@Jimmy9008 said in Starwind/Server Limitations:

@coliver said in Starwind/Server Limitations:

@scottalanmiller said in Starwind/Server Limitations:

@Jimmy9008 in your design, your normal Starwind nodes have one point of failure, no dependencies. But on the "other" nodes, without their own storage, they depend on the SAN, the switches, and themselves. Three points of failure, instead of one.

Why not put the drives directly in the nodes and avoid that? What's the reason to put their drives remotely?

Licensing from the sounds of it.

Correct, by adding to the existing vSAN, that storage side is under the Starwind SLA/Support.

I was wondering if this was the case upon reading the OP.

If it's a fully shared (controlled by all) calendar, I would choose Can edit.

@Dashrender said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@scottalanmiller said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@JaredBusch said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@Dashrender said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@JaredBusch said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@wrx7m said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@RojoLoco said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@wrx7m said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@JaredBusch said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@Dashrender said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

Small update - something else to consider changing - disable Fast Boot.

Fast Boot means when you restart the computer, it doesn't do a full shutdown. It's likely that counters that are often reset upon a full reboot, aren't reset on a Fast Boot.

Fast boot used to be called hibernation. It is a fucking stupid nasty feature

Interesting. But, they also still have hibernation.

Easy to fix that - admin CMD window -> powercfg -hibernate off

I meant, they still have a separate function for hibernate. Why would they offer both, if they are the same thing?

You don't understand fast boot is hibernation. it is 100% the same thing. Just automatic.

Nope - not according to MS
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/kernel/distinguishing-fast-startup-from-wake-from-hibernation

You read that wrong. it is 100% hibernation. The only thing that article states is that unlike user requested hibernation, it closes all applications first.

Well that seems right on the verge of pointless. The OS itself doesn't take long to come up, and if my state is all lost, I've gone through 95% of the effort of powering down with only 10% of the benefit.

Exactly - and as such is why it's not hibernation.

Seriously - who needs this? I surely don't. If I'm rebooting - it's because I need a kernel restart/reload, not as a way to kill all my applications - a logoff/logon does that.

@scottalanmiller said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@JaredBusch said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@Dashrender said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@JaredBusch said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@wrx7m said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@RojoLoco said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@wrx7m said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@JaredBusch said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@Dashrender said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

Small update - something else to consider changing - disable Fast Boot.

Fast Boot means when you restart the computer, it doesn't do a full shutdown. It's likely that counters that are often reset upon a full reboot, aren't reset on a Fast Boot.

Fast boot used to be called hibernation. It is a fucking stupid nasty feature

Interesting. But, they also still have hibernation.

Easy to fix that - admin CMD window -> powercfg -hibernate off

I meant, they still have a separate function for hibernate. Why would they offer both, if they are the same thing?

You don't understand fast boot is hibernation. it is 100% the same thing. Just automatic.

Nope - not according to MS
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/kernel/distinguishing-fast-startup-from-wake-from-hibernation

You read that wrong. it is 100% hibernation. The only thing that article states is that unlike user requested hibernation, it closes all applications first.

Well that seems right on the verge of pointless. The OS itself doesn't take long to come up, and if my state is all lost, I've gone through 95% of the effort of powering down with only 10% of the benefit.

Exactly - and as such is why it's not hibernation.

@pmoncho said in ESXi 6.7 Troubleshooting:

@Dashrender said in ESXi 6.7 Troubleshooting:

@G-I-Jones said in ESXi 6.7 Troubleshooting:

The H330 is like for labs or testing. Shouldn't be found in a production environment. It's a fine card for what it is, just not a production use card

Begs the question why when ordering a server for a specific purpose, they would even ship that out.

Because they are not your IT - at least, they shouldn't be.

I get it, although, to even sell an H330 on a Dell PowerEdge R840 is like selling standard breaks on a Audi A6 and making the driver request anti-lock breaks. While there are some users that prefer standard breaks, my guess would be the amount of users requesting a trade down to standard brakes is minuscule.

Also, Dell does not even have a Celeron processor on the list for anything higher than a T340. Logic tells me they know its is not a good idea. Apparently selling an H330 on a T/R440 or higher hasn't hit the "not a good idea" level yet.

EDIT - Reread my post - Dell just gets under my skin sometimes! Didn't mean to come off jerky.

you aren't the one I was replying to

@scottalanmiller said in If not A+, then where should someone start?:

@Dashrender said in If not A+, then where should someone start?:

@scottalanmiller said in If not A+, then where should someone start?:

@Dashrender said in If not A+, then where should someone start?:

It might be better to say - the places that Scott and elk WANT to work use recruiters...

No, lots of good places don't. But lots of good places do. I think the point was only that HR doesn't play the huge role that people often imagine.

I haven't been in the job market going through HR in - hmm... ever I guess. First tech job was a bench job, but was pulled off a telemarketing call floor to work it part time as one of the few on the floor who "knew anything about computers" - so no HR for that move, that job became full time jack of all trades on anything PC/phone related (including pulling cables). Inter-company department change - no HR, moved to another company where a friend worked - no HR, company merged with second company - no HR - Opened business - of course no HR, closed business went to work for a client - no HR...

Nope, never really dealt with HR myself.

Me either, not for getting a job. Dealing with things after being hired, sure. But HR never seems to be in the critical path to getting the offer. Or when it is, it's like just in doing background checks and stuff, but not in the interview process.

Sure, but that said - I definitely don't consider this the norm. I mean it might be the norm for someone in your position - where people are seeking you out - but if you have zero contacts at the company - how else are you getting in the door? Do the F500 basically allow the hiring teams to get the resumes directly, and only after they pick a candidate have HR do the checks?

@G-I-Jones said in ESXi 6.7 Troubleshooting:

The H330 is like for labs or testing. Shouldn't be found in a production environment. It's a fine card for what it is, just not a production use card

Begs the question why when ordering a server for a specific purpose, they would even ship that out.

Because they are not your IT - at least, they shouldn't be.

@JaredBusch said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@wrx7m said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@RojoLoco said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@wrx7m said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@JaredBusch said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

@Dashrender said in Windows 10 goes to sleep outside listed sleep times:

Small update - something else to consider changing - disable Fast Boot.

Fast Boot means when you restart the computer, it doesn't do a full shutdown. It's likely that counters that are often reset upon a full reboot, aren't reset on a Fast Boot.

Fast boot used to be called hibernation. It is a fucking stupid nasty feature

Interesting. But, they also still have hibernation.

Easy to fix that - admin CMD window -> powercfg -hibernate off

I meant, they still have a separate function for hibernate. Why would they offer both, if they are the same thing?

You don't understand fast boot is hibernation. it is 100% the same thing. Just automatic.

Nope - not according to MS
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/kernel/distinguishing-fast-startup-from-wake-from-hibernation

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller oh dear... but in all fairness, I've literally never used the word "jammies" to refer to PJ's or sleepwear of any kind.

LOL, with kids, we use it a lot.

"Go put your jammies on!"

Oh, I've heard it, but "jammies" in my world is a generic plural noun that could be used to refer to literally anything.

I don't follow - "jammies" so a pair for chairs could be jammies?

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@hobbit666 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Taking the new "edge" for a spin -

The whole thing is so bad that they needed to change the branding to confuse people? lol

Well, frankly, so many people are off MS's IE or Edge, if the edge icon stayed the same - people would assume it's the same ol' edge and it would stand zero chance of being used short of downloading chrome.