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@scottalanmiller said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:

@BRRABill said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:

@scottalanmiller said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:

Remember, what makes Workstation and Server on Windows different is... licensing, not code. So when outside of Windows and there is no licensing, what do people imagine could be the difference between them?

So something like this (server vs desktop) is all just marketing?

https://www.ubuntu.com/server

Not marketing, but you are carrying over Windows-isms that aren't implied. It's just different sets of packages, nothing more. It's the same product. Install the desktop and tell it to switch to the server package list and magically, it's a server. INstall the server and tell it to install the desktop GUI and magically it is a desktop. They pre-bundle them for easier download, but that's all that it is. Adding complexity to make ex-Windows people not freak out but how easy Linux is.

As has been discussed many times, it is hard not to when coming from the Windows world.

@MattSpeller said in XenServer: MD RAID or not?:

WWMLD?

And the royalties keep a' rollin' in...

@travisdh1 said i

Well sure. It is popular. Is it the most stable platform? No, it was never meant to be.

What defines stability in this case?

@travisdh1 said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:

@dafyre said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:

@travisdh1 said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:

@BRRABill said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:

@travisdh1 said i

Well sure. It is popular. Is it the most stable platform? No, it was never meant to be.

What defines stability in this case?

Knowing security updates won't break config files for one.

I have not had any issues with this on Linux in a long time.

Debian/Ubuntu/Mint (all the same base) are the only major system that feels the need to replace config files on you. If you're doing updates via 'apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y', it actually stops to ask you about replacing config files. Something that just doesn't happen on RedHat/CentOS.

Yeah ... should I replace it with mine, the distributor's copy, or 4 other options, right?

LOL.

@Dashrender said in Remote office - Basic Wireless Needs:

Dustin, if you have a VPN connection or are willing to publish a VM to the internet, you can host your controller on the internet and control all locations from a single controller.

@jaredbusch has a single controller running something like a dozen clients, and it can easily handle many more than that. In the controller, each client is it's own "site."

Must say, it is pretty awesome.

@scottalanmiller said in Backups - how much does backup performance matter to you?:

@MattSpeller said in Backups - how much does backup performance matter to you?:

@BRRABill said in Backups - how much does backup performance matter to you?:

@MattSpeller said in Backups - how much does backup performance matter to you?:

Quantity of data to backup

Time slot (in hours) backups require

Add in "wiggle room" as you see fit (ie, backup done in 2/3 of the timeslot to allow for growth / dumb shit)

Select appropriate backup flavor combination as per the above

Success.

Edit: useful tool

http://www.calctool.org/CALC/prof/computing/transfer_time

Right, but say your backup takes 4 hours, and you have 8. WOuld you ever pay for it to be "faster", and for what/why?

well... as per the above, if I thought that 1/2 my time window was acceptable, then no. If 1/2 my time window was unacceptably slow, then yes.

Except if half the time window was acceptable, then that wasn't the time window. THe window itself tells you what is acceptable.

Right, it is what it is.

And as you always say, never buy for the future.

What's the name of the new Webroot guy now that @nic is gone?

And has anyone heard from him since he entered the magical land of nevermore?

@Tim_G

RIght, that is kind of my point.

It's not feasible for me as a SOHO/SMB, but for many it might be.

A lot of times teeny companies think they need to be up 24/7 without downtime without realizing the cost.

If there are mission critical applications, perhaps they need live replication, or something such as that.

All a function of time and need and money.

@JaredBusch said in USB tracking sheet:

@Dashrender said in USB tracking sheet:

I think to allow people to have easy access to what are believed to be real reviews of USB-C things so they can find valid working things.

So much of the junk coming out of China is just that junk. Either mislabeled or poorly made and just don't work to the required specifications.

Benson Leung of Google has taken a personal interest in this, and regularly buys most if not all USB-C things listed on Amazon, then makes full reviews about the product with regards to how well it works to the USB-C spec.

Benson has found and made reviews about several devices that would blow up your personal device if you used it in a specific, though valid, way.

With that detail, the link above makes more sense.

next time, post that with the link.

Yeah @Dashrender get with the program.

@MattSpeller said in USB tracking sheet:

@Dashrender @JaredBusch you two are adorable

Dude it is 2017. Don't point at them.

@scottalanmiller said in CentOS 7 File Server (samba). Do you know easy GUI to manage ?:

@Dashrender said in CentOS 7 File Server (samba). Do you know easy GUI to manage ?:

@scottalanmiller said in CentOS 7 File Server (samba). Do you know easy GUI to manage ?:

Why do you want a GUI? What's the end goal?

I'm guessing his goal is to not have to learn CLI commands.

You always state proximates for other people when I'm trying to find goals.

You always use words people have to look up.

@DustinB3403 said in xenserver error fsck:

@BRRABill said in xenserver error fsck:

Wnen I hit backup in xsconsole it gives me an option of where to store it.

Do you have a local usb or something attached?

No. In fact my only option is my SR location.

Probably since the USB is having issues, maybe you can't back up the metadata?

Yeah I would definitely try...

1. booting from your cloned USB
2. reinstalling XS and recreating your VMs by hand as Dash has suggested
3. doing a restore

In that order.

I played with XS a lot moving the boot drive and stuff and it was pretty resilient.

@Dashrender said in What Makes Parity RAID Safe on SSDs:

I've been lucky I guess - I've never lost an array when resilvering a RAID 5 array.

Me either, technically.

Though I have lost a good percentage just from plugging the new drive in.

@Danp said in Xen Orchestra working on File Level Restore capabilities:

sudo apt-get install libvhdi-utils

Thanks for this, BTW.

Fixed that same problem.

I wonder why XO doesn't look to see that is installed or something.

Oh, I know why. Linux.

@Dashrender said in When a Backup Becomes an Archive:

Way to flip it back on them.

Did you drop an imaginary mike afterwards?

@DustinB3403 said in Installing XenServer 7 on VirtualBox - No Disk with Sufficient Space was Found:

@scottalanmiller Alternatively you can install XS6.5 on the smaller partition and then upgrade.

This however has downfalls.

There is also a way to install XS7 on a smaller partition, but Citrix does not recommend it.

AND WE KNOW TO FOLLOW WHAT THEY WANT!

@MattSpeller said in old iLo 2 code:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/84/c6/7a/84c67a88c9d21243cb1030cfa35d2bf7.jpg

had to be done.

iLo and Stitch. Very cute!

@Grey said in Least expensive wildcard cert?:

@BRRABill said in Least expensive wildcard cert?:

I used ssls.com to but a regular certificate and it was crazy cheap, $5.

Their cheapest wildcard looks like it is $85.

Thanks. Sent this up the chain! Let's see how things go.

I had absolutely no problems with them.

In fact, I was pissed at myself I had been paying so damn much!