire). I don't typically sell through forums so I don't have a Heat account. Ebay feedback can be found under...

Ok so I'm planning on using an ATX power supply in the bottom of my G5 mod with a custom cover rather than modding it into the G5 enclosure like I originally did. First I would like to run 4 120mm fans off of the motherboard PWM header rather than a potentiometer as I did originally. Let me...

My 9600gso died a few months ago. My machine went down and when I tried to turn it back on nothing. I assumed PSU or maybe mobo but was surprised when I removed the 9600 and it started up. I got a 210gt to replace it because I needed something cheap and quickly to get my machine back up and...

My wife's Toshiba bit the dust so we need a cheap laptop until we get ready to purchase a new one. Main requirements are: dual core (like Core 2) and widescreen. As close as possible to $100 is ideal, but let me know what you've got. A hard drive and memory (ddr2) is not required, got plenty...

My wife has an A305 that just gave up last night. I had used it the night before, closed the lid to put it to sleep. When she got home last night she opened it to do some school work and it didn't wake up. Powered it off and now it won't do anything. It powers on, hard drive spins for a few...

So at work we have an internet connection that is separate from the "work" network. From the main office it goes to a wireless bridge that sends it out to my building. My boss had previously just had it wired directly to his laptop because he could never get it to work with a wireless router...

Time to get rid of some of the stuff that's sitting around. Power Mac G5 1.8 DP logic board. $50 shipped 2x Power Mac G5 1.8 CPU's with heatsinks. Matched set, pulled off of above board. $40 shipped 1 Mac graphics card. Will have to verify whether it's a GeForce 5200 or Radeon 9600. $30...

So I set up a FOG server in a VM but would like to have the storage on my zfs server. I set up a nfs share (after nearly hosing my server) and mapped the nfs share to the /images directory on the FOG server. I set the nfs share up with full control for everybody just to get it working, tried...

So I needed a project for my MIS Capstone class so I figured I'd take on the network for my church. I've been doing some work for them on and off for the past 10 months when they need help. There's basically two parts to the project: one is unraveling the mess they have currently, and the...

I've been needing to do a clean install on my NAS/server box for a while now but haven't had the time to bring it down long enough to do it all at once. Since I freed up an extra hdd from another project I figured I'd just use it so I can put the old drive back in if I don't get it finished...

Perhaps this isn't the appropriate place for this, but I figured with as many ZFS proponents here someone would have some insight. I'm looking for a way to check the temps on my nas/server machine. I'm running Solaris 11 Express. I haven't been able to find anything that works...

Short story is my fiance and I have been having problems with Cox internet from day 1. When it works it works great, but I don't think there's been one whole day when we have lost the connection. When they first hooked it up the modem would loose connection constantly. I mean constantly...

I've been in the mood to play some Caesar 3 lately but I want to be able browse the internet or whatever else while I'm playing. I figured since C3 won't let you minimize anyway, instead of rebooting into windows all the time I'd just run it in a VM. The game launches and runs on my Windows...

Finally picked up a dual 1.8 G5 a few months ago. Started tearing it down over the holidays (PITA btw). Finally started the chopping over the last week or two. I've never liked how most of the mods you see chop everything up or cover the whole back with a big slab of aluminum that doesn't...

This is about to drive me to the loony bin. I've been playing unofficial IT guy for my church and put in an Untangle box to replace their little 4 port Negear router. They have a Mac Pro 10.5 server (for what I don't know). L2TP VPN was already enabled on the server I just changed the shared...

My nas box is running on an ASUS M4A79XTD EVO 790X with an Athlon II X4 635. Cool'n'Quiet should be supported since it is a k10 core. I have seen the clock drop to 800Mhz on occasion using kstat, but for the most part it wont drop from 2.9Ghz. Any ideas why Cool'n'Quiet wont kick in? My...

Another student and I are working on an app for the University that will incorporate the schools youtube channels, radio station, and newspaper feed. Is there any easy way to integrate the RSS feed into the app without building a reader from scratch? With all of the libraries you would think...

There was a box on my porch when I got home today so I thought I'd share how things are going so far. :) I'm pretty sure a Newegg box is better than Christmas. The hardware: ASUS M4A79XTD EVO Athlon II X4 635 4gb ECC - I know.. skimpy, skimpy Antec Neo ECO 400w 3x Samsung F4 2tb...

I'm getting ready to pull the trigger on some purchases for a new system. My current system is just a Via C7 combo with a single 1tb WD Green. It was intended to be a raid setup eventually, but then I learned about ZFS ;) I have a pretty good idea of what I want/can afford at the moment...

I currently have a Via C7 board with a single WD green that was intended for a raid 5 setup. After learning about zfs I intend to go that route so I am curious as to what hardware others are using. Surely any reasonable dual core would be more than enough for basic nas functions. I had been...

I'm helping my parents build a new house SO I get the opportunity to wire it up this time around. I've got at least one drop in each bedroom, and anywhere there might be a TV. Would you recommend putting in a second on each? As long as I have the wire I suppose I might as well. In my room...

I currently have Windows 7 and Snow Leopard installed on separate drives. What I would like to do is be able to use my native installation as a VM, i.e. be able to use the Win7 that I already have (similar to what Fusion can do with the bootcamp partition) instead of maintaining a separate vm...

I'm trying to install a certain os on my new rig and I'm running into an error. Everything I can find points to the bios. The M flash utility evidently has some way of detecting the version of the bios file. Both my backed up 3.0 file and the 3.0 file I downloaded show up on the usb drive...

So who's replaced their full blown laptop with a netbook, and how are you getting along? I bought my Macbook Pro because I figured having one good laptop would be easier than keeping a bunch of them synced and because I rarely used my old desktop. I almost hate using it for anything...

I bought a jetway c7 board with dual gbit and a 1tb wd green for a nas box with the intentions of eventually doing raid 5. Since then I've pretty much been sold on zfs though.:p I was looking at a 4850e with 4g of ram. This should be plenty of horsepower shouldn't it? What about for...

Not sure where to put this, but seems like good a place as any. I plan on my next NAS to run OpenSolaris + zfs. It will replace my Ubuntu install that I planned on doing raid 5 with. Before I got too far along I loaded up OS on my old Celeron D box to make sure I could get everything...