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    Burned by Eschewing Best Practices

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    • RojoLocoR
      RojoLoco
      last edited by

      I guess that thread shows the quality of IT staff you get when you pay them a non-profit company IT wage... incompetent with a chance of irrational. Talk about "take whatever you can get". Hope he keeps his head out of his ass after SW fixes what he broke (for free).

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      • dafyreD
        dafyre @RojoLoco
        last edited by

        @RojoLoco He's had a chance to cool off a bit after he gets some food in him, lol. He's doing things the "way he's always done them" -- and that's not a bad thing (Best practices aside), because it always works...until it doesn't.

        At best, he learns a bit from Scott about RAID 1, RAID 10, and virtualization. At worst, he just stays frustrated and keeps digging himself deeper.

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        • DustinB3403D
          DustinB3403
          last edited by

          Well he's getting his RAID 10 Array built now, and should report back soon. I'm steering him to XenServer. If other want to stir him in other directions go ahead.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            He's doing great.

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            • brianlittlejohnB
              brianlittlejohn @scottalanmiller
              last edited by

              @scottalanmiller Hopefully he has an actual RAID card.

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              • DustinB3403D
                DustinB3403
                last edited by

                @brianlittlejohn said:

                @scottalanmiller Hopefully he has an actual RAID card.

                Hopefully (if he does) the drives are actually connected to it, and not the motherboard....

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @brianlittlejohn
                  last edited by

                  @brianlittlejohn said:

                  @scottalanmiller Hopefully he has an actual RAID card.

                  Not looking likely.

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                  • brianlittlejohnB
                    brianlittlejohn @scottalanmiller
                    last edited by

                    @scottalanmiller Thats a shame.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      It's a Lenovo Thinkserver TD350

                      td350.png

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        And... it's FakeRAID.

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                        • RomoR
                          Romo
                          last edited by

                          He could still use software raid, couldn't he?

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                          • RomoR
                            Romo
                            last edited by

                            I use mdadm with our kvm vm hosts, I haven't used xenserver but I would think mdadm would also be a possibility for him

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @Romo
                              last edited by

                              @Romo said:

                              He could still use software raid, couldn't he?

                              That's what we are preparing to walk him through now. With XenServer that's a bit of a learning curve, though. Not going to be run.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
                                last edited by

                                https://blog.trendelkamp.net/2015/02/configure-software-raid-xenserver-6-5/

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @Romo
                                  last edited by

                                  @Romo said:

                                  I use mdadm with our kvm vm hosts, I haven't used xenserver but I would think mdadm would also be a possibility for him

                                  Yes, works the same. But for someone who is new to Linux this will be a shock to his system.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller
                                    last edited by

                                    This guy is in for a tough time. No AD for 40 machines..

                                    http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1274733-40-workgroup-pc-s

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                                    • RojoLocoR
                                      RojoLoco @scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      This guy is in for a tough time. No AD for 40 machines..

                                      http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1274733-40-workgroup-pc-s

                                      ...and all are home versions, some Vista.... ewwwww

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
                                        last edited by

                                        Yeah, it is going to be tough. No AD with forty machines. Not fun. But I've seen way bigger without AD, it's not that bad. I'd rather AD, of course. But you can do a lot without it.

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                                        • StrongBadS
                                          StrongBad
                                          last edited by

                                          That's a lot of PCs to have no Active Directory. Going to need to do ridiculous things like having common admin passwords or using Keepass and storing tons of passwords.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
                                            last edited by

                                            Not a bad approach.

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