@bnrstnr On the appliance for XO.

I installed xcp-ng a couple months ago and it was very nice if you overlook the constant notifications to "upgrade to pro" on XO. I have a few KVM hosts set up and running with no issues, but the backup feature in xcp-ng (XO) makes it appealing to me. The guest backup is one of the most important things to have IMO and I wish KVM made it easier.

I tested Untangle Home a few years ago. Didn't care for it. Seemed bloated with junk.

@WrCombs Sounds very possible.

@LilAng Proof Of Concept

@dbeato Yep. I went to the client to discuss a new server and the developer said he had a problem with his new server. I asked if he had a secure password. He said yes - Admin* Luckily there wasn't anything important on the box yet.

I witnessed a person put RDP open to the internet on a new server and used Admin* as the password. Server was hit with ransomware in less than 2 days. Needless to say, they had to start over.

@travisdh1 My uncle told me at his time of retirement from the Navy - he was up to 7 pots per day. I can't even imagine.

@travisdh1 That is exactly what I did using Cockpit to create the mount. Verified it in fstab.

@wrx7m I had to manage it for a few years and it was a nightmare. There may be people who love it . Not me. Always had issues.

@scottalanmiller Please don't say xTuple...

Installing NC again... A few months ago we were discussing the /data as being on a separate disk for best practices. I have successfully used the fstab file to map the /data to the default NC location in the past. Is there only 1 way to do this or is a certain way better than others?

@Obsolesce Your guide to managing HV from a non-domain joined host works perfect. I have done it many times over the years but had unnecessary steps. Your method works great. Thanks for putting it together.

@Obsolesce That is the reason they want to use it the "normal" way and have a better solution for the long term. As for the licensing, I agree. I honestly feel that they have no clue about the licensing and are not purposely violating the TOS.

@Dashrender It would most likely work but I think there is too much room for mistakes and losing files and folders. Seems simple but users may get confused.

@DustinB3403 I use both. I have been using Hyper-V longer and it has been really stable for me for both Linux and Windows VMs. Managing Hyper-V is a pain sometimes but most of the hosts I manage are domain joined. I have a KVM host at home (Fedora) and manage it from a Fedora workstation as I don't have a laptop with Linux. I want to move my NC to a colo but can't decide on which hypervisor I want to use on a new server.

@JaredBusch I have been wanted to upgrade my NC server (the hardware) for a while and cannot decide if I want to use KVM or Hyper-V. Worse than choosing what restaurant to eat at with my wife! At least that is what it feels like to me!

I am going to assume that the SQL server would use webdav to get the files from NC to process them if they replaced the method now with NC or have the sync client on the server to pull the files into a local folder.

@scottalanmiller I think NC would solve a lot of their headaches. @JaredBusch The file drop method is what they NEED to be doing. That would avoid the sync client. The last time I used it, you could select one-way sync but it always seemed to fail and I quit trying to use it. It has been a while and may be improved by now. I was just using it for a My Pictures folder on Win 7.

@JaredBusch I agree 100% The 2-way sync is the main issue. Storage limit is the second. Correct - The field techs do not need the data from the others.