Posts made by scottalanmiller

@Obsolesce said in Safe to have a 48TB Windows volume?:

@jim9500 said in Safe to have a 48TB Windows volume?:

Have any of you used 48TB Windows volumes? Any resources on risk analysis vs ZFS?

I have two that are close to 60 TB. But they are REFS and hold a lot of large virtual disks.

REFS on 2019 is what I would wait for, for bare file storage.

Are you on 2019 now or looking to move off of a Windows file server?

ReFS has a bad track record. It's got a future, but has been pretty lacking and presents a bit of risk. Microsoft has had a disastrous track record with storage recently, even if ReFS is supposed to get brought to production levels with 2019, 2019 is questionably production ready. Remember... data loss is why it was pulled out of production in the first place.

It it isn't ready for use, what's it for?

@wrx7m said in What Are You Watching Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:

@wrx7m Drunk History.

If you've never seen it, it is amazing. And if you enjoy history, even better. But even if you don't, it's hilarious.

I'll have to check it out. I have heard of it, just haven't watched it. I do like history. Hopefully, I will like this

If you like history and laughing at drunk people, it doesn't get any better.

@wrx7m said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wrx7m said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Looking into setting up QOS on Sophos UTM for VoIP. It looks a little more involved than I would have thought.

UTMs always are

I think I did it. Not sure I did it right. I also disabled - Intrusion Protection / Anti-Portscan / Anti-DoS/Flooding TCP / Anti-DoS/Flooding UDP / Anti-DoS/Flooding ICMP for those services to the networks of the provider.

Perfect

@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

UK PM to face vote of no confidence later today.

She's survived the vote.

But with horrible results. She's much weaker now than this morning.

@wrx7m Well that's that then.

@wrx7m Drunk History.

If you've never seen it, it is amazing. And if you enjoy history, even better. But even if you don't, it's hilarious.

I'm into the second season of Star Trek: Enterprise and it might be my favourite series thus far.

I had black olives and coffee. That is all.

@wrx7m said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Looking into setting up QOS on Sophos UTM for VoIP. It looks a little more involved than I would have thought.

UTMs always are

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender yeah, hence why she was shocked that she was having a "drink" every morning.

She thinks because she drinks "Irish Coffee" that it is the Irish Coffee with Alcohol?
That's comical!

I'm sure that it is. Irish coffee means with alcohol. Not Bailey's flavoured coffee.

Sure, that's what it generally means in a restaurant, etc... but it's also just as likely that they have irish coffee flavored k-cups - which I'm sure don't have alcohol in them.

If she is making it at home, it would only be Irish coffee if she had a bottle of Bailey's (or generic.) But I assume she gets it at a restaurant as that's what most Europeans do. Coffee in a shop is so cheap there.

Oh - I made an assumption that who you were talking to was in person, and since you are in the US right now, you were talking to a resident of the US. But even that could be wrong and you could be talkign to someone in person, but was from the EU, so drinking might be totally legal for them, at home.

Totally legal for her to drink at home in the US. It's getting it at a cafe / bar that's common to Europe, but not the US. Remember this isn't a shot, so would qualify like wine or beer and be legal most anywhere over the pond. She can order shots in Romania, you can do anything there. But even in France or Spain should could get Irish coffee without someone even taking notice.

Apparently - It is legal for a Parent or Spouse over 21 to order a drink for a minor under 21 at a restaurant , The restaurant's policy will not allow it. as long as Parent or Spouse over 21 is physically present while they are drinking.
Learn something new everyday.

In the US, yes. In Europe, the kids can order it themselves in most countries. The US has about the craziest alcohol laws o the planet, and even here it is not nearly as crazy as people assume.

Most of the issues with Alcohol consumption from minors is within Policies of Establishments.
The only law is - Parents can allow them to drink within their presence.
Outside of that, Under the age of 21 (with out parent or spouse over 21) can not drink.

Which is not what was preached to me throughout all my (not so many) years of growing up.

In the US it is by state. There is no federal law around it. Every state is different.

NY is super loose. As is Texas.

Nebraska is extremely Strict

Another reason not to choose Nebraska.

No one chooses Nebraska

Nebraska chooses you.

