I would love to get a list of some of the potential status messages sent to the windows event log. I could use Kaseya to parse / generate alerts and tickets on the various messages. That also makes it very easy to deploy starwind to remote clients. Is there a document that contains a list of alerts ...

You know - that's the 2nd or 3rd time I've done that. I meant crucial SSDs... We went witht he crucial SSDs primarily due to familiarity with the product. We've installed several dozen in other uses and have been very happy with the performance. Even when trim is not supported, we've found write per...

Are any status messages sent to the event log? I would love to be able to parse event logs for alerts / warnings.

I went with some hitachi sata and corsair ssd.

Check out the super micro recommendations post. A couple of us built Sans with intel chassis and have been quite pleased with build quality and price. I used the $250 board to board raid module (based on Lsi 1078). It seems to be providing great performance. I have 2x2.5" boot disks and 12 driv...

I'm really glad you chimed in - I was just going to ask 1.) is it possible to have a CDP / Snapshot volume that's a RAID1 mirror? 2.) If not, am I better off with a RAID1 mirror or CDP / Snapshot with point in time recovery options? Lastly, is it possible to have CDP / Snapshot functionality residin...

BTW - we will be setting up a CDP volume on the SATA drives to mirror the SSDs. That should provide decent protection from an instantaneous failure. Additionally, the virtual servers are being backed up to a third device with Shadow Protect.

I can now confirm Caleb's thoughts on the chassis. I fought with the air shroud for 10 minutes until I realized I could completely remove it from the chassis. Overall I'm impressed with both the system's design and performance of the RAID module (not the add-in PCI card, but the board to board modul...

Brilliant! I'm interested to know your thoughts on the chassis - from the web site it looks promising, and I'm hoping it's decent quality.

Hmm - I'll have to see what ships... You may be right, and I'll report back what I get. Looking at the chassis specs for the SR2612URR I see the following listed: Intel Server System SR2612URR Includes: - Intel Server Board S5520URR - Two processor heatsinks - Backplane with SAS expander - Cabled fr...

We're looking at the same Intel chassis and I was curious why you chose the more expensive RAID card for the first cabinet. I'm considering the cheaper AXXROMBSASMR module and the AXXRSBBU3 battery module. I believe this part is based on the LSI 1078 chip, and from what I've read, it's a strong cont...