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@PhlipElder said in AWS Catastrophic Data Loss:

@wrx7m said in AWS Catastrophic Data Loss:

This was one AZ, right? If so, you need to design your environment to span multiple AZs, if not regions. This is beginner AWS design theory.

A few things come to mind:
1: Just how many folks know how to architect a highly available solution in any cloud?
2: At what cost over and above the indicated method does the HA setup incur?
3: It does not matter where the data is, it should be backed up.

Microsoft's central US DC failure, I think it was last year or early this year, cause a substantial amount of data loss as well. Not sure if any HA setup could have saved them from what I recall.

1. Just because you don't know how to do it or that you are supposed to do it, doesn't mean it isn't your responsibility.
2. Depends on the services. That should also be factored into the cost of deployment.
3. Absolutely correct. If it is important, it should be backed up by the customer. The customer should also make sure that they are storing said backups in a way that can't be affected by issues that would also cause data to be lost in the production environment.

@DustinB3403 said in KB4512941 might break 1903 search:

@Dashrender said in KB4512941 might break 1903 search:

If you've disabled cortana or Bing search in 1903, then KB4512941 might cause your local filesystem searches to have issues and high CPU usage.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search

Make BingSearchEnabled = 1

This enables Bing Search.

Um not to sound like a dick, but who the hell uses Bing Search? And more importantly if a superbly low used feature is breaking your computer, it's time to remove said feature.

Stupid MS.

But good fix.

By default, Cortana does. It is built-in default behavior. If you disable it, you will probably experience this problem.

@G-I-Jones said in Disabling Microsoft Edge?:

@batman said in Disabling Microsoft Edge?:

" It sounds like you're trying to solve a managerial/training problem with a technical solution."

Most of our users are over 45 and don't know what a Windows key is or where to find it on their keyboard or where to type a url. Some don't even know where to put the CD at, or they put them in upside down. I honestly thought this was the standard.

You still use CDs? bwahahahahahaha

@DustinB3403 said in Joining 2 Windows 10 Machines:

How would he even license this?

But a simple question, why not just install the other computers hdd into this system and select the boot device?

That or run it as a VM.

@DustinB3403 said in Joining 2 Windows 10 Machines:

Also we don't know if this is Windows 10 Professional (or home) or some other version, so setting up Hyper-V on one installation may not be an option while keeping the system intact .

Could go virtual box too

@DustinB3403 said in Joining 2 Windows 10 Machines:

@wrx7m said in Joining 2 Windows 10 Machines:

@DustinB3403 said in Joining 2 Windows 10 Machines:

Also we don't know if this is Windows 10 Professional (or home) or some other version, so setting up Hyper-V on one installation may not be an option while keeping the system intact .

Could go virtual box too

Still would have issues legally with it, but yeah. . . .

Yeah. He would definitely need a license for both.

Yeah. Probably. I guess it just depends on if they need both accessible at the same time or just one or the other.

I use rules to limit traffic to HTTP and some others in an ipsec tunnel that connects some handheld scanners and a thermal label printer at a remote warehouse to our ERP system.

I am using Veeam Backup for Office 365 and it is showing Personal Sites for users that have been completely deleted from the Office 365 Admin portal. When I go to the Sharepoint and OneDrive admin pages, I don't see anything related to users' personal sites.

Does anyone know where you can view and delete old Personal Sites?

I am finally planning out the configs for 2 new ESXi hosts (replacing Dell R720XD with R740XD). I have gotten to an area where I am not sure which metrics I should use to decide on CPU. The majority of VMs are Windows Server and running a standard array of file/print servers, ADDCs, databases, RADIUS, RDS, etc.

I have had Veeam One monitoring my current environment for years, so I can go back and look at resource usage over time. What should I be looking for to decide on higher clock rate vs more cores?

I am guessing it is because if this-

I tried the ACT with every exe in the folder. It still prompts for admin creds. POS. Aside from getting rid of the camera system completely, the only option is to give the user a local admin account and have them use it to run this program. SMH

This app doesn't do camera polling (cycling through cameras automatically) and the owner likes that. The older app that has polling doesn't even work on Windows 10. Maybe we will get a new camera system sooner than later.

@mroth911 said in Custom PC Build:

I have a client of mine that wants to build a custom PC. I have been out of the custom build PC's for sometime now. However I don't know what to do for him. He needs to be able to run 6 HD monitors. He wants speed. his current setup is an AMD Black with 32gb of ram. And 3 gpu's He has a 512 ssd drive however the computer is lagging under the load of the GPU's. So he wants to upgrade everything. He streams all his HD Camera's and he as them all web based browsers. He opens up multiple windows at a time. So he can be logged into the Camera who knows how ever many times on different monitors. and he also does his own personal stuff like Facebook and skype etc. What do you guys suggest.

How big is his PSU? I wonder if that is causing issues.

As I explained in another thread, I am trying to build out 2 new ESXi hosts. I currently have 2 R720XD servers, each with 2 - Intel Xeon E5-2609 2.4 GHz (v1) 4-core. I am looking at replacing them with 2- R740XD servers, each with a single Intel Xeon Gold 6242 2.8GHz (Turbo 3.9) 16-core.

This is the only benchmark I could find. The 6242 only has 1 benchmark test sample, so it is hard to say how much weight it holds.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-Xeon-Gold-6242-vs-Intel-Xeon-E5-2609/3516vs1429

My question is, when using my existing servers' performance history, how can I use that to see how much of a benefit, the new CPU would provide?

@scottalanmiller said in Comparing Server CPU Capabilities?:

@wrx7m said in Comparing Server CPU Capabilities?:

@scottalanmiller So, If my average CPU usage on one of the hosts is over 50% and max is 95% for the past 6 months, I can't use that to say how much more CPU I need if I wanted to double the number of running VMs with similar performance needs?

That's a bit different. You can estimate the amount of "additional capacity" available. The question becomes... can you put a value number on that additional capacity?

That was also my question. If I could (and knew what it was), I would be able to more than take a shot in the dark for choosing the new CPU. Currently, I stopped at 16 cores for Windows licensing and CPU/hardware cost. I only chose 1 CPU per server, due to the performance overhead that you and others have talked about when using more than 1 CPU with other specs being the same.

@scotth said in Laptop setup - multiple monitors, etc - suggestions?:

I haven't checked,.... does DP do 4k?
My brother wants to do a home build and he has a 4k projector.

Yes. His 4K projector uses DP?
https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/feature/digital-home/displayport-vs-hdmi-3535257/

I am building out a new R740XD and am curious what the IOPS would be for a mix use 2.5" SAS SSD. Specifically, this one -
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-800gb-ssd-sas-mix-use-12gbps-512e-25in-hot-plug-drive-pm1645/apd/400-azii/storage-drives-media#polaris-pd

Is there a standard ball-park number to assign to SSDs?

Well, I will show my boss (CFO) the costs and he can decide what he wants to do.

@Dashrender - VMware Production support coverage is what I have.

@Pete-S said in Comparing Server CPU Capabilities?:

@wrx7m said in Comparing Server CPU Capabilities?:

... And I don't have to run a Windows server for vCenter server or upgrade manager anymore.

I haven't played around with VMware much. How does it work with vCenter? Does run in a VM on each hypervisor or completely separate from the hypervisors?

It is a virtual appliance. You can upgrade and migrate from an existing Windows version. You can run it on a single server.