Best posts made by travisdh1

@scale Only took 1 year and 3 months? Geesh.

@Dashrender I haven't weighed it, but I'd guess ~15 to 20 lb. You can tell that things are in the vest, but you'd never guess how much or what.

Edit: Yes, requires sturdy shoulders.

@scottalanmiller said:

@travisdh1 said:

@MattSpeller Here I was going to offer some sort of encouragement to you, but honestly, this conversation just motivated me to finally ask that librarian I know out. Hope you have a good time, however things work out!

Did you manage to book a date?

Not yet, but I definitely checked it out!

In my recent experience, headhunters don't give a rats ***about anything other than getting a butt in a chair. The only luck I had was direct hire.

@Breffni-Potter said in The VSA is the Ugly Result of Legacy Vendor Lock-Out:

Is this really the case? I'm sceptical that a VMWare or HyperV or even a XenServer based system would have that huge a difference in performance requirements compared with a Scale system.

"24 vCores and up to 300GB RAM (depending on the vendor) just to power the VSA’s and boot themselves vs HES using a fraction of a core per node and 6GB RAM total. Efficiency matters."

Is this genuine or is it a flippant example? If it's genuine...shut up and take my money.

From Starwind's LSFS FAQ
"How much RAM do I need for LSFS device to function properly?
4.6 MB of RAM per 1 GB of LSFS device with disabled deduplication,
7.6 MB of RAM per 1 GB of LSFS device with enabled deduplication."

So, yeah, could easily eat up that much ram. ~7.6GB RAM per TB of storage.

I didn't spot the CPU recommendation, but I know it's beefy.

@DustinB3403 said:

@travisdh1 said:

@DustinB3403 Should be, mdadm still works the same way.

Thanks, just being extra cautious to ensure this works smoothly.

To remove the disk from the array I should have to simply type

mdadm --manage /dev/md0 --fail /dev/sdc

and then

mdadm --manage /dev/md0 --remove /dev/sdc

At this point I should be able to shutdown the server, remove the disk and add it's replacement with

 shutdown -h now

Yep. After putting a replacement drive in, just add it back.

mdadm --manage /dev/md0 --add /dev/sd?

I like to keep an eye on the rebuild process with:

watch /cat/proc/mdstat

The array should be back to normal.

Running the update scripts for everything. Now that I've got ZeroTier I don't need to make the 3 mile drive

@Carnival-Boy said in Why Do Recruiters Never Get Involved in Forums Like This:

@scottalanmiller said in Why Do Recruiters Never Get Involved in Forums Like This:

I've invited many recruiters to this and other forums, and none ever show up or decide to participate, even though the arena is absolutely perfect for them. What better way to find, engage, and validate potential candidates; and how better could you achieve visibility for a job posting?

Why? As far as I can tell, ML has about 20 regular posters, half of whom run their own business, and most live in Texas. The probability of an average recruiter justifying time spent on here seems negligible.

I know I'm near the top 20 around here, and had publicly announced that I was looking for a full time position somewhere for almost 2 years. A lot of others have changed jobs in the same time frame. Lots of opportunity around here.

Recruiters seem to actively despise transparency, vetting, or even good placement. Why?

Because that's not the goal. The goal is butt in chair so the recruiting company makes money.

SAM logic: I think X. Therefore anyone who doesn't agree therefore must be somehow corrupt, stupid, incompetent or evil. :winking_face:

At least @scottalanmiller uses logic! :winking_face:

I'd say that for the most part the older languages don't have the tools that make programming quicker and easier today. Quick, horrible, example. In Flash you can write the code to play a movie or sound file in less than 200 characters while Delphi/Pascal you'd have to go direct to the hardware.

Also, friends don't let a friend use Flash!

