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    Swap out LSI card for Adaptec - Will I lose data

    I would expect that going LSI to Adaptec and you will lose your data ( that is just unplugging LSI and plugging in Adaptec ). I have found with a Raid0 setup that it is possible to Unplug an LSI card and re-plug a better LSI card without losing data. It s not possible to go from a higher spec...
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    Lights-Out Management for Home Servers

    Looks usefull. I might get one to do some control functions I have in mind. As for a remote server, I have written some software to turn server on/off. Each client can turn the server on. When all the clients have logged off the Server turns itself off. Not completely fool prof, I have...
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    Best MicroATX home server case?

    Hi, Haven't used any of these but the "price is right". https://www.pricelover.com/product/Pricelover_303X_White_Mini_Tower_No_PSU/MI-303X/ https://www.pricelover.com/product/Ezcool_7103H_Silver_MOD_Case_-_No_PSU/EC-7103Hi2-Silver/
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    SSD vs. Hard Drive

    Contradictory advice I have been watching this thread and to my mind some of the advice seems a bit contradictory!! 1) Don't buy Solid State drives you will be limited by GigaBit LAN. 2) If there are a number of clients then limiting factor will be drive seek time. OK 1) for large file...
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    Billion BiPAC 7800N

    I thought that this site was read world wide!! And I believe some of the contribution comes from areas outsite the USA.
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    Billion BiPAC 7800N

    Hi Tim, Can you explain why it is unlikely that you will ever review this item?
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    Help! Lenovo r61 averages 10MB/s in a GBit environment

    Use something like HdTune to check disk speed :- http://www.hdtune.com Your disk drive may also be fragmented which will play havoke with throughput.
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    DHCP settings not always updating on XP Pro client

    Could you not run a batch file upon system startup with the following it it? IPCONFIG /RELEASE IPCONFIG /RENEW I suggest you also put something in the batch file to update a log file. Then it can be inspected to see when/if the batch file ran.
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    Experience with RAID Recovery Tools

    I don't have a problem at the moment...I used to be in the Scouts "Be Prepared"
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    Experience with RAID Recovery Tools

    Hi, I have an LSI MegaRaid card with Twin SAS 15k drives in Raid0 configuration. I thought I would give Raid2Raid a try. After running, it just sat for what seemed like hours Scanning for Raid drives. I had to use Trak Manager to quit out of it in the end. It would seem to opnly work with...
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    Experience with RAID Recovery Tools

    I googled raid2raid and came up with http://raid2raid.com/ Looks interesting. I have also found this site which has what it calls a RaidRecontrsuctor. http://www.runtime.org/raid.htm
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    Can anyone recommend a good RAID card?

    Hi, I am using LSI MEGARAID SAS8344ELP ( 4 internal and 4 external ports ) and LSI MEGARAID SAS8888ELP ( 8 internal or 8 external ports ). Nothing to complain about. The 8888 is the better one, but then it is a lot more expensive. I got both mine off ebay. I notice that there is a MEGARAID...
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    Router that support Wol over internet

    I am glad it worked out for you. I have just bought a Vigor 2800 off ebay for £35 ( $55 ).. Just got to wait for it to arrive.
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    Router that support Wol over internet

    Hi, The DrayTek Vigor series seem to support this. Here are instructions from their site as to how to do it:http://www.draytek.co.uk/support/kb_vigor_wol.html
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    HD media streaming NAS: a few questions

    Chenbo Case $54 plus Shipping to UK $70.91 adds to $124.91. Add VAT @ 15% = $143.65 ( £99 ). I rest my case!!
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