http://www.petri.co.il/forums/ A place for any hardware-specific question or discussion, mostly server hardware issues en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:43:25 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/images/steelblue/misc/rss.jpg http://www.petri.co.il/forums/ http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63529&goto=newpost Tue, 28 May 2013 15:41:45 GMT Hey All, I am looking to replace the current file server in my system. I have very limited experience when it comes to picking/purchasing new hardware. My company has about 40 nodes on the system. The file server gets used very often. I am looking for something that can withstand a lot... Hey All,

I am looking to replace the current file server in my system. I have very limited experience when it comes to picking/purchasing new hardware.

My company has about 40 nodes on the system.

The file server gets used very often. I am looking for something that can withstand a lot of processing and capacity.

We are a printing company that RIPs PDF and other formats to a format we can print on press. This process requires the file to be read from the file server, sent to the RIPPING server, ripped on the RIPPING server, and sent back to the file server in a much larger format. This is being done all day.

I am leaning towards HP, They seem to offer helpful assistance. Please advise.

I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction, maybe some recommendations.

Thank you
Jim ]]> General Hardware Standard_IT http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63529 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63411&goto=newpost Mon, 13 May 2013 09:52:44 GMT Hi all Sorry to be a pain, I am looking to build a Dell server and have always used HP or IBM. Usually there is a manager/setup disk that is available that allows RAID configs etc but cannot seem to find something similar for Dell. I dont mind using the BIOS and Boot Manager but wondered if I... Hi all

Sorry to be a pain, I am looking to build a Dell server and have always used HP or IBM. Usually there is a manager/setup disk that is available that allows RAID configs etc but cannot seem to find something similar for Dell.

I dont mind using the BIOS and Boot Manager but wondered if I am missing a trick?

ta ]]> General Hardware Ghostrocket http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63411 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63227&goto=newpost Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:08:40 GMT In a LAN environment suppose there are 50 computers connected to each other and one printer is attached to all of them as a Network Printer. Now if someone gives a print command (say about 20 pages) how do I find from the printer who has issued the print command. Is there any software available... In a LAN environment suppose there are 50 computers connected to each other and one printer is attached to all of them as a Network Printer. Now if someone gives a print command (say about 20 pages) how do I find from the printer who has issued the print command. Is there any software available that will print in every page the name of computer and/or its IP address. Please reply ]]> General Hardware Rajsuvi http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63227 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63205&goto=newpost Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:27:08 GMT I have four hardware devices that are plugged in through a self powered USB hub. Currently the devices are assigned COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 through device manager as hoped. However, when rebooting the PC or USB hub sometimes the assigned COM ports in device manager will switch and mix about in a random... I have four hardware devices that are plugged in through a self powered USB hub. Currently the devices are assigned COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 through device manager as hoped. However, when rebooting the PC or USB hub sometimes the assigned COM ports in device manager will switch and mix about in a random order.

I need these devices to always be recognized in a particular COM port so my software will account for this.

Does anyone know if there is a way to assign static COM ports on a USB self powered hub so that if the USB hub or PC is powered off or rebooted the same COM port will automatically be assigned back to the relevant hardware device?

I am using a Star Tech 4 Port USB USB2004EXT2 and Windows 7 64 bit.

Thanks in advance. ]]> General Hardware bobrivers http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63205 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63129&goto=newpost Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:19:20 GMT Hello and thanks for reading,

One year ago, I inherited several hardware components from our main office. I'd like to use them now, but I'd need a few help as I never worked with this kind of hardware. I used google to find information on how to proceed but I can't find something useful.

The hardware I'm talking about is one HP DL380 server and one MSA2000 array (fiber), The array has 10 TBs (SAS disks), and I'd like to use it as extra storage for our LAN (SBS with 25 clients).

Could anybody give me an idea on how to set this up?, what OS should I use in the server (the server has also fiber cards) can I use Windows?, I believe I can't have a second server in my Small Business Server 2008 network...

Is it difficult to build the MSA array?

