Ah maybe. Worked fine in a g5 proliant but not in a h77 board. May try -----Original Message----- From: "Bryan Seitz" <se...@bsd-unix.net> Sent: 8/31/2013 4:58 PM To: "hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com" <hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> Subject: Re: [H] Whitebox ESXI Esata Question
Yeah I had to do that with my older server + SAS6/ir :) On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 04:42:18PM -0500, Greg Sevart wrote: > Try taping off the SMBus contacts on the PCIe connector. Common problem on > desktop-class boards with real RAID cards. Here's a pic showing the contacts > covered on a PERC: > http://www.overclock.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=78411&stc=1&d=1216366968 > > If you primarily virtualize Windows guests, you can also use free Hyper-V > Server and benefit from the greater Windows HW compatibility. Linux guests > are supported, but certainly not at the same level as VMware. > > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Chris Reeves > Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 3:45 PM > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Whitebox ESXI Esata Question > > Grabbed an hp400+512mb bbwu. Not recognized on this board just sits there > dead, damn. That was my first plan. > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Bryan Seitz" <se...@bsd-unix.net> > Sent: ???8/???31/???2013 3:24 PM > To: "hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com" <hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> > Subject: Re: [H] Whitebox ESXI Esata Question > > +1 for iscsi or an older HP P4xx raid card (can be had with battery + cache > on ebay for ~150) > > On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 02:48:01PM -0500, Chris Reeves wrote: > > I had considered that. No opposition to iscsi, but my costs would be higher > > then say, a San Digital or Mediasonic esata enclosure. But may be the way > > I go > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Julian Zottl" <jzo...@radiantnetworks.net> > > Sent: ???8/???31/???2013 8:21 AM > > To: "hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com" <hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> > > Cc: "hardware@hardwaregroup.com" <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> > > Subject: Re: [H] Whitebox ESXI Esata Question > > > > If you have a spare box around and a couple of like drives, you could > > install nexenta or freenas and use ZFS's built in raid. It performs > > remarkably well and you would be able to use/learn iscsi :) when you need > > more speed, you can buy ssd's and front them as read and write caches for > > the raid. > > > > Julian > > > > Sent from my iProduct, cause I'm iSpecial.... But not in that ishort bus > > kind of way... > > > > On Aug 31, 2013, at 8:48 AM, tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote: > > > > > Ok, here's something I've never tried but have been thinking about > > > testing.. > > > > > > Have a whitebox ESXI that just runs basic test services for me.. Xeon > > > E3-1275v2 processor, 32G, etc. Anyway, storage right now is just a > > > single SATA 2TB Re4. No desperate data on there so I just acronis it off > > > weekly. > > > > > > But I'm debating this now.. getting a VMWare certified RAID controller is > > > a sucky proposition in re-opening this box where it's at. I've seen > > > people report mixed results using an eSATA RAID device - which should be > > > completely transparent to the OS.. > > > > > > Anyone try or thoughts? I figured I might grab a mid-level RAID-1 eSATA > > > device and give it a go.. > > -- > > Bryan G. Seitz > -- Bryan G. Seitz
