@AdamF
It works quite well - especially for the cost.
For our company's onsite ones, I even have a cheap POE add-on card, so I can restart the Pi if it fully hangs up (rare). Obviously this does not work for your use case.
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RE: Unattended remote access utility/ computerposted in IT Discussion
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RE: Miscellaneous Tech Newsposted in News
@Dashrender
Facts don't matter nearly as much today. It is more about the loudest voice. -
RE: Experience with NDR Solutionsposted in IT Discussion
When you drill into some of the solutions out there, some are just black boxes that give you a result. However, what was missed? In these cases, you don't get an audit trail on anything other than what was identified.
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RE: Proxmox in 2022posted in IT Discussion
@brandon220
I have this on my whiteboard:
"That's the way we have always done it is NEVER the right answer"When I first peeked at Proxmox, it must have been about 7 years ago. It was not ready for primetime. I just started dipping my toes back in that pool in a homelab
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MangoPIposted in IT Discussion
So, will these be give-a-ways at the next MangoCon? It is not an all-inclusive device, as it will require a carrier board of some type. For somethings this may be ideal.
https://www.techradar.com/news/mysterious-new-raspberry-pi-alternative-is-the-size-of-an-sd-card
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RE: Book: Linux Administration Best Practicesposted in Self Promotion
@scottalanmiller
With Packt, you can get the book and ebook for the $40 price -
RE: What Are You Doing Right Nowposted in Water Closet
Learning GCP management. Starting on Terraform tomorrow
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RE: Chrome OS Flexposted in IT Discussion
@gjacobse It is not compatible. There was another project out there that was ARM compatible. I think it fizzled or was bought by Google several years ago now. Sigh
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RE: StarWind Success Story: Build a hyperconverged infrastructure with StarWind vSANposted in Starwind
I used Starwind for several years. It was solid and effective for the Hyper-V clusters it was implemented on
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RE: Chrome OS Flexposted in IT Discussion
Google bought a company (early last year maybe??) that was doing this for several years. The company was called Cloud Ready if I recall. I used it and found it an effective means of repurposing older hardware. In my case, I was able to repurpose 6-7 year old desktops. Of course it is only usable in situations where ChromeOS can be effective. The devices were manageable through Cloud Ready's console (with a license) in much the same way ChromeOS devices can be managed. I assume this is fully integrated now that it is Google Branded.
This would be ideal if the project could/would get ported to non-Intel processors. I would love to run it on Raspberry Pis
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RE: What are your Thoughts on Using LAPS to manage local admin account passwords on a domain?posted in IT Discussion
@eleceng
The basic premise of helping to stop horizontal attacks is wonderful. Last year we reviewed this as an option. In a test, it implemented well enough, but the PW was not truly encrypted. This can be better explained here:
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RE: Microsoft Dynamics, do not useposted in IT Discussion
@carnival-boy
Many moons ago (when most screens were still monochrome) I wrote an ERP for a manufacturing company. It was built from the ground up to meet their needs. It was extended to include barcode scanning and some other enhancements that were not considered initially. Long story short, this solution is still in use today decades later. Did it take a lot longer to work it from the ground up? Hell ya. If a framework like Dynamics existed, it would have saved a lot of Dev time. We would have been quicker to market using a framework. Would it have been better? More reliable? I'll vote for more troublesome using a generic platform like Dynamics.
Given how long it has been used with only minor enhancements, their TCO is awesome. Is it the right answer for everyone? Obviously not. However, it should always be part of the conversation. -
RE: Vultr will finally start charging for Snapshot storageposted in News
Interesting that BackBlaze is now integrated with Vultr. No egress fees. This may prove useful
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RE: ATA sp112 behind Sonicwall to Skyetelposted in IT Discussion
I never had an issue with Cisco ATAs connected to a cloud service behind Sonicwall devices. I don't recall setting anything up, but I am curious enough to review my setup notes to confirm.
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RE: Vultr will finally start charging for Snapshot storageposted in News
I started with VMware many moons ago and as a result, cleaning up snapshots was pretty much mandatory or deal with "delta hell". Since it became habitual, it naturally translated to the cloud.
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RE: Looking to learn/research MeshCentralposted in IT Discussion
I spun up MC for home based on advice gained here. Based on the results, we now use it at work. It has been solid in both environments. My personal one sits in Vulr on a Linux VM @$5/mo and has about 80 devices on it currently.
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RE: Framework | Modularity hits laptops?posted in Water Closet
@dashrender I would upgrade my laptop to WiFi-6e if it were as simple and click-click-driver.
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RE: Offsite backup options for ProxMox deploymentposted in IT Discussion
You are already using Synology. Have you looked at their cloud backup? I believe it even integrates with Backblaze and others.
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Framework | Modularity hits laptops?posted in Water Closet
I find this intriguing. I may have to finally upgrade my home machine (XPS13 circa 2014)
The product: https://frame.work/
Video Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rkTgPt3M4k