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@shuey
Don't buy new. Buy Dell refurb from xbyte

@Obsolesce said in Azure or 0365?:

@IRJ said in Azure or 0365?:

@scottalanmiller said in Azure or 0365?:

I'd be pretty okay hiring someone with only a cert in O365, it's not touching infrastructure. But hiring someone with only a cert in Azure would be pretty scary.

And that's exactly what I said earlier, it's much easier to get a junior level position that utilizes O365

Right, some professions are easier to get in as junior level, simply because, I would imagine Jr level Helpdesk positions are more abundant, therefore less competitive. But I still don't know if that's the route he wants to go by focusing on O365. You sure can take it up to and likely past $200k, ive seen it. Just as you can take the other path in excess of $200k. But then we're back again to him just picking a path.

A helpdesk making more than $200k?... i'm sure you can count those instances on your fingers. The range is usually MUCH lower.
He needs to understand that he's not going to make anywhere near that for quite some time though. While making as much money as possible sounds great, it can very likely guide someone into making decisions that he/she is going to regret. I'd not want to do something i hate doing, even if i'm paid really well. Helpdesk/IT support in general is not something that anyone can or should do and usually is just a way to get into IT/a specific company.

Hi all,
have a little trouble figuring out the best way to configure MS SQL 2014 AAG backups using VMware VDP 6.1.
https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vmware-data-protection-administration-guide-61.pdf (starting at page 166) doesn't really help, cannot find any best practice docs as well.
There (and in some other Avamar docs) i found that simple recovery model dbs (master, model, msdb) should be backed up separately.

So am i right to assume that this would work?...:

Job 1. Select Full server, select whole AAG cluster and Full as a backup type (scheduled every whatever days)
Job 2. Select Full server, select whole AAG cluster and Incremental as a backup type (scheduled every whatever days, obviously more often than full)
Job 3. Select Select Databases, select single SQL server along with its master, model and msdb, and Full as a backup type (scheduled every whatever days).

And then restoring in case of total SQL failure takes two steps? (full servers first (as i back up whole AAG), then simple recovery model dbs).

VMWare support takes days to even take a look at a ticket, wondered if someone has a similar setup.

Thanks!

Kris

Hi guys,
i need to choose between Santa Clara, CA and Los Angeles, CA for our West Coast colo.

http://www.coresite.com/data-centers/locations/los-angeles/la2 (hot aisle containment)
http://www.coresite.com/data-centers/locations/silicon-valley/sv4 (cold aisle containment)

Maybe someone recently had to make a similar decision, it would be interesting to know why they chose one over another.
Pricing is identical.
I'm based in the East Coast, but i'll visit the West Coast data center once in a while, so things like transportation to/from the data center, hotel, etc. should be taken into consideration as well.

Thanks!

LA it is. Thanks guys!

why are you attacking it?...

@dustinb3403 said in Small colo infrastructure for SaaS:

@pete-s said in Small colo infrastructure for SaaS:

This is how @dustinb3403 suggested replicating VMs between hosts:

While this is accurate, it also misses on the fact that he would still have his NLS server sitting, collecting backups on whatever schedule.

Other than that it is accurate. In Scott's proposal you are making the shift from migrating the entire workload (which is essentially instant) to migrating the database only.

In his case, the load balancer is the weak link in the chain. Granted these don't fail often but it isn't something you have control over either unless you provide your own for the COLO.

2 haproxy VMs (one per host) and keepalived for failover

I'd go with Samsung

Is it worth such a hassle?..
Servers and storage are so cheap these days. Why bother with old hardware (and software as in your case...).

I'd rather go increasing the IOPS way (more disks, adding some caching or even switching to full flash if needed, etc.).
Splitting things doesn't make sense unless his host doesn't have enough resources (cpu, ram), can't be upgraded and he needs a second one. But even then, i'd go with a single beefier one.

Learning o365 is not rocket science and is not going to take years. If it's going to open some doors and get you into IT (don't know what you're doing right now) - you should totally spend the time. Then you can move on with more advanced knowledge, experience and certs (including Azure path, if that's what you want to become good at).

Also it's RAID1, not RAID10 if there are only 2 drives involved.

www.winamp.com

@momurda said in Health insurance plans:

Your deductible is 5350? Doesn't that mean you pay everything out of pocket, essentially every year? Unless youre going in for major surgery or a couple of MRI/CT scans every year you are paying out of your pocket, plus youre also paying for insurance. Plus you put more money in an HSA?
Youre paying 8k/year for insurance out of pocket, plus what your company is paying the insurance company.
That seems a bit out of control/way too much. why have employer health insurance if youre paying more than your employer every month.

HSAs are for depositing pre-tax money which can later be used to pay for such expenses. So it's not $5350+$3350. His deductible is still $5350, its just a big part of it ($3350) can be paid for using pre-tax money.

https://www.winamp.com/ looks like they are teasing something new.

@momurda said in Health insurance plans:

@Kris_K
Thanks for the clarification. I never go to the doctor so I never follow the in and outs of the insurance scam.

They all look like a big scam until something major happens. Then you're happy you don't have to file for bankruptcy.

@thanksajdotcom
Check https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/205145990-EdgeMAX-Dual-WAN-Load-Balance-Feature
it's not that complicated

@FATeknollogee
the same as you're in as per my post.
http://www.coresite.com/data-centers/locations/los-angeles/la2

isp1 - bgp router1 - fw1 - your switch
isp2 - bgp router2 - fw2 - your switch2
bgp routers have a direct connection as well as your switches.
Not only that saves you when one of the devices (or ISP) fails, it also allows you to use both internet connection. It's up to you how to (if) load balance such traffic.
Check http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/ip/border-gateway-protocol-bgp/13762-40.html for more info.
Use keepalived, etc. for fw fail-over.

Hi all,

i'm having some issues configuring site-to-site vpn using OpenVPN and their guide for that https://docs.openvpn.net/how-to-tutorialsguides/virtual-platforms/site-to-site-layer-3-routin-using-openvpn-access-server/

Everything works from the client subnet - i can access the server subnet without issues. However i can only access the client openvpn and fw ips from the server subnet. Can't ping any other client subnet devices.. Installed wireshark to one of them and it shows icmp requests coming and replies leaving.

So basically that's how things are logically connected:

openvpn server subnet device - fw1 - openvpn server - WAN (tunnel) - openvpn client - fw2 - openvpn client subnet device

Maybe i'm slow because it's Monday, but can't figure this out...

What iptables rules do i need to have on the openvpn client? Anyone has the same/similar setup using openvpn?

Thanks!