@shuey
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@Obsolesce said in Azure or 0365?:

@IRJ said in Azure or 0365?:

@scottalanmiller said in Azure or 0365?:

I'd be pretty okay hiring someone with only a cert in O365, it's not touching infrastructure. But hiring someone with only a cert in Azure would be pretty scary.

And that's exactly what I said earlier, it's much easier to get a junior level position that utilizes O365

Right, some professions are easier to get in as junior level, simply because, I would imagine Jr level Helpdesk positions are more abundant, therefore less competitive. But I still don't know if that's the route he wants to go by focusing on O365. You sure can take it up to and likely past $200k, ive seen it. Just as you can take the other path in excess of $200k. But then we're back again to him just picking a path.

A helpdesk making more than $200k?... :) i'm sure you can count those instances on your fingers. The range is usually MUCH lower.
He needs to understand that he's not going to make anywhere near that for quite some time though. While making as much money as possible sounds great, it can very likely guide someone into making decisions that he/she is going to regret. I'd not want to do something i hate doing, even if i'm paid really well. Helpdesk/IT support in general is not something that anyone can or should do and usually is just a way to get into IT/a specific company.

Hi all,
have a little trouble figuring out the best way to configure MS SQL 2014 AAG backups using VMware VDP 6.1.
https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vmware-data-protection-administration-guide-61.pdf (starting at page 166) doesn't really help, cannot find any best practice docs as well.
There (and in some other Avamar docs) i found that simple recovery model dbs (master, model, msdb) should be backed up separately.

So am i right to assume that this would work?...:

Job 1. Select Full server, select whole AAG cluster and Full as a backup type (scheduled every whatever days)
Job 2. Select Full server, select whole AAG cluster and Incremental as a backup type (scheduled every whatever days, obviously more often than full)
Job 3. Select Select Databases, select single SQL server along with its master, model and msdb, and Full as a backup type (scheduled every whatever days).

And then restoring in case of total SQL failure takes two steps? (full servers first (as i back up whole AAG), then simple recovery model dbs).

VMWare support takes days to even take a look at a ticket, wondered if someone has a similar setup.

Thanks!

Kris

Hi guys,
i need to choose between Santa Clara, CA and Los Angeles, CA for our West Coast colo.

http://www.coresite.com/data-centers/locations/los-angeles/la2 (hot aisle containment)
http://www.coresite.com/data-centers/locations/silicon-valley/sv4 (cold aisle containment)

Maybe someone recently had to make a similar decision, it would be interesting to know why they chose one over another.
Pricing is identical.
I'm based in the East Coast, but i'll visit the West Coast data center once in a while, so things like transportation to/from the data center, hotel, etc. should be taken into consideration as well.

Thanks!

LA it is. Thanks guys!

why are you attacking it?...

@dustinb3403 said in Small colo infrastructure for SaaS:

@pete-s said in Small colo infrastructure for SaaS:

This is how @dustinb3403 suggested replicating VMs between hosts:

While this is accurate, it also misses on the fact that he would still have his NLS server sitting, collecting backups on whatever schedule.

Other than that it is accurate. In Scott's proposal you are making the shift from migrating the entire workload (which is essentially instant) to migrating the database only.

In his case, the load balancer is the weak link in the chain. Granted these don't fail often but it isn't something you have control over either unless you provide your own for the COLO.

2 haproxy VMs (one per host) and keepalived for failover

I'd go with Samsung

Is it worth such a hassle?..
Servers and storage are so cheap these days. Why bother with old hardware (and software as in your case...).

I'd rather go increasing the IOPS way (more disks, adding some caching or even switching to full flash if needed, etc.).
Splitting things doesn't make sense unless his host doesn't have enough resources (cpu, ram), can't be upgraded and he needs a second one. But even then, i'd go with a single beefier one.

Learning o365 is not rocket science and is not going to take years. If it's going to open some doors and get you into IT (don't know what you're doing right now) - you should totally spend the time. Then you can move on with more advanced knowledge, experience and certs (including Azure path, if that's what you want to become good at).

@Obsolesce said in Azure or 0365?:

@IRJ said in Azure or 0365?:

@scottalanmiller said in Azure or 0365?:

I'd be pretty okay hiring someone with only a cert in O365, it's not touching infrastructure. But hiring someone with only a cert in Azure would be pretty scary.

And that's exactly what I said earlier, it's much easier to get a junior level position that utilizes O365

Right, some professions are easier to get in as junior level, simply because, I would imagine Jr level Helpdesk positions are more abundant, therefore less competitive. But I still don't know if that's the route he wants to go by focusing on O365. You sure can take it up to and likely past $200k, ive seen it. Just as you can take the other path in excess of $200k. But then we're back again to him just picking a path.

A helpdesk making more than $200k?... :) i'm sure you can count those instances on your fingers. The range is usually MUCH lower.
He needs to understand that he's not going to make anywhere near that for quite some time though. While making as much money as possible sounds great, it can very likely guide someone into making decisions that he/she is going to regret. I'd not want to do something i hate doing, even if i'm paid really well. Helpdesk/IT support in general is not something that anyone can or should do and usually is just a way to get into IT/a specific company.

@WrCombs said in Azure or 0365?:

@scottalanmiller said in Azure or 0365?:

@WrCombs said in Azure or 0365?:

Cause then, this could bring more people into ML and give them a place to look for themselves and figure out which would be better for them .

cause it's all in one place. and could give someone else a better understanding.

Yup, it's a good discussion to have, even if the result is "this isn't the right question to ask." That's great, so what IS the right question to ask?

My thoughts are: "what's more important to have a certification in to get a better job - O365 or Azure?"

You need to define what a "better job" for YOU is first.

@pmoncho Yup, it's in the attic. Having some skylights helps a lot.

Right after setting it all up

Your resume should be tailored to that specific job. Can't tell much without seeing the ad and job description. Who knows what the position you're going to apply for is and if it's a good match for the skills and experience you list.
You should begin with fixing typos first though..

A CDN needs an origin to pull the data from and THEN cache it. Azure blob storage is one of many options you can go with. Comes with pretty much unlimited space (in petabytes).

Security is such a broad topic, there is no such thing as THE BEST cert. You have to be way more specific

For live stats - hatop -s /run/haproxy/admin.sock -i 1
For historical data - prometheus and grafana

VMware tools start after the OS is up. Sounds like your issue has nothing to do with your hypervisor and has everything to do with your OS.