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So I picked up a few 256GB solid state drives on a whim. Its time to upgrade some of the older drives around the house in the PC’s which need the capacity. This time, I decided to just buy msata drives, and use more mSATA to 2.5″ adapters to fit them into desktops and laptops. …
Ok, I posted a review the other day of a Vantec EZ Swap F4 (model MRK-425ST-BK) in which I noted that the thing screams like a banshee. Well ok, so maybe that’s a bit overly dramatic, but I don’t like noise, and prefer my technology to be unobtrusive, and the fan in the EZ swap…
I specifically chose the case for my new home server for its internal bays (7x 3.5″) and its external dimensions, as it has to fit on the same closet shelf as my old Microserver N36L. I ended up choosing the Lian-Li PC-V354b Case which is working out great for me. More on that in another…
This post is short and to the point – annoyingly, the LSI drivers for FreeBSD seem to have issues using MSIX interrupts, which causes the adapter to either not work at all, or to stop working. The fix is simple, once you know how to do it 🙂 Lets start by assuming you’ve got your…
Ok, so no posts for a couple of weeks. Why? Well I’ve been banging my head against various ZFS appliances, trying to make them do what I want 🙂 What I want is to migrate my old HP Microserver over to new hardware, and in the process, change out a bunch of the network services…
So I’ve just grabbed a Dell H310 off of fleabay as part of my new server build. First challenge is to figure out how to flash it with an IT firmware, so that I can use it as a controller card for a virtualised file server. The Perc H310 is a sas2008 based card, and…