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#goofyredhat

#idontdoit

#cantstopus

@Dashrender said in MangoCon 2016:

@JaredBusch said in MangoCon 2016:

F[moderate] awesome conference

You ass

Shut your f[moderated]ing face uncle Buck

#beer
#parkinggarage

@MattSpeller said in Picture thread. Go!:

Ohhhhh baby schwing!

http://i.imgur.com/AjK0RLj.jpg

Geek porn

Post away

Just got to hotel room, I was up at 3am to make it to ap. Drained. I will do my best to join y'all

Where would everyone be around 2PM Wednesday? I should be getting to the hotel around then.

July works.

I like subs and beer idea

Company buying Pizza.

@coliver said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

@scottalanmiller said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

@Texkonc said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

@thwr said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

@Texkonc said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

@Breffni-Potter said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

@scottalanmiller said

• Did you not use available resources as there are thousands of posts on Spiceworks about this topic, more than any other topic.
• How did you manage to avoid the common knowledge around such a basic, and loudly discussed, topic?
• How is your knowledge outdated by nearly a decade?

Most of the world does not use Spiceworks.
A lot of IT admins choose not to engage in IT communities.
PPTP VPN on 2012 R2 server installs is acceptable to some.

Drops mic, walks away

A free and easy to setup VPN. Managed one at my last job.

You managed a PPTP? You should have replaced that one

it was 2012 R2, using AES256 and dropped the connection if 256 was not supported. I cranked the security settings way up. Job didnt want to pay for Cisco VPN licenses. Had to make use of what I could.

OpenVPN is free

Plus Server 2012R2 has both SSTP and L2TP/IPSEC built in.

Its been a year and trying to block it out, but I think I did use L2TP/IPSEC....That would make sense...
hmmmmm. Can't remember....

@thwr said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

@Texkonc said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

@Breffni-Potter said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

@scottalanmiller said

• Did you not use available resources as there are thousands of posts on Spiceworks about this topic, more than any other topic.
• How did you manage to avoid the common knowledge around such a basic, and loudly discussed, topic?
• How is your knowledge outdated by nearly a decade?

Most of the world does not use Spiceworks.
A lot of IT admins choose not to engage in IT communities.
PPTP VPN on 2012 R2 server installs is acceptable to some.

Drops mic, walks away

A free and easy to setup VPN. Managed one at my last job.

You managed a PPTP? You should have replaced that one

it was 2012 R2, using AES256 and dropped the connection if 256 was not supported. I cranked the security settings way up. Job didnt want to pay for Cisco VPN licenses. Had to make use of what I could.

@Breffni-Potter said in I Would Fire Someone For....:

@scottalanmiller said

• Did you not use available resources as there are thousands of posts on Spiceworks about this topic, more than any other topic.
• How did you manage to avoid the common knowledge around such a basic, and loudly discussed, topic?
• How is your knowledge outdated by nearly a decade?

Most of the world does not use Spiceworks.
A lot of IT admins choose not to engage in IT communities.
PPTP VPN on 2012 R2 server installs is acceptable to some.

Drops mic, walks away

A free and easy to setup VPN. Managed one at my last job.

@DustinB3403 said in What are you listening to? What would you recommend?:

I'm listening to Wrong Side Of Heaven by Five Finger Death Punch

Probably not helping your mood about John. Just saying...

An old performance AGP interface one. Yeah.....I know.....
Just a basic PCI-E one, so I will need a better one.

Man these are 3 tanks I have! All 3 of them have a little different specs. FREE!!!!!
What to do with them, what to do with them........hmmmmmm
All of them are clean, no dust buildup. So they were in a proper ventilated DC.
Folding? Seti? Bitcoins? Gaming rig? What do do with free crap?
I would say lab, but AWS is cheaper than my power bill. (I am on Co-op power.....yeah....)

All 3 have only 1 backplane for drives, 8 Drives per box. I have an open bank of 8 more per box, I could Frankenstein one of them.
The drives I have are all 2.5 SAS, here is the breakdown:
(3) 72GB 10K
(9) 72GB 15K
(14) 146GB 10K
(2) 146GB 15K
I have PLENTY of extra trays. So buying bare OEM drives works.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA8U24RC7766&cm_re=10k_sas--9SIA8U24RC7766--Product
Plus I will need lots more RAM.
All of them have iLO, but only two toe tags.
Spare 256MB Raid memory (not sure it is good though)

Server 1
(1) Xeon 2.33 1333MHZ 8MB 80W (Quad Core)
1 mem board, 4GB (2x2) PC2 5300 555
Cache Battery (bulg needs replacement)

Server 2
(1) Xeon 2.33 1333MHZ 8MB 80W (Quad Core)
2 Mem trays, each are 4GB (1X4). Same RAM specs above.
Two Extra GB nics
No Raid Battery

Server 3
(1) Xeon 2.66 1333MHZ 8MB 120W (Quad Core)
1 Mem trays, each are 8GB (1X4), and 1x4 on the other side. Same RAM specs above.
Two Extra GB nics
Cache Battery (bulg needs replacement)

Empty shell of an old Barracuda 300, Nice tiny 1U mini that can fit in my AV rack.
Only got the PSU, and a 80GB and 320GB drive.
Build a gaming rig and use one of the Xeons that got Frankensteined?

@scottalanmiller

IDF Network closet for the rooms that are wired in my house.

My Mini AV rack for switch, FW, UPS, and Business desktops that are my play servers. Work in Progress.

@Minion-Queen If it is a colo facility and only pictures of your rack, I doubt there is an issue.