Now we know what people will be doing before MangoCon, haha.

@valentina said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller That's pretty cool

I'm sure you can do that there, too. Would be weird if you couldn't.

@wrx7m said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Dallas... where you can drink in the zoo!

Contact the Dallas Tourism Bureau. You have a new slogan.

It would promote the city pretty well.

The zoo has GOOD beer, too.

Dallas... where you can drink in the zoo!

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender yeah, hence why she was shocked that she was having a "drink" every morning.

She thinks because she drinks "Irish Coffee" that it is the Irish Coffee with Alcohol?
That's comical!

I'm sure that it is. Irish coffee means with alcohol. Not Bailey's flavoured coffee.

Sure, that's what it generally means in a restaurant, etc... but it's also just as likely that they have irish coffee flavored k-cups - which I'm sure don't have alcohol in them.

If she is making it at home, it would only be Irish coffee if she had a bottle of Bailey's (or generic.) But I assume she gets it at a restaurant as that's what most Europeans do. Coffee in a shop is so cheap there.

Oh - I made an assumption that who you were talking to was in person, and since you are in the US right now, you were talking to a resident of the US. But even that could be wrong and you could be talkign to someone in person, but was from the EU, so drinking might be totally legal for them, at home.

Totally legal for her to drink at home in the US. It's getting it at a cafe / bar that's common to Europe, but not the US. Remember this isn't a shot, so would qualify like wine or beer and be legal most anywhere over the pond. She can order shots in Romania, you can do anything there. But even in France or Spain should could get Irish coffee without someone even taking notice.

Apparently - It is legal for a Parent or Spouse over 21 to order a drink for a minor under 21 at a restaurant , The restaurant's policy will not allow it. as long as Parent or Spouse over 21 is physically present while they are drinking.
Learn something new everyday.

In the US, yes. In Europe, the kids can order it themselves in most countries. The US has about the craziest alcohol laws o the planet, and even here it is not nearly as crazy as people assume.

Most of the issues with Alcohol consumption from minors is within Policies of Establishments.
The only law is - Parents can allow them to drink within their presence.
Outside of that, Under the age of 21 (with out parent or spouse over 21) can not drink.

Which is not what was preached to me throughout all my (not so many) years of growing up.

In the US it is by state. There is no federal law around it. Every state is different.

NY is super loose. As is Texas.

In GA it's all strict and asinine. But we did manage to pass the "brunch bill", which allows restaurants to serve alcohol at 11am on Sunday (churchy people here like to piss on everyone else's good time).

Or GA.

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender yeah, hence why she was shocked that she was having a "drink" every morning.

She thinks because she drinks "Irish Coffee" that it is the Irish Coffee with Alcohol?
That's comical!

I'm sure that it is. Irish coffee means with alcohol. Not Bailey's flavoured coffee.

Sure, that's what it generally means in a restaurant, etc... but it's also just as likely that they have irish coffee flavored k-cups - which I'm sure don't have alcohol in them.

If she is making it at home, it would only be Irish coffee if she had a bottle of Bailey's (or generic.) But I assume she gets it at a restaurant as that's what most Europeans do. Coffee in a shop is so cheap there.

Oh - I made an assumption that who you were talking to was in person, and since you are in the US right now, you were talking to a resident of the US. But even that could be wrong and you could be talkign to someone in person, but was from the EU, so drinking might be totally legal for them, at home.

Totally legal for her to drink at home in the US. It's getting it at a cafe / bar that's common to Europe, but not the US. Remember this isn't a shot, so would qualify like wine or beer and be legal most anywhere over the pond. She can order shots in Romania, you can do anything there. But even in France or Spain should could get Irish coffee without someone even taking notice.

Apparently - It is legal for a Parent or Spouse over 21 to order a drink for a minor under 21 at a restaurant , The restaurant's policy will not allow it. as long as Parent or Spouse over 21 is physically present while they are drinking.
Learn something new everyday.

In the US, yes. In Europe, the kids can order it themselves in most countries. The US has about the craziest alcohol laws o the planet, and even here it is not nearly as crazy as people assume.

