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    • DashrenderD
      Dashrender
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      Regarding the discussion of his need for HA - Perhaps they do need it (though probably not), even though they don't have it now, they might never have realized they didn't have it because they might have never experienced an issue that would have called up the HA to save them. So in their minds - crazy I know - they might think they have it (well we could place pretty good odds that they think they have it).

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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        @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

        Something else we don't know - how many blades are in the two chassis he has? If they are fully loaded, he might need more than two VM hosts, but probably not.

        Doesn't matter much, blades are slower than normal servers and these are eight year old blade chassis! Even full, they'd not have all that much power.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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          @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          Regarding the discussion of his need for HA - Perhaps they do need it (though probably not), even though they don't have it now, they might never have realized they didn't have it because they might have never experienced an issue that would have called up the HA to save them. So in their minds - crazy I know - they might think they have it (well we could place pretty good odds that they think they have it).

          Right BUT, they just stated that what they have is good enough. So no matter what, they've accepted the state of things. So a single server is an improvement. Doesn't matter if they think that they need HA or not, a single server is an improvement over what they are saying is what they are happy with.

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          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            Regarding the discussion of his need for HA - Perhaps they do need it (though probably not), even though they don't have it now, they might never have realized they didn't have it because they might have never experienced an issue that would have called up the HA to save them. So in their minds - crazy I know - they might think they have it (well we could place pretty good odds that they think they have it).

            Right BUT, they just stated that what they have is good enough. So no matter what, they've accepted the state of things. So a single server is an improvement. Doesn't matter if they think that they need HA or not, a single server is an improvement over what they are saying is what they are happy with.

            They stated that the current stat is good enough - (I have to toss in an assumption here) because they believe that they have HA.

            Let me ask this - if they had real HA, and it never failed, and they told you that what they had was good enough, would you leave them on HA or would you propose dropping HA? huh, just asking that seems stupid for some reason.

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            • GreyG
              Grey @RojoLoco
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              @RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              @wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              How often do we hear "We can save you money" and the answer is "oh no, money is too tight, we can't save money right now."

              Raid 50? Why?

              Because it is 10x better than RAID 5? 😉

              https://i.makeagif.com/media/12-24-2015/GkVyiL.gif

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              • art_of_shredA
                art_of_shred Banned @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                10% of all SW posts are something like "how would you deal with this situation" and it is always someone asking something that sounds semi-reasonable until you dig into it and realize that every answer is the same: "find the person in charge, let them know of the issue, do your job as directed." Essentially every SMB IT "how do I deal with this" question I see comes down to the same issue of an IT employee not liking a situation or event, trying to take ownership of something they are not responsible for and trying to figure out how to deal with it when, the real issue is, they are overstepping their bounds and are not letting the chain of command make decisions.

                This is just basic employment. What is it about SMB IT that makes people feel like the chain of command is no longer applicable?

                I can't upvote this post enough. SO TRUE. I'm surprised you say only 10%, to be honest.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                  @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  They stated that the current stat is good enough - (I have to toss in an assumption here) because they believe that they have HA.

                  In which case, believing that they have HA is good enough for them. The point is, there are two choices... what they have now, or something better that costs less. That one is HA and one is not, that someone believes in something or someone does not, aren't factors.

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                  • gjacobseG
                    gjacobse @hobbit666
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                    @hobbit666 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                    Looking at 49" - 50" LED TV to mount on the wall for displaying stuff like Zabbix/connection status/any thing else I can think of 🙂

                    I've wanted to do this since I started with NTG.... Still working on it.

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                    • gjacobseG
                      gjacobse @travisdh1
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                      @travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                      Well, I think I found the root of my server issue a couple weeks back...
                      alt text

                      no image.....

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                      • gjacobseG
                        gjacobse @DustinB3403
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                        @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        @Dominica said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        @DustinB3403 I'm sorry, are you expecting me to be rational when I'm pissed off?

                        Just slightly.... I get pissed off all the time, but at directed items. IE XenServer boot device not XenServer installation...

                        I stay pissed off.... It works for Dr. David Banner...

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                        • gjacobseG
                          gjacobse @Dominica
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                          @Dominica said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @Dominica said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          I'm about to throw my effing laptop across the room if wordpress doesn't let me start customizing my damn website template. Argh!

                          Isn't this a Wordpress issue, and not a laptop one?

                          Yeah, but she cant physically throw wordpress. The laptop is the closest accomplice.

                          She could print the source, put everything on a pile and burn it down. Probably the best idea anyway regarding WP.

                          On my way to find the damn matches. That might make me feel better.

                          @art_of_shred chuckles every time I mention Thermite.....

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                          • travisdh1T
                            travisdh1 @gjacobse
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                            @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            Well, I think I found the root of my server issue a couple weeks back...
                            alt text

                            no image.....

                            Hrm, I must not have that set to public viewable...

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                            • coliverC
                              coliver @gjacobse
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                              @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              @Dominica said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              @DustinB3403 I'm sorry, are you expecting me to be rational when I'm pissed off?

                              Just slightly.... I get pissed off all the time, but at directed items. IE XenServer boot device not XenServer installation...

                              I stay pissed off.... It works for Dr. David Banner...

                              Bruce Banner?

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                              • gjacobseG
                                gjacobse @coliver
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                                @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                @Dominica said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                @DustinB3403 I'm sorry, are you expecting me to be rational when I'm pissed off?

                                Just slightly.... I get pissed off all the time, but at directed items. IE XenServer boot device not XenServer installation...

                                I stay pissed off.... It works for Dr. David Banner...

                                Bruce Banner?

                                David Bruce Banner

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                                • RojoLocoR
                                  RojoLoco
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                                  RIP John Wetton (King Crimson, Asia, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep), one of rock's greatest bassists.

                                  Youtube Video

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                                  • GreyG
                                    Grey
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                                    I'm using the CodeTwo tool to import user pictures to AD. So far, it's killed my laptop once and complained about memory 3 times.

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                                    • GreyG
                                      Grey @Grey
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                                      @Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                      I'm using the CodeTwo tool to import user pictures to AD. So far, it's killed my laptop once and complained about memory 3 times.

                                      AAaaand CodeTwo crashed.

                                      They have the worst developers. $5 says that some of them were fired from Ubisoft.

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                                        Texkonc @Grey
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                                        @Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        I'm using the CodeTwo tool to import user pictures to AD. So far, it's killed my laptop once and complained about memory 3 times.

                                        AAaaand CodeTwo crashed.

                                        They have the worst developers. $5 says that some of them were fired from Ubisoft.

                                        We use the Email Signatures from them, works good.

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                                        • NerdyDadN
                                          NerdyDad @Grey
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                                          @Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          @Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          I'm using the CodeTwo tool to import user pictures to AD. So far, it's killed my laptop once and complained about memory 3 times.

                                          AAaaand CodeTwo crashed.

                                          They have the worst developers. $5 says that some of them were fired from Ubisoft.

                                          @Grey Where is your Exchange server? On-Prem? O365? Hosted?

                                          On-Prem - There is a PS script for that but its a pain to use.
                                          O365 or Outlook 2016 - The user can upload their own profile pic, or you can do it for them through the Admin Portal.
                                          Hosted - I have no idea, but would assume that PS script would still apply.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
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                                            Check out the new SMB IT Journal site!!

                                            http://www.smbitjournal.com/

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