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12-27-2008 03:18 EST |
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New Tape Drive - The Compaq DLT7000 35/70GB DLTIV tape drive in
my file server has been replaced with a Sony SDX-500C 50/130GB Ultra-2
Wide LVD SCSI tape drive. The appropriate setup page has been updated
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New NAS - No sooner than I picked up the new Sony SDX-500C tape
drive, I broke down and bought a Netgear RND2150 NAS with two Seagate
ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA-II hard drives w/32MB cache each.
This will be phased in as a replacement to my tape backup solutions,
as the upgrade to the Dell gigabit switch should help surpass the tape
drive backup speeds. I may use it for additional storage options. As
such, the NAS will be set up with a RAID 1 mirror configuration.
Pictures will be posted as soon as it arrives. |
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12-14-2008 21:25 EST |
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Server Rebuild - After months of off-and-on attempts, I have
successfully rebuilt my file server. The new configuration includes
dual Xeon 2.8 GHz CPUs w/1MB L2 cache, a Tyan S5350 (7320)
motherboard, and 4GB Appro (Wintec) DDR-266 ECC registered SDRAM.
The only setback was the AMI MegaRAID Elite 1600 (493) adapter did
not want to cooperate with the build. A new setup web page has been
posted. |
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11-12-2008 22:46 EST |
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New Switch - One of my Netgear FS524 switches has been replaced
with a Dell PowerConnect 2724 gigabit Ethernet switch. The setup
page has been updated to reflect this upgrade. |
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11-9-2008 00:52 EST |
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New Laptop - I purchased a used Dell Latitude D600 about three
months ago. A new setup page has been added for it. |
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Changed Drives - The Seagate ST318416W Ultra-160 18GB and
Quantum Atlas IV 36GB Ultra-160 SCSI drives in my file server have
been replaced with three Quantum Atlas 10K II 36GB Ultra-160 LVD
SCSI drives. The appropriate setup page has been updated to
reflect the upgrades. |
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I've been more outgoing this past summer, which is part of the reason
I have not been posting as much. Another reason is I really got
burned out trying to rebuild my file server. I purchased two more
Intel SHG2 boards, as well as a Tyan S5350 board, and I am currently
unable to get a video spike with them. I have two separate sets
of Xeon processors, and I have tested and verified the power supply is
good. I'm hoping to have better luck in the near future. |
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4-27-2008 14:30 EST |
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New RAID Array - Two of the Quantum Atlas 10K II 36GB drives
in one of my file server RAID arrays developed errors last week. I
have had a few problems in the past, and I am unsure if it was due to
bad cables, bad terminators, or bad drives. Since I had bought a box
of Seagate Cheetah ST173404LCV U160 LVD SCSI 73GB drives last year,
I decided to put four in a new RAID 5 array. I also swapped out the
two AMI MegaRAID Express 200 (466) controllers for a single AMI
MegaRAID Elite 1600 (493) U160 LVD PCI-X controller. The file server
setup page has been updated to reflect these upgrades. |
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2-14-2008 12:35 EST |
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Updated Links Page - There are a few changes to my links page.
ULi was bought out by nVidia awhile back, but I am unable to find a
webpage that lists the old chipsets (which were initially created by
ALi). Exabyte was bought out by Tandberg Data in 2006; one link has
been exchange for the other. CompUSA is going out of business. The
Computer Archival Photography Project was initially located at
another website. I made several attempts to contact the original
designer, but he never let me know his intentions. So, I am running
a copy here until I hear otherwise. |
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