I was reviewing the specs of my network card when I came across this little gem: Data Path: Four lane (x4) PCI Express compatible with x1, x4, x8, and x16 PCI Express slots So, the card does officially work in a x1 slot. As long as I don’t do any damage to the pcb while I give it a trim, I should be ok.
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I’m currently building another FreeNAS server to act as the backup to my primary FreeNAS server so I’ve been looking at grabbing another 4 x Hitachi 7K3000 HDDs. However, since the recent floods in Thailand, the price of these drives (of any drive for that matter) have shot up. To give you an idea, back in June when I grabbed my 4 x 3TB 7K3000’s, they were $185 each. Today, the cost is around $299 each.
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Yesterday was a good day for deliveries. Along with the XL3000’s I also got a HP NC360T network card that I ordered of eBay. This will be going into the N40L microserver in the PCIe x1 slot as the x16 slot is earmarked for a P410-512 Storage Array card. As you can see, the card is too big for the x1 slot, nothing a Dremel can’t fix 8-). Hopefully I don’t kill the card in the process.
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