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Win ioSafe's new product!
01 December 2010 - 10:32 PM
Not sure where to post this, so feel free to move...
Is it a tough tablet? A Napalm-proof NAS? Or something else?
We’ll be unveiling a brand new product at CES 2011 and you could be one of the very first to get your hands on it simply by correctly guessing what it is. That’s right, to be in with a chance of winning, all you need to do is leave a comment below saying what you think the product is.
Need a clue? It weighs more than a Cadbury Cream Egg but less than an adult coonhound. Need another clue? See the image below.
Enter the contest here
Is it a tough tablet? A Napalm-proof NAS? Or something else?
We’ll be unveiling a brand new product at CES 2011 and you could be one of the very first to get your hands on it simply by correctly guessing what it is. That’s right, to be in with a chance of winning, all you need to do is leave a comment below saying what you think the product is.
Need a clue? It weighs more than a Cadbury Cream Egg but less than an adult coonhound. Need another clue? See the image below.
Enter the contest here
Help and advice on first WHS build
09 November 2010 - 03:03 PM
So, I'm finally getting around to building my first WHS. I picked the parts for low power consumption, and would appreciate your thoughts on them. These are parts intended for different builds, but I figure I'd put them together for a WHS instead - here goes:
Case: Antec SOHO
Mobo: ZOTAC GF6100-E-E
CPU: AMD Sempron 140 (45W TDP)
RAM: 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800
HDD: 2x Seagate 1TB 7200 RPM (for now - plan on adding more shortly)
PSU: ThermalTake TR2 430W
No optical drive - I installed WHS and uninstalled the drive.
Thoughts:
1. As it stands with the above config, I'm seeing 65W at idle and about 80-85W when booting up... nowhere near the 30-35W at idle and 50W under load that I see all over the place. Is there a BIOS setting I need to tweak, or something else?
2. Reason I went with the Sempron is for low-power. If this is normal, I think I'd just swap the CPU out for an X2 since the power savings are minimal. I can then use the mobo/CPU for another build.
3. What are the essential add-ins? I have only tried out AutoExit.
4. What's the best/fastest way to move data into the WHS? I have a couple of NAS and a handful of external HDDs.
5. After getting the issues above all worked out, what to do with the stuff that the WHS replaces? I currently have a 2-bay D-Link DNS-323 with 2 x 1TB HDDs, a generic 400GB NAS, and a couple of 500GB externals.
More questions to come, hopefully I'd get some thoughts on the above before I add some more...
Thanks in advance!, and thanks to HSS for the 100th episode giveaway WHS disc that I'm finally putting to good use.
Case: Antec SOHO
Mobo: ZOTAC GF6100-E-E
CPU: AMD Sempron 140 (45W TDP)
RAM: 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800
HDD: 2x Seagate 1TB 7200 RPM (for now - plan on adding more shortly)
PSU: ThermalTake TR2 430W
No optical drive - I installed WHS and uninstalled the drive.
Thoughts:
1. As it stands with the above config, I'm seeing 65W at idle and about 80-85W when booting up... nowhere near the 30-35W at idle and 50W under load that I see all over the place. Is there a BIOS setting I need to tweak, or something else?
2. Reason I went with the Sempron is for low-power. If this is normal, I think I'd just swap the CPU out for an X2 since the power savings are minimal. I can then use the mobo/CPU for another build.
3. What are the essential add-ins? I have only tried out AutoExit.
4. What's the best/fastest way to move data into the WHS? I have a couple of NAS and a handful of external HDDs.
5. After getting the issues above all worked out, what to do with the stuff that the WHS replaces? I currently have a 2-bay D-Link DNS-323 with 2 x 1TB HDDs, a generic 400GB NAS, and a couple of 500GB externals.
More questions to come, hopefully I'd get some thoughts on the above before I add some more...
Thanks in advance!, and thanks to HSS for the 100th episode giveaway WHS disc that I'm finally putting to good use.
