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Dell PowerEdge R710 Bios “Advanced ECC” with ECC DIMMs?
I have a Dell PowerEdge R710 with dual 55xx CPUs. It has 96GB(12x8GB) of ECC DIMMs. In its BIOS, memory is configured for “Advanced ECC”. My question is if my DIMMs are already ECC, does it make sense...
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Is it possible to install a virtual machine under Linux that looks like a...
I’m on a corporate network with a homogeneous Windows setup for all Dell workstations. They use KBOX to manage the workstations. I want to set up my machine to run several VMs under Linux instead, but...
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Dell Blades or C-Series Rack servers for datacenter virtualization project
We have customers infrastructure hosted on physical HP boxes across several racks and finally we are planning to migrate them to Vsphere.Data is stored on NFS SAN.It was suggested to use c-Series Dell...
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Dell Equallogic PS6100x network configuration
So we just picked up a new PS6100x and I’m wondering if I need to setup the ethernet channels myself or is it automatic? It’s configured in an HA setup; dual controllers connected to redundant cisco...
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What are the most important aspects to consider when choosing a SAN for a...
I am in the process of consolidating 6 physical servers running 6 different operating system flavors (don’t ask) into two identical physical servers (Dell PowerEdge 2900), using the free VMware ESXi...
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Dell 2950 – Can I mix SSD with spindle HDDs?
I have a Dell 2950 with a Perc 5/i controller inside it. I don’t want to spark a debate about drive types and which is “better” etc etc. Just simply; I would like to put in 2x Cheetah 15.5k SAS drives...
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Does Dell Permit 3rd Party Hard Drives on Perc 6/i?
I have various Dell servers (all 2950’s) I would like to put some SSDs in. I have spoken to Dell on the phone and asked for a quote for 128GB SSDs for 2950’s, they told me they don’t sell them for...
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Windows 2012 RTM Dell G1 1950 and MD3000 with a SAS5 controller?
Seems like a June 6th post by Dell states that the RTM version of Windows Server 2012 should have all the necessary drivers for a Dell G1 1950 -> SAS5 -> md3000 setup. Can anybody who’s tried...
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Which hardware gives us better redundancy, performance, and cost efficiency...
We are going to build a Large Enterprise Cloud Solution and would like to know in which configuration we would have a better redundancy/performance and cost efficient. Here are 2 examples which we’re...
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iscsi versus non-iscsi san?
We are considering adding a SAN. I have two choices right now, the Dell MD3000 and the Dell MD3000i, 15 x 146Gb san drives. Naturally the latest model is more expensive (2x as much), but can someone...
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