Month: March 2013

FreeNAS Build Project: Part 1

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FreeNAS Build: Part 1 – Turn on a Power Supply without a Motherboard After doing much research, I’ve decided to move forward with my FreeNAS build for my home lab\storage. I will be storing VMware datastores via NFS and tons of files via CIFS. The system will be configured (for now) as follows: HP DL360G5 2x Dual-Core Xeon 3.0GHz 32GB RAM 4 1Gb NICs IBM ServeRAID M1015 flashed to an LSI-92118i HP SAS Expander Habey ESC-2122C for 12 … Read more…

Comcast Xfinity Fastest In Home WiFi?!?

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Comcast has been touting a new “feature” to try to keep up with Verizon FiOS – it is all over radio ads and TV commercials…they have ‘The fastest In-Home WiFi’! Way to go, Comcast – let’s make a bogus claim, not back it up and confuse customers while you’re at it! First let’s compare the most common Internet speeds from both providers: Comcast: 50Mbps down, 10Mbps up – $75 per month FiOS: 50Mbps down, 20Mbps … Read more…