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    • BRRABillB
      BRRABill @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said:

      You've had a server have electrical issues while hot swapping a hot swap drive? What model(s)?

      Fry could be the wrong word.

      I've had twice now (in I think the 3 times I had to replace drives in my servers) where another drive in the array failed as I was replacing the original failed drive.

      Which I now understand is not uncommon.

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      • mlnewsM
        mlnews @BRRABill
        last edited by

        @BRRABill said:

        @scottalanmiller said:

        You've had a server have electrical issues while hot swapping a hot swap drive? What model(s)?

        Fry could be the wrong word.

        I've had twice now (in I think the 3 times I had to replace drives in my servers) where another drive in the array failed as I was replacing the original failed drive.

        Which I now understand is not uncommon.

        Oh okay. that's not a problem with the hot swapping, it's a problem with the RAID level and the age or fragility of the drives. Hot swapping was still the right thing to do there, it just wasn't enough to have saved you.

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        • gjacobseG
          gjacobse @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said:

          I'm surprised how often this comes up. Are there really so many people that have RAID and servers but are not aware of what to do when a drive fails? I mean, maybe no one teaches this stuff but it seems so ridiculously obvious that when the drive fails you replace it ASAP. I mean, what do they think that the RAID is for or is doing? This is an honest question, don't mean to berate the person in question as this comes up quite often. Clearly there is a gap in training somewhere because this requires zero technical knowledge. It's like "when do you replace a tire"... um, the moment that the original one blows.

          http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1381551-raid-5-failure-on-logical-drive-what-to-do

          I really want to respond that he answered his own question... but I'll back up and just watch...

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          • RojoLocoR
            RojoLoco
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            It's a real sh*t show on SW today... this guy thinks it would be ok for him to block an app from students' personal phones because of bullying.... somebody hand me my slappin' gloves!!!

            https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1381548-block-a-smartphone-app

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            • BRRABillB
              BRRABill @mlnews
              last edited by

              @mlnews said:

              Oh okay. that's not a problem with the hot swapping, it's a problem with the RAID level and the age or fragility of the drives. Hot swapping was still the right thing to do there, it just wasn't enough to have saved you.

              Yeah I knew what to do, certainly.

              1. Swear incessantly.
              2. Figure out there are no replacement drives in my office, swear again.
              3. Find a replacement drive online ASAP. Get drive shipped overnight along with additional replacement drives.
              4. Replace new drive as soon as it arrives the next day.
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                marcinozga @RojoLoco
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                @RojoLoco said:

                It's a real sh*t show on SW today... this guy thinks it would be ok for him to block an app from students' personal phones because of bullying.... somebody hand me my slappin' gloves!!!

                https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1381548-block-a-smartphone-app

                And this one want's to track users with their own smartphones.

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                • dafyreD
                  dafyre @BRRABill
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                  @BRRABill Wait for another drive to fail while the system is rebuilding... Swear some more... Restore from backups.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender @marcinozga
                    last edited by

                    @marcinozga said:

                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    I'm surprised how often this comes up. Are there really so many people that have RAID and servers but are not aware of what to do when a drive fails? I mean, maybe no one teaches this stuff but it seems so ridiculously obvious that when the drive fails you replace it ASAP. I mean, what do they think that the RAID is for or is doing? This is an honest question, don't mean to berate the person in question as this comes up quite often. Clearly there is a gap in training somewhere because this requires zero technical knowledge. It's like "when do you replace a tire"... um, the moment that the original one blows.

                    http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1381551-raid-5-failure-on-logical-drive-what-to-do

                    I think it's more than lack of training, I think it's lack of common sense. We're slowly heading towards idiocracy. "Welcome to Costco, I love you".

                    More like Buttf**kers - that was my favorite part.. damn good movie.

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                    • hobbit666H
                      hobbit666
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                      Watching more Doctor Who 😄

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @hobbit666
                        last edited by

                        @hobbit666 said:

                        Watching more Doctor Who 😄

                        Which Doctor?

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                        • hobbit666H
                          hobbit666
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                          IMO one of the best - David Tennant at the moment

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                          • RojoLocoR
                            RojoLoco @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller witch doctor

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                            • dafyreD
                              dafyre @RojoLoco
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                              @RojoLoco said:

                              @scottalanmiller witch doctor

                              Which witch is which?

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                              • RojoLocoR
                                RojoLoco @dafyre
                                last edited by

                                @dafyre said:

                                @RojoLoco said:

                                @scottalanmiller witch doctor

                                Which witch is which?

                                WitchWich - a new chain of sandwich places!

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
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                                  Saw this and thought of @IRJ
                                  http://store.steampowered.com/app/380600

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                                  • IRJI
                                    IRJ @scottalanmiller
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                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    Saw this and thought of @IRJ
                                    http://store.steampowered.com/app/380600

                                    My sonic wall is blocking it 😞

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @IRJ
                                      last edited by

                                      @IRJ said:

                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      Saw this and thought of @IRJ
                                      http://store.steampowered.com/app/380600

                                      My sonic wall is blocking it 😞

                                      So sad for you.

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                                      • stacksofplatesS
                                        stacksofplates
                                        last edited by stacksofplates

                                        So I made a script that creates VDI containers and then you can connect with x2go. I have a default container with everything installed (it would take way too much time and resources to upgrade each one and pull in xfce and x2go for every container) and it just clones the container, removes the default user and creates a new user (I'm hoping to make it parse a csv file for the users), and sets a temporary password that is changed on the first login.

                                        I wanted to use ansible but lxc_clone isn't in the module yet. I guess it is but it's only in version 2, and the ppa only pulls to 1.9.4 (I could download from github but at this point it was easier to make a bash script). It works pretty well.

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                                        • stacksofplatesS
                                          stacksofplates @stacksofplates
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                                          @johnhooks said:

                                          So I made a script that creates VDI containers and then you can connect with x2go. I have a default container with everything installed (it would take way too much time and resources to upgrade each one and pull in xfce and x2go for every container) and it just clones the container, removes the default user and creates a new user (I'm hoping to make it parse a csv file for the users), and sets a temporary password that is changed on the first login.

                                          I wanted to use ansible but lxc_clone isn't in the module yet. I guess it is but it's only in version 2, and the ppa only pulls to 1.9.4 (I could download from github but at this point it was easier to make a bash script). It works pretty well.

                                          One thing I realized would be nice about this is you can do incremental file level backups from the host. So when Susan accidentally deletes her picture of her cat and realizes it an hour later afterwards, you can just grab that file without restoring the whole container and her losing the last hours worth of work. I mean you can do this with an agent also obviously, but it's nice to be able to do it from the host all at once.

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                                          • nadnerBN
                                            nadnerB
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                                            Fixed a battery operated toy for mini-nadnerB by jamming folder pieces of paper between the batteries and the cover to keep the batteries in place on the contacts. My MacGyver Dad skills have increased slightly.

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