Recent content by esnrhtx

Great, thank you. I will do that. I would hate to spend all that money on stuff I don't need or stuff that won't work. It's great advice. All of my drives are backed up so I will try a few of them and see how it works. I have some extra blank drives that I can use to clone each backup drive just...

Ok, So if I use this server and use reverse 8643 connector which is the SATA as host and 8643 as host, it should work? I keep reading about an HBA controller card and expansion card. I'm just going to put everything out there so that I'm clear and not confusing anyone. I'm sorry if it is...

[Moderator edit to break up a single paragraph of text.] OK, so if I can get the reversed breakout cables, which I will need 5 for all 20 HDDs, I shouldn't need the HBA. Is the HBA used for raid just for my understanding? I am not going to do raid. Right now I have 14 drives that I will be...

One like this: https://www.delock.com/produkt/83320/merkmale.html or...

I saw another post on here about this but I really couldn't make sense of it. I bought a Silverstone RM43-320-RS for a file storage server (like pics, music, other files and Plex. It's not loaded down by several users at one time, normally just me and maybe my wife for the most part. I am using...

You are probably right about wireless. Some of those things are very expensive so one would think the quality would surely be there, no doubt. The only issue is that I try to avoid wireless on everything I can. I am not real sure about BT since I really don't use it for anything. Maybe I'll...

Thank you. I figured since it was low voltage you wouldn't need permits but it's just another way to see what you have in your home and to increase the value and they get more tax dollars, LOL. I will look into it. I appreciate your advice.

[Note: Moderator edit to break up single paragraph of text.] I am getting older and I tend to forget a lot of things. I was very good with tech stuff but some things have happened over the last few years that have degraded these once great abilities and I miss certain and sometimes important...

I saw CAT 6 cables (some) can handle 10 gbps. I don't know if the baluns can support 10gbs considering changing the connections. It would think it would have to be fiber, which I wouldn't mind doing. I just want to get the PC in another room. I already have baluns for HDMI in place but I need a...

Thank you for the response, I appreciate it. I used a 30' 3.0 active cable before and it worked perfectly. I was able to put a 10 port hub on it and had no issue. I need 50' but would like to get later speeds. I see all kinds of products out there and would like to know if someone used anything...

Hi all, I have a question that maybe someone can answer. I am looking at moving my PC to a different room from where I work and play. I wanted to know if anyone has used a USB 3.0 or above active extension cable or used fiber baluns. I would like to go 3.2 gen 2x2 but gen 2 or gen 1 would be...

Well I finally got to work on this issue. Before I did the test with the SSDs I changed the SATA cable on that HDD. The reason I did this is that it kept saying files weren't there. I am now getting 130 MB/Sec when transferring files from a HDD to that HDD. These are in the same machine. I was...

I will look into this. I appreciate the help and the link. Maybe it will help me understand the subnet thing better. My Cisco SG-220-50P has 2 SFP ports. Are they the same? I have never messed with these and don't really know much about them.

Yeah. I can do the test just to see. Didn't think about that, LOL. I will try it out this weekend and see. I will check out the HD monitor software also. I appreciate your help and I'll let you know what happens.

Yes, I can probably go SSD to SSD but from what I understand is if you write to them a lot it will shorten their lifespan. Plus, it would be a pain to transfer from a HDD to the SSD to the other SSD to the HDD. The cameras probably are taking bandwidth but it really hasn't affected the transfer...