@dafyre said:

Chances are if Linux can do it, it probably does it better than Windows, lol.

I would second that.

@Dashrender said:

Wait, why are you limited to graphically? If you're using a CLI, why isn't that VDI? is it because of the term desktop in "Virtual Desktop Infrastructure"?

It's all about the graphical desktop. If you are using a CLI on a one to one deployment, sure, that would be a very weird VDI.

One could easily argue that NAS and other appliances are the antithesis of simplicity as they are so complex that you require the vendor to support them rather than being able to support them yourself.

I'm not saying that I agree, only that it is a valid point and needs to be considered. Appliancization is not an automatic move to simplicity on its own.

Requesting deletion as I've created individual topics under Programming.

Glad that you got it working again.

@Dashrender said:

@dafyre said:

There are a few of using it here already... Me and @johnhooks, and a couple other folks, I think.

Hey, what am I chopped liver 😉

Not any more. You've been upgraded to ground beef. (I didn't know you were using it already).

The smallest, cheapest option would be a Synology DS214 two bay, RAID 1 NAS unit. It will do GigE NFS or iSCSI or SMB, and you can put 7200 RPM or even 10K drives in it. $299 for the NAS, then whatever for two drives.

@Dashrender said:

Is linux better than it was, sure, is it as good for non techies as Windows, possible I suppose as I haven't installed Mint in ... ever.

I've tried testing this before and I've never seen any non-techie feel that Windows was better. Literally, never. I've only seen experienced Windows users that did not want to switch. Starting from scratch, Linux has always been found to be easier in the few "greenfield" tests that I've ever seen.

This is all I did to get mine working on windows 10 http://itthatshouldjustwork.blogspot.com/2015/07/cisco-64-bit-vpn-client-on-windows-10.html

There is not an up to date client, Cisco VPN is EOL'd It was replaced with Cisco AnyConnect

@DustinB3403 said:

I think http://www.grcooling.com/ have the quietest servers in the world... literally no noise.

I have a large data center at work, I don't need another one to have to manage at home lol.

Yes , No automated removals.

This is why people need to tell us their goals rather than leading with their proposed solution. Leaves so many things unnecessarily unanswered.

If the asset breaks while applying the tag, well, it wasn't worth it 😉

@JaredBusch said:

Piss on that. As a vendor, you better give me MSRP on the website or I will be hard pressed to ever buy from you.

@Jason said:

manage engine product almost all need quotes, they have so many different ways of licensing and addons and such. We just do the subscription based ones.

Products needing quotes to get the best price is pretty normal. But if there is no price to even give me a baseline, screw that.

Also, your specific example of ManageEngine has very detail base pricing right on their website. They are a great example of the right way to do things.

https://store.manageengine.com/ad-manager/

Best responses will be from posting in the existing thread that you have. People are already assisting you. Did you do the roll back yet?

@scottalanmiller Planning to start it this week.

I'm still finding parts to use. Trying to be as cost conscious as possible as this is only my home lab. (and the significant other gets testy when I want to "buy toys")

@Dashrender said:

How did training go for users that needed to use TS/RDS for somethings, but not others? How do you manage favorites between their desktop and the RDS session? Do you only publish IE for those things? of a full desktop?

It's still pretty darn expensive no matter what way you slice it...

It's no different than users than need to use other RDS for GreatPlains and other applications via RDP. We don't do published apps as it causes some issues with some apps, it's all full desktops. We don't do anything with their favorites, they just copy paste a link to it if they need something with flash or java, It's not meant to be their main workspace just for sites that get blocked at the network firewall (Palo Alto's in the datacenter) level for desktops because we block flash and java. Doesn't really cost much to add an additional RDP server (you just need user cals for max concurrent users, not for all users) , and the cost is very minimal compared to the impact on security java and flash have, many infections come from those anymore, and we have to report any infections or breaches publicly as a publicly traded company. IMO a RDS is what in most cases should be considered over VDI, a VDI only needs to be looked at if there are limitations that RDS could not handle.

Easier question to ask - did any computers loose power at all? If the answer is yes, then ask, was it all or just some? If some, then possibly you had a 3 phase power related issue. If not, then this is not an issue.

@scottalanmiller said:

@Dashrender said:

LOL lower their prices for a 20 million/year savings? that would be what, $0.10 per iPhone sold? even less?

Yes, very tiny, and if they only passed all savings on to customers, what would be their incentive for switching?

Exactly. You the consumer have already proven you're willing to pay X, why would/should they lower it? Instead they only care about lowering their expenses and increasing their profits.

@JaredBusch said:

Great to see you got it working @shybrsky.
I did noticed the simple MS Paint screen capture and edit. I would recommend that you look into Greenshot for performing screen captures and simple editing. It works a treat and can even integrate to imgur for you.

noted bud..and thanks