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So here I make one of my very few contributions, and I get no responses? I've taken so much from the group, I wish I could give more back...but this was it :oops:

4:20AM.....doing BIOS updates on systems...then re-programming the entire BIOS...this is so boring. I hope i don't screw up :eekers:

If you are happy to accept the item they sent, then they should be happy to refund the difference. If you would like the proper item, ask that they ship you the correct item and a pre-paid box to return the incorrect one. This way you keep hold of [i]something]/i] until they get it right.

Does anyone know of a motherboard with or more PCI-X busses? A couple Supermicro boards have 6 PCI-X slots, but I think they are all on the same bus. I think I'd need at least 3 busses to handle the load from all 20 machines, correct?

That would be an issue. The different companies have different policies, but the safest route is just to buy enough standard copies and not make a fuss. I already can track usage, and this move is specifically targeted at our new store (no purchases made yet). Also imagine the benifits of this...

20 games, 22 licences of each game, average cost ~$35. 20*22*35=$15,400 We don't want to pirate or steal games, that's why we're spending so much. By doing what I have described above, we are only keeing each licence of each game on one machine at a time. This is specifically to avoid...

Looks really interesting. I'm currently wading through Ghost Corperate and PXE servers, this looks like it would be better suited.

Thanks for the hint, but I'm still having issues....BOC is not my strong point...

Quite likely. But a pair servers as mentioned above with 2GB of RAM and Dual Opteron 240s would cost under $15k. If we are running diskless, that is saving me $2600 from the workstations, and not needing the GBoC 24-port switch allows me to save another $1300. The savings associated with...

What do you guys think of this? Two Servers with the following spec: One Tyan Thunder K8W With Three Intel Pro1000MT Quad Server Adapters And One 3Ware 9500S-12 Handling Twelve Western Digital WD740GDs My biggest concern is the total bus capacity of the motherboard, it only has 2...

Yes. I'm thinking about this...more to come...

Merc, I have to ask...what can use more cowbell? I can think of many things that could use less, but more?

I've had really good experiences with them. Last week I thought they had shorted me 4x A64 3000+ CPUs and some cooling fans. I called the same day and the person on the phone put me on hold for a few minutes, when she returned she had the tracking number for my missing parts on 2nd day FedEx. As...

This would be a quick death to this idea. It really becomes more feasible if there is no drive on the system whatsoever (due to the cost of drives "transferring" from the workstation to the server). I was actually playing with the idea of "swapping" the files out to the local drives (as Freeborn...

OK, I have some more time...so here's the thought (if any) behind my maddness. This proposal isn't for my current project, it's for the second store (the funding is already in the bag). The problem is twofold: 1. We are currently using 36GB raptors and they are 95% full (UT2004 alone is...

This is a very undeveloped idea that I'm hoping you guys (gals?) can help me work through. I'm toying with the idea of mapping a drive to a server, than installing a game (UT2004 for example) to the mapped drive, then playing the game off the mapped drive. Clearly this will have some...

My biggest question would be what the fabric speed is... The Dell I linked to has "Switching Capacity: 8.8 Gbps", pretty good for enrty level I think.

We burned him :eekers:

Nope, all the ones I've used are ~$500 new. Dell is about to release [urlhttp://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=pct2324&s=bsd]this one[/url] which looks like it could fit your needs.

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Before I wasn't sure you were talking about SCSI, so I was hedging my answers (you weren't really specific). How many drives are you planning on using? If the # of drives per channel * the STR of the drive =! the speed of the channel (160 or 320) than it matters not. If it is an issue, the above...

Wow, I had no idea that CF was so slow...I don't mean to derail, but could anyone tell me why?

I think you should give yourself extra points, but your theory applies more if you feel the majority of your writes will fit in a single stripe, otherwise you're screwed either way.

Indeed, I enjoyed reading it. Though the left page is too blurry to make out the entire text.

...and think of all the case modding possibilities! :eekers:

Cassius - Music Sounds Better - Mid-Tempo modern dance (house music) CJ Bolland - Electro Power - Mid-90's Hi-Energy Electronic (definatly dated, but I'm nostalgic) David Gray - Sail Away - Beautiful "Soft Rock". Great voice/piano. Fairly popular Don't Look Down - Still The One -...

1.5Mbps ;) But due to construction delays, the server's won't be up until later this week. Might not be until the weekend.

Does it create the directory structure from the ID3 tags?

Great, thanks Merc. I'll be putting mine up again tomorrow (T-1 Time!)

More important than content? No. But at least if you had proper grammar you'd have something.

This is what I thought you were talking about, a system that could automatically access all the disks stored within (one at a time of course), not some glorified filing cabinet. I used to have a 4-disk CD-ROM drive, it was the same size as a standard one but would take 4 disks (one at a time -...

Only if you want people to take you seriously.

Good book, BTW. All of Heinlein's stuff was my childhood library...kind of explains a lot...

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Exactly...everything but the instinct part. I just say yes. I currently have an AS/400 under my control, but I'm phasing it out as I have no idea how to work it. I bid a huge job about 6 months ago, a full-scale wireless internet implementation for 3000+ homes over 12 acres. "Sure" I said, and...

What ever happened to that "ignore" feature that was in the works?

sorry finishing the thought.... After 7 months of doing nothing, perspective is easier to come by (IMHO)

Well, maybe you need to "start some sh*t" (in the parlance of our times). Seriously, if you are feeling too comfortable, do something stupid. Quit your job and move to Australia for six months (apple picking there is like field work here: under the table, no work permit needed). Go take a tour...

Dunno, I only seem to see them in retrospect. Things like not going to college, taking a job, doing heavy drugs, starting a business, etc. It seems the last fork that is forced on you is the "college/not". After that you get a job and can go on cruise control until retirement/death if you so...

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This is what I've been doing my whole life. I've never gone into a job qualified to do it. And for the most part I've been honest about it.

I'm with mubs and Handy, and yes, I do. Every once in a great while there is a fork ahead, and you must make the decision rushed and uninformed, then back to "cranking it out"...

Late to the party again....sorry. My suggestion would be to connect the orange on smoothie to one of the LAN ports on your hardware router. That way you are only using the DHCP server and not bothering with another layer of NAT/BS... Just a thought.

"Do they put crack in the coffee here or what?" -My old secretary

I think the winner of the "sensible retail packaging award" goes to Thermalright. Their retail products ship in non-wax covered brown cardboard boxes with minimal inserts and plastic bags. I recently bought a case of OEM ATI Radeon 9800Pros, and they shipped in anti-static bags in a brown box...

Here we are given 3 waste containers, the first is very large and is only for yard waste. The second is 60% of that one's size and is for recycling, all different things that could possibly be recycled are dumped into the single container (they do the sorting). The third can is tiny, probably...

Of the CPU cooler? I'm not sure I understand the question. If you are speaking of the 4U rack linked by BooST, I have no experience. The 3U version that I linked to has nothing above the motherboard tray to the top of the chassis, leaving plenty of room for every cooler I've used.

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