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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
      last edited by

      @scottalanmiller said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:

      Me: I just ordered that vehicle that you wanted.
      Boss: How did you know which one to order, we didn't discuss what it was used for.
      Me: I just got a standard snowmobile, even if it is wrong, it's kinda close, right?

      I'm ripping into the guy right now on SW. That's unforgivable to blunder into a purchase like that.

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      • MattSpellerM
        MattSpeller @DustinB3403
        last edited by

        @DustinB3403 Did he actually buy it already or not? I'm totally unclear from what was posted...

        If he bought it before knowing what he needed to buy.... well... I can't even lol

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        • DustinB3403D
          DustinB3403 @MattSpeller
          last edited by DustinB3403

          @MattSpeller said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:

          @DustinB3403 Did he actually buy it already or not? I'm totally unclear from what was posted...

          If he bought it before knowing what he needed to buy.... well... I can't even lol

          From what he said in a previous post it appears that the item is being shipped out. Of course now i have to find it.

          0_1464736447174_Idiot.PNG

          ^ this to me seems like it's already been purchased, but it could be that he's trying to design the system.

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          • MattSpellerM
            MattSpeller @DustinB3403
            last edited by

            @DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller

            Are these new? What the heck purpose do they fill? Super weird man.... I think you called it spot on: "spec'd by sales dude for max commission"

            http://www.dell.com/ca/business/p/poweredge-vrtx/pd

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            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403 @MattSpeller
              last edited by

              @MattSpeller In private conversations with the guy now. He is in fact in ownership of this unit, and is trying to set it up to fit his business needs.

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              • MattSpellerM
                MattSpeller @DustinB3403
                last edited by

                @DustinB3403 said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:

                @MattSpeller In private conversations with the guy now. He is in fact in ownership of this unit, and is trying to set it up to fit his business needs.

                http://www.noswearing.com/logo.gif

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                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403 @MattSpeller
                  last edited by

                  @MattSpeller said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:

                  @DustinB3403 said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:

                  @MattSpeller In private conversations with the guy now. He is in fact in ownership of this unit, and is trying to set it up to fit his business needs.

                  http://www.noswearing.com/logo.gif

                  Pretty much...

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                  • DustinB3403D
                    DustinB3403
                    last edited by

                    Sounds like another case....

                    Removed a drive from a RAID1 mirror to replace a failed drive.

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                    • RojoLocoR
                      RojoLoco @DustinB3403
                      last edited by

                      @DustinB3403 said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:

                      @scottalanmiller said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:

                      Me: I just ordered that vehicle that you wanted.
                      Boss: How did you know which one to order, we didn't discuss what it was used for.
                      Me: I just got a standard snowmobile, even if it is wrong, it's kinda close, right?

                      I'm ripping into the guy right now on SW. That's unforgivable to blunder into a purchase like that.

                      How do you manage to rip into people on SW without getting put in David's little moderation time out corner???

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                      • DustinB3403D
                        DustinB3403 @RojoLoco
                        last edited by DustinB3403

                        @RojoLoco said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:

                        @DustinB3403 said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:

                        Me: I just ordered that vehicle that you wanted.
                        Boss: How did you know which one to order, we didn't discuss what it was used for.
                        Me: I just got a standard snowmobile, even if it is wrong, it's kinda close, right?

                        I'm ripping into the guy right now on SW. That's unforgivable to blunder into a purchase like that.

                        How do you manage to rip into people on SW without getting put in David's little moderation time out corner???

                        I'm not ripping into him, asking important questions to help resolve the issue.

                        Also Dave has tried several times and conceded that "You (I) were right, no longer moderated."

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                        • RojoLocoR
                          RojoLoco @DustinB3403
                          last edited by

                          @DustinB3403

                          Also Dave has tried several times and conceded that "You (I) were right, no longer moderated."

                          Words that he wouldn't say to me, even if his very life were at stake.

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                          • DustinB3403D
                            DustinB3403
                            last edited by

                            But this does sound like a case of FakeRAID, to which this person was brought in to try and repair.

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                            • DustinB3403D
                              DustinB3403
                              last edited by

                              Windows RAID it is...

                              Sadly the client doesn't seem to understand the benefit of properly designing a system with hardware RAID. They built the server on a generic Intel board and just connected the drives to the motherboard.

                              From there windows was installed and the array built..

                              And this isn't the only time that this system has had these issues.... he's been here before and performed the same process...

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @MattSpeller
                                last edited by

                                @MattSpeller said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:

                                @DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller

                                Are these new? What the heck purpose do they fill? Super weird man.... I think you called it spot on: "spec'd by sales dude for max commission"

                                http://www.dell.com/ca/business/p/poweredge-vrtx/pd

                                Not new, just horrible for the SMB. Good for a ROBO though.

                                http://www.smbitjournal.com/2015/11/understanding-the-role-of-the-dell-vrtx/

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                                • travisdh1T
                                  travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
                                  last edited by

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:

                                  @MattSpeller said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:

                                  @DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller

                                  Are these new? What the heck purpose do they fill? Super weird man.... I think you called it spot on: "spec'd by sales dude for max commission"

                                  http://www.dell.com/ca/business/p/poweredge-vrtx/pd

                                  Not new, just horrible for the SMB. Good for a ROBO though.

                                  http://www.smbitjournal.com/2015/11/understanding-the-role-of-the-dell-vrtx/

                                  More articles for the massive pastbin bucket!

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                                  • wirestyle22W
                                    wirestyle22 @travisdh1
                                    last edited by

                                    @travisdh1 said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:

                                    @MattSpeller said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:

                                    @DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller

                                    Are these new? What the heck purpose do they fill? Super weird man.... I think you called it spot on: "spec'd by sales dude for max commission"

                                    http://www.dell.com/ca/business/p/poweredge-vrtx/pd

                                    Not new, just horrible for the SMB. Good for a ROBO though.

                                    http://www.smbitjournal.com/2015/11/understanding-the-role-of-the-dell-vrtx/

                                    More articles for the massive pastbin bucket!

                                    Scott said sexy in the first line. Idk if I can handle this article.

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                                    • DustinB3403D
                                      DustinB3403
                                      last edited by

                                      I don't know if I posted this yet or not, but what the crap... he wants variants of Crypto-Viruses to show his powers that be what they do, and how they can ruin the business.

                                      What the %&*)

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                                      • C
                                        Carnival Boy
                                        last edited by

                                        "proxying internet traffic when people are connected to VPN"

                                        I don't do this. Should I? I recall looking into it a few years ago and deciding it wasn't necessary, but I can't remember now.

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                                        • DustinB3403D
                                          DustinB3403
                                          last edited by

                                          To run a proxy depends on if you need it or not.

                                          I don't ever really have a need for it, and therefore don't.

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                                          • travisdh1T
                                            travisdh1 @Carnival Boy
                                            last edited by

                                            @Carnival-Boy said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:

                                            "proxying internet traffic when people are connected to VPN"

                                            This makes no sense to me. Either you run a proxy or you do not, weather or not they are connected via a VPN shouldn't make a difference. The only thing I can think of is doing something weird like a caching proxy for the VPN.

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