UMR was extremely generous with his time and his second XEON CPU this week, with a little nudging we got the beast running. Slick piece of hardware, the highlight being the Adaptec “Cylon” lighting on the RAID card. It took almost a full 24 hours to build out a 4 drive RAID 6 array, I have scheduled 3 additional drives to be added starting around 1AM. In the short time before that arrives I’ve begun the consolidation from physical to virtual. PDIDDY is 46% of the way through conversion, and will soon be retired as a physical entity.
VMC will have her media content moved over to the array over the next couple of days and will soon join PDIDDY in the has been crowd.
Even with a single CPU this system is EXTREMELY responsive, it could be the 12GB of RAM, the mad I/O throughput, or maybe my anti-histamines. Yay spring.
Worth noting: Supermicro has a great support staff (on top of great products), they have my vote, and my business. Thanks Mike H and DL.
A self described geek, Chris' curiosity into how things work is often the motivator for new habits and ventures. A drinker of scotch, beer and vodka, and eater of meats as much as those green things beside them, Chris is as much at home behind the kitchen counter as being a diner at a local hot spot.