@scottalanmiller said in Asustor hacked ?:
Is this an Asus NAS product or just a confusing name?
see this (asustor site).
don't remember the source but I read that employees comes from QNAP (at least part of them)
@scottalanmiller said in Asustor hacked ?:
Is this an Asus NAS product or just a confusing name?
see this (asustor site).
don't remember the source but I read that employees comes from QNAP (at least part of them)
@scottalanmiller boiled potatos and carrots and pork and cheese "bags"
@scottalanmiller I know. I always prefer postgres when available. but there is a chicken-egg problem: small companies buy software from small devel companies which - for whatever reason I don't know- develop only in .NET with MS SQL.
there is a claer trend here in Italy. Therefore you have to bump the specs for the oversized framework.
@dashrender said in server barebones: asrock, gigabyte, tyan, intel, chenbro. Opinions?:
Really? they are that expensive there?
smallest VPS in local provider usable for something is 12,50€ per month (4gb ram, 2 cores, 80gb hdd). for databases this ram is really small. for file servers this disk is too small.
A proper sql express VPS w/ 4 core 16gb ram and 50gb disk (including space for OS!) will raise up to 82€/month.
A virtual file server is something like 127€/month (2 core, 4gb ram, 700gb hdd).
If you set up a decent physical server in house and you put hyperv on, usually you pay something like 200€ per VM per year. But you have to pay for a full server. which is expensive.
I mean: with local server you scale better on prices but you must have the will to invest. some have not, therefore a cheaper solution would be more interesting for them.
@hobbit666 said in server barebones: asrock, gigabyte, tyan, intel, chenbro. Opinions?:
As mentioned if they aren't willing to pay for decent kit then they need to make do and hope something doesn't fail soon.
I'm kind of looking at this type of thing myself (but not for production usage) we need a "archive" server to put some old SQL servers on that might be needed 2-3 times a year.
I don't want to spend ££££££ so I've started looking at refurb kit. £500-600 next bis day replacement parts (12months). Dual hex core, 64gb ram and 2-4tb storage.
Or I found this on the UK insight site
https://www.uk.insight.com/en-gb/productinfo/servers/0006266833-00000001
Should be ok for running a few VM on and not to pricy.
mmm... this seems to fit quite well... maybe a bit weak on disk perf. but it is better than a 5000€ stuff.
also, I've digged a bit and I've found only 1 revirew about an asrock barebone for storage : 1U with non 12 non hotswap hdd. those barebones seems more gosts than anything else.
@dashrender well some of them have adsl 7/0.5 mbit/s up/down. others have decent FTTC (say 30/10).
also: hosting for VPS? in a few months they have paid the same as for a new server.
While Vultr could be ok for VoIP I still need to manage a fileserver on NAS, an AD and other minor things which require a certain amount of disk space... my first idea was: why not virtualize everything in a small server in house...
but the price tag seems too much to them and have asked for something cheaper... I've digged a bit on google and I've met these brands.
BETTER: I was aware of some of them (Intel and Asrock), some others have been proposed by google.
So here my curiosity.
@bbigford said in server barebones: asrock, gigabyte, tyan, intel, chenbro. Opinions?:
@matteo-nunziati said in server barebones: asrock, gigabyte, tyan, intel, chenbro. Opinions?:
@bbigford sorry: bad english on my side.
I meant that in Italy we some brands in the NAS space that provide business grade support, rather than enterprise support. This lower the price of products (as I was thinking about buying stuff with support).
This kind of products is available via Buffalo and Netgear.
I was searching for something similar in the server space. As I've found nothing I've started digging deeper -dropped the service requirement- and googling around I've hit the barebones of the topic.
While this is not what I was searching in origin barebones are still an option. I was curious to know other people's experiences about reliability/quality of those brands (gigabyte and so...)
I think I'm getting a clearer picture. But what is the need you're trying to fill? File storage, lab with VM storage, etc. I think an answer to that would paint a crystal clear picture of what a community could provide input in.
OK this is the big picture.
Main reason for this question is that I've switched work and now I'm more and more exposed to very small companies. Not so small that a synology is enough, but small in the sense they would be perfectly served by an hypervisor running on a 1U server with few services.
Commonly you will find a small erp (do not think NAV or SAP, something really small!), the presence tracker server (the one connected to those small appliances where you slap the bagde on), maybe the voip server if they have voip internally. And yes, a small file storage and an AD.
Now they struggle with a real mess: a mix of VMs and baremetal. Consolidate and virtualize everything would be great but the entry point is a bit expensive. So they tend to not move on.
Example: we have the file server on synology and an AD on an ancient tower server, the voip is not there because a dedicated server will cost, also we backup the synology on a usb disk.
Moving the fileserver on the hypervisor, let put all services under hypervisor and use the NAS as a backup target would be a better solution for them.
Nontheless they have to make a big investment. Here it is: some use leasing and buy really priced stuff from Dell or HPE, others simply say "cool, but no thanks" <- this is what generated the search on google and the search pointed out these producers of "unknown" barebones.
We have three levels of support in Italy (more or less): consumer (aka you are screwed), business (send replacement in 24h but no on site service sorry) and enterprise (NBD or 24/7 on site), I was searching for a compromise to let those small companies redesign the infrastructure in a more modern way.
without breaking the bank.
