Well, this happened again today.

I think it is time to yank those drives.

@thanksajdotcom said

First day on the new job. Very excited to see how things go.

Good luck!

@MattSpeller said:

That really sucks man

It's a character builder, i say.

The thing that sucks is that I wasn't in the office, again, when it happened. Thank goodness for iDrac!

I put this in the WC section, mainly because it's more a discussion about this than an IT thing.

How many of you use disclaimers on the bottom of your e-mails? You know, the old fashion, this is confidential, please destroy if you weren't supposed to see it, blah, blah, blah.

"This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake and delete this email from your system. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited."

To me it seems like a waste, because
a) who knows if that would even protect you and
b) the damage has already been done

@MattSpeller said:

Also that seems like a lot for 500gb drives, $75 a pop? shrug

Actually $99 each, from xByte.

I already have 2 of them, came with the server.

@scottalanmiller said

Not shocked at all, I've predicted this since the referendum was called. From the US side, it looks firmly like the UK was looking to Trump and following the US election and using that propaganda at home. Trump certainly can be president and I honestly think is likely to be.

If you look at the reasoning for the exit, it sounds like Trump wrote it.

@travisdh1 said:

Is that cost the total for all the drives that would be used?

Yes, for DELL drives from xByte.

@RojoLoco said

I'm sipping on some 8 day cold brew that I made..... soooooo much caffeine!

I saw this picture in Lambertville, NJ, the other day and thought of you. Now it is especially appropriate!

@todd-at-xByte said

@BRRABill
I'm coming late into this thread and I'm having problems discerning exactly what the issue is right now. Please contact your xByte rep Brad and he will get a support request going. Our techs can assist directly and can get Edge officially involved instead of trying to rely on ML posts.
--Todd

Todd:

I reached out to Brad yesterday to open a case with your tech support. Though we already kind of went through them and they sent us to EDGE. I've been having problems with EDGE responding to me, which is why I reached back out to Lyndsey who set that up the first time.

Enjoying ML all to myself...

This was the latest e-mail from earlier this afternoon:

"That information is good. I was hoping that your iDRAC log would shine some light on what the actual fault error was being recorded when the drive array is actually going down. I’m working on this now with one of our SSD engineers and I am hoping to have some additional information or potential resolutions about this issue today. "

@wirestyle22 said

ML seems to prefer Hyper-V. What is the reasoning for the preference if they are all the same?

Do they?

I kind of got the feel they like XenServer.

As I've been doing more research into VPNs and SSLs, I've come across the following (in Chrome) in a lot of sites.

Is this something to be concerned about? I thought maybe it was something on my browser end, but then why are some OK and some not?

I Googled and it looks to be something on the server side, but why would these larger companies not have fixed that?

Examples:
https://www.microsoft.com - obsolete
https://www.godaddy.com - obsolete
https://www.linuxmint.org - modern
https://www.digitalocean.com - modern

Finally done cloning.

Verify is now running at 116 MBps.

Please server, boot back up. PLEASE!!!!!!!!

@BBigford said

Lol well the C levels are 100% unwavering to changing from OSX. So I have no control there.

The plot for my new reality show thickens.

Also this week, the new CEO brings in his daughter's friend's Mac, and says he thinks there might be a virus on it, and can IT take a look at it.

Tune in!

Holy cow, it came back up with no problems.

I'll test the clone some other day. Time to get home for some leftover dinner!

See my post right above the one from @todd-at-xByte

What a great company. I seriously wouldn't look anywhere else for any DELL stuff you need.

@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:

Had a veggie riblet thing for lunch today.

Using veggie and riblet next to each other is reallllly stretch multiple ideologies.

As I have seen sometimes RAID controllers and drives do not play nicely.

Did you Google your drives and the adapter? Maybe there is some info out there.

@StrongBad said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:

@BRRABill said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:

Trader Joe's Mac and Cheese

Much better than Traitor Joe's Mac and Cheese. Didn't even have macaroni in it!

Damn traitors.

Oh @StrongBad ... it's good to know that more than just your videos are funny!