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    • BRRABillB
      BRRABill
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      I am doing my daily routine of

      1. hoping I can find a deal for a 1-day pass to Universal Orlando
      2. checking the prices for Universal Orlando
      3. being disappointed there are no deals

      What did they say about doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results?????

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      • stacksofplatesS
        stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller said:

        @johnhooks said:

        @scottalanmiller said:

        @johnhooks said:

        @Dashrender said:

        @johnhooks said:

        Buy a tower server, install a hypervisor, VMWare or HyperV, and install a server instance. Given the size of the business I reckon you can get away with a single server instance running; DHCP, DNS, AD, GP, WSUS, PS and FS. That is a lot of acronyms! Anyway, the central management of AD, GP and WSUS in particular will make your life a lot easier, no running around installing updates on every machine.

        Wow.

        Why wow? Assuming he is going to stick fully to Windows (VMWare should be dumped as an option) instead of going with a single instance, I'd use the license to create two VMs and split the load of those options between them.

        Wow because of VMWare and having all of that on the DC. He could split it, but that wasn't mentioned in that post.

        Might not have licenses to split it.

        I thought it came with licenses for 2 VMs?

        Two, yes, if he has Standard. I didn't read the thread to see.

        Ok. Ya I don't think it was mentioned.

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        • dafyreD
          dafyre @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said:

          @dafyre said:

          We could have done file synchronization, or DFS, sure. But we had some major issues in the limited time we tried DFS, and we weren't going back to that.

          DFS would be one approach but not what I was meaning to imply. I was still assuming using the hypervisor platform for failover and getting all of the features identical to how you have them today.

          lol. Today they have it easy. They use Scale Computing in a new primary DC with a UPS, 25kw generator for extended outages, and multiple paths back to campus network.

          Edit: The new primary DC actually was a room that already existed on campus -- including the 25kw generator!

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @dafyre
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            @dafyre said:

            lol. Today they have it easy. They use Scale Computing in a new primary DC with a UPS, 25kw generator for extended outages, and multiple paths back to campus network.

            Much better approach. That Scale does this so well is a great example of how powerful the SAN-less approach is. Scale does this wonderfully.

            In other news, we just learned that we are getting three more Scale nodes!! So excited.

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            • coliverC
              coliver @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said:

              @dafyre said:

              lol. Today they have it easy. They use Scale Computing in a new primary DC with a UPS, 25kw generator for extended outages, and multiple paths back to campus network.

              Much better approach. That Scale does this so well is a great example of how powerful the SAN-less approach is. Scale does this wonderfully.

              In other news, we just learned that we are getting three more Scale nodes!! So excited.

              For lab or for production?

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @coliver
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                @coliver said:

                @scottalanmiller said:

                @dafyre said:

                lol. Today they have it easy. They use Scale Computing in a new primary DC with a UPS, 25kw generator for extended outages, and multiple paths back to campus network.

                Much better approach. That Scale does this so well is a great example of how powerful the SAN-less approach is. Scale does this wonderfully.

                In other news, we just learned that we are getting three more Scale nodes!! So excited.

                For lab or for production?

                Lab. But a very production lab.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
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                  I think at this point when we hit the datacenter we are looking at a baker's dozen lab servers. 6x Scale, 3x Dells, 3x HP Proliants and one Sparc that we have not bought yet but I am determined to get. Then at least four storage systems on top of that (Synology, ReadyNAS, Drobo and, we are told, an Exablox.)

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                  • jt1001001J
                    jt1001001
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                    Watching 2 guys climb our tower to take down our old 5.8GHz Wireless T1 simualtor and put up our new Ubiquity 24 wireless bridge solution

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @jt1001001
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                      @jt1001001 said:

                      Watching 2 guys climb our tower to take down our old 5.8GHz Wireless T1 simualtor and put up our new Ubiquity 24 wireless bridge solution

                      nice. that is quite the upgrade.

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                      • jt1001001J
                        jt1001001 @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller Did a 30 day demo of Exablox about 6 months ago. Was NOT impressed. Very slow throughput, management was I would call it sub-par at best. Was looking to use as a file share (NAS) and backup target, either primary backup storage or secondary. Now, admittedly, they did release their newer boxes about 2 months after our demo so may be worth a second look.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @jt1001001
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                          @jt1001001 said:

                          @scottalanmiller Did a 30 day demo of Exablox about 6 months ago. Was NOT impressed. Very slow throughput, management was I would call it sub-par at best. Was looking to use as a file share (NAS) and backup target, either primary backup storage or secondary. Now, admittedly, they did release their newer boxes about 2 months after our demo so may be worth a second look.

                          I used one on first release. Performance was supposed to be a big thing with the latest updated gear. Looking forward to having one in the lab. It will be our primary storage once in place.

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                          • travisdh1T
                            travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            I think at this point when we hit the datacenter we are looking at a baker's dozen lab servers. 6x Scale, 3x Dells, 3x HP Proliants and one Sparc that we have not bought yet but I am determined to get. Then at least four storage systems on top of that (Synology, ReadyNAS, Drobo and, we are told, an Exablox.)

                            Still considering making your test lab available outside NTG?

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                            • scottalanmillerS
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                              So this is a thing now.

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                              • art_of_shredA
                                art_of_shred Banned
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                                If ketchup comes from tomatoes, does mayonnaise come from French fries?

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                                • coliverC
                                  coliver @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said:

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                                  So this is a thing now.

                                  I thought McDonalds just used Heinz products?

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                                  • art_of_shredA
                                    art_of_shred Banned
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                                    No, they have their own brand. All of McDonald's food is supplied by Golden State Foods, which I think is just a brand under McDonald's.

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                                    • DashrenderD
                                      Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      @dafyre said:

                                      lol. Today they have it easy. They use Scale Computing in a new primary DC with a UPS, 25kw generator for extended outages, and multiple paths back to campus network.

                                      Much better approach. That Scale does this so well is a great example of how powerful the SAN-less approach is. Scale does this wonderfully.

                                      In other news, we just learned that we are getting three more Scale nodes!! So excited.

                                      Holy cow! what are they going to be running out of your DC?

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @coliver
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                                        @coliver said:

                                        I thought McDonalds just used Heinz products?

                                        If you would have asked me I would have guessed that too, but that was Burger King. I should have realized because when I think about it, McD's tastes better than Heinz. Once I lived abroad I know realize that everything tastes better than Heinz.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                                          last edited by

                                          @Dashrender said:

                                          @scottalanmiller said:

                                          @dafyre said:

                                          lol. Today they have it easy. They use Scale Computing in a new primary DC with a UPS, 25kw generator for extended outages, and multiple paths back to campus network.

                                          Much better approach. That Scale does this so well is a great example of how powerful the SAN-less approach is. Scale does this wonderfully.

                                          In other news, we just learned that we are getting three more Scale nodes!! So excited.

                                          Holy cow! what are they going to be running out of your DC?

                                          Yeah, space is going to be an issue very quickly.

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                                          • coliverC
                                            coliver @scottalanmiller
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                                            @scottalanmiller said:

                                            @coliver said:

                                            I thought McDonalds just used Heinz products?

                                            If you would have asked me I would have guessed that too, but that was Burger King. I should have realized because when I think about it, McD's tastes better than Heinz. Once I lived abroad I know realize that everything tastes better than Heinz.

                                            Eh, never been a big fan of ketchup... mustard on the other hand, as long as it is anything but yellow.

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