@bbigford sorry: bad english on my side.
I meant that in Italy we some brands in the NAS space that provide business grade support, rather than enterprise support. This lower the price of products (as I was thinking about buying stuff with support).
This kind of products is available via Buffalo and Netgear.
I was searching for something similar in the server space. As I've found nothing I've started digging deeper -dropped the service requirement- and googling around I've hit the barebones of the topic.
While this is not what I was searching in origin barebones are still an option. I was curious to know other people's experiences about reliability/quality of those brands (gigabyte and so...)
@matteo-nunziati said in server barebones: asrock, gigabyte, tyan, intel, chenbro. Opinions?:
A dual proc with 128gb ram, raid controller and 4 big 3.5 sata disks, no redundant p. supply comes in at 5000€ involving nbd for 5 years.
to compare, configuring the same on xbyte on R430 and converting to euro this leads to 3200€ aka 64% of the same stuff here in Italy.
@francesco-provino yeah this is why I say that on bigger layouts it doesn't worth to whitbox. Even HPE does similar, but on small systems discounts are areally limited.
also if you want to add new disks later and you do not reach the critical mass for a discount you pay the full price!
Not a good deal for a small business with its early needs in virtualization and a bunch of services.
I'm basically try to understand if something exists like in the nas space with buffalo and netgear which provide business grade stuff and support.
Here we have only a bunch of enterprises an a load of micro-companies.
@bbigford my curiosity comes from the following fact:
A dual proc with 128gb ram, raid controller and 4 big 3.5 sata disks, no redundant p. supply comes in at 5000€ involving nbd for 5 years.
Nbd and no redundant supply along w/ sata is basically shit. If you want proper support redundancy and perf you go in the 10000€ ballpark.
If a vendor was available with 24h spare delivery an 36/60 months warranty, it would be interesting to evaluate its costs.
I'm almost sure if you go higher in specs it doesn't worth, but under a certain spec you really feel robbed.
I mean Barebones. I do not mind of choose the right mobo, power supply and the so...
@scottalanmiller said in server barebones: asrock, gigabyte, tyan, intel, chenbro. Opinions?:
@matteo-nunziati said in server barebones: asrock, gigabyte, tyan, intel, chenbro. Opinions?:
Also, I'm still uncapable to find resellers for EU/Italy...
Of which products?
Basically all of them. Seems more stuff for oem. Even if I click on proposed resellers they actually have nothing.
Well not that I have phone called them. Just surfed the web catalog.
hello,
always wondered what to think about the topic and if/when does it worth to use them.
Also, I'm still uncapable to find resellers for EU/Italy...
few links:
asrock
gigabyte
tyan
intel
chenbro
I know you have xbyte and supermicro, but here in Italy we haven't. At least we have supermicro, but configuring a supermicro leads to same price of dell/hpe and no support.
thank you!
While I cant say about the mrp module quality odoo can be an option as well as openbravo.
But who will support them?
@jaredbusch said in Anyone have a powershell line to create a new admin account:
I have a handful of Windows 7 machiens not on a domain.
I want to put a new Admin account on them.
The current user accounts have admin rights, which I will remove, I have ScreenConnect installed and running with admin perms. So I can pop a powershell via the ScreenConnect command window easily to do this.
not tested... maybe this thread can help with PS 2.0. Quoting code here:
# Create new local Admin user for script purposes
$Computer = [ADSI]"WinNT://$Env:COMPUTERNAME,Computer"
$LocalAdmin = $Computer.Create("User", "LocalAdmin")
$LocalAdmin.SetPassword("Password01")
$LocalAdmin.SetInfo()
$LocalAdmin.FullName = "Local Admin by Powershell"
$LocalAdmin.SetInfo()
$LocalAdmin.UserFlags = 64 + 65536 # ADS_UF_PASSWD_CANT_CHANGE + ADS_UF_DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWD
$LocalAdmin.SetInfo()
@emad-r said in Does any one of you has (single-board computer) if so what is the purpose ?:
@dbeato said in Does any one of you has (single-board computer) if so what is the purpose ?:
@emad-r said in Does any one of you has (single-board computer) if so what is the purpose ?:
ou have something like Pi 3 and if so why ? and what OS on it ?
If you want to buy one which one interests you.
Thanks.Raspberry Pi3 for thermostat and Arduino for door automation.
Why I am getting the vibe here that it is easier to code and automate with Arduino , is there an easy guide/wizard for it that does not involve alot of coding ?
Arduino is microprocessor coded with a specific dialect of c as most of micros todays. It is not able to run an os. Like any micro it accepts an entry point and starts looping the same code again and again until you pull the plug.
Raspberrypi is an arm architecture able to run an os. You can code it even in python or node.js
@tim_g said in Create NFS file share on Hyper-V Server 2016:
@matteo-nunziati said in Create NFS file share on Hyper-V Server 2016:
@tim_g said in Create NFS file share on Hyper-V Server 2016:
@matteo-nunziati said in Create NFS file share on Hyper-V Server 2016:
@tim_g late to party. can this help with your original plan?
Yes, something like that but a little more current would have been perfect!
A lot less moving parts with something like that... I'd be able to cut out needing another VM and Yosemite license.
Try this google search
Wow your google-fu is better than mine!
Not often... This has been a lucky one.