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  @gabi said in Who's paying for this?:

  @scottalanmiller Hey Scott, not too bad thanks. Ticking a long !! Nice to you you're still on here and Spiceworks !! How's life treating you, family all ok ?

  Things are good. Back in the US after several years ago. Busy doing new work with DCH that is Texas based so decided it was time to be located there for a while. So planning to be in the US for a couple of years at least. Kids are well and glad to be home for a while.

  Staying busy. And in NY for MangoCon right now.

• IT Discussion
  

  A place to talk about whatever you want in IT

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  @scotth said in I tried NAS4Free, FreeNAS, OMV, ... Lots of suggestions to move to Linux. I'm willing. Point me please.:

  I'm running XenServer 7.2, Xen Orchestra Community (nice script, btw - I used Jarli01) and am fine with it so far. I played around tossing in a few distros and with a little more futzing around, I'm going to move my storage to a Linux distro, at least I'm leaning that way.
  My default SR is local and I want to create reliable storage for a backup target. I have a decent box here, two 4T drives and have run Linux on it before.
  Any faves, honorable mentions, quirks, hazards?
  TIA
  Scott

  Personally I like md + LVM + XFS. XFS and btrfs are both completely valid avenues as well. Just stay away from the "NAS" distributions like FreeNAS. Better off managing it yourself the vast majority of the time.

• Water Closet
  

  All the random.....goes here.

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  @quixoticjeremy said in What does your desk look like?:

  @gjacobse said in What does your desk look like?:

  @quixoticjeremy
  My code never does / did..... which is why I don't code. Wished I could... I have so many project notes just sitting.... Ah well. can't do it all...

  Code and I have an interesting relationship.

  Code doesn't work: why didn't my code work?
  Code works: Why did my code work? What am I missing...

  Yep, been there, done that plenty of times myself.

• News
  

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  Just found the beta announcement for what looks like a really nice wifi analysis tool they're working on for a new AP. Hope this gets rolled out to current models at some point!

  https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/115011813968-UniFi-AirTime-What-s-Eating-your-Wi-Fi-Performance-

  In Delta analysis of what is going on in the radios environment.

• IT Careers
  

  Talk about your career here.

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  @jimmy9008 said in Is Most IT Really Corrupt?:

  Read the post, interesting. Don't agree on every single point, but yes - corruption does exist.

  •Taking kick backs from salespeople in order to ensure a sale

  I don't agree with that one, personally. Once I have done analysis, research, reviewed products, and have selected the best product for my organisation based on our needs - i'd then contact sales for whatever company I've decided to use. At that point where I ask for a quote, should they decide to take me to dinner, buy me drinks, or even something a little bigger - hell yeah! The decision is made already, that sweetener wont help - but they don't know that. Their problem.

  They don't know the sale is already approved by me, so if they feel they have to 'ensure a sale', let them!

  Well I didn't say that you PERSONALLY were doing this. But actually doing the due diligence that IT is paid to do in the SMB isn't as common as it should be and if SW is any indicator, it is rare.

• Developer Discussion
  

  Programmers, Developers...

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  @quixoticjeremy, the agent being python so it's platform agnostic to a large degree I would assume? Further fuel for the first person stating python would have been a better replacement for Java than JS.

  Though, to play devil's advocate, can node.js not handle the same tasks that python is doing for the agent? On windows it appears it's just a wrapper around a slew of wmi calls.

• IT Business
  

  Want to talk about the business of IT? MSPs, VARs, Consultants...

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  @mlnews said in XByte sale on R510s:

  @danp said in XByte sale on R510s:

  @mlnews said in XByte sale on R510s:

  @danp said in XByte sale on R510s:

  @grey I think he meant refurbished, in like-new condition.

  It's a bit confusing. They are actually not used. But often have been tested.

  Hard to believe that they would have brand new servers sitting in a warehouse for 5+ years. Would be good it someone from XByte could clarify.

  They've clarified often. They never handle used gear.

  From their website --

  This means that many of the refurbished machines sold by xByte Technologies are not just refurbished, they’ve never been in production. Often times with a refurbished server, you receive the benefit of never used equipment at a significant cost savings by taking advantage of the realities of made to order manufacturing.

  Unlike you, they use the words "many" and "often" instead of "never". But it's good to know that most of their stuff is the equivalent of brand new.

