There are multiple, physical components that are required for a computer to function. This is collectively referred to as the "hardware". The most notable components inside of a computer system is the RAM, Hard Disk (or hard drive), CPU, and Power Supply. Outside of the case, however, hardware ...
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Could SpinRite possibly be messing up my laptop hard drives?
Context:
We have a midsize business with a few dozen laptops. Whenever we get one in because someone leaves or gets an upgrade, standard procedure is to zero and then run SpinRite (level 4) on the ...
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What specs should I seek in a medium-load web server? [closed]
I'm currently in the market for my first server, which I'll be using as a test & backup server as well as handling backend processing for a variety of web services getting 20,000-30,000 hits a ...
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My Xeon Processor supports VT-x, is it compatible with Xen? [closed]
While looking for a server to run Xen I stumbled across a barebones setup which comes with an Intel Xeon L5420 on the SuperMicro X7DCA-L motherboard. Doing a bit of research I found the processor ...
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How do I find out my CD ROM hardware specifics on FreeBSD?
I can usually use dmesg soon after bootup to display hardware info that my kernel loads. After my system has been up for a while however, dmesg no longer produces anything of value concerning ...
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HARDWARE SOLUTION FOR ESXI SERVER [closed]
I need some hardware solution for ESXi 5.0 server. It would have about 150 virtual machines and it should provide work on about 30 virtual machines simultaneously without slowing. My budget is about ...
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Windows 7 - Installed memory not available in Windows [migrated]
ASRock Z68 Extreme 4 MB
Core i7-2600K @ 3.4
Installed memory: 8.00 GB (1.92 GB usable from Windows) 2x 4GB mem sticks (2x2GB)
Windows 7 - 32 bit
A week ago, I had (3.8 GB usable), which I expected ...
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Two server freezes with in two weeks
Two consecutive server freezes with in two weeks.
We are running ubuntu 11.04 64bit on Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5620 @ 2.40GHz with 48 Gb RAM on 2.6.38-13-generic kernel dedicated server.
after making ...
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How to calculate cost/benefit of hardware expenditures? (move to virtualization, upgrades, etc.)
Preamble:
As part of the acquisition of a smaller development company we have acquired a new office. Many people were transferred to head office, but 'new' office will retain a small team of 4-6 ...
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Any good bare bone systems the size of a Mac Mini? [closed]
I really like the size, low power draw, and relative power that the Mac Minis provide. Are there any similar bare-bones systems that support about the same amount of power and are approximately the ...
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Which linux x86 hardware keystore?
I'm terminating SSL/TLS in my DMZ and I have to assume that machine will be hacked.
At which point my certificates are compromised.
Previously I've used nCipher hardware keystore/accelerator to solve ...
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Home based web server? Suggestions for specs [closed]
I currently have a couple web domain names pointed at my desktop. I would like to free up some resources by putting together a separate dedicated box. I started this way for testing but I would like ...
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Evaluating nameserver
We are planning to set up our own dns-server for managing all our subdomians. I wan't to set the leasetime to 1 hour. We going to expect a peak amount of 20 Million DNS requests per hour.
I want to ...
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1answer
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HP ProLiant DL360 G6 reporting missing fan
I have several refurbished HP ProLiant DL360 G6 servers and several of the systems are reporting fan failures - possibly incorrectly - on fan #2.
When running:
hpasmcli -s 'SHOW FANS'
I get the ...
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Does HotBrick Firewall 401 VPN X2 Can be replaced by Netgear ProSafe FVG318 8 Wireless VPN/Firewall
Does old HotBrick Firewall 401 VPN X2 Can be replaced by Netgear ProSafe FVG318 8 Wireless VPN/Firewall?
HotBrick Firewall 401 VPN X2
Netgear ProSafe FVG318 8 Wireless VPN/Firewall
Thanks
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1answer
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'Gigabit' Ethernet Port Tester? [closed]
A quick google search shows there seems to only exist handheld testers for 10/100 Ethernet ports. Any ideas why that is and where we could find one that works with a Gigabit LAN? Perhaps the 10/100 ...
