Digging through my notes I also have a note that Cox had to switch from a Atrica to Alcatel SBC. At least that was their claim. In the end they didn't swap the box and instead made changes to the existing Atrica.

@JaredBusch said:

You could have an upgrade + clean reinstall, but you have to either do that or have a new license.

Yes, I did the process just to get a license but I never ran them.

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Having a MediaWiki walkthrough lab project would probably be a good idea.

@brianlittlejohn said:

I think what leads to roles being all over the place is IT people usually are very good at troubleshooting so they can go up to a problem with little prior knowledge and figure out what and how it is supposed to work and what could be causing it not to. Along with that (at least from personal experience) we don't have a fear of breaking stuff further, so we're inclined to dig into it further to find the issue.

Also, IT people tend to learn things by themselves very well and are always learning something new. At my job, I hear people talking about an issue that isn't necessarily an IT issue, but I always end up helping out which leads me to do things that would fall out of my normal job description.

This is also a big piece of it. The people who tend to gravitate to IT seem to be naturally gifted learners in many cases. We seem to often be the type of people who have the aptitude for any career we set our minds to and can be at least somewhat passionate about. I've done the exact same thing. What that brings in terms of benefit is understanding the business you support and how IT can meet the current needs and expand the business. Or even improve the efficiency of the current business.

But yes, our natural propensity for learning anything and everything, and being like I am in that we like to know things just for the sake of knowing them, can be both a blessing and a curse. However, if someone is motivated, that just means they move from L1 to L2 quickly, and maybe to L3 and up quickly as well. However, picking up new skills doesn't really change the definitions of the tiers. It changes the person's definition of where they are located within those tiers.

@Dashrender said:

On the Windows side we have the free version of Unitrends and Veeam for VMs, but I'm not sure of one for bare metal.

Those can become coupled if you share accounts. So it is not a panacea.

None at all, I would avoid PS2 completely if I was implementing a Thin Client Setup.

I was just looking up Linux Thin clients and came across that "guide".

@IT-ADMIN said:

oh, sad to hear that, almost all of my download are from sourceforge, can website like this include ransmware in the downloaded software ???

Very possible. Relatively unlikely as they would never have customers again, but it could happen. Bloatware is very likely, though.

Python is a great place to start. Lots of good learning resources for it. And easy to use nearly anywhere.

@Chris said:

I am not 100% sure on this, but I believe you need the 5+ installs of Office 2016 for KMS to activate the clients.
You can cohost the Office 2013 KMS host and the Office 2016 KMS host on the same system. Its my understanding that the Office 2013 KMS host will only activate Office 2013 clients.

Good to know!
Thanks.

@StrongBad Exactly! The UPS it's self can be used and refurb'd but the batteries must be new.

Here's an AGM battery that someone tried to take apart. (Don't try that at home!)

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And, of course, this is from the array itself. The RAID controller should have a RAM cache. That can, depending on the workload, make a truly massive difference especially if you have 1GB or more.

Glad that it is working for you now.

if it is an emergency and for a client you haven't dealt with before - contract, terms of sale, before the work starts
problem is that best of intentions are often forgotten - when the fire is out.
i agree with the video - get paid then and there. get authorization, credit card, whatever
you don't want to be in court chasing unpaid debt. only the lawyer wins.
set out expectation before you start work - ie when the pain is still current. and get it in writing.
but this must all be done BEFORE you start - anything.

I use Filezilla. My dad uses WinSCP. Six of one, half dozen of the other. I think WinSCP is more secure, some people have complained about security design choices in Filezilla but nothing I'm worried about.

So far the KMS key isn't registering. 😞

@Dashrender said:

uh.. Isn't SAN a different situation altogether?

No. Both are a waste of money with little true value and hyped or marketed heavily as a good thing.

They are actually very positive about the feedback that I've gathered and looking into who is blocked and how they are blocked and how to change that to make more sense. It's a great discussion going on.

Remember when a company goes out of business, yes the business ceases, but the people trying to make money off of it continue to exist. They can start a new company or just get normal jobs or they can retire. They have lots of options. Any business venture has to be more fun or more profitable or somehow more valuable than something else that they would be doing.

If you consider there to be unlimited value in paying ransomware, you would also see unlimited value in buying said business. But that's not how businesses are evaluated.

That's actually a good way to think of it.... if you had to buy the same business fresh, how much would an investor be willing to pay? You would never pay that same amount in ransomware because of the additional risks involved (they might not turn over your data, they might have sold it, you are now a target, etc.)

Because that is basically what is happening with ransomware - you are buying the business again.

@dafyre said:

@scottalanmiller said:

That's why comparing 500GB to 500GB for a "Watt per GB" comparison.

I assume we're talking average... Some HDDs are set to time out and switch to low power mode and stuff... and some folks (like me) go in and turn that off). SSDs have the advantages of not having to spin up or down. They simply draw less power.

Spinning down a Winchester drive dramatically increases its chance of death. So would increase costs in other places. Not sure if that would save money over the drives lifespan or not since it easily cuts 75% of the lifespan off.