@ntoxicator said in Cannot decide between 1U servers for growing company:

@scottalanmiller

Hi Scott -thanks for the follow-up. I've moved on from that company; hence my absence. Moved back to Upstate NY area.

Ah, congrats I hope. Where in Upstate are you now?

@Joel said in Workflow management/check list:

There is often problems with files not opening once saved! I.e. Someone would save a PDF or excel, then 5mins later try to open it and get an error and have to reboot!

Buggy things like that.

That sounds like an end user device issue. If rebooting fixes the ability to open a file... that's just weird.

You should try IP-Address chrome extension which will show your IP address when you click on it's extension icon after adding it into your chrome browser.

SAR is likely already installed and collecting, making it that much easier.

I have 26 devices and no problems... I know JB has had some issue with updates but he can update it manually.

@Dashrender said in Two ISP Fail over Internally vs Externally Fail over:

what does it do that the ER-L doesn't? I know someone else (the guy at SW who swears more than JB) recommended the Peplink to me years ago... but I think the ER-L can do many of the same things now.

Much like Tivo and generic DVRs, they function the same, but the actual execution is more refined.

Outbound load balance has been a feature for many different devices for a while now. I've got an ER-L right now, yeah it does the load balance between the two circuits. But since they are very different speeds, they don't balance as evenly as Peplink can do it. They also don't offer bonded VPN and their interface is easy as fuck to deal with.

Yeah, I can buy a TWC DVR, but my Tivo does more.

@DustinB3403 said in Intertel 8560 Wireless Headsets:

@JaredBusch said in Intertel 8560 Wireless Headsets:

@DustinB3403 said in Intertel 8560 Wireless Headsets:

@JaredBusch said in Intertel 8560 Wireless Headsets:

@RojoLoco said in Intertel 8560 Wireless Headsets:

As far as tiny ones go, check out VXI. We have one of their Reveal Pros, it's tiny and the user likes it.

http://www.vxicorp.com/products/wireless/office-wireless/

I did this beta also. The unit is small and works well but the audio sucks. It is horribly tinny IMO.

Want to buy my unit?

Why would I want to purchase a unit that you yourself said soundshe awful?

Because your users apparently did not think it sounds bad.

None of my users have tried any of these. Someone else said they tried this line of product.

Ah, wasn't paying attention. I was replying to Rojo, not you. Then you replied to my reply to him.

I have a predecessor of the Budstraps... a bit more sleek than these, but the clip is nicer here, much easier to use, and nothign to loose.

@Tim_G Nice catch. Tagged. Thanks!

@gjacobse said in Using a VHD over (other) file for storage:

@MattSpeller said in Using a VHD over (other) file for storage:

TL;DR I'm not sure I'd do it (or why you are) but it would work just fine.

TL;DR? You reply twice, but didn't read it?

Honestly I just rambled quickly and forgot wtf you asked about XD

Their roadmap!
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And in the end they mentioned:

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Which means more features on the roadmap will eventually be paid and based on referral/paid addons!

@Kelly said in Where do you see Microsoft in 5, 10, and 15 years?:

Well, this will prolong the lifespan of Windows on the desktop: http://news.softpedia.com/news/nsa-approved-windows-10-cleared-for-classified-use-512841.shtml.

If the NSA has cleared it, it'll likely still be there is 2040.

From what I am reading now, it appears that the OVF uses compression level 5. It is possible to gain extra compression by using a tool like 7 zip but the gains are very minimal. On a 4GB VM you may see it drop to 3.9GB if you compress it again using 7zip. The minor gain isn't worth having to compress it twice IMO.

@Reid-Cooper said in Fortinet Experiences:

I guess it matters then... who else is on the list? What about Sophos, are they an option?

Looks like only their disk encryption is.

Here is the list: http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/1401vend.htm.

@thwr said in DCs out of sync:

@Dashrender said in DCs out of sync:

@thwr said in DCs out of sync:

No substantial changes have been made during the last couple of weeks. Just a few new users and password changes plus maybe 2 or 3 new machine accounts. Some clients and servers now refuse to authenticate users during login due to the well known "trust could not be established between..." error.

Where you still getting those errors after you powered down the broken DC? I'm guessing not since you moved forward with the install of another DC.

Nope. Only "missing that other DC" errors now, which is fine. I've got some crappy internet connection (free WiFi in the train, next to no 3G/4G signal) here and can't check the current state. but it was fine half an our ago.

OK, reading your OP, it seemed that you were getting those errors after turning off the broken DC, but since you're not - seems like you found a good solution.

Nice writeup @shannon

@DustinB3403 said in Domain Controllers - Always rebuild if an domain issues occurs:

@scottalanmiller said in Domain Controllers - Always rebuild if an domain issues occurs:

Most people, I think, just assume that a DC is going to be all alone on its VM - so they discuss it in terms of blowing the whole thing away just as a knee jerk reaction.

Isn't a dedicated DC VM (classically physical) the better approach so you could literally just blow away the VM?

Right, which is why people just assume that that is what has been done.

It's true that you can make stateless systems without DevOps tooling and approaches. But the nature and assumptions of those systems is that you cannot. Just letting arbitrary logins (even of administrators) can undermine that. One of the beauties of the pure DevOps model is the lack of logins. Much like functional programming.

Can't reply on SW, it's having one of its "this thread won't let you respond" hiccups.

Location matters very little. I would stick to the standards.