@jmoore That is my point about purchasing with NO OS. Its almost guaranteed to work. I have loaded different flavors of linux over the years and over a broad range of hardware. I don't recall any issues that would prevent me from trying it again.

@scottalanmiller True, but if I buy a Dell laptop with W10 Home edition, and I install Fedora Workstation on it, completely wiping away Windows - There is no guarantee of Fedora working on it just because Windows 10 did. I know that going in, that it may not work. That is a risk I the consumer would have to make.

That's why lots of us use KVM. Free, don't have to be those rich Windows users flaunting their money and we still get enterprise virtualization

I wish more manufacturers would sell laptops with NO OS. Sure, I could buy a System76 with PopOS but I'd rather just be able to start with a clean slate. Sure, a laptop with W10 Home would work to wipe but regardless you are still paying for a MS license in there somewhere. Plus, the better models ship with Pro which costs more. Even if the MS licenses are heavily discounted to the Dell and HP of the world, but the cost is still there somewhere. Just my $.02

Well... I ordered 4 - 8Tb drives for my host to be arriving today. Looked at the server's spec sheet and it says a max of 8 - 6Tb drives for 48 Tb raw. I already have 4 - 4Tb drives. This addition would theoretically "max" out the capacity. Fingers crossed that it will work. I may be able to update the firmware on the LSI card if it throws a fit.

@DustinB3403 Yes, Hyper-V manager works too well not to utilize it. I do use PS though for certain tasks though.

@Grey I'll have to give it a try. Could also run W10 as a VM on Fedora Workstation...

@Grey I may need a Dallas plumber and carpet cleaner though...

KVM with Cockpit could be perfect if it were a bit more polished.

I've been using Hyper-V for a while, almost exclusively. I use it at work, and for other clients. I have not found a good enough reason to switch over to another hypervisor. Sadly, its the only real reason I still keep a Windows laptop - to manage Hyper-V. Windows Admin Center is a dumpster fire IMO. All my HV installs are non-GUI.

I had Proxmox running in my lab for a while with a few test VMs and it worked great. I just have flashbacks of many people being against it for so long. I know that is not a valid reason to not use something but...

Again, with HV being free and having no issues with it - makes it hard to justify switching, although the web management of Proxmox would be nice. Another advantage of HV is that Veeam works so well with it.

I do have my Unifi controller on Vultr and use it for "lab" if I need a public IP for various stuff. I plan on setting up a FreePBX instance for testing but haven't yet.

@JaredBusch I have Hyper-V at home with Nginx, Nextcloud, Bookstack, PiHole, and Plex. Don't have a colo close enough. My internet service with 1 static is cheaper than the cost of colo.

I haven't had a good enough reason to move away from Hyper-V yet. I always contemplate it. I've had a spare server with KVM in my lab and it was great and light on resources.

What made you switch from Hyper-V?

@JaredBusch said in NAS for Plex use... Again:

@travisdh1 said in NAS for Plex use... Again:

Exactly like Option 2, but migrate Plex VM to same host as the new storage? Avoid traversing the physical network for the Plex backend.

That is what I do.

Do you just have those 2 VMs on a host by themselves? I see that they are the only 2 listed after the list -all command.

@travisdh1 said in NAS for Plex use... Again:

What about Option 3:
Exactly like Option 2, but migrate Plex VM to same host as the new storage? Avoid traversing the physical network for the Plex backend.

I thought about this too. Could set up another virtual switch between the NAS and Plex. It makes the most sense actually.

@pmoncho Opensource.

Using Chocolatey to update some packages. Love this tool.

@Dashrender said in Yealink phones:

@brandon220 said in Yealink phones:

@scottalanmiller That is the point I was trying to make. Overkill. Seems like the "entry-level" phones have at least 2 line appearances. I've never needed more than one.

Don't confuse multiple calls for lines. In the yealink speak - lines are different services you connect to, as scott said, multiple calls is the abilities to have call waiting, or make a conference call - both of which SIP supports.

I understand that. Maybe I should have said multiple "accounts" on the phone.

My idea is:

Option 1:
Set up a new raid10 volume on my host with my spare drive bays.
Install a new VM (Fedora 32 server) with 16 Tb of storage and Plex on that same VM.
This way, the data never leaves the host and has maximum efficiency.
OR

Option 2:
Set up a new raid10 volume on my host with my spare drive bays.
Install a new VM (Fedora 32 server) as a "NAS" with NFS shares for content.
Point existing Plex Vm at the new NAS.
Data would traverse network between 2 hosts unless Plex was migrated to other host.

@scottalanmiller said in Yealink phones:

@brandon220 said in Yealink phones:

I thought about giving Vitalpbx a shot but there is so much info from @JaredBusch on here alone, much less on the internet - I'm not sure if it would be worth it.

I'm confused by the wording here. Are you saying that overall there is too little info, or that there is so much that it is overwhelming?

I'm saying @JaredBusch has a TON of info on FreePBX on here (ML). There is enough info that someone with zero exposure to it could have a functioning install, with calls flowing, without ever looking at any other site. That is impressive.

I thought about giving Vitalpbx a shot but there is so much info from @JaredBusch on here alone, much less on the internet - I'm not sure if it would be worth it.

@scottalanmiller That is the point I was trying to make. Overkill. Seems like the "entry-level" phones have at least 2 line appearances. I've never needed more than one.