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Nicholas M.

Nicholas M.

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Most Favorable Review

Works Great

Intel E10G42BTDA Server Adapter X520-DA2 10Gbps PCI Express 2.0 x8 2 x SFP+
Intel E10G42BTDA Server Adapter X520-DA2 10Gbps PCI Express 2.0 x8 2 x SFP+

Pros: Simple install, comes with both regular and low-profile brackets, very fast

Cons: Expensive

Overall Review: Two of these are directly connecting two servers together, DRBD disk replication for two Proxmox nodes. iperf measures the connection at 9.41 Gbps

10/12/2014
Most Critical Review

Poor QC

Western Digital WD Green WD20EARS 2TB 5400 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital WD Green WD20EARS 2TB 5400 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Cheapest 2TB drive, cool and quiet.

Cons: Quality Control is really bad... I bought one in may to replace a failing(also old) 1TB drive and had to RMA it 3 months later. Pressing my luck I bought 3 more and saddly 2 arrived DOA.

Overall Review: I will be trying my luck with other manufactures in the future. It sounds like many high capacity drives these days have poor QC, I recommend performing a full format, check disk, and re-scan regimen for any new HDD.

Works for data storage

WIFEB 100 2GB Flash Drive - Bulk Pack - USB 2.0 Swivel in Black
WIFEB 100 2GB Flash Drive - Bulk Pack - USB 2.0 Swivel in Black

Pros: Cheap in bulk Nice design and packaging

Cons: Our HP thinclients are unable to boot from the USB drives even though the USB drives have had multiple working images put on them. They are visually the same other some previous USB drives we've bought, but internally they are different.

Overall Review: They work for file storage, but our application requires them to be bootable.

Good product

Acer 24" 60Hz TN LCD Monitor 5 ms D-Sub, DVI, DisplayPort V246HL bmdp UM.FV6AA.004
Acer 24" 60Hz TN LCD Monitor 5 ms D-Sub, DVI, DisplayPort V246HL bmdp UM.FV6AA.004

Pros: Three input types, Display Port, DVI, and DB15. 100x100m VESA mounting.

Cons: The viewing angle isn't great vertically so it might not be the greatest monitor to use in portrait mode unless it's going to stay pointed right at you.

Nice

SIIG Mini-SAS SFF-8087 to 4x Right Angle SATA Fanout Cable - 1m
SIIG Mini-SAS SFF-8087 to 4x Right Angle SATA Fanout Cable - 1m

Pros: Not much to say, exactly as expected, good quality.

Cons: The cables were a little hard to work with because each SATA connector had two separate wire bundles which would kind of get tangled with the other cables. Nothing big, just a little more work to make it "pretty."

Overall Review: I got this because of the right angle for connecting to the backplane of a Supermicro SYS-6027R-TRF server. It helped keep the cables of the way of airflow for this chassis' layout.

10/12/2014

Working great

SIIG 1M Cisco Compatible SFP+ 10GBASE-CU Twinax Direct Attach Cable
SIIG 1M Cisco Compatible SFP+ 10GBASE-CU Twinax Direct Attach Cable

Pros: PnP, easy to install

Cons: Seems a little expensive

Overall Review: I used this to directly connect two servers together that each have an Intel E10G42BTDA. Iperf tests gave 11GB in 10 secs, or 9.41 Gbps.

10/12/2014