System put together, time for all kind of test, yes it boots and ESXi is also installed, however it acted up after some hardware changes and I needed to re-install it. Testing will concentrate around the use of the LSI 3081 card: raid or just HBA and passthrough for ZFS.… Continue Reading
Case arrived this morning. Installed the PSU.… Continue Reading
Some keywords: Xeon 3440, Asus P7F-E, 8GB ECC ram, 19″ case, ZFS storage pool starting at 2TB Yes, a new server is planned. The parts are ordered, now waiting for delivery. Why? Several reasons: current hardware does not like the FreeBSD 64b kernel, want to start using ZFS, have need for more storage and start… Continue Reading
Have been on some kind of a shopping spree added a 46″ TV, a Mac Mini and last night I bought a 2TB harddisk to extend the storage of my server.… Continue Reading