Most of the issues with Alcohol consumption from minors is within Policies of Establishments.
The only law is - Parents can allow them to drink within their presence.
Outside of that, Under the age of 21 (with out parent or spouse over 21) can not drink.

Which is not what was preached to me throughout all my (not so many) years of growing up.

In the US it is by state. There is no federal law around it. Every state is different.

NY is super loose. As is Texas.

Nebraska is extremely Strict

Another reason not to choose Nebraska.

@PhlipElder said in Safe to have a 48TB Windows volume?:

@scottalanmiller said in Safe to have a 48TB Windows volume?:

@DustinB3403 said in Safe to have a 48TB Windows volume?:

Doesn't ntfs have a limit of 16TB per volume?

NTFS volume limit is 256TB in older systems.

NTFS has an 8PB volume limit in modern ones.

The one caveat to NTFS Volumes as far as size goes is the 64TB limit for Volume Shadow Copy snapshots. A lot of products use VSS for their purposes.

Major caveat there!

@Dashrender said in Safe to have a 48TB Windows volume?:

@jim9500 said in Safe to have a 48TB Windows volume?:

@PhlipElder said in Safe to have a 48TB Windows volume?:

What's the air-gap to protect against an encryption event if any?

What's the air-gap to protect against an encryption event if any?

My backup server has access to the rest of the network - but it pulls the backups to itself vs backups being pushed. The rest of the network can't directly write to it. My backups happen weekly - so my (hope) is that I would recognize what was happening to my live network before it was backed up.

I have been contemplating doubling my backup storage space to make sure I have enough space to store older file revisions in a ransomware situation.

Is it a backup or just a copy?

There isn't a difference. Backups are just decoupled copies.

@stacksofplates said in Why I Feel KVM Is the Easiest HyperVisor to Learn the Basics On:

@scottalanmiller said in Why I Feel KVM Is the Easiest HyperVisor to Learn the Basics On:

@dyasny said in Why I Feel KVM Is the Easiest HyperVisor to Learn the Basics On:

Glad to see you stopped being such a die hard Xen fan I remember you fighting tooth and nail against KVM on spice forums.

Not so much a fan, as choosing the best products at the best time. Xen was superior for a long time. KVM had a lot of deficiencies. KVM has pulled ahead in a lot of ways. I don't choose or promote products because I like them, I do so because I believe that they are fitting the specific need best.

That means, that naturally, as the products change over time their place in the universe changes. And nothing is for everyone. Xen still remains a viable player, KVM just makes sense for more shops, more of the time.

KVM has been the same since ~2013 she I started with it. The only difference is Cockpit. All the other tools have existed for quite some time.

Under the hood to some degree, but tooling and market support have changed a lot. KVM was doing okay, but wasn't the big leader in 2013 like it is now. It's place in the market is important, too.

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender yeah, hence why she was shocked that she was having a "drink" every morning.

She thinks because she drinks "Irish Coffee" that it is the Irish Coffee with Alcohol?
That's comical!

I'm sure that it is. Irish coffee means with alcohol. Not Bailey's flavoured coffee.

Sure, that's what it generally means in a restaurant, etc... but it's also just as likely that they have irish coffee flavored k-cups - which I'm sure don't have alcohol in them.

If she is making it at home, it would only be Irish coffee if she had a bottle of Bailey's (or generic.) But I assume she gets it at a restaurant as that's what most Europeans do. Coffee in a shop is so cheap there.

Oh - I made an assumption that who you were talking to was in person, and since you are in the US right now, you were talking to a resident of the US. But even that could be wrong and you could be talkign to someone in person, but was from the EU, so drinking might be totally legal for them, at home.

Totally legal for her to drink at home in the US. It's getting it at a cafe / bar that's common to Europe, but not the US. Remember this isn't a shot, so would qualify like wine or beer and be legal most anywhere over the pond. She can order shots in Romania, you can do anything there. But even in France or Spain should could get Irish coffee without someone even taking notice.

Apparently - It is legal for a Parent or Spouse over 21 to order a drink for a minor under 21 at a restaurant , The restaurant's policy will not allow it. as long as Parent or Spouse over 21 is physically present while they are drinking.
Learn something new everyday.

