If you be XenServer from Citrix with support there is indeed a EULA.. the EULA doesn't just cover support.

The other piece of the chain here is of course, the VPS provider that I'm using. I'm on the east coast, my VPS is in Milwaulkee, connecting to a Vitelity server, which appears to be in Colorado. I'm evaluating the idea of testing another local VPS provider closer to me. (Vultr for example)

@scottalanmiller said in Dell PERC Question (Server Down):

What's the latest on this project?

Well, I still do not have production servers on it yet. (I was waiting for XS7 to come out.)

But I put a Splunk instance on it (as well as XO, and a few other things) and it hasn't had any issues yet. Of course it didn't with the EDGE drives until I really got things running on it, so we shall see. But nothing was writing to it like the Splunk machine is.

But so far, so good.

@scottalanmiller said

The more that you add, the better T-Mobile gets.

You mentioned, perhaps privately, to look into adding everyone in our company, including family members.

Do people actually do that? To me, it's always seemed like a PITA. Business users, sure. But family members?

@Dashrender said in XenServer 7: best practice: noob question:

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@Dashrender said in XenServer 7: best practice: noob question:

@scottalanmiller said in XenServer 7: best practice: noob question:

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Does it have better performance & is it easier to setup?

That is all dependent on how comfortable you are with software / hardware raid.

Even for software RAID experts, hardware RAID is easier.

well yeah - it's practically plug and play - so few options.

Plus, in hardware RAID (assuming the chassis supports it) you get hot swap, something you don't get with Software RAID.

All enterprise software RAID has hot swap and always has. Only FakeRAID doesn't offer that and even that sometimes does. Hot swap is basically ubiquitous. Even ridiculous Windows software RAID has hot swap.

excuse me, I used the wrong term - I meant Blind swap - the lack of need to tell the OS to demount the drive before you pull it from the system.

Yes, now that software RAID generally lacks.

@Minion-Queen said in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016:

@JaredBusch Hmmmmm Might have to go to CDW on that then?

They don't sell it, you can buy CALs and upgrades for the initial install you have to go with a provider/partner for dynamics that can help you with the installs. Microsoft provides no other purchasing avaune

Why no penguin power eh?

Using our SharePoint Online options, I have dumped our first week of Survey results into an Access DB. The data is there. And I know this sounds dumb, but what do I do with it now? Are there any SharePoint online options to customize the viewing of this data? Or do I just analyze the data in Excel? I just don't see a lot of useful "Hey, use me to do this" screaming at me on my SharePoint Online site.

It's a PlayStation drive?

@scottalanmiller said in Mitsubishi Outlander Wifi helps thiefs to steal your ride with gaft WiFi security hole:

I guess, but it is suddenly like saying that Playstations and XBOXes are "Internet of Things" now. I'm expecting new things like microwaves, windows, and such. I've had wifi by default thermostats for years, cameras, baby monitors... like a LONG time.

Yes, WiFi to your own local network, and perhaps you could create your own internet server to access them from. The difference today it the internet component.

I have found these guys but wondered ifanyone had recommendations:-
https://www.etb-tech.com/

Saw this email when I got to work this morning.

I need an "I ❤ ZeroTier" tshirt to wear around.

That looks like a win if you didn't need any data from that system...

Export the Schema just in case, lol.

@anthonyh Just use Veeam Endpoint with the server on 😉

@Breffni-Potter said in Shopping for hosting:

@scottalanmiller said in Shopping for hosting:

Define dedicated server hosting. I assume that you mean "a la Rackspace?" If so.... Rackspace!

Physical server which no one else uses. With a certain spec.

What other definitions are there? 🙂

People use the terms loosely. Some people mean VMs that aren't shared, like Digital Ocean. Some people mean managed servers that you lease, like Rackspace. Some people mean standard colocation where you provide the server, like Colocation America.

Everything is back I'm told..

With the exception of an AT&T company - Cricket. It's down bad...
No ETA for it either

https://twitter.com/Cricketnation

https://www.facebook.com/cricketnation

@scottalanmiller just saw that again a few years ago. Well, kind of. Fujitsu remote workstation portal or something like that. Add-on PCIe card and a thin client. Works at least with W and R series Celsius workstations. Use case was to put your high end (CAD) workstations into your server room and transport everything over IP.

I know I'm a little late to this but I wanted to make sure you knew about SmartFile. We're a hosted Dropbox alternative that is a bit more turnkey than OwnCloud. Send me a message anytime if you would like more info about it, I would be happy to help. Best of luck with your search!