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Memtest86+ inconsistent results [migrated]
I have 16GB RAM as four separate 4GB cards. I ran memtest86+ on my PC and got about 3000 errors. Then I removed three rams and ran the test on one ram at one time. None of the rams separately showed ...
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Removed a Disk to Test RAID 1. Now how can I re-introduce it to Windows 7 without re-synching everything?
I just removed a disk to test our RAID 1 setup was working, and now I want to reintroduce that Disk, and have it continue living as a RAID1.
However, when I go into Disk Management the former RAID1 ...
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How can I troubleshoot a laptop that powers on but has not POST beep? [migrated]
I have a laptop that is 1 year old and powers on, I can hear the fan running and the num lock and caps lock lights are lit, but the computer never completes a POST beep and absolutely nothing ever ...
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1answer
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Any performance difference to identical spec of LFF disks vs SFF disks?
Example:
HP 146GB LFF 6G SAS 15k
vs
HP 146GB SFF 6G SAS 15K
bit-size, cache, interface speed and rpms are the same, physical size is obviously different -- what about actual real life tested ...
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How to open ports in Cisco ASA 5505 using ASDM?
am new to cisco and i badly need help in opening ports using ASDM.
I already tried natting but it only allows 1 outside and 1 inside rule
ex. Inside Static Rules 10.x.x.x outside 72.x.x.x Outside ...
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What is more important for a database server? Mem? Mem speed? Cores?
I am going to be moving my database server to somewhat better new hardware. The current database server does not have any problems except that it is running Centos 4. The current hardware is 2 quad ...
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Script to Detect A Webcam in Windows?
I need to determine how many computers out of 15,000 have webcams either attached or integrated into them. Is there a way I can script this? I've been searching all over the net and can't seem to find ...
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2answers
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Troubleshooting ESXi hardware freeze with PCI Passthrough
I have a Supermicro X9SCM board with a Atheros AR5008 PCI Express card (D-LINK DWA-556, Device=0024&Vendor=168C). The card can successfully be marked for PCI passthrough in ESXi (I tried versions ...
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Vertex 2 SSD Freezing 60 seconds at a time
I have a OCZ Vertex 2 SSD that I've been using for a few years in a Win2k8 64-bit "Server" (Dell Precision M4300). Every few weeks it gets in a mood during which it temporarily freezes very often for ...
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Is PostgreSQL database optimised for any particular CPU?
This question may sound strange, but some CPU have instruction sets for virtualisation technologies, while some non-related software can use those sets, or even GPU to improve their performance.
So, ...
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1answer
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What hardware factors may be considered bottlenecks on a Hyper-V virtual server during load testing?
Our organization is load testing our application using virtual servers via Hyper-V to see what the user load can be using fair equipment on a single box setup.
The developer group questioned the ...
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1answer
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PCI Extender and 1GB Ethernet Performance
One of my server has 2 PCI slots which has already plugged with 1GB Ethernet cards. I want to add two more 1GB NIC to this server. I've found on ebay this pci extender.
I want to ask, because I ...
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2answers
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Dell's equivalents for HP's hpasmcli and hpacucli tools?
As per title. Basically what are Dell's online tools for checking or changing BIOS/RAID-controller level conf. For Linux.
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How to check what/if hardware watchdogs are available in linux?
Linux supports several types of watchdog hardware.
Is there a way to detect the available hardware watchdogs and load the appropriate kernel module (and "softdog" as fallback solution)?
I guess, ...
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1answer
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A Versatile Physical Server [closed]
How does one judge potential memory and processor needs for linux web servers? Specifically, given:
A Debian or Ubuntu OS
Running a web server (apache2), and
A database (MySQL), and
A DNS server ...
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Writing a proposal for renovation of university server? [closed]
I am sorry if this really off-topic, but I don't really know where to get the help. My group was asked to create a proposal for renovation of university's web server. The problem is the university ...
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What is a useful “transfer large things” method/medium? [closed]
Other than through the network, what does everyone use for transferring things like system images or very large files?
For example, external case+hard drive like a myBook. Or, extremely large ...
