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      MattSpeller @BRRABill
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      @BRRABill said:

      Who is this Xbyte, exactly?

      Cheap recertified Dell servers - used pretty extensively around here & well regarded

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        BRRABill @MattSpeller
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        @MattSpeller said:

        @BRRABill said:

        week-long power losses.

        Good grief

        Notice the -es in that.

        Happened twice in the span of 3 years.

        I guess that is a good barometer of how we operate here. We knew the storms were coming, so I made sure everyone had a alternative e-mail address. We were also able to access our backups in the cloud, so I could grab any files anyone needed.

        Kludgy, but it works.

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          BRRABill @MattSpeller
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          @MattSpeller said:

          Cheap recertified Dell servers - used pretty extensively around here & well regarded

          I saw on Spiceworks that their SSDs are certified or something, so maybe their drives might fix my original issue.

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            Dashrender @BRRABill
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            @BRRABill said:

            @MattSpeller said:

            @BRRABill said:

            week-long power losses.

            Good grief

            Notice the -es in that.

            Happened twice in the span of 3 years.

            I guess that is a good barometer of how we operate here. We knew the storms were coming, so I made sure everyone had a alternative e-mail address. We were also able to access our backups in the cloud, so I could grab any files anyone needed.

            Kludgy, but it works.

            Wow - you should move everything to a colocated DC... use ZeroTier and have nothing onsite... then you can work from anywhere. Then to fix your phone system to do the same.

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              scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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              @BRRABill said:

              @MattSpeller said:

              Cheap recertified Dell servers - used pretty extensively around here & well regarded

              I saw on Spiceworks that their SSDs are certified or something, so maybe their drives might fix my original issue.

              They aren't "certified", they are actually Dell drives.

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                BRRABill @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said:

                They aren't "certified", they are actually Dell drives.

                I think they ones the sell are EDGE brand??

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                  scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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                  @BRRABill said:

                  I've thought about it, but for various reasons I do not want to go that route now. MDaemon has been great for us.

                  It's definitely in the future cards, though. We've been burned a few times with week-long power losses.

                  Only issue would be that you are making your infrastructure decisions now and have to include this in there.

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                    scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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                    @BRRABill said:

                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    They aren't "certified", they are actually Dell drives.

                    I think they ones the sell are EDGE brand??

                    Dell is just a reseller as well.

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                      scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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                      @BRRABill said:

                      Who is this Xbyte, exactly?

                      Giant Dell refurbisher. Their stuff comes with warranty and everything. Very big in the community too.

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                        Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        @BRRABill said:

                        I've thought about it, but for various reasons I do not want to go that route now. MDaemon has been great for us.

                        It's definitely in the future cards, though. We've been burned a few times with week-long power losses.

                        Only issue would be that you are making your infrastructure decisions now and have to include this in there.

                        This! So this! If you are considering moving - and considering solving your power issues - now's the time to look at changing it all for the better.

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                          scottalanmiller @MattSpeller
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                          @MattSpeller said:

                          @BRRABill said:

                          week-long power losses.

                          Good grief

                          He must be in the USA!

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                            BRRABill
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                            Who me? East Coast. Right in between Philly and NYC.

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                              scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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                              @BRRABill said:

                              @MattSpeller said:

                              @BRRABill said:

                              week-long power losses.

                              Good grief

                              Notice the -es in that.

                              Happened twice in the span of 3 years.

                              I guess that is a good barometer of how we operate here. We knew the storms were coming, so I made sure everyone had a alternative e-mail address. We were also able to access our backups in the cloud, so I could grab any files anyone needed.

                              Kludgy, but it works.

                              With hosted email, everyone could go home (or elsewhere) and keep working as if nothing had happened.

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                                scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                                @Dashrender said:

                                Wow - you should move everything to a colocated DC... use ZeroTier and have nothing onsite... then you can work from anywhere. Then to fix your phone system to do the same.

                                Good point, any reason you've not looked at colocation options for that one server?

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                                  BRRABill
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                                  My next incarnation of moves will be offsite.

                                  For this one, I wanted to keep everything here still.

                                  When the power went down, we did co-lo the server, and no one liked it. Of course, it could have been better configured. But just too many moves at once.

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                                    scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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                                    @BRRABill said:

                                    Who me? East Coast. Right in between Philly and NYC.

                                    What town? So glad that I don't live up there with those issues. We don't power or Internet outage issues like that here in Central America. 😉

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                                      BRRABill @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      What town? So glad that I don't live up there with those issues. We don't power or Internet outage issues like that here in Central America. 😉

                                      Lawrenceville, NJ. More closely between Trenton and Pricenton.

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                                        scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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                                        @BRRABill said:

                                        @scottalanmiller said:

                                        What town? So glad that I don't live up there with those issues. We don't power or Internet outage issues like that here in Central America. 😉

                                        Lawrenceville, NJ. More closely between Trenton and Pricenton.

                                        Ever go to the Wegmans there in Princeton? I put in their server in 2005. Wow that was a long time ago. I lived in North Brunswick in 2006.

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                                          BRRABill @scottalanmiller
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                                          @scottalanmiller said:

                                          Ever go to the Wegmans there in Princeton? I put in their server in 2005. Wow that was a long time ago. I lived in North Brunswick in 2006.

                                          Small world, right?

                                          Yeah I used to go there all the time. Haven't been there in a while. That's about 5 minutes from me.

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                                            scottalanmiller
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                                            Nice, I'm in Granada, Nicaragua, these days.

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