http://www.storageforum.net/forum/ Forum based discussion for computer and storage technical support. en Sat, 19 May 2012 05:29:31 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.storageforum.net/forum/images/misc/rss.png http://www.storageforum.net/forum/ http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9375-OpenIndiana-vs-Solaris-11-zones?goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 13:17:12 GMT I plan to move all our native Solaris setups to zones. It will sit on a computer that will be isolated on the network, without direct internet... I plan to move all our native Solaris setups to zones. It will sit on a computer that will be isolated on the network, without direct internet access. Our company doesn't plan to pay for support from Oracle for the operating system. I know Chewy told me to run from this situation, but I want to learn these things so I accepted the job anyway.

Since OpenSolaris is dead, I'm weighting to move either to Oracle's Solaris 11 (without patches and unsupported) or OpenIndiana (which is fully supported by a UNIX community with a lot of free time on their hands). Both OSes support the hardware I plan to use for the host system. I'm leaning towards OpenIndiana because of the community support, but the bigest factor will be if zones are as efficient in OpenIndiana as they are in Solaris 11. From what I read, a zone only adds 1-2% performance hit over a standard installation. That's a lot better than what VMWare can claim.

Does anyone knows if zones in OpenIndiana are as good as they are in Solaris 11? ]]> Computers CougTek http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9375-OpenIndiana-vs-Solaris-11-zones http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9374-Trinity-unveiled?goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 22:44:27 GMT Here's a couple from Anand looking at the newest AMD APU release (currently confined to the laptop segment; desktop models to follow in later):

- http://www.anandtech.com/show/5831/a...00m-a-new-hope
- http://www.anandtech.com/show/5835/t...ds-trinity-apu ]]> News CityK http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9374-Trinity-unveiled http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9373-Internet-Connection-Woes-(v-speaking-Klingon)?goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 03:09:22 GMT Can someone do a trace route on stereodude.net and post it for me.

My home internet is down and after speaking to two of the RoadRunner "techs" on the phone I concluded I might as well have been speaking to Klingon. :tdown: I mentioned ping and trace route and you could tell it went right over their heads. The second tech got confused when I called the "internet modem" (her name for it) a cable modem. Unreal...

The Modem has a valid DHCP address. I can ping the listed gateway successfully, but not my DNS servers. A trace route of my DNS server fails after 3 hops (my router, and two external hops).

Now I have to wait until Wed for a tech to come out. :frusty:

Idiots!!! :cursin: ]]> Computers Stereodude http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9373-Internet-Connection-Woes-(v-speaking-Klingon) http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9372-Another-VMWare-question?goto=newpost Fri, 11 May 2012 16:41:28 GMT Corperate has mandated the removal of all Windows XP Computers. No big deal, except for one computer. I made an image of this computer and installed... Corperate has mandated the removal of all Windows XP Computers. No big deal, except for one computer. I made an image of this computer and installed it on a Windows 7 computer using VMWare player. It is using the NAT networking connection. This has worked fine as none of the network 'sniffing' or 'spying' programs can find the XP computer. Unfortuately, neither can the clients that need to access the database that is running on this computer.
How do I give the clients access to the database without exposing the computer to the network?

[The software was originally installed on Win 2000. I did an in-place upgrade to XP a few years ago. I guess I could upgrade to Vista and then to Windows 7, but my testicles retract just thinking about that mess] ]]> Tech Support Bozo http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9372-Another-VMWare-question http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9371-WTS-SATA-to-FC-(fiber-channel-40pins)-hard-disk-adapter?goto=newpost Fri, 11 May 2012 06:17:08 GMT hi there, we got quantity of SATA to FC (fiber channel 40 pins) hard disk adapter for sale. Price: US$20/pcs, including postage worldwide. ... hi there,

we got quantity of
SATA to FC (fiber channel 40 pins) hard disk adapter for sale.

Price: US$20/pcs, including postage worldwide.

interested parties, pls contact us.

