Best posts made by FATeknollogee

@JaredBusch said in XS 7 or HyperV 2016:

XS is stable, yes. But my problem with XS, as always, is backups and ease of handoff.

I've tried to ask @Olivier why not offer an SMB centric XOA version (priced right) with just the backup & DR features

StartSSL.com "was" great for stuff like this till they went & messed it all up!

@DustinB3403 said in Yellow White Red Audio for Projectors:

@FATeknollogee So is what I said correct though?

Yes that is correct.
Just get 4x 8 ohm in ceiling speakers (you don't need 70V speakers)
"Most" modern 2 channel amps will drive a 4 ohm load without any problems.
You get a 4 ohm load, cause you wire 2x 8 ohm speakers in parallel for the left & right sides.
Make sense?

@DustinB3403 said in Yellow White Red Audio for Projectors:

@FATeknollogee yeah that makes sense, and your recommending not using these specific speakers as the 70V isn't needed.

Remember "KISS"...no need for 70V, you only have 4 speakers.
There's a time & place for 70V & this ain't it...

@travisdh1 Good catch.
I usually buy these, only 'coz they look nice but @travisdh1 is correct
https://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=102&cp_id=10218&cs_id=1021817&p_id=9768&seq=1&format=2

@JaredBusch said in How Do You Rename a Note in NextCloud:

I put my first Nextcloud instance into full production last week.

Hosted in the cloud, eg w. Vultr or self hosted colo or on-prem?

Hypervisor is Win Server 2008 R2.
LOB app: o/s is Server 2008. This app has an Oracle db.

If the VM is backed using Veeam or Altaro, is that good enough in the event that a restore is needed?

Looks like I need to read up: https://www.veeam.com/blog/how-to-backup-oracle-database-best-practices.html

I will try it again just in case A2 was having a bad moment..
I did not expect to see that much of a difference

Really dissapointed with the A2Hosting feeds & speeds: https://mangolassi.it/topic/12956/where-are-you-running-nextcloud/18

There has to be a hoster/VPS that offers the speed of a Vultr, the cPanel ease of management & the ability to do one-click install of 3rd party apps like NextCloud/OSTicket etc (similar to using https://www.softaculous.com/)

Am I just dreaming?

So, I opened a ticket with A2 support:

Me:
reference: My internet connection is 150/150

I uploaded 2 mp4 files ( 74 & 196 MB)
Vultr upload took 10 secs.
A2 upload took over 7 mins

Downloading just the 196MB file:
Vultr: 1 sec
A2: 1 min.

A few hours later, I tried the upload again:......speed wins
Vultr: 17 seconds
A2: 8 mins 27 secs

Why are these speeds so poor?

A2 Support:
Thank you for contacting us. I would be happy to answer that question. We are not a file sharing service nor do we allow file sharing websites so our service is not optimized to feed that type of setup. From what I can tell this seems to be what you might be setting up as that is what Next Cloud is for. We do not allow this on our servers / we do not allow File Storage.

Please do not setup a file sharing or backup or storage cloud on the server. I apologize for any confusion.

Me:
Are you serious?
Why is NextCloud available to install in the Softaculous catalog? Why not remove it since you claim it is not allowed?

A2:
Thank you for your reply, I apologize for any confusion this has caused you. We offer our customers a variety of scripting using the Softaculous installer, as with all websites on our network the content of our customers sites must be in keeping with our Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy which prohibits :

Audio/Video streaming (other than that which is incidental to a site's operation)
Very large photo galleries
Storage of a large amount of uncompressed or full-size digital images
Online file (FTP) serving
Distribution of large audio or video content such as MP3 files
Online backups (i.e. backup of desktop/laptop computer, files, or anything not directly related to the website)

https://www.a2hosting.com/about/policies/terms-of-service

@scottalanmiller said in Install NextCloud 11 on Fedora 25 with SaltStack:

@FATeknollogee said in Install NextCloud 11 on Fedora 25 with SaltStack:

In /srv/salt/ I need to create nextcloud.sls, ssl.conf & redis.conf
Copy & paste the contents
state.apply = magic?

Yes, create those files and yes, salt is magic.

That's so easy even a caveman :clown: like me could do it.
I was over-thinking & kept "googling" for a NextCloud.sls download

I plan on trying this out.

Cinnamon or Gnome or Mate or Xfce??? which & why https://kororaproject.org/discover

Problem solved.
Had to change both ports on the ConnectX-3 from the default of "IB" to "Eth".

@stacksofplates said in calling Debian Stretch & Mellanox experts!!:

If all they did was create a web interface it would be much better.

The Proxmox GUI is via a web interface

I'll never understand the point of ZFS for a hypervisor.

Ask @scottalanmiller about the cult of ZFS! People love their ZFS!!

@dafyre said in SaltStack Use Cases:

Installing ZeroTier / joining machines to the ZT network.

Any how to guides?

Thx for the info.

I haven't yet checked pricing, but you said the sweet spot for storage on Vultr is 1TB or less?

Above 1TB, one probably should bring the install in house (aka co-lo, on-prem etc)?

Supermicro SuperDoctor 5

Trying to install SD5 in a Proxmox (Debian Stretch based) build.
The installer goes through with no errors but it never gets installed.
Looks like I'm missing a package?

In the past, I've installed SD5 many times on my XenServer hosts, all without problem.

Any ideas??

Anyone doing Win 10 VDI but without the typical Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp or Microsoft VDI management?

I was talking to a support guy at SM.
Thought this might be a good read.
https://www.supermicro.com/datasheet/datasheet_SuperDOM.pdf