@larsen161 said in File Server Upgrade Options:

Current Setup
Mac Pro (mid 2012) running macOS 10.12.5, 24GB, 2x 2.4GHz Xeon (no comments needed, we're moving forward)
A DS316JS with 2 equal sets of RAID5 in a 8 x 6TB config (same as above)
Connected via a Areca ARC-1883x RAID Card
Networked with a 6 port 1 Gbps NIC
Backed up to Backblaze ($5/mo)

Goals
Run a 'proper' storage server OS
Migrate to more reliable RAID configuration
Upgrade storage capacity (expect to run out in March 2018)

FreeBSD, RAIDZ2 single array. With combined arrays you'd be faster than the single, with RAID 6 you'll have more protection that the two RAID 5s. Capacity will be the same. Or buy a few more drives and go to RAIDZ3 right away.

Agree, SuperMicro for the win. Avoid gimmicky Pod-like devices.

The NYTimes Reports that 900,00 Android phones have been hit with new ransonware that is really pernicious.

@PenguinWrangler said in Meet StarWind Virtual Storage Appliance on Linux:

This is just downright awesome now.

Sure is. When are the Xen and KVM packages coming?

Does that mean we don't think that there is anything to this?

So far it is looking pretty good. Loads really quickly, that's a big deal.

JetBrain's PyCharm is now available in a free, community edition. Not as full features as their regular product but for those of us who don't do full time Python and just use it now and then, this is a great way to get a powerful IDE for the popular language.

I guess I'm early and get to kick things off. The Linux VSA on KVM, is there some recommendations around underlying filesystems, tuning guides, performance info? Anything like that yet?

Windows 98? How did they even find that?

Very cool!

Infoworld today reports on the Jarring Impact of RHEL 7 on some environments.

Really, systemd is the biggest, I think. New filesystem as a default but that is incredibly minor and can be changed with almost no effort. Mostly a hyped up article to get people to check it out. But they do talk about some of the new features.

So two nodes is the small end for a hyperconverged appliance (or one that you build yourself with hypervisor + Starwind VSAN), I think I'm clear there. But what about upper limits? A lot of hyperconverged appliances cap out around ten or twelve nodes in a single cluster. What are the limites from the Starwind side if I'm building Hyper-V or VMware clusters? Is it the same and a Starwind limitation? Do I just get to go to the limit of the hypervisor?

These are seriously classic. Talk about taking you back!

In another thread the idea of a book on "1001 Reasons Not to Be an MSP" came up. And I thought "what a great idea for a thread". We should collect reasons why starting an MSP is not a good idea or reasons to be wary of starting one.

In an apparent bid to compete with OneDrive for Business which is the same capacity at a similar price (but bundled in with other Office 365 plans) Dropbox is now offering 1TB of Cloud Storage for just $10.

Hopefully this is not a report. Did not see anyone else posting this today.

Thanks

Heroku is the big name. EngineYard should be worth a look see.

The overhead of tech management is often unseen, unappreciated and miscalculated.

The cost of a tech working somewhere is much higher than the tech's salary. People often forget this.

InfoWorld reports on Microsoft's new DLP features coming to the Office 365 versions of SharePoint and, by natural extension, OneDrive for Business which is a part of Sharepoint. Looks like good, new security options.

Sounds like a pretty interesting idea to me. I could see it being really interesting to look back and see what you have done and when. I use that feature in Foursquare sometimes and it is really interesting and that is a lot more limited.