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Got to say for a NIC that doesn't support jumbo frames I get excellent network performance

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I'm still not happy with the disc-to-disc file transfer speeds but I guess you can't have it all ;)
 
HEADRAT said:
Got to say for a NIC that doesn't support jumbo frames I get excellent network performance

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I'm still not happy with the disc-to-disc file transfer speeds but I guess you can't have it all ;)
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I would die for those speeds, I get at most 2 MB/Second. I have been playing with the setup of the onboard NIC to no avail but it may be down to the homeplugs I have atm. Once I Cat5e it direct to the router speeds were great.

Any advice?
 
Homeplugs are funny beasts, I've got them dotted around the house. Different floors and rings make a huge difference to the performance of Homeplugs. If I try to go from upstairs to downstairs just using Homeplugs performance is dire.

Luckily I have wired connection between upstairs and downstairs, I've then encrypted each of my Homeplugs networks so they can't see each other, I then get pretty decent performance.

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Anyone know what unit they use for the LCD Mod?

Probably best not to put the URL as they're a competitor tbh, but just search for hp proliant lcd mod
 
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Quite a few folk over at OCAU have 16Gb MicroServers but it seems exceedingly picky over with modules it'll take.

Various inconsistencies seem to show 16Gb at BIOS for a few boots and then back to 8Gb.

I'd only order sticks confirmed to work unless you're willing to take the hit
 
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Homeplugs are funny beasts, I've got them dotted around the house. Different floors and rings make a huge difference to the performance of Homeplugs. If I try to go from upstairs to downstairs just using Homeplugs performance is dire.

Luckily I have wired connection between upstairs and downstairs, I've then encrypted each of my Homeplugs networks so they can't see each other, I then get pretty decent performance.

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Thanks for the reply, I could be having the same issues but I have not had much time to diagnose fully as I am now away from home for the next two months. My homeplugs are a few years old and only rated at 85Mb so an upgrade is in order.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-032-TP&groupid=46&catid=1604&subcat=

Probably these or similair. Also I am thinking of running CAT6 from my Billion router to a switch into which I will connect the router and my main computer as they are in the same cupboard, anyone see any issues with this? My sons computer and the WD TV Live will run off the new home plugs and fingers crossed transfer speeds will be great.
 
So I got a ML110 G7 G840 a few months ago to help me with my MCITP studies. I'm going to buy some RAM this month to get me up to 16GB so I can run everything I need to for an MCITP in Windows Server.

My reason for posting today is that I have two external hard drives connected to my PC by a USB hub. They take up a bit of space where they are currently located and I would like to try and reclaim that space. I've been thinking about a NAS device that supports JBOD so I could have these two hard drives running as network drives independently of each other, i.e. no RAID setup. I've been looking for NAS devices with JBOD support and the prices I'm seeing for a 2 drive NAS are OK but if I want to add another drive or two in the future then I'm limiting my expansion capability with a 2 drive NAS. So I looked at 3-4 drive NAS devices and we seemed to be talking £300 ish.

So I'm wondering if I could use my current ML110 G7 G840 as a NAS AND still use it for my MCITP studies? Or is this a bit of a dodgy plan to mix two uses for the machine? I'm starting to think it could be worth getting another ML110 G7 G840 and use that as my NAS and the current one for MCITP studies. Considering the £100 cashback offer I could get a new ML110 G7 G840 for £175 ish after the cashback which compares quite favourably to the 3+ drive NAS devices with JBOD that I was looking at earlier.

So any recommendations on the best path to take? I use one of the external drives as a media store and the other for my weekly PC backup. I could run either WHS or a free Linux OS that specialises as a NAS OS couldn't I and have all my networked devices see the network drives and access content on them?
 
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So I got a ML110 G7 G840 a few months ago to help me with my MCITP studies. I'm going to buy some RAM this month to get me up to 16GB so I can run everything I need to for an MCITP in Windows Server.

My reason for posting today is that I have two external hard drives connected to my PC by a USB hub. They take up a bit of space where they are currently located and I would like to try and reclaim that space. I've been thinking about a NAS device that supports JBOD so I could have these two hard drives running as network drives independently of each other, i.e. no RAID setup. I've been looking for NAS devices with JBOD support and the prices I'm seeing for a 2 drive NAS are OK but if I want to add another drive or two in the future then I'm limiting my expansion capability with a 2 drive NAS. So I looked at 3-4 drive NAS devices and we seemed to be talking £300 ish.

So I'm wondering if I could use my current ML110 G7 G840 as a NAS AND still use it for my MCITP studies? Or is this a bit of a dodgy plan to mix two uses for the machine? I'm starting to think it could be worth getting another ML110 G7 G840 and use that as my NAS and the current one for MCITP studies. Considering the £100 cashback offer I could get a new ML110 G7 G840 for £175 ish after the cashback which compares quite favourably to the 3+ drive NAS devices with JBOD that I was looking at earlier.

So any recommendations on the best path to take? I use one of the external drives as a media store and the other for my weekly PC backup. I could run either WHS or a free Linux OS that specialises as a NAS OS couldn't I and have all my networked devices see the network drives and access content on them?
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Anyone? Mix and match MCITP and media responsibilities on a single server or get another one to separate the functions? :)
 
Why you asking your offtopic question in this thread? You might have more luck with your own thread. To give you some sort of answer you can probably do what you want to using a hypervisor.
 
Can anyone link me to some decent RAM for the Microserver?
From OcUK will be fine, 4gb minimum but if 8gb isn't too expensive then I'll get that

Thanks
 
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