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Cost effective virtualisation for development server and hardware requirements [closed]
I'm currently looking at getting server for our home office. There's two of us and we do web design/development.
Ideally, we'd have one box and virtualised to something like:
- File Server (day to ...
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1answer
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What software can I use for datacenter hardware monitoring? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
What tool do you use to monitor your servers?
We've got a mix of Dell and HP servers in a colo and I'd like to have a hardware monitor so that we know about failed ...
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How does one 'qualify a server'
Here is the scenario. Say you are going to be a purchasing great deal of servers, but first are trying out hardware from a vendor, and you need to qualify it.
Also, say that the custom software that ...
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Small and quiet server [closed]
I am currently running a Dell T110, I need more memory than what the T110 can support so the next logical step would normally be to purchase a Dell T310. This server sits right next to my desk so I ...
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1answer
92 views
Moving a linux server to new hardware
We currently have a working coldfusion 9 server running on ubuntu. Its hardware is a lenovo thinkserver running raid 1. We want to move this server to a different lenovo server (slightly different ...
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1answer
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Xen host: Single or Dual Processor (intel)? [closed]
Context:
I'm making a Xen server for my house. It's going to run something like the following VMs:
Windows 7 VM as a personal/frag box (I anticipate doing some 3D gaming via a VT-d passthrough of a ...
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1answer
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Asus z8na mother board. Do the two cpus need to be the same?
I have a asus z8na motherboard, with one E5504 cpu atm. Can i put an E5506 next to it or should the two cpus be identical?
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P4300 G2 SAN FAN Header Connections
I've recently had to replace the System Board on my P4300 G2 SAN due to a failure to find a boot drive. Unfortunately after replacing this it won't boot past the POST screen, it identifies that there ...
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1answer
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(Hardware) Machine will not boot - strange situation
We have a LGA1366 build (about two years old) that would suddenly not turn on about six weeks ago. Power was getting to the motherboard (on-board LED was on) but pressing the power button (whether ...
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1answer
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Hard drive performance in small-sized server+RAID 5 [closed]
Disclaimer: I'm an undergraduate intern and this is my first server build
I've been asked to build a small server for our team around the office. We are trying to maximize space (our motherboard has ...
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1answer
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Does any USB controller card exist that fully offloads I/O from the host CPU?
In the hard drive controller card market - the higher-end (LSI, 3Ware) cards have their own on-board CPU and RAM, and take care of interacting with the hard drive, only notifying the system's CPU ...
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1answer
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Hardware streaming server like Edgeware WTV 2x
We currently have an Edgeware WTV-2X for one of our streaming services, but we have a new client and we are finding it hard to get another Edgeware in the time scale/price range.
Are there any other ...
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1answer
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HPC OSS Node issue with unreadable local hdd error
We have a HPC setup with four OSS server(OSS1 to OSS4) and two MDS Nodes(MDS1 to MDS2)
It has been running till yesterday without any problem. Today morning i found that OSS4 is in
shutdown ...
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Core I5 2430m vs core i7 2630qm [closed]
Folks, I will buying a laptop for Sofware development & virtualization (virtual pc ) for linux (ubuntu and debian). do you think i need Core i7 2670qm? does Core I5 2430M is enough for my ...
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Is there a way to get an “extension board” for a Polycom IP6000 phone?
I don't see any for sale, but is there a way to get one hooked up to it? Basically, I need 15+ speed dials.
Something like this would be great, but for the Polycom instead of Grandstream:
...
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2answers
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Replace CPU of HP server
Suppose we have a problem with a processor or would like to replace to a more powerful one. Is it possible? I found one article that explain the process for DL385 but not sure if this is only for a ...
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1answer
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Safely rebooting a machine
I've got a simple XenServer running here and it suddenly stopped responding (I don't know why, it just doesn't respond to anything, but let's put that aside). I think I need to reboot it, but this ...
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1answer
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Is my ASA 5505 almost dead?
I just got a refurbished ASA 5505.
It works fine until un need to reload it or unplug it from power and replug it, when I do this and it's warm (even after some minutes of uses, so still physicaly ...
