@scottalanmiller said in What to do when server warranties become expensive?:

@Dashrender said in What to do when server warranties become expensive?:

@scottalanmiller said in What to do when server warranties become expensive?:

@Dashrender said in What to do when server warranties become expensive?:

Can't - the not so silent, silent partner refuses to allow them to use a cloud backup service.

No problem, just explain that it's not cloud at all, just hosted.

the problem is - someone else is managing it - at least that what I think the problem is.. I get it entirely 3rd hand.

Hmmmm..... aren't YOU someone else?

lol funny how that works, right?
/sigh

@Dashrender said in Wireless Card Spottiness - Lenovo T440:

@scottalanmiller said in Wireless Card Spottiness - Lenovo T440:

Dominica's Lenovo crashed hard tonight. That thing with Win 10 crashed like once a month. Asus with Ubuntu, never.

Where you still using the WiFi card that came with it? It was totally worth the $65 investment in a third party card for my Yoga. After that - all problems just gone!

And I upgraded to AC, it came with N.

Yes, still using the Lenovo hardware.

@BRRABill said in R730 PDR1001 Fault on Drive 3:

@scottalanmiller said in R730 PDR1001 Fault on Drive 3:

Thankfully just a PERC, so pop out the old one, pop in the new, enjoy your coffee.

I know we've been over this before, but is there any way to ensure that doesn't blow a second drive? Or is that mainly age related, with a little bit of bad luck thrown in?

Ensure? No, that's never an option. But replacing a drive in mirrored RAID (RAID 1, RAID 10) does not increase the risk of another drive blowing. That's part of parity RAID, not mirrored. So you protect the "other" drives from blowing my choosing mirrored RAID from the outset.