Thanks ]]> ectt http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9371-WTS-SATA-to-FC-(fiber-channel-40pins)-hard-disk-adapter http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9370-Grippy-pad!?goto=newpost Thu, 10 May 2012 14:41:20 GMT A couple months ago, I saw a news post somewhere or other that introduced me to the Grippy Pad. It's a little mat of just-sticky-enough stuff that you can more or less slap on anything and will more or less hold anything that's placed on it. It's meant to do things like hold cell phones and other devices on your dashboard in your car, but I'm looking at one that's holding a ~3.5lb. netbook to a wall right now.

They're $12 and come from Firefox.com. ]]> Mercutio http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9370-Grippy-pad! http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9369-Manual-install-of-VMWare-tools?goto=newpost Wed, 09 May 2012 19:40:24 GMT I am trying to install VMWare tools on an XP guest operating system that has no internet connection. I am using Windows 7 as the host running Player... I am trying to install VMWare tools on an XP guest operating system that has no internet connection. I am using Windows 7 as the host running Player 4.0.
I downloaded (from a different computer) the tools files from here, but they are '.exe' files. Player is looking for '.iso' files.
Running the '.exe' files does nothing.
I also used Player 4 to download(from a different computer) the tools files, but those files showed up like 'F1E60AD5' with no extension. Opening the file with 7Zip just shows another '.exe' file.
Of course, the tools for Windows did not download anyway. Just versions for Linux.
Google search seems a waste of time. A bazillion links to install on Linux, but the ones for Windows tell you how to install Tools using the built in GUI.
Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks ]]> Tech Support Bozo http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9369-Manual-install-of-VMWare-tools http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9368-Apache-OpenOffice-vs-LibreOffice?goto=newpost Tue, 08 May 2012 23:58:14 GMT The fact that Apache is now responsible for the development of OpenOffice (http://www.openoffice.org/news/aoo34.html) is new to me. I thought it... The fact that Apache is now responsible for the development of OpenOffice is new to me. I thought it felt into the grasp of Oracle. I don't remember Oracle absorbing Apache, but I could have missed the news.

So now we have LibreOffice on one side and Apache OpenOffice on the other. I thought LibreOffice was made by the crew who originally started OpenOffice and then drifted away when Sun was purchased by Oracle because of Oracle's poor handling of the project.

I've been using LibreOffice a lot during the last year. Version 3.5 crashed a lot before the latest release (3.5.3), but 3.4.6 has mostly been trouble-free. It feels slow though. I haven't used OpenOffice in a while, so I cannot compare the current state of both Office suites. Which one do you prefer? ]]> Computers CougTek http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9368-Apache-OpenOffice-vs-LibreOffice http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9365-Travelstar-5K1000?goto=newpost Sun, 06 May 2012 01:37:26 GMT Does anyone use the Hitachi 5K1000 1TB notebook drive? I'm trying to decide whether to get some of those vs. more of the WD10JPVT. ]]> Computers LunarMist http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9365-Travelstar-5K1000 http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9364-Crucial-M4?goto=newpost Sat, 05 May 2012 02:29:57 GMT Damn, missed a good one.... Damn, missed a good one. ]]> Bozo http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9364-Crucial-M4 http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9363-Windows-update-problems-lately?goto=newpost Wed, 02 May 2012 22:47:21 GMT Anyone have trouble with windows updates killing a machine lately? Basically after installing windows updates it won't boot, hangs on installing updates forever. I had a VM do this to me a couple weeks ago and I had to go into safe mode and remove the latest updates, redid updates and it was fine.

Now my main game desktop that I haven't used in like a month did the same thing, turned it on and got all updates and it hung at installing updates on the next and every other reboot. Did the same thing and went into safe mode and removed the latest updates and now when that machine reboots it goes to a black desktop with a pointer on it and thats it.

Boot disk repair option says nothing is wrong. Boot disk upgrade install says launch it from inside windows.