In the US, yes. In Europe, the kids can order it themselves in most countries. The US has about the craziest alcohol laws o the planet, and even here it is not nearly as crazy as people assume.

Most of the issues with Alcohol consumption from minors is within Policies of Establishments.
The only law is - Parents can allow them to drink within their presence.
Outside of that, Under the age of 21 (with out parent or spouse over 21) can not drink.

Which is not what was preached to me throughout all my (not so many) years of growing up.

In the US it is by state. There is no federal law around it. Every state is different.

NY is super loose. As is Texas.

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

sitting, just, on the couch after destroying my back on tuesday night.

Oh that sucks.

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

About to take a break and make some lunch.

Don't you mean early afternoon snack?

More like breakfast.

About to take a break and make some lunch.

One of the funniest shows ever made.

/proc doesn't differ too much with LXC.

[[email protected] ~]# ls /proc
1      24924  24951  25368  275  322        bus       diskstats    interrupts  key-users      locks    net           slabinfo       thread-self  zoneinfo
12471  24925  24952  25369  295  323        cgroups   dma          iomem       kmsg           mdstat   pagetypeinfo  softirqs       timer_list
12581  24926  24953  25370  316  54         cmdline   driver       ioports     kpagecgroup    meminfo  partitions    stat           tty
24897  24937  24955  25381  318  56         consoles  execdomains  irq         kpagecount     misc     sched_debug   swaps          uptime
24908  24938  25157  25382  319  69         cpuinfo   fb           kallsyms    kpageflags     modules  schedstat     sys            version
24909  24939  25258  25383  32   acpi       crypto    filesystems  kcore       latency_stats  mounts   scsi          sysrq-trigger  vmallocinfo
24910  24950  25286  25386  320  buddyinfo  devices   fs           keys        loadavg        mtrr     self          sysvipc        vmstat

[[email protected] proc]$ ls /proc
1    112    2      24453  24612  31   38   427  532  644  674  759   acpi       diskstats    ioports      kpageflags     mtrr          softirqs       uptime
10   12     20     24455  24613  32   39   428  557  645  676  8     buddyinfo  dma          irq          latency_stats  net           stat           version
100  13     21     24460  24621  326  393  429  598  646  677  9     bus        driver       kallsyms     loadavg        pagetypeinfo  swaps          vmallocinfo
101  13532  21810  24461  2599   33   4    43   599  647  681  9133  cgroups    execdomains  kcore        locks          partitions    sys            vmstat
102  14     22     24510  27     332  403  430  6    648  682  9214  cmdline    fb           keys         mdstat         sched_debug   sysrq-trigger  zoneinfo
103  15     23     24512  28     34   421  431  612  654  683  968   consoles   filesystems  key-users    meminfo        schedstat     sysvipc
105  16     23974  24520  29     35   424  432  613  659  684  969   cpuinfo    fs           kmsg         misc           scsi          thread-self
106  17     24     24562  3      36   425  44   615  662  694  98    crypto     interrupts   kpagecgroup  modules        self          timer_list
11   18     24449  24568  30     37   426  517  643  664  752  99    devices    iomem        kpagecount   mounts         slabinfo      tty

Container on top. KVM on bottom.

@dyasny said in What would your recommendation be for a Type 1 Hypervisor - including backup and restoration options:

@scottalanmiller said in What would your recommendation be for a Type 1 Hypervisor - including backup and restoration options:

Which part, the making more money part?

The part where you create containers and VMs from the same interface

That seems like a pretty minor effort for someone like Amazon.

However, with Firecracker, that's kind of what they are doing anyway.

@dyasny said in What would your recommendation be for a Type 1 Hypervisor - including backup and restoration options:

@scottalanmiller my take is that they don't really see it as a huge advantage. And they recognize customers like me, who need to run a proper OS and not a container.

What issue are you seeing with full container virtualization for your workloads? You are modifying the kernels?

@dyasny said in What would your recommendation be for a Type 1 Hypervisor - including backup and restoration options:

@scottalanmiller my take is that they don't really see it as a huge advantage.

Which part, the making more money part?

As an Y Tu Mama Tambien fan, I'm excited.