@scottalanmiller said in File Server Upgrade Options:

@travisdh1 said in File Server Upgrade Options:

@scottalanmiller said in File Server Upgrade Options:

http://www.smbitjournal.com/2016/10/smbs-must-stop-looking-to-backblaze-for-guidance/

How is that not in my list of reference links yet? Is now.

One of those "it was repeated so many times on SW that it needed at article" articles.

You have seen my collection of those, right?

https://pastebin.com/RiZccgAE

Yes, I keep them all around for quick and easy referencing.

@Dashrender said:

@johnhooks said:

@Dashrender said:

OK I was given another reason why they didn't want Facebook, at least on our office computers.

you know.. the reasoning seems so off the wall, I just can't even write it.
lol

You can't do that and not tell us haha.

OH OK..

So someone created a location inside FB about our business. We've know about it for a few years, it was created in 2012 (back when everyone used to check in everywhere). Currently the location is owned/run by Facebook, not us. But we are able to take over that location since it is our business (we haven't done it yet).

So sometime last week, a patient had a complaint, found this location and posted on the wall of that location. We had an employee who had also liked that location and became aware of the complaint while they were off the clock, but apparently in the building. This employee then told others (who were already on the clock) about it. A rukus ensued.

So now, in the hopes of keeping animosity down we want to keep people off FB on company resources to try to cut down on the drama (well, at least talk about it).

You were correct, this is as silly as Monty Python's Camelot.

@MattSpeller said:

That little bit of edgy-ness keeps me sharp.

Honestly, that's why I stuck around and spend much more time here than elsewhere now. IE The Spiceworks Community forums isn't getting me a good slap upside the head when I do something stupid.

@mary said in Windows Task Manager - CompTIA A+ 220-1002 Prof Messer:

Do any of you use task manager to troubleshoot what if there is an issue with a PC? I'm trying to get a sense of the steps people go through.

I use it often when people complain about a slow computer. It's one of the things I think Microsoft vastly improved in Windows 10. Makes it quick to see if the computer is running into CPU, RAM, or network performance issues. Then be able to go look at the processes, and sort by CPU or RAM.

This is an almost daily occurrence.

@Jason said:

@Dashrender said:

This is a door badge system. So what happens when the badge system fails? Does that mean you have to pass out keys so people can get into the building? or can't people get in?

I don't know about his but ours and most I've seen don't actively run on the computer, they have a controller that connects into the computer or network, and a program that allows you to view the access attempts. Grant/deny certain access and add users/RFID passes. the controller does all the main work.

I have a loathing of cheap software shops that think they have the best software ever, and so they make you use a usb key in addition to whatever other restrictions are on the software. In this case they may be calling it a security device, but it's the same thing. Frankly, given a couple minutes with one of the things I could probably clone it. So it really doesn't do the job they think it does..... "I do not think that means what you think that means."

@MattSpeller said:

@nadnerB said:

Plunge and kebabs look both delicious and hilarious - would definitely do

Hrm, so, do katanas and broadswords count as cheat codes? I have no fencing sabers, but lots of other large, sharp, heavy objects. The katana/wakizashi combo is my personal favorite. (Yes, it is VERY dangerous to enter my house uninvited. Large swords in small spaces are the things nightmares are mde from.)

I've switched from Google Authenticator to Authy, makes so device changes aren't so much of a pain.

@Oksana Ugh, Gartner. I love @StarWind_Software products, but Gartner is a known pay to play company. Looks bad to me.

@Minion-Queen said:

Waiting on the website..... yeah yeah I know I need about 20 more hours in every day

Where's an experimental physicist who's built a time machine? Why do I have a feeling we all feel the same way!?

@RojoLoco said:

@travisdh1 mine too. Now I want noodles, redundant or otherwise.

Great, now I want redundant tacos.

@scottalanmiller said:

Sales tax was 8.25% when I was paying 52% taxes on income.

I knew we were hitting over 50% in places, don't like hearing it confirmed.

Just think, depending on the outcome of the next election, we may get to pay the government for the privilege of working