@dashrender said in RAID5 Still The Go-To Setup For SSD?:

@scottalanmiller said in RAID5 Still The Go-To Setup For SSD?:

RAID 5 is still a solid choice. At sixtreen drives, though, I might start wanting to consider RAID 6. That's a lot of drives.

Certainly seems odd to not KNOW the answer to this question before you make a purchase.

Not odd really. I knew I wouldn't be running RAID10 so the only remaining question was whether it would be RAID5 or RAID6. The 512GB difference in storage between the two wasn't going to change the fact that I would be setting up 16 drives out of the 24 available slots.

@scottalanmiller said in RAID5 Still The Go-To Setup For SSD?:

@nashbrydges said in RAID5 Still The Go-To Setup For SSD?:

I'm thinking negligible since the workload isn't going to be very IO intensive.

What kind of writes do you do, and what percentage of the time?

About a third of the files will be WORM like video content. A few websites (15). There will be 5 instances of Nextcloud for clients to test out. Unifi instance. Piwik, Mattermost, Veam B&R, Snipe-IT, Guacamole, Alfresco x 2, Fastvue, Kimai, without having actual data and only ballparking it, I'm likely 80% read. The videos are the most write intensive and even though they are large files, only get uploaded at a rate of 3 - 10 per week.

@scottalanmiller said in RAID5 Still The Go-To Setup For SSD?:

RAID 5 is still a solid choice. At sixtreen drives, though, I might start wanting to consider RAID 6. That's a lot of drives.

See that's exactly why I asked, I was thinking that might be on the edge of too many. How much of a penalty for RAID6 should I expect on performance with SSDs? I'm thinking negligible since the workload isn't going to be very IO intensive.

Picked up a Dell R720xd for the lab today. Popped-in 16 SSD drives and will be completing setup tomorrow. RAID5 still the go-to for drive setup these days for SSDs? I'd prefer RAID10 but I need the additional drive space from RAID5.

For those looking to do this upgrade, the link is no longer valid. Try this one...

https://wiki.freepbx.org/display/PPS/Upgrading+from+FreePBX+10.13.66+to+SNG7

@mike-davis said in I can't even:

I came across this at a client site today . I was so impressed I had to stop to take a picture. Looks like they were going for water tight flexible conduit.

Now that's thinking outside the box!

@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:

@black3dynamite said in Intranet suggestions....:

@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:

@scottalanmiller said in Intranet suggestions....:

@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:

@nashbrydges said in Intranet suggestions....:

Any of these options recommended for a multi-client scenario? Would need authentication so each client only accesses their own documentation.

Yes drupal can do that. Wiki.js can have roles and users that have access to specific areas but I've noticed if you search for something, the search show up in the bar from areas they don't have access to. They can't get there, but the titles and such show up.

Search is so often a week point in security, argh. If all you are doing is hiding passwords or details, it often works fine. If you are hiding concepts, it's useless.

Ya I was really disappointed when I saw that. So you need multiple sites for separation, which sucks.

Is it still an issue if Wiki.js is not setup for public access?

Yes because you don't want clients seeing info for other clients. And we were going to use it for a user area and an internal documentation site. But that won't work now.

I suppose I could try the multi-tenant feature in Alfresco. Not exactly what I wanted but might work.

@mike-davis said in running Webroot + Malwarebytes?:

I won't allow the free trial to be installed on client computers, so the paid version would be the only option. I was wondering more if having two products actively trying to scan files would end in contention issues. A manual scan kind of defeats the purpose in my mind.

I run both AV and Malwarebytes on lab equipment and some of my clients and never had a conflict.

@stacksofplates said in Intranet suggestions....:

@nashbrydges said in Intranet suggestions....:

Any of these options recommended for a multi-client scenario? Would need authentication so each client only accesses their own documentation.

Yes drupal can do that. Wiki.js can have roles and users that have access to specific areas but I've noticed if you search for something, the search show up in the bar from areas they don't have access to. They can't get there, but the titles and such show up.

Yeah, can't have search results show up for another client, even if inaccessible. Thanks for this tidbit of info on wiki.js.

@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Same here. I wish they would have stayed independent.

Looks like they are keeping the standalone product for now.

I signed up with these guys for home use, literally 6 days ago. I've already gotten 2 warnings from the teenage kid clicking on links he shouldn't be. So far, loving it.

Any of these options recommended for a multi-client scenario? Would need authentication so each client only accesses their own documentation.

@ambarishrh said in Major Intel CPU vulnerability:

@danp said in Major Intel CPU vulnerability:

Easily examine and understand any Windows system's hardware and software capability to
prevent Meltdown and Spectre attacks.

https://www.grc.com/inspectre.htm

Anyone tried this?

Yep. I have on a Dell R230 and R620. It correctly identified that the R230 was fully updated and as patched as possible, and that the R620 was still waiting for the microcode and bios update from Dell. Nice and easy for validation once you've applied your patches and updates.

Seriously...where the hell do you find these? I can't read this thread when I'm in the office because my team thinks I'm nuts, laughing out loud alone in my office. Bahahaha

Lmao! Yep, same 4.4 on 1Gbps fibre at home. Seems suspicious now.

@scottalanmiller said in VoIP Bandwidth:

What you really want is end users to generate MOS scores from home.

What do you recommend for that?

@dustinb3403 said in VoIP Bandwidth:

@nashbrydges said in VoIP Bandwidth:

Aren't latency and jitter the most likely concerns with remote users? Assuming they have the standard minimum speed available?

Yes, those are the real concerns but it is not within the users or @EddieJennings control to fix these issues. These are for the ISP to address.

Exactly, which I think should be part of establishing realistic expectations along with communicating minimum requirements for speed. Would hate to have remote users expect to have VoIP available but it turns out to be unusable.

Aren't latency and jitter the most likely concerns with remote users? Assuming they have the standard minimum speed available?

Been a Plex user for years. Love it!

@jaredbusch said in Let's talk security camera options:

@nashbrydges said in Let's talk security camera options:

@guyinpv said in Let's talk security camera options:

Ubiquity, Watchdog, Axis, no battery units.

If your camera's are PoE powered, your switch's power backup would then power your cameras. You'll want to take that into account when sizing your UPS needs.

He wants battery because no running cables, because of stupid lease rules they aparently signed.

BAsically I doubt if they could even put up a battery powered camera. because the holes drilled to mount it would be damage too.

Right, missed that. That seems like a strange rule otherwise the lessee would have to agree to only use whatever structures exist or power setup is in place.

@guyinpv could you be misreading those lease rules? Not sure how any business would operate under those types of agreements.

@guyinpv said in Let's talk security camera options:

Ubiquity, Watchdog, Axis, no battery units.

If your camera's are PoE powered, your switch's power backup would then power your cameras. You'll want to take that into account when sizing your UPS needs.