Hardware

Working around IPMI iKVM virtual storage hanging under Java 7 by running Java 6 in a Windows VM to select the ISO.

archived May 23, 2013 2 min Hardware Virtualization

Building an ESXi whitebox VM lab on an ASRock 970 Extreme4 with a BR10i passed through, serving an OpenIndiana napp-it ZFS NFS datastore.

archived Nov 28, 2012 3 min Esxi Zfs Hardware

Replacing a failing USB flash drive used as the pfSense boot device with a 32 GB SSD.

archived Jun 1, 2012 1 min Pfsense Hardware

Giving IPMI a dedicated NIC through a riser card so pfSense does not take over the shared NIC.

archived Apr 14, 2012 1 min Pfsense Networking Hardware

A low-power, fanless 1U pfSense firewall/router build on a Supermicro Atom D525 board, with the parts list.

archived Apr 5, 2012 2 min Pfsense Hardware Networking

Hardware list for an ESXi 5 whitebox build, with notes on its NIC support and the free edition's 32GB RAM limit.

archived Oct 15, 2011 1 min Esxi Hardware

First benchmark of a Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB installed alongside Windows 7 SP1, leaving 91GB free.

archived Jun 3, 2011 1 min Hardware Windows

Fixing a reboot loop after installing the Intel HD graphics driver on Windows 7 by installing Service Pack 1 first.

archived May 29, 2011 1 min Windows Hardware

A partial parts list for a planned Sandy Bridge desktop: Core i5-2400, ASRock H67M motherboard and 8GB DDR3 RAM.

archived Apr 22, 2011 2 min Hardware

A 2011 home server parts list (Athlon II X4, 16GB RAM, five drives) intended for testing ESXi 4.1.

archived Jan 18, 2011 1 min Esxi Hardware Virtualization