That's better... Run directly on XenServer host

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@rojoloco said in Dell support site:

Got it sorted - cleared cookies and rebooted. I guess the update to the site broke my open tab with a cached version of the page.

Yeah, it has been working here too.

@dbeato said in Azure Ethereum Network:

@irj said in Azure Ethereum Network:

You can now build your own Ethereum Network in Azure. I am sure we will start seeing blockchain integrated into Office 365 in the future.

Definitely Interesting!

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-stack/azure-stack-ethereum

Interesting for sure.

I am pretty damn excited! I got into both Microsft Blockchain workshops at Microsoft Ignite! I am going to get a hands on look at this!!!!

@dbeato said in Public IP for Server remote management:

I wouldn't place it on a Public IP, I would just manage it over Firewall Access Rules to locked down to few IP addresses or VPN.

Agreed. This is how I handle was well.

@jaredbusch said in SAS SSD vs SAS HDD in a RAID 10?:

@dave247 said in SAS SSD vs SAS HDD in a RAID 10?:

delete

You can delete your own post. it is only visible to you and a mod, until mods purge it.

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ugh, I swear that wasn't there the last time I looked... I can't delete it now though since it's been over 2 hours.

@romo said in Windows Admin Center, who uses it? Your experience:

@scottalanmiller The most login prompts are using it in Chrome.

Chrome has a bug regarding the websockets protocol and NTLM authentication. This effects the following tools: Events, PowerShell, Remote Desktop.
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=423609

Ah, good to know. That might exacerbate it.

For IT, or for Developers? I'm not sure where to start in either case, it is so case by case.

I mean... management needs to force it. That's about the only standard step.

Alright, I have some updates now that I have two identical machines but with different CPU configurations.

Machine 1: 2 x E5-2630v2, 6 cores each = 12 cores @ 2.60 GHz, 64GB RAM
Geekbench: ~29000
Idle power: ~60 Watt

Machine 2: 1 x E5-2670v2, 10 cores @ 2.50 GHz, 64GB RAM
Geekbench: ~27000
Idle power: ~30 Watt

The dual CPU machine is slightly faster but results are within 10% and there are some variation in the test when repeated.

The big difference however is in power consumption. Dual CPUs requires about twice the power when idling.

The machines both have the same dual socket motherboard, but the single CPU has fewer memory sockets but bigger (4x16GB) versus the dual CPU machine (8x8GB). But that is the reality as well - you need to populate more sockets with two CPUs.

That was an easy one.

@irj said in Find/Replace Across Files?:

@dafyre said in Find/Replace Across Files?:

@aaronstuder said in Find/Replace Across Files?:

I have a bunch of HTML files on the server that I need to do a find/replace on.

Any easy way to do this on Windows?

NotePad++ can do this, I think.

I am the minority on here. I prefer Notepadqq (notepad++) over VSC

I bailed on Notepad++ when the plugins all died because they are note supported int he 64 bit install of it..

@pete-s said in SANS SEC401: Security Essentials - alternatives?:

@irj said in SANS SEC401: Security Essentials - alternatives?:

@pete-s said in SANS SEC401: Security Essentials - alternatives?:

@irj said in SANS SEC401: Security Essentials - alternatives?:

I am curious to what SANS training costs?

Around $6000 for the training.

So after travel, etc, it is over budget?

Well, since I'm in Europe it's makes sense to take the training here. With flights, travel costs, hotel, etc the total will be about 8250 EUR, which is $9650. Add to that the loss of billable hours and it adds up.

Most of your standard cert training is like $3000 ,but most of the time it is just a bootcamp which really isnt what you want. I think you are going to be at that $5-6k range for the type of training you are looking at.

I recently attended an O365 workshop that was $4k for 3 days and it was an absolute joke. Alot of time your training, is only as good as your instructor.

It's just a couple of those servers that everyone forgot about that runs legacy application and sits in their own isolated network and nobody knows what to do with, except that they have to do something...soon. :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes:

@jaredbusch said in Alternative software for Cisco IP-Phone:

@dustinb3403 said in Alternative software for Cisco IP-Phone:

@irj I don't think that is relevant.

I believe the question is "What softphones work with the Cisco PBX system?"

He said he has a Mitel

Oh, Cisco IP phone (misread)

All storage on that server is internal so no drive bays. It's far from ideal. And the server doesn't have any hardware raid. Also since some of the ports are SATA-2 they are not suitable for SSDs because they limit the performance to 50% of max. So you are really limited to two SATA SSD drives.

That being said, storing video streams are one of the applications where HDDs are actually very suitable. Depends on how much storage you want but if you need more than a couple of hundred gigs, HDDs should be your choice.

Assuming you want lots of storage I would get two 3.5" drives and run md software raid 1 on those. Something like 2-6TB drives. NAS drives (like WD RED, Seagate Ironwulf) if you are on a low budget, otherwise SATA enterprise drives (Seagate Constellation ES or similar).

I would also get one Supermicro SATA DOM (tiny enterprise SSD that plugs into SATA port) and put the hypervisor and VM's OS on that. Just have a backup in case the DOM ever fails.
https://www.storagereview.com/supermicro_superdom_review

I wouldn't get SSDs for storage for your use case - unless your needs are very small or your budget is big. But if you have a large budget I would get another server with drive bays.

@scottalanmiller said in When is colocation the right choice?:

I'm in Europe so doesn't make sense to use US datacenters. But the quotes I have puts three 1U servers at the same price as 1/4 rack.

Wow, the difference here is usually huge. Like $50 - $100 for a 1U or 2U, and several hundred for quarter racks.

Yes, I guess the choice would depend a lot on the pricing.

I also have specific 2U servers in mind which would make it lower cost with a 1/4 rack already at two servers.

Each refurb server will have 128GB RAM on 20 cores, expandable to 256GB RAM on 40 cores. I haven't run benchmarks on it but looking at geekbench, machines with the same cpu have a score of around 3000 for a single core. So performance should be similar to most cloud providers that are not running latest gen servers. Hopefully the balance of physical cores and RAM will turn out fine, 6.4GB/pCPU. Of course I could allocate resources as I want and add another server if need be.

@aaronstuder said in Changing FreePBX Contact Header:

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Looks like I am using Chan SIP?

That is not really a problem with anything.

We have a set of Group Policy Objects that are set up at the domain level with WMI filters in place for two of the three.
The first has all of the key settings for updates that are shared across the board.
The second using a WMI filter to point only to desktop operating systems with the necessary settings in place for all desktop OS versions that we manage.
The third is for server operating systems only. It delimits to download but not update automatically along with a few other settings.

We've been using this setup since I can remember and not once have we hit servers auto-installing and rebooting. It's too risky for that to happen.

@killmasta93 the directory had just been missing?

@black3dynamite said in Nextcloud 14 upgrade follow up warnings:

Is this necessary when doing a new install too?

Based on the message, I would assume no. But I have not installed a new 14 instance.