• Job Postings
  

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  Looking for PC Technicians for a Printer Refresh for this sites below. Please see below job description and let me know if you’re interested:

  6/26/2017 9:15 AM Cornwall NY 12518 Support
  6/26/2017 9:15 AM Yorktown Heights NY 10598 Support
  6/26/2017 12:45 PM Croton On Hudson NY 10520 Lead
  6/28/2017 9:15 AM Congers NY 10920 Support
  6/28/2017 9:15 AM Hopewell Junction NY 12533 Support
  6/28/2017 1:45 PM Newburgh NY 12550 Support
  6/28/2017 1:45 PM Ossining NY 10562 Support
  6/29/2017 9:15 AM Bedford NY 10506 Lead
  6/29/2017 9:15 AM Bedford NY 10506 Support

  Each site above will need mulitple techs and start times cannot be changed.
  ​
  Pay Rate:
  Lead-$100 flat rate (4 hours or less of work)
  Specialist- $75 flat rate (3 hours or less of work)

  Scope Of Work: Client has requested we provide Senior level support technicians to their branches across the country for a printer refresh.

  Lead Responsibilities:
  Manage expectations with site contact
  Manage team, issues and escalations
  Release specialist as the work decreases once printer starts configuration and trash is removed.
  Ensure old assets are properly prepared for disposal shipment

  Specialist Responsibilities:
  Follow lead instructions
  Break down printer boxes
  Ensure old assets are properly prepared for disposal shipment

  Skillset:
  Must pass a criminal background check in order to qualify for this project
  A+, Net+, or MCTS or equivalent classroom training and 3 years related industry experience or minimum of 3-5 years minimum related industry experience
  Pass training materials
  Able to lift 50lbs
  Be onsite on time
  Has their own transportation to and from sites
  Standard technician tool kit. (screw driver, flashlight)
  Smart phone (take pictures as directed)
  If you or anyone you know is interested, please email [email protected]. If you are already scheduled or not interested, please accept my apology in advance. Thanks!

  Thank you,

  Kristin Grojean
  IT Recruiter
  SmartSource Technical Staffing Solutions, Inc.
  Office: 630-607-7191
  Fax: 866-325-7243
  Email: [email protected]

• SAM-SD
  

  The world of enterprise open storage systems.

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  @shuey the broadcom chip is enough to me.

• xByte
  

  xByte Support Forum

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  @creayt said in Testing the Limits of the Dell H710 RAID Controller with SSD:

  Link seems to not work.

  A bit of necromancy there. . .

• Scale Legion
  

  Scale Computing Discussion and Support Community

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  I've been on 7.3 for a while, it's been great. Loving the user controls, what a difference that has made for us.

• Starwind
  

  Starwind Software

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  VMworld 2017 is coming!

  Take part in our online raffle on August 29 and get your chance to win an awesome Samsung Gear 360 with StarWind!
  Register now: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/vmworld-2017-starwind-raffle

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  I am waiting on Confirmation from @shannon, @Rob and @aboyd They haven't answered my emails this week at all :(

• MangoCon
  

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  I like Vultr's stat page.
  Here is the network usage of a PBX with ~80 extensions (all pjsip, if that matters) and 15 simultaneous calls at peak.

  Here is the network graph from FreePBX itself.
  

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• Self Promotion
  

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• Platform and Category Issues
  

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  @scottalanmiller said in Vultr:

  Use the banner ads here... ML gets like a $5 credit for you joining from the community. And you get something too, no idea what.

  Damnit... I completely spaced this when setting up a new account today :( Sorry guys.

• BIOS
  

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  @gjacobse Bio - IRL Name: Gene

  Not much on doing a self Bio - But I'll see what I can muster up and get online.

  First contact with computers would have been in the mid to late 1970's, it was a Main Frame terminal in the Math and Science Center in Virginia. One of the things we did was play the famous game: Oregon Trail. The 'display' was a line printer from what I can remember. This is in the era of to 'shot' you had to type B A N G. not tap the space bar.

  Getting into high school a classmate who got me remote control cars also started me down the road of electronics - All sorts of mayhem ensued.

  I have run a BBS system, and built PCs in the living room since the earlier 1990s. Spent several years on a Help desk for the State, driven commercial trucks, worked for two non - profits as the sole IT person, supported 18,000 people for a large auto manufacturer.

  And now I work for NTG, one of the best IT companies.

  reserve right for future edits

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  @matteo-nunziati thanks for the info!

• Sodium
  

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  Alright, we've had some releases that fixed some back end stuff (mainly efficiency and scalability). I do have profiles/avatars basically ready for release but I'm running into one last bug that needs to be fixed before I can in good conscience release it to production. I will finish this off first thing in the morning followed by some other work hopfeully!