@scottalanmiller said in Untangle Site to Site VPN Not Connecting:

OpenVPN app

Going out on a whim. If they purchased business licenses, did they expire?

Had this happen to me last month with client (they used another tech company).

@wrx7m said in VMWare Shutdown:

vSphere Mobile Watchlist

I didn't use it but it looks like it has not been on their since mid-October. That is what I found on their community boards.

@maximus said in VMWare Shutdown:

Hi,

What is the proper shutdown of VMWare host to prevent damage on the running guest servers? how long does it take to completely shutdown everything?

i have 2 VM host with around 12 guest running on each host.

Like others have said, it depends on what type of servers you are running.

My environment consists of -

Three ESXi hosts with vCenter 6.5 U2 with 35 VM's, mix of Linux and Windows and Two APC UPS (Hosts have dual power supplies with one cord to each UPS) and running an APC VM with powershute software. We do not have a generator but the UPS will run for 35 minutes on battery.

If my users (many remote users) get out in decent time, this process takes about 8-14 minutes and everything is powered down safely. I shutdown small lightly used servers first while waiting on users. Also I use the Shutdown Guest inside vCenter so I don't have to spend time logging into each host and running a shutdown command (I will if I have time).

Powering on is a different beast. Do not let all VM's come up at the same time or your will have a boot storm.

@Joel said in HyperV Server - Raid Best Practices:

This got a little heated
-So can we clarify, back to the OP - Consensus out of the options I have, Option 2 is the best way to go?

6x 2TB 12GB/s Drives in OBR10 for everything and then creating two partitions (1 for the HyperVisor OS) and then (1 for data - to store all my Virtual Machines and Data).

My VMs would be in D:\Hyper-V\VM's
My Virtual Hard Disks (daily data) would be in D:\Hyper-V\Data

Don't forget to do the cost comparisons of SAS in OBR10 vs SSD in RAID5. You may be surprised to find out that SSD in RAID 5 is cheaper (Stick with SSD 6Gb/s vs 12Gb/s) depending upon your server manufacturer.

@IRJ said in Nine Out of Every 10 Silicon Valley Jobs Pays Less Than In 1997, Report Finds:

I just read article again and realized they are specifically saying everyone but technology workers are getting a decrease. So that means IT jobs are getting increased while everything else is losing.

I hate to be thus guy... But it boils down to economics of a specific area. Obviously the demand in silicone Valley is for IT. In area that is so dense with geeks who work long hours, it's not surprising local businesses may have to pay less. The amount of online shopping for everything including things like liquor mentioned on the article must be extremely high.

I just hope the IT in Silicone Valley start paying up for the Sanitation employees or they will be in a deep pile of S%&*! (pun intended)

@Mike-Davis

So am I wrong in my thinking, anyone who uses MS's MFA auth service is unable to access any of there services?

@scottalanmiller said in Just How Hard is University to Overcome:

@pmoncho said in Just How Hard is University to Overcome:

@scottalanmiller
That was a pretty good video till the end. A nice walk through Sallie history.

Yeah, I really liked that one, and good history that really no one is aware of.

I only knew about half of what he mentioned. Nixon, like other past presidential ideas, didn't pay attention to the law of unintended consequences. Maybe they do and just don't care.

@scottalanmiller said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

@pmoncho said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

@scottalanmiller said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

@pmoncho said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

@IRJ said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

@JaredBusch said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

@IRJ said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

@JaredBusch said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

@scottalanmiller said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

@JaredBusch said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

The technology itself makes for a great tamper proof system. but that is not the problem with a blockchain based election system.

As the article states, the hard part about this technology is the loss of anonymity.

And perception problems.

I don't care about perception of people too stupid to even spell blockchain, let alone understand what it is.

Blockchain election systems would be great technically.

100% agree. Blockchain isnt quite ready for this yet, but will be very soon. I have done quit a bit of tinkering with my own Ethereum token with transactions, testing, etc.

It isn't quite ready for the Broadway yet, but it's getting there and the concept is very solid. Some issues need to be addressed such as speed.

The issues will not be technical. If you cannot have a 100% anonymous electorate, then you have people that can sell their votes (and prove it).

The entire point of blockchain is accountability. You cannot have accountability and anonymity with the current design of blockchain.

Retaliation based on political views could be a potential issue as well.

I believe It may already be an issue and would get much worse.

Right now it is based on perceived views. Which is bad. But you can imagine how mad people would be if they learned for certain how people voted.

For the people who want that info kept private, it is a huge issue. Many people have no issue stating who they did not vote for or what party they belong to. Just like many have no issue posting their life on social media.

Claiming and proving are very different things, though.

Good point.

@scottalanmiller
That was a pretty good video till the end. A nice walk through Sallie history.

@scottalanmiller said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

@pmoncho said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

@IRJ said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

@JaredBusch said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

@IRJ said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

@JaredBusch said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

@scottalanmiller said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

@JaredBusch said in Blockchain-based elections would be a disaster for democracy:

The technology itself makes for a great tamper proof system. but that is not the problem with a blockchain based election system.

As the article states, the hard part about this technology is the loss of anonymity.

And perception problems.

I don't care about perception of people too stupid to even spell blockchain, let alone understand what it is.

Blockchain election systems would be great technically.

100% agree. Blockchain isnt quite ready for this yet, but will be very soon. I have done quit a bit of tinkering with my own Ethereum token with transactions, testing, etc.

It isn't quite ready for the Broadway yet, but it's getting there and the concept is very solid. Some issues need to be addressed such as speed.

The issues will not be technical. If you cannot have a 100% anonymous electorate, then you have people that can sell their votes (and prove it).

The entire point of blockchain is accountability. You cannot have accountability and anonymity with the current design of blockchain.

Retaliation based on political views could be a potential issue as well.

I believe It may already be an issue and would get much worse.

Right now it is based on perceived views. Which is bad. But you can imagine how mad people would be if they learned for certain how people voted.

For the people who want that info kept private, it is a huge issue. Many people have no issue stating who they did not vote for or what party they belong to. Just like many have no issue posting their life on social media.