Posts made by BradfromxByte

Your old SAS drives should work. Just need 14th generation trays.

We make you specify the server model, so we can include the correct tray.

@dave247

You use the S140 software raid. Link on how to do this below:

Youtube Video

It's not a hardware raid. It bypasses the perc completely and goes from the back plane to the proc directly. Any management is done via OS.

@dave247

We also have the 3.84TB MU TLC NVMe as well (PM1725a). Not too much more @ $1,999 each. The R740XD will allow up to x24 NVMe drives and the R640 will allow up to x8 NVMe's.

@dave247

The PM863A's at xByte are refurbs. They are @ $1,299 each and include the correct tray with 1 year warranty. If you buy them in a current gen server they include Dell's NBD onsite warranty. If you need a better SLA on the warranty we can do that as well!

@obsolesce, pricing seems anecdotal at best. Specs don't match and no time frame was mentioned. Bring me any future deals. As long as we have it, we usually win.

I'm in. You can always email me @ [email protected]

Thanks for the help!

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1999347-who-s-using-xbyte-servers-for-their-primary-production-gear

A potential customer posted on Spiceworks with concerns on purchasing refurbished servers from xByte . Can anyone who has purchased from xByte in the past chime in with your experience? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

You could run the free version and get the same results, but who doesn't like free money

@wrx7m message me your details, I'll see if cant send something your way.

If anyone else would like to sign up, send me a message.

This will go live in a few weeks, but I wanted to offer this to Mango folks first. If you sign up for a free Veeam Availability Assessment, xByte will give you a $25 Amazon gift card.

The Data Availability Assessment will help you:
Get complete visibility into your virtual environment
Analyze your infrastructure and detect potential issues before they occur
Be able to plan your network and storage resources wisely
Gain a business view of your infrastructure
Get full control over your backup environment – for Veeam Backup & Replication users

What's included?
Your personal report with the Data Availability Assessment results
Recommendations on improvements
The FREE version of Veeam ONE protecting you from downtime

Message me for details.
Thanks,

We are working on getting pricing up soon. If you need pricing on a specific model, it would take 10-15 minutes . That being said, there are huge cost savings VS. the normal channels. It can range from 40-80% off list price and can include Smartnet. Juniper and HP will on our site soon.

Just a heads up, xByte is now offering networking. You can check out our site at http://www.xbyte.com/Cisco-Switches.aspx.

If you have any questions, send me a message.

Glad I could help, thanks Dustin.

Dustin promised me a beer, so I had to get it there ASAP.

It's customer appreciation month here at xByte and I wanted to extend that to our mango folks.
If anyone is interested is free xByte Swag, please PM for details.

As mentioned earlier, Dell recommends Cut-Through IO. The Cut-Though IO is an IO accelerator for SSD arrays that boosts the throughput of devices connected to the PERC Controller. It is enabled through disabling the write-back cache (enable write-through cache) and disabling Read Ahead.

They are both directed to cache, but the difference is when the I/O is confirmed to the host:

Write-Back Cache - is where write I/O is directed to cache and completion is IMMEDIATELY confirmed to the host. (mixed work loads)

Write-through cache- directs write I/O onto cache and through to underlying permanent storage BEFORE confirming I/O completion to the host.

From the article:

"Write-through cache directs write I/O onto cache and through to underlying permanent storage before confirming I/O completion to the host"
"Write-through cache is good for applications that write and then re-read data frequently as data is stored in cache and results in low read latency".