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I plan on trying the "Citrix ready" Eaton IPM VM http://bit.ly/2etlIs2

@DustinB3403 Props on the quick trigger!

@BRRABill said in BRRABill's Field Report With XenServer:

@FATeknollogee said in BRRABill's Field Report With XenServer:

@BRRABill What Eaton do you have?

5S

I have a few 5PX's

Has anyone tried/used this? http://en.xentoolbox.com/xentoolbox-xentoolbox/

Aren't you guys supposed to have an "open mind" & always try new things?

Don't you get email alerts for drive failures?

@DustinB3403 Curious how your use of XenServer will be affected by this?

@JaredBusch said in UrBackup Review plus Configuration Options:

And this is the second reason I refuse to run XS in production.

Not to threadjack, but http://www.quadricsoftware.com/products/alike-dr/ supports Hyper-V and XS

OS: XenServer 7.0
HW: SuperMicro SuperServer 1028R-WTRT
Drive type: All SSD's

*** No USB install of XS

Since this chassis has 10 drives & FakeRAID is not recommended, I'm interested in hearing options on how to handle the array for the XS SR.

There are 2 SuperDOM ports, install XS here??
Software RAID or LSI 92xx card for the array ??

Look forward to hearing different options.

@scottalanmiller said in XenServer install on SuperMicro: software RAID question:

I'm unsure of the question.

The goal is to have "another set of eyes" look at it & they may have different solutions.

Thanks

For those that are NOT on Dell (non - iDRAC) hardware & using a HW RAID controller, how are you monitoring hard drive failures?

@DustinB3403 said in Ethernet based teleconference - room speakers - projector etc:

@FATeknollogee said in Ethernet based teleconference - room speakers - projector etc:

How many people will be seated (or should that be "sitting") in each room?

6 - 8

For smooth & even audio coverage, use 4 (if budget allows) in ceiling speakers.
No soundbar.

Supermicro SuperDoctor 5: local install
https://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/SMS_SD5.cfm

email notification, 'cause I pulled one of the SSDs:

RAID 10 is degraded & rebuilding:

email notification: rebuild is complete:

pretty pics:

RAID tab:

Monitoring via 3rd party:
OpManager: https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/
Goliath: http://goliathtechnologies.com/software/goliath-performance-monitor/
ControlUp: https://www.controlup.com/

No, those pics are from SuperDoctor 5, It's a 1:1 free Server management tool https://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/SMS_SD5.cfm

@Kris_K I just recently made that choice in LA
I went with https://www.inforelay.com/
The DC is located at http://www.coresite.com/data-centers/locations/los-angeles/la2
LA2 is slightly more expensive than the DCs in downtown LA (LA2 is not in the heart of DTLA)
At LA2, there is free gated parking, there is also a separate gated loading dock with carts & service elevator right next to the dock.
Less hassle & headache to get in & out

@Kris_K said in Choosing a colo:

LA it is. Thanks guys!

Exactly where? LA is a pretty huge place!

@Kris_K From the fwy offramp to the LA2 site, is less than a mile drive.

@JaredBusch No interest in using XenServer 7.x?