@PhlipElder said in Windows Server 2016 or 2019:

@NashBrydges said in Windows Server 2016 or 2019:

Setting up a new server and new VM for a client and need to buy a new Windows Server license. I would usually go to the most recent but wondering if anyone here has had any experience that would suggest sticking with a previous version instead? The VM will host an application that only runs on Windows so any mention of Linux isn't an option.

We've been running Windows Server 2019 since GA with nary an issue. There are a lot of under the hood improvements in 2019 so I suggest running with it.

No different than any other large OS dev cycle. Look at 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019. Roughly equal leaps between them all. It's almost never about features, it is 2-4 years of additional fixes, research, improvements, advances, clean up, etc. Features do play a part, but the lesser part.

@FATeknollogee said in Cloudflare Domain registration:

@FATeknollogee said in Cloudflare Domain registration:

@JaredBusch said in Cloudflare Domain registration:

@FATeknollogee said in Cloudflare Domain registration:

2 questions for those of you that moved to CF for domain registration:

Are you using CF for DNS. If you have a web hosting provider, do you use their nameservers in your CF dashboard.

WUT?

What is WUT?

Really..?? https://www.quora.com/What-does-“wut”-mean

Try this... Not sure Quora is a solid repository of slang meanings.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wut

Used in response to an unclear or absurd statement when seeking to clarify it or expose said absurdity.

@Pete-S said in Home Security Systems using WyzeCam and PoE Splitters:

There are so many real surveillance cameras for little money that are made for the purpose already. For instance this outdoor model for less than $30:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hikvision-DS-2CE16D0T-IRF-HD-1080P-IR-20m-IP66-2MP-Bullet-camera-outdoor/264073885252

To get real coverage you need different lenses in different applications and indoor and outdoor options as well. Installing cameras, wiring it all up and installing software and having storage, backups etc and keeping everything running is too much work to save a few bucks.

The hikvision cameras apparently are utter crap and worth avoiding.

@DustinB3403 said in Nextcloud Backup System Idea:

Practicing process also requires that you practice developing process and having holes punched into said idea.

Yep. And you've validated some holes I've considered, but didn't explicitly write in my posts.

@FATeknollogee said in How to make 1 HDMI input displayed to 4 TVs?:

YMMV

UG - all this DRM shit is just so painful. Switching from my Roku to Amazon TV takes almost a full min. and sometimes just won't switch. I end up having to power everything down and start over.

HUGE PITA.

Tags added.

@scottalanmiller said in Error on Avimark Server: "fail to initialize the LT DLL":

@Dashrender said in Error on Avimark Server: "fail to initialize the LT DLL":

@scottalanmiller said in Error on Avimark Server: "fail to initialize the LT DLL":

@Dashrender said in Error on Avimark Server: "fail to initialize the LT DLL":

@scottalanmiller said in Error on Avimark Server: "fail to initialize the LT DLL":

So we don't have an answer yet, might take a while. But what we found that Active Directory was disconnecting because of a bad manual DNS entry. We've fixed that and are waiting to see if the issue recurs.

Do we assume there was DRM that was failing? lol

I'm not aware of any DRM. Is there something pointing to that that makes you assume that?

No - it was a simple guess as to what the program would want/need DNS for, assuming DNS is reason it was failing.

I assume it needs DNS for AD and it needs AD for SMB and needs SMB for the system files.

I just looked this stuff up - it's Vet software - for some reason I thought it was video editing software.

@maximus said in How to use "the Dude" network monitoring?:

Happy New Year Sir.

And to you as well.

@Obsolesce said in Unpacking Some NTG History:

@scottalanmiller said in Unpacking Some NTG History:

Doing some unpacking and found some old stuff. No idea why this was boxed and kept.

Because we know your love of Windows is a dark kept secret.

And Quickbooks 😛

@wrx7m said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:

Wasn't pfsense in production, I guess I would say, "frowned upon"?

PfSense is awesome. Avoid turning into a UTM so it can stay stable.

@dbeato I forgot you are an MSP.

@marcinozga said in Linux partitioning:

@travisdh1 said in Linux partitioning:

@marcinozga said in Linux partitioning:

@travisdh1 said in Linux partitioning:

@marcinozga said in Linux partitioning:

@travisdh1 said in Linux partitioning:

@marcinozga said in Linux partitioning:

@JaredBusch said in Linux partitioning:

@marcinozga said in Linux partitioning:

Last option on that screen. Why? Because if your root partition fills up, your system won't boot. Having /var on separate partition reduces that risk. Think of a bad app creating gigabytes of log entries, or writing junk to database.

Better solution, don't use bad apps

You never know if an app or kernel update doesn't go nuts. Here's an example of bad kernel module causing writing gigs of logs in minutes: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/195360/my-var-log-is-mysteriously-filling-up-gbs-in-minutes-any-cure-before-i-re-ins

Sure it's possible, but how many times do we see this sort of thing in normal use day to day? This is the first one I've heard of in years.

Used to happen more often because bad programming was more common.

Take Ubuntu for example, it will fill up /boot after a few kernel upgrades, so anything is possible.

That's a known badly implemented system. IE bad programming. Don't use it.

Also, it has nothing to do with /var filling up.

It's just an example of partition filling up, doesn't matter which one. It proves the point that it does happen.

In your example, they are causing a new problem because they've implemented your solution to the problem.

No, it would've had the same outcome if /boot wasn't on separate partition, but under root. Eventually it would've filled up entire disk with old kernel versions. The main point is to prevent root partition from filling up, not any other mount point.

That's not really true. That's making a lot of assumptions. In reality...

It would not likely ever fill up. The scales are so different. This is where creating a separate /boot actually CREATES the risk. The very pattern you are trying to follow is the one causing the issue.

It has lots and lots of chances for humans AND monitoring systems to catch and resolve it long before becoming an issue. This should have years, typically, to be flagged rather than filling up in a day or two.

@PhlipElder said in Intel NUC:

http://blog.mpecsinc.ca/2014/04/intel-nuc-wall-mount-monitor-and-nuc.html

I'm going to try the Chromestick first. at $80, it's worth a shot. Plan B will be an Intel Stick. Now I need to head to Costco to grab a TV!

@DustinB3403

Did you ever figure out the issue with the RX20's?

@gjacobse said in Google Family Link: Control Chromebook:

They likely won't use Youtube or Youtube Kids... They already watch that on iPads and a laptop.. so they truely don't need yet another device to YT on ..

They also don't need Netflix - again.. on other devices and we want to be able to control some of what they get to.

Besides controlling what they can download from Google Play store, I would just worry about blocking websites. Either stick with blocking mature sites or only allow certain sites.

@JaredBusch hi,

I'm definitely resetting the Http server after every processing, I even started it again. I didn't succeed

I checked opcache with a small Php script. Opcache works successfully But Nextcloud does not see it.