Thank you very much in advance for you answers

Jud ]]> General Hardware Jud Aster http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63129 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62975&goto=newpost Wed, 20 Mar 2013 06:05:45 GMT hey guy, my PSU is AC on but DC off, my server not powering. I buy new PSU but problem persist Help me, plz. hey guy, my PSU is AC on but DC off, my server not powering. I buy new PSU but problem persist

Help me, plz. ]]> General Hardware nguyencuong030889 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62975 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62965&goto=newpost Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:32:30 GMT Hi, I am looking for a way to either: 1. Turn off monitor automatically if its not in use 2. Pop up warning to user when they undock laptop to turn off their monitor too. The monitors we have are dell 2009W Hi,

I am looking for a way to either:

1. Turn off monitor automatically if its not in use
2. Pop up warning to user when they undock laptop to turn off their monitor too.

The monitors we have are dell 2009W ]]> General Hardware zarg http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62965 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62948&goto=newpost Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:10:57 GMT I have a RAID 5 setup using a perc 5/i raid card in a dell poweredge 1900 server. There are 3 disk. There are 2 partitions on the raid virtual disk. Using Acronis Disk Director, I shrank the d: partition successfully, and attempted to expand the c: partition. I got an error that the following... I have a RAID 5 setup using a perc 5/i raid card in a dell poweredge 1900 server. There are 3 disk. There are 2 partitions on the raid virtual disk. Using Acronis Disk Director, I shrank the d: partition successfully, and attempted to expand the c: partition. I got an error that the following error: "Partition with bad blocks cannot be resized"

When I boot into the raid card manager, it shows all disk are online and no SMART errors. I've ran chkdsk, it took a long time and found a bunch of errors and I still get the same error message. I've ran chkdsk again and I don't get any more errors.

How can I find out which disk is causing the problem? ]]> General Hardware ingram http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62948 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62885&goto=newpost Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:49:57 GMT i have some confusion regarding RAID, i know some basics about RAID 0, 1, 5 but unfortunately i never used in practical life not configure and install by myself , for RAID 0 and Raid 1 i know at least two hard drive require and for for raid5 minimum 3...... if i configure a RAID 0 / 1 , can i... i have some confusion regarding RAID, i know some basics about RAID 0, 1, 5 but unfortunately i never used in practical life not configure and install by myself , for RAID 0 and Raid 1 i know at least two hard drive require and for for raid5 minimum 3......

if i configure a RAID 0 / 1 , can i install OS on the same hard drive....or i have to use another hard drive just for OS and RAID only for Data... ]]> General Hardware sikandarht http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62885 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62877&goto=newpost Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:32:54 GMT hi all,

does anyone know where i can find a efi boot manager, one that is ready for use would be advantageous and i don't feel like building one from scratch?

ciao,
VG ]]> General Hardware Virtual_Geek http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62877 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62817&goto=newpost Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:11:28 GMT Dear all,
i wanna build my own server for small business, i need your advise about Motherboard and CPU, and memorys,
of course it depend on how much i want to spend,
but i am open for more idea's

thank you ]]> General Hardware cyberbot http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62817 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62806&goto=newpost Wed, 27 Feb 2013 07:35:52 GMT Hi guys

My new server will feature 4 physical drives in total.
2 x 300gb SAS drives which is the 3.5" 15k 6gt/s mirrored and
2 x 900gb SAS drives which is 2.5" 10k 6gt/s mirrored

Perc H710 raid controller with 512mb cache

Are there any issues with the above mentioned configuration in terms of reliability/performance/durabilty and ruggedness?

Apparently dell cannot give the 900g sas drives in 3.5"
Which is better for servers 3.5" or 2.5" ?

thanks ]]> General Hardware henkl http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62806 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62793&goto=newpost Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:39:44 GMT Hi guys

I have a Dell poweredge rackserver Poweredge 2950 and i am upgrading very soon to the dell poweredge R420 server also rack server.

Now, i dont want to create more work and put in new rails, but rather want to use the old one's currently used by the poweredge 2950 server. So my question is as follow. Are these rackrails compatible with all poweredge servers? Or do i need to install the new rails for the new server

thanks
H ]]> General Hardware henkl http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62793