Questions tagged [hardware]
Computer hardware is the collection of physical elements that comprise a computer system.
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Best motherboard power supply combo for backblaze server
Building a backblaze server as described in this article.
http://blog.backblaze.com/
So 45 hard drives in one box. I'm making it a MSDPM 2010 server so I actually don't even need raid cards in there ...
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determining a used server's fair market value
I have a customer that has a server he no longer needs. I have another customer who needs a server. This server isn't new but it will easily handle the job. Is there a way to determine what a fair ...
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How much horsepower is needed to have 100Mbit/sec OpenVPN throughput? [closed]
My small ALIX machine is not coping with the new demand for OpenVPN throughput I have. So I'm looking to replace it. Problem is, I don't have any experience with hardware sizing for OpenVPN. I'm ...
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Causes of hard drive SMART failure?
Specifically, can faulty system memory cause a hard drive SMART failure and can a bad hard drive connector cause a SMART failure?
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what should i do with an extra ssd disc?
I have this server setup: http://www.server4you.com/root-server/server-details.php?products=5
That gives an extra 60 GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD hard-disk. I don't want to use it as storage. What should i do ...
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Are there any good (hopefully free) hardware diagnostic utilities available?
A diag utility that runs from CD or USB would be my preference.
I'm having some trouble with a desktop PC that I support, and I haven't been able to figure out what is going on with it. I used ...
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Small business server and processor choice
I am at a small company with 15-20 employees. We need to replace an old server running Windows Server 2003. We need simple groupware, email server, file sharing, and an SVN server (used by only a few ...
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Can Cisco MCS 7845 I2 K9 server be repurposed for Ubuntu Cloud?
This may be a stupid question but you never know with proprietary equipment.
We trying to build an internal development Ubuntu Cloud and looking for cheap hardware to use. It looks like there are ...
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Swap hardware on Centos5 Drive
I have a local file/development server running Centos5. The box's hardware is getting quite old, but the drive is still usable. I have a few extra boxes with better hardware (cpu, motherboard, mem, ...
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Why does a motherboards maximum memory change from UDIMM to RDIMM
Why does a motherboard like a SuperMicro MBD-X8DTH-6F-O support 24gb of unbuffered memory but also support 192gb of registered memory?
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How can you reduce ambient noise from servers?
I have recently installed a IBM x45 with two DS4100 (SAN) and due to space constraints it is generating too much noise in adjacent rooms.
Are there any good ways to isolate the noise from servers? ...
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Alternative of GlusterFS for Hardware
When you look at my question title then you might think I am going to ask for alternative of GlusterFS in the space of storage,but what I am looking for the hint is basically I want to find software ...
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How to find RAID configuration/level and RPM speed having only remote access to the server?
Having only remote access (no physical access), to a server (that is SSH), how do I (or may be is it possible):
find out whether it is RAID configured or not? If it is RAID configured, whether it is ...
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CentOS can I connect mobile and remotely from a laptop using another mobile connect to ssh or ssh -x?
Case: I placed one rack mounted server which has only intra-network activity (do not require any kind of internet access just for the service).
Issues: But many times it requires remote access, in ...
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PowerEdge Servers - Is the HotSwap Caddy Required? [closed]
I have a: PowerEdge 2970 Server
Currently has just 1 160GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive
I need to add 1-2 more hardrives.
I found this one:
http://www.xbyte.com/ProductDesc....
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What kind of hardware should I be looking at to scale to ~20k users continually? [closed]
Let's say it's something like Stack Exchange that I'll be running (it isn't, but it's close enough to have similar resource usage), and I'll have approximately 20000 users from August to January (with ...
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RHEL/CentOS reassign scsi device letter
if I remove the physical disk associated with /dev/sdb and add a new disk in the same slot, it will be assigned /dev/sdc (or whatever the next available letter is). Is there any way powered on that I ...
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Need help with Server Case + Storage setup?
I'm pretty novice when it comes to high end server storage hardware. Right now i have just a mid tower case that is running hyper-v with 2 guess instances (1 Windows 7 + 1 Windows Home server). With ...
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Should I buy server or build it? [closed]
I need a server for a small company with about 20 people. The server will be used as a fileserver for many MS Office files simultaneously. I tried to look at complete servers but I don't like any of ...
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Server diagnostic tools?
I have an Openfiler server that is misbehaving. Im looking for a bootable CD or similar that will tell me whether there are memory, RAID controller or similar issues.
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how to choose proxy server
I'm trying to determine which proxy server software I should use.
The concurrent user base is about 1000 user. I'm guessing the Per Second Http requestis around 500.
I've decided to use some ...
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copy Linux server from one box to another [duplicate]
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Clone a working Linux server
We have a Linux CentOS server set up to server a php/mysql web application. We would like to move this to a new larger server. It appears the ...
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server upgrade from mysql What do you think
Curious to get feedback on a server selection. the system will run mysql server, with roughly 80 machines accessing the server at all times (except night)
> PowerEdge R610 Chassis for Up to Six 2....
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how many blade enclosures can you fit in a rack?
Considering the power and cooling requirements of HP's or IBM's newest blade (10U) chassis fully stacked, how many of them can you fit in a standard size rack (42 U) ?
