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What is the coaxial jack on my tv?
That is a digital coaxial output. I've had that on something I've owned (although I can't remember what now). I have an input on my current sony amp for that. It's similar to S/PDIF except not optical. Haven't seen them used on anything in the last couple of years though. For the right...- travist
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EON Storage Guide / Problems encountered
First problem solved. After reading on the opensolaris forums, the following command is required after completing your initial config: I'll update as I get further... -
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EON Storage Guide / Problems encountered
As opposed to updating my build thread, I want to create a new thread that can hopefully help some people wanting to try out EON Storage as their NAS OS. I'm currently testing, but I've run into some problems. I've installed to USB drive for now, but I'd like to look into a IDE -> CF adapter... -
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Critique my DIY Build
I've been out of town so much, that I haven't been able to devote too much time to testing locally. Much of my testing has been remotely, using RDP over a VPN to conduct local bandwidth tests. With that said, I did my first test of EON with that configuration. I then destroyed the zfs pool... -
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Critique my DIY Build
Just to keep everyone updated, I've moved to EON Storage for testing. I'm haven't decided on it yet, but my initial impressions are good. Preliminary tests show just over 100MB/s write and 80MB/s read rates using a 4 drive raidz pool using the IOZone test (32M read/32M write with 8 workers)... -
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Critique my DIY Build
FreeNAS seems to install ok in ACHI mode. Didn't realize that about the onboard raid - that may have changed my mobo selection, but good to know nonetheless. I'd really like to install OpenFiler just to compare. I used openfiler on an old Dell Poweredge server a while back, but didn't spend... -
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Benchmarking your NAS
00Roush, Although I'm not very smart on the disk specifics, I do understand what you're recommending from a high level. I am currently testing with 8 workers, each assigned a read and write. Although I tried adding them in different orders to each worker (with the intent of 4 reads and... -
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Benchmarking your NAS
Thanks for posting up that info. I've finally gotten to a point where I think I can begin running some ZFS / SRAID benchmarks. Looks like that's all I'll be able to do unless I can figure out the onboard RAID problems I'm having. I'll be sure to post up some info once I gather all of the... -
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Critique my DIY Build
Frustrated!!! So I'm getting pretty frustrated with this install... I first installed FreeNAS to a USB drive using AHCI as the drive controller. Installed fine, but couldn't get the software raid to mount. Kept getting a error-retry message. I ended up getting ZFS to work, and used it a... -
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Benchmarking your NAS
I stumbled across IOMeter yesterday, and so far this is working like a champ. Nice interface, nice features, and I can export to excel and chart my results - comparing the different configurations should be easy. Now the only problem is I'm not very smart on what all of the settings do, and... -
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Benchmarking your NAS
Thanks for the recommendations on those two. I'll definitely give those two a try. I have downloaded/installed IOZone, but after installing I realized it was a command line tool, and haven't taken the time to figure out how to use it. I will likely explore that more as well. I'll also add... -
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Benchmarking your NAS
I started a thread on benchmark tools a couple of weeks back. Since this is a slightly different topic, I think it is deserving of a new thread. I've recently built my DIY NAS, and so far I'm very happy with it, although there are many things I haven't decided on yet due to the lack of... -
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Critique my DIY Build
Thanks for your input on that. I'm far from knowledgeable on the subject of different RAID levels and varieties, but I'm learning. One thing I do know is that I've planned for a total size using 20 disks, but don't plan to have 20 disks initially, nor do I want to replace every disk in order... -
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Critique my DIY Build
I placed the order last night. Stuck with what is listed above, and got 4 WD 1TB Blue drives that I plan to experiment with. I think I'm going to go with FreeNAS, but I will likely check out the competition once I get the hardware setup to see how I like each one in a "real" environment. I... -
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Critique my DIY Build
So I'm a day or so away from ordering the basics for my build, and wanted to check back for any last opinions before I drop the hammer. So far I've decided to stick with my original plan. Only concern I have is that the Sempron 140 may not unlock the second core. If not, that will be one of...