Thoughts? ]]> Tech Support MaxBurn http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9363-Windows-update-problems-lately http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9362-GeForce-GTX-690-May-3rd-999-One-beautiful-and-crazy-expensive-video-card?goto=newpost Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:52:04 GMT Anandtech article: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5795/nvidia-unveils-geforce-gtx-690-dual-gk104-flagship-launching-may-3rd HardOCP article:... Anandtech article: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5795/n...nching-may-3rd

HardOCP article: http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/...ion_inside_out

From the HardOCP article, "Can you imagine a video card without any flimsy plastic parts? Now you can because the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 will not be composed of any cheap plastics. A heavy duty dual vapor chamber cooling system relying on heavily nickel plated finstacks will sweat what little heat these GPUs pump out. A cast aluminum frame with trivalent chromium plating gives the card a unique look and tremendous rigidity. An injection molded magnesium fan housing adds to the formidable stiffness of the card. A brand new thixomolding process was used to get the required part precision." ]]> News snowhiker http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9362-GeForce-GTX-690-May-3rd-999-One-beautiful-and-crazy-expensive-video-card http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9361-Drives-and-Other-Bits?goto=newpost Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:12:33 GMT After putting together my new FreeNAS box, doing some upgrades, and other stuff, I have some spare parts. I'm assigning rough prices, so take them with a grain of salt.

Spinpoint F3 1TB, still under warranty - $60
OCZ Vertex 60GB, still under warranty - $40
Barracuda 7200.12 250GB, OEM - $10

Samsung 2GB PC3-10600e, ECC/unbuffered - $10
ATi TV Wonder 650 PCI ATSC/NTSC/FM Tuner $20
Seasonic X-650 650W PSU, still under warranty - $100

Linksys WRT54GL Wireless Router - $20


Shipping will depend on where and how fast you want it. ]]> sechs http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9361-Drives-and-Other-Bits http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9360-High-end-rackmount-question?goto=newpost Sun, 29 Apr 2012 02:48:51 GMT Would this motherboard (http://www.asus.com/Server_Workstation/Server_Motherboards/Z9PHD16/#specifications) fit inside a node of that enclosure... Would this motherboard fit inside a node of that enclosure? I prefer the Asus motherboard for the wider memory support and lower cost, but there are no compatible Asus quad rackmount enclosure with 2.5" hot-swap front bays, only 3.5" bays.

I'm trying to fit an entire 42U setup inside a 2U enclosure. The computers of the current 42U setup are all at least 3.5 years old and many are much older than that. I calculated that it would cost ~15000$ to squeeze all the setup into a single 2U chassis using Xeon E5-2670 processors and a bunch of Intel 520 Series hard drives (not much capacity is needed). Maintenance would also be greatly simplified and electrical power consumption would fall. In fact, we could effectively fit the new 2U system in an open spot of another rack and completly eliminate an entire rack. ]]> Computers CougTek http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9360-High-end-rackmount-question http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9359-Old-i7-vs-New-i5-(or-Xeon-E3)?goto=newpost Sun, 29 Apr 2012 02:20:48 GMT I have four i7/9x0s sitting around. Two of them even have nice, expensive motherboards (1366 boards are STILL ridiculous) that have barely been used,... I have four i7/9x0s sitting around. Two of them even have nice, expensive motherboards (1366 boards are STILL ridiculous) that have barely been used, to the tune of perhaps 50 power-on hours. Another board I have had a lot of power-on time before I retired it a few months ago.

I have a nice opportunity to sell a three machines on a budget that would accommodate a decent CPU, something i5ish.

I'm thinking this might be an opportunity to ditch these i7s that are shamefully going to waste in my parts collection.

Down side: 1366 boards are still ridiculous and at this point they are also OLD. Were one of them to break outside its warranty period, that would be problematic.

Up side: Obviously it would be more cash for me and for the end users it would presumably be a nicer machine, though I doubt they'd notice; I could probably give them dual core Athlons for all they know.

Thoughts? ]]> Computers Mercutio http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/9359-Old-i7-vs-New-i5-(or-Xeon-E3)