Re: Optimal Storage Server

2012-07-23 Thread Shaffin Bhanji
I am thinking of the Norco 16/20 hotswap and a 2x operton QC CPU m/b but wasnt sure what a solid performing m/b would be that will work well with the LSI? Any thoughts? Thanks my hands are now itching for this project to be completed :-) Sam. On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Ramon Hofer wrote:

Re: Optimal Storage Server

2012-07-23 Thread Shaffin Bhanji
Thank you Stan! > Just imagine what it would do if you started from scratch with 20 of the > Black drives in md/RAID6 w/a 32K chunk, and XFS tuned to the stripe. > You'd easily hit 1GB/s streaming reads, with streaming writes probably >>500MB/s. Depends on your CPU. I forgot which one is in the

Re: Optimal Storage Server

2012-07-22 Thread Shaffin Bhanji
Hello Ramon, Thanks, and how much did the server cost you? Sam. On 22/07/2012 8:49 AM, Ramon Hofer wrote: On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 07:41:32 -0400, Shaffin Bhanji wrote: I am trying to put together a 2U storage server for data. I have previously invested in NAS equipment such as the Netgear NAS

Optimal Storage Server

2012-07-22 Thread Shaffin Bhanji
Hello, I am trying to put together a 2U storage server for data. I have previously invested in NAS equipment such as the Netgear NAS 1100 that I have been disappointed in to say the least - data write speed of 5MB/s. This time around I want to build something that I have control over hardwar

Re: VMware Workstation

2011-03-02 Thread Shaffin Bhanji
I have successfully installed VMWare Workstation 7.X on Debian 6 without any issues. You need to install as root and then make sure that the user has r/w access tot he directory where you place you VM image files. Shaffin. On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > on 14:54 Wed 02

Where is the conky package on sqeeze?

2011-02-25 Thread Shaffin Bhanji
I wanted to install conky as a docapp on Debian 6.0 under gnome but cannot find the package, anyone provide some guidance please. Thanks, Shaffin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Ar

Dual monitor using ATI Radeon HD 6950

2011-02-24 Thread Shaffin Bhanji
Coming from the SUSE world, anyone setup a shared desktop (GNOME) between 2 monitors using the card above and Debian 6.0? Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks, Shaffin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@