Burned by Eschewing Best Practices
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https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1640323-which-raid-to-go-with-and-how-to-cut-it-up
Starts with "have to pick the RAID based on what was purchased" but tries to rationalize having bought equipment at random by saying that they picked it out "close enough" even though they can't use it as intended. Brand new VRTX (obviously they REALLY don't know how to shop for stuff) and they already can't run the RAID that they want on initial setup and they don't want to admit that someone bought it without checking why they were buying it or what specs were needed.
Seriously, how does someone buy a VRTX without checking to see what specs are needed!?!?
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@scottalanmiller so business as usual then?
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That guy though lol.
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@scottalanmiller 17 years in IT......
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Just now figuring out how to order stuff.
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@scottalanmiller said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:
Just now figuring out how to order stuff.
Clearly has some work ahead on that score lol
We've all done dumbass stuff though (I can account for some doozies) but come on, this is basic stuff....
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Me: I just ordered that vehicle that you wanted.
Boss: How did you know which one to order, we didn't discuss what it was used for.
Me: I just got a standard snowmobile, even if it is wrong, it's kinda close, right? -
@scottalanmiller said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:
Me: I just ordered that vehicle that you wanted.
Boss: How did you know which one to order, we didn't discuss what it was used for.
Me: I just got a standard snowmobile, even if it is wrong, it's kinda close, right?I'm ripping into the guy right now on SW. That's unforgivable to blunder into a purchase like that.
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@DustinB3403 Did he actually buy it already or not? I'm totally unclear from what was posted...
If he bought it before knowing what he needed to buy.... well... I can't even lol
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@MattSpeller said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:
@DustinB3403 Did he actually buy it already or not? I'm totally unclear from what was posted...
If he bought it before knowing what he needed to buy.... well... I can't even lol
From what he said in a previous post it appears that the item is being shipped out. Of course now i have to find it.
^ this to me seems like it's already been purchased, but it could be that he's trying to design the system.
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Are these new? What the heck purpose do they fill? Super weird man.... I think you called it spot on: "spec'd by sales dude for max commission"
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@MattSpeller In private conversations with the guy now. He is in fact in ownership of this unit, and is trying to set it up to fit his business needs.
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@DustinB3403 said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:
@MattSpeller In private conversations with the guy now. He is in fact in ownership of this unit, and is trying to set it up to fit his business needs.
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@MattSpeller said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:
@DustinB3403 said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:
@MattSpeller In private conversations with the guy now. He is in fact in ownership of this unit, and is trying to set it up to fit his business needs.
Pretty much...
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Removed a drive from a RAID1 mirror to replace a failed drive.
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@DustinB3403 said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:
@scottalanmiller said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:
Me: I just ordered that vehicle that you wanted.
Boss: How did you know which one to order, we didn't discuss what it was used for.
Me: I just got a standard snowmobile, even if it is wrong, it's kinda close, right?I'm ripping into the guy right now on SW. That's unforgivable to blunder into a purchase like that.
How do you manage to rip into people on SW without getting put in David's little moderation time out corner???
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@RojoLoco said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:
@DustinB3403 said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:
@scottalanmiller said in Burned by Eschewing Best Practices:
Me: I just ordered that vehicle that you wanted.
Boss: How did you know which one to order, we didn't discuss what it was used for.
Me: I just got a standard snowmobile, even if it is wrong, it's kinda close, right?I'm ripping into the guy right now on SW. That's unforgivable to blunder into a purchase like that.
How do you manage to rip into people on SW without getting put in David's little moderation time out corner???
I'm not ripping into him, asking important questions to help resolve the issue.
Also Dave has tried several times and conceded that "You (I) were right, no longer moderated."
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Also Dave has tried several times and conceded that "You (I) were right, no longer moderated."
Words that he wouldn't say to me, even if his very life were at stake.
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But this does sound like a case of FakeRAID, to which this person was brought in to try and repair.
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Windows RAID it is...
Sadly the client doesn't seem to understand the benefit of properly designing a system with hardware RAID. They built the server on a generic Intel board and just connected the drives to the motherboard.
From there windows was installed and the array built..
And this isn't the only time that this system has had these issues.... he's been here before and performed the same process...
