For those of you using Vitelity as a SIP provider:
For your dedicated fax DIDs, do you have to have that DID "vFax" enabled? I've been having terrible luck with faxing at one client, and Vitelity support tells me it's because their voice network does not support faxing. I have to transition the fax number to become a "vFax" DID. Can anyone confirm this?
Single point of failure is my favorite feature in a public DNS server. wait....
@JaredBusch I'll have to check those guys out.
Most of the time, I've just used the DNS on my registrar, and I remember probably 2 times in my life where they had issues. But it's very basic of course. No DDoS protection, no failovers, etc.
Never used CloudFlare, but have heard great things. I've personally used OpenDNS before. They were pretty decent a few years ago. I see Azure has a DNS service now also. Still looks like it's beta though.
@scottalanmiller said in DNS Hosting - Advantages/disadvantages:
@fuznutz04 said in DNS Hosting - Advantages/disadvantages:
I know there are still people who host their own public DNS for some reason.
This is pretty much universally either someone looking to make a quick buck selling unnecessary services or just someone so clueless that they should not be in the position that they are in. DNS was the very first service to commoditize and go to "should be 100% hosted" back in the 1990s.
Couldn't agree more. Absolutely no reason whatsoever to host your own.
Best free ones would be..........?
So this post is meant to gather the advantages/disadvantages of hosting your own public DNS server VS using a third party host like Cloudflare, or a domain registrar, etc. Specific details below.
Client hosts a few websites and other services in the cloud (azure, Vultr, etc) These services are 100% relying on a working DNS name for each service. (just like any website of course) You can either point your domain DNS to your own DNS server, or use another service.
I already know my answer, but I'd like to get some discussion going about this as to why one would choose one over the other. I know there are still people who host their own public DNS for some reason. (single point of failure)
Go!
@scottalanmiller Are you kididng me.... Console access to the XS, AND console access to all of my VMs from a web browser? I'm sold.
Just installed XO on Ubuntu 16.04.1. First time using XO.. Awesome functionality at a great price.
His voice isn't an option for me when I try to choose a different voice. I would immediately switch to this if I can get it to work. Anyone else try it?
So I was able to make another array, and was also able to make an SR on that array. It's still strange that I'm not able to use thin provisioning by default on install, but for now, it's working.
@scottalanmiller
I'm going to make another raid array, separate from the one that XS is currently installed on, and then see if I can create an SR on that new array. Lets see if that works.
What are the main disadvantages to NOT having thin provisioning for XS?
@scottalanmiller said in XenServer installation SR issue:
@fuznutz04 said in XenServer installation SR issue:
Finally, a win this week. Tried many things including just using one disk for the install. Still no dice. Then as suggested I tried an install NOT using thin provisioning. It worked the first time. So why?
That's very strange indeed. So you are using thick (LVM) on the RAID array now?
Yes, I chose the default install option, without checking the Thin Provisioning box.
Finally, a win this week. Tried many things including just using one disk for the install. Still no dice. Then as suggested I tried an install NOT using thin provisioning. It worked the first time. So why?
@Danp said in XenServer installation SR issue:
Have you tried it without enabling the thin provisioning?
No, I haven't. Will try that also.
So next steps this weekend is:
Try the install again on a disk by itself. If that works, Then try it on another set of disks in a Raid 1 array. Then go from there.
@JaredBusch said in XenServer installation SR issue:
@fuznutz04 said in XenServer installation SR issue:
So the Full initialization of the raid set and reinstall did nothing. Same results as before.
Of course it is the same result, this is not where your problem is. I am not sure why you would think that the result would be different. Recreating the array loses everything always. Does not matter if the initialization is full or fast.
Now, I do not know where your problem is as I have no experience with XS 7 and little with 6.5.
Setting up my home lab and testing this out is waiting on me having private office space again. Instead of in the family room.
My thought was that something wasn't being properly cleared during a quick initialization. I'm grasping at straws. Not really sure where to go from here. Calling the vendor and asking for a replacement controller? They will probably say that they installed an OS on it for testing before it went out the door.
So the Full initialization of the raid set and reinstall did nothing. Same results as before.
@BRRABill Exactly. It's the sleep part that isn't good while trying to get stuff done.
@BRRABill said in XenServer installation SR issue:
@fuznutz04 said in XenServer installation SR issue:
48% initialized. I might actually be able to try an install again today!
Are you watching it? It always goes slower that way.
I like to go across the building and have a few beers while waiting.
Well, The server is sitting on my floor, with a monitor beside my desk. I cant help it, I keep glancing over at it. Maybe I should just turn the monitor off. Cant have a few beers just yet... need to focus for a few more hours.
