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I have a server and laptop both running Windows 10. I would like to remote shutdown/restart the server using my laptop. I have tried on the server: Opening "services.msc" > Remote Registry > Properties Setting "startup type" to "Automatic" Then starting the service Opening windows firewall >...

Thanks Hotaru. I couldn't find the serial number in the properties. But using the following command, I could identify the serial number for the various disks: wmic diskdrive <disk_number> get serialnumber Where <disk_number> is the number found in Disk Management. In my case, each pair of...

I bought several SAS drives. Model: Seagate ST14000NM0001 These physical drives are separated into 2 logical units of 7TB each. I want to create a "spanned volume" on windows that combines these 2 units. How can I ensure I'm matching the units of the same drive? In Disk Management, when...

So 24-pin ATX, CPU, and SATA?

I have a PC that turns on (case/cpu fans spinning) but will not boot nor supply power to the peripherals. I have another PC that's working perfectly. I'm trying to investigate what the issue is with the first PC. One thought is that the power supply might be damaged? Given this, I'd like to see...

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Hi guys, I just built a desktop PC and I'm having some issues with it. The lights and various fans (case, cpu cooler, graphics card) are all working, but I can't seem to get any video output. The HDMI cable and monitor that I'm using works fine on other machines so it's most likely a problem...

Ah, thanks for replies! So... ZFS will correct automatically in the event "bit rot." RAID-Z1 is a bad idea for large drives due to potential for a 2nd drive to fail during resilvering I should stay away from ZFS as a beginner... but I should also forget about RAID :LOL: So a few questions...

I have no hands-on experience with ZFS or RAID in general. I'm starting a project (a DIY file-server) and wanted to weigh up whether to use ZFS for it. How exactly is a corrupt file restored/fixed/recovered on ZFS's RAID-Z1. E.g. Imagine I have 4 drives (10TB each) and one of the drives...

It looks like there are specially-configured hard drives with 520-byte sectors (512 bytes of data, 8 bytes checksum) which can test/correct for SDC, but these are quite expensive. In terms of whether SDC over SATA is something I need to worry about in a 100TB storage array, here is a table...

I've read some articles about Silent Data Corruption across SATA channels. Apparently there are some mechanisms in SATA HDDs to prevent (or at least reduce) the rate of SDC. What is this mechanism, and can I rely on it? Do I need to worry about SDC in a 100TB storage array for instance? My...

Hey, thanks! We're getting closer. Firstly, on further inspection, it appears that the RAID controller I bought is only compatible with certain IBM systems. So it looks like I may need to buy a new RAID controller (dang it! :( - can someone please confirm if this is really the case?) I had a...

Hey guys, I recently bought this case which supports 8x hot-swappable SAS drives. https://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=452 The problem is that the backplane has 2 sata connections per drive (1 labelled SATA, the 2nd labelled SAS). This is obviously a non-standard SAS connection, so...