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Yeah, this conversation on VPNs and Firewalls is a tangent, based on someone saying that they didn't like virtualizing their VPN server.

Hey. We use virtualization here, and heavily at that. But there are a couple of instances where I have some reservations about that and whether it is the best way to go. We do some serious data processing at night, and I'm not sure we get as good of disk IO on virtual disks as we might like. We also have occasional telephoney issues that I wonder whether they are related to the fact that the sip servers are virtual. So, my questions: is there ever a time when you do not want to virtualize a server? If so, under what circumstances? Specifically, do you virtualize your sip servers and heavy disk IO servers?

Thanks.

Hey... my company has been relying on http://www.thinkmate.com/ for their server needs. This isn't a company I know much about when it comes to server hardware. Do any of you know much about them? Are they any good? What is your hardware brand of choice? I've used dell in the past, and have loved them, but I'm not sure if it is worth trying to make the change.
#servers #thinkmate #dell #hp

Has anyone used safesquid.com? Is it any good? Any other suggestions for proxy type filtering for SMB? Thanks.

Yeah, it's just a management interface. It simplifies management somewhat.

@jaredbusch said in virtualize all the things... ?:

Then Manage it from your Fedora desktop

I think I'd rather not install an entire desktop to manage VMs. That seems like taking a step in the wrong direction to me.

I don't remember the old site address as it has been down for a year or two. I do recall when they took it down though, there were a number of admins who were disappointed. As I recall, it was a grid where it had listed all of the major ISPs across both the top and side, and it showed how strong (or weak) the connections were between each of them, color coded with red, yellow, and green.