VRTX, VMware 6.7 and Multiple Assignment Mode
Hello All,I have a brand new VRTX, 2 M630's, 11 15K RPM drives and 14 10K RPM drives. 1 LUN is comprised of the 11 "fast" drives, the other LUN is comprised of all the "slow" drives. ESXI 6.7 installed...
View ArticleNew hardware requirements
Hello,I was just wanted to know if the following Spec is good enough for running 2-4 Hyper-V machines and a failover cluster.2x Dell PE R620 with the following spec;2x Intel Xeon 3.00Ghz 10 Core...
View ArticleHas Dell gone sales crazy?
Has anyone else had strange issues with Dell sales lately? I'm about to stop buying from them. I get a call and/or an email daily from a different person there claiming to be my new business account...
View ArticleISO name for my new plex server
So I am getting ready to build a Plex server and I am looking for a good name for it.I am throwing this as well as a few other machines on a Dell R720Please give me some suggestions.
View ArticleUpgrade raid controller from perc 6 to h 700
I am in the process of upgrading a dell r710 from perc 6 to H700 I when starting the install one of the cables was two short to connect to the controller card but we only using side A anyhow will...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge T710 Screen Frozen
Hi all,I don't have the most experience with IT but good with troubleshooting and figuring things out. We ran into a problem at one of our locations. We have multiple workstations running on the...
View ArticleDifficulty installing dell rack rails in round hole rack
Hello,Our cabling vendor supplied and installed a 4 post rack at one of our new sites. Normally this isn't an issue, but we found it to be this week when trying to install a 1U Dell R620 server. So...
View ArticleWhat is your Standard Build for New PCs?
Good Monday Morning Everyone,What is your standard PC build that you order for your users? I'm talking about your standard domain user who doesn't require any special specs.Ya know the kind: "Betty's...
View ArticlePoweredge r640 - combining U.2 2.5" NVMe with SSD drives
I'm trying to find information about PowerEdge r640 and it's ability to handle both 2.5" SATA SSDs and front-loaded / hot-swappable 2.5" U.2 NVMes. The online configurator provides one interesting...
View ArticlePoweredge R620 USB 3.0 PCIe card instead of Dual SD PCIe card
Hello all I just purchased a used R620 and was wondering if it was possible to use the PCIe x1 dual SD card slot to connect a PCIe USB 3.0 card instead (with an additional PCIe 1x extender...
View ArticleDell Optiplex 7020 Boot Loop (Not OS, Not RAM, Not Hard Drive)
So after we powered up all the workstations after the hurricane that never came here, I have one Dell Optiplex 7020 workstation (Windows 10) that was working fine for a couple hours and then just...
View ArticleVideos won't play sometimes after unlocking computer
I have a Dell Latitude E6440. In the power options, I disabled sleep/hibernate. I'm usually watching YouTube videos or Udemy videos when there's nothing to do at work, every so often I'll get up to go...
View ArticleIs this a faulty disk error or not?
I have received the error 129 Reset to device, \Device\RaidPort0, was issued and error 153 - The IO operation at logical block address xxxx for Disk 0 was retired. Speaking with Dell and having run hdd...
View ArticleSurface Pro 4 no recognized drives
Getting frustrated with this Surface unit. I can get it to boot into a USB clean install of windows 10, but its not recognizing any drives."We couldn't find any drives. To get a storage driver, click...
View ArticleHow to upgrade PERC H700 without an OS
I have a used PowerEdge R710 that came with a bad RAID card. the seller sent a new one but I can't install an OS due to the Hard drives being blocked in PD management. a quick search revealed that a...
View ArticleDell Latitude 5480 restarts as soon as you login
I am trying to help a guy with a Dell Latitude 5480 running Win 10. The system boots fine, but as soon as he puts in his password, it pops up a message saying the system is restarting. I have tried all...
View ArticleRefurbished Dell Computers
Where do you buy Dell refurbished computers?I'm looking for a large quantity of OptiPlex 9010 and 9020 with simple configurations. I have checked with several Dell sales reps and they couldn't help...
View ArticleStuck On Dell Screen??
We have a client that has a dell latitude 7275 tablet with keyboard went to turn it on and its stuck on Dell screen?? How do I fix this rebooted multiple times same thing went into F12 for dell...
View ArticleDell Perc H710P - max drive size
Hello,we have a Dell PowerEdge R720 with the Perc H710P as controller.The final use of the server would be a storage/backup server.The server has 16 2.5" bays, hence we would like to use all the bays...
View ArticleDell T3610 + 1TB SSD
Hello! I would like to ask you a question about compatibility Dell T3610 + 1TB SSD. Dell support is unreachable for me... I want to upgrade my T3610 to 1TB SSD. The problem is that spec doc says it is...
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