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Place to purchase decent used servers? [closed]
We're in the market for 10 or so servers and everything we're finding on ebay is either too slow or scsi and we want sata. Are there some goods sites to find deals on used servers?
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Testing faulty on-board raid card
One one of our file servers I keep getting delay write failures to the OS disk array. Its built on a Raid1 array using an on-board raid card.
So far I've verified both harddisks are ok by pulling ...
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Hardware Recommendation for Hospital O.R [closed]
We need to choose hardware for our operating room within our hospital for our new medical informatics system. The hardware does not need to be extremely powerful, as it's basically acting as a thin ...
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Buying a server -- mainly want many DIMM slots and hard drive bays [closed]
I want to buy a sever that has:
Many DIMM slots for memory expansion
Many hard drive bays
What are the best options for this? I don't want service warranties, or anything like that...
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Which server would you purchase? IBM x3550 or Dell R610? [closed]
I'm in the market for a single unit rack mounted server with a strong upgrade pathway.
The two servers on the top of my wish list are:
IBM x3550 M2 Express
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Dell R610
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Somewhat powerful server needed for computationally expensive stuff
So here's my problem.
My Dad runs a company that does some rather computationally expensive stuff. This is not supercomputer level stuff, but it does take several hours to run the average job on his ...
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What are the cons to using a PC/cheap PCs as servers vs hardware designed to be used for servers?
What is it with server hardware that actually makes it more suited for server hosting vs. say a collection of cheap PCs or a good PC?
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What is a "Server Build"
I have a client asking if I have experience with "Server Builds". Can anyone give me more info on what this means? I've built many linux and windows servers for different uses, but I want to make ...
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Small server for small company
I'm looking for some opinions about a server I'm about to buy for a small company of software development, the client is looking for something not so expensive, but I would like to make a good low-...
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Noob question: What is inside a server? [closed]
This is a real noob question. I have never taken a proper look at a server. Can someone kindly explain what is inside a server (the hardware)? And how the user interacts with it?
All the images ...
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Hardware vs Software Raid: How to choose between 2 example server specs
I am currently looking up servers on hosting companies. I have finally chosen 2 reliable and tested companies, but their specs vary.
Company one (dedicated server):
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ ...
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Server machine with two network cards
I have the following scenario. A server with two network cards and windows server 2003 installed.
This server will act as a domain controller via one of its network cards; the other card has ...
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What is hub and switch? Do they function same? [duplicate]
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What is the difference between a hub and a switch?
I have Cisco 2900 catalyst. And i have other hardwares for networking. But what is the difference between HUB and Switch? ...
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Minimum hardware requirements for LAMP server
I am planning to start my own shared server running LINUX and PHP and MySQL. What are the minimum hardware requirements to get things running?
Edit: The server will run INNO_DB based databases, needs ...
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Open VPN maximum client limit and hardware requirements
Looking to create a vpn server where clients can speak to one another. So far so good using OpenVPN. The question I have is how many clients can I have per server? We are looking to have several ...
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Gateway 7400 Server beeping
One of our Gateway 7400 servers has been beeping for days. The beep is audible, but very low and seems to be a random series of short high-low beeps that are sometimes slow and sometimes speedup ...
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Convert EMC AX150 to iSCSI?
I've to an EMC AX150 SAN, with two FC controllers in it. And no existing FC infrastructure. Since the controller cards seem to be modular (you can get 1 or 2 of them), is it possible to obtain iSCSI ...
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ATAPI Event 11 "The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort2."
This is in the System Event log (Windows Server 2008) ATAPI Event 11 "The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort2."
It is probably a hardware problem, but I'm not sure how to ...
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How do I update my Bios on an Intel S5500BC motherboard?
So i've just received an Intel S5500BC motherboard in an Intel chassis. I'm not sure how to upgrade the BIOS in it. First of all I have Windows 2008 R2 (SP1) installed. So I thought I might try ...
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motherboard selection for VMware ESX or Xen
any motherboards using compatile NIC chipsets for VMware ESXi4.1 or Xen 3.4?
all major manufacturers ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte seem to be using either Realtek or VIA based chips for NIC which so not have ...
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Choose the right hardware to build a squid proxy server (200 users)
I need to prepare a squid proxy server for my company.
We have a new fiber connection (100 mbit) and I need to give access with user and pass, speed up navigation with caching and do a little web ...
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Hardware requirements for a Virtual Server
I moved this question from StackOverflow because it makes more sense to have it here
We have decided to go with a virtualization solution for a few of our development servers. I have an idea of what ...
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Server Hardware Configuration Suggestions [closed]
I'm a student doing internship with a small company with 7-8 employees. Expected growth: Upto 25 employees by next year.
I need some suggestions on what kind of hardware we should use for a server ...
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What are the basic specs for private cloud via Ubuntu?
We would like to build our own private cloud on Ubuntu.
The services will be served via VMs are: Active directory, DNS, File serving, ERP application server, SMTP server, Continuous integration Build ...
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can I install two slightly different CPUs in one system?
I have two slightly different DELL 670 machines. A machine has one Intel Xeon 3.4GHz 800MHz 2MB L2 Cache CPU. B machine has two Intel Xeon 3.0GHz 800MHz 1MB L2 Cache CPUs. I plan to use machine A and ...
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