@MattSpeller said:

@RojoLoco said:

@thedalton said:

Hi! I'm Danny. I am an IT generalist looking to up my game and add my 2c where I can. 33 and recently married and I have almost zero experience with Linux based distros and tons with Microsoft.

Browsing this site I've already ingested a ton Of new Knowledge. I love it and hope I can give back

Welcome to the tiniest minority here! (windows admins) The linux gang will be along shortly to ridicule us!

There's almost a handful of us! It makes buying rounds at the pub cheaper at least....

Give me a year or so and I'll try to increase that price. Sorry not sorry

When I was setting up a new building I wanted to purchase new Ubiquiti switches (non-cloud) and we needed POE ports for phones. they ended up purchasing a shitty Cisco switch that was under $500. Of course when they fail I'll be blamed.

Nihilism is the only thing making my job bearable right now

@dafyre said:

@wirestyle22 said:

@dafyre said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@IT-ADMIN said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@wirestyle22 said:

@IT-ADMIN said:

anyway it is another discussion about hypervisors we made it 6 months ago,

why it is recomended to make apache and mysql in seperate servers ??

because they compete heavily for physical resources and they scale at different rates

No, that's not an issue. Specifically the issue is the potential to write code that relies on locality.

please dear scott can you clear you point here, i'm not sure i understood you

Running local you can very easily get into doing things like copying database files, trying to look at file instead of properly database interfaces, trying to use local files instead of network interfaces, etc.

By writing your code to expect the database server to be on a different server than the web interface, it makes the system more scaleable as well... Even if you are just writing this to be used internally.

You mean because it assumes that single system running VM's will eventually not be enough, correct?

Right. It makes it easier to add another web server to the mix, or another database server... I've never had an application scale to that large, but the code was in there so that it could.

Makes sense to me.

@dafyre said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@IT-ADMIN said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@wirestyle22 said:

@IT-ADMIN said:

anyway it is another discussion about hypervisors we made it 6 months ago,

why it is recomended to make apache and mysql in seperate servers ??

because they compete heavily for physical resources and they scale at different rates

No, that's not an issue. Specifically the issue is the potential to write code that relies on locality.

please dear scott can you clear you point here, i'm not sure i understood you

Running local you can very easily get into doing things like copying database files, trying to look at file instead of properly database interfaces, trying to use local files instead of network interfaces, etc.

By writing your code to expect the database server to be on a different server than the web interface, it makes the system more scaleable as well... Even if you are just writing this to be used internally.

You mean because it assumes that single system running VM's will eventually not be enough, correct?

@scottalanmiller said:

@wirestyle22 said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@wirestyle22 said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@IT-ADMIN said:

what makes apache not playing well with mysql if they are on the same server ??

They play fine, it's you we are trying to alter.

Q: Is this assuming he has a rather large server to expand into? The differing rates can be a big problem, no? I always looked at VM's as a means to make system resources more economical.

Assuming two individual VMs or one with the resources of those two.

I guess this means that you just have to calculate the growth rate and account for that. I see your point.

You have to do that anyway

I realized that when you made a point without making a point. I shake my head at myself sometimes

@scottalanmiller said:

@wirestyle22 said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@IT-ADMIN said:

what makes apache not playing well with mysql if they are on the same server ??

They play fine, it's you we are trying to alter.

Q: Is this assuming he has a rather large server to expand into? The differing rates can be a big problem, no? I always looked at VM's as a means to make system resources more economical.

Assuming two individual VMs or one with the resources of those two.

I guess this means that you just have to calculate the growth rate and account for that. I see your point.

@scottalanmiller said:

@IT-ADMIN said:

what makes apache not playing well with mysql if they are on the same server ??

They play fine, it's you we are trying to alter.

Q: Is this assuming he has a rather large server to expand into? The differing rates can be a big problem, no? I always looked at VM's as a means to make system resources more economical.

@IT-ADMIN said:

anyway it is another discussion about hypervisors we made it 6 months ago,

why it is recomended to make apache and mysql in seperate servers ??

because they compete heavily for physical resources and they scale at different rates

@scottalanmiller said:

@wirestyle22 said:

To be honest I wouldn't have known either who to call in this particular circumstance. I don't know if I would have called 911 but I probably would've settle on someone else's expertise similarly. Good information across the board here. Thanks.

Not knowing is fine, no one knows. It's one of those things that are like "who is in charge of that." The important thing is not calling someone random who is not responsible for knowing and has no connection to it. If you got in trouble for not doing what you needed or even if you were just audited saying "I called 911 and asked" would be no different than saying "I asked someone in the stall next to me in the restroom" - it's a totally random, non-authority with no reason to have insight or authority in this case.

Right. Thanks for everyone's clarification.

To be honest I wouldn't have known either who to call in this particular circumstance. I don't know if I would have called 911 but I probably would've settle on someone else's expertise similarly. Good information across the board here. Thanks.

@scottalanmiller said:

@IT-ADMIN said:

For database connection , did you connect each time to DB or you using a persistance framework ??

Are you going to cache database information on the client?

Doesn't this lead to conflicts?

@BRRABill said:

@Dashrender said:

this is why I turned off Doc and DOCX files via the spam filter.

What if your users legitimately need those files?

Much better ways to share documents than through email

@johnhooks said:

@wirestyle22 said:

Updated my resume` last night. Filling out tons of applications until I get another job.

Good luck!

Thanks

Updated my resume` last night. Filling out tons of applications until I get another job.

@FATeknollogee said:

@wirestyle22 said:

I actually just send out a notice about this company-wide right before you posted. Ransomware is annoying.

What was said in your notice?

I just made people aware of it and explained what ransomeware is. I also told them to be careful when they type URL's into their browser etc because those very similar URL's are purchased specifically for that purpose etc. Typical stuff

@scottalanmiller said:

@wirestyle22 said:

@MattSpeller said:

@dafyre said:

If it can be scripted, script it.

Comment the devil out of the script so you don't leave yourself wondering why your black magic works.

Generally I agree but it's only for a short time to gather info from our dilapidated WIFI AP's... Ugh. I'll sleep on it tonight and see if I care enough to do it tomorrow.

Story of my life. The state is forcing training upon my company for direct care staff and half of the videos are hosted by Rutgers.edu. I'm trying to track down who the actual administrator is for the server. It's not normal IT it's someone in their medical school.

It's like Narnia. You have to believe it exists.

Isn't it Rutger's job to provide the resources? If they decline, isn't the training done?

They haven't declined but I'm being jerked around. I think they are limiting bandwidth and what happens as a result is the videos we stream are being played faster than they are being downloaded so they constantly stop, buffer, stop, buffer. All other videos not hosted by Rutgers are fine--which are on the same site they are just re-directed to a different server. My executive director helps all of the other executive directors in the state and a lot of them don't have anyone that could solve this issue. I just downloaded all of the content directly and hosted it on a local server that is backed up. Then all we have to do is take the tests online. If I had to take a guess I will most likely have to write a guide for every other agency in the state on how to do this.

The issue with backups is you need to know when you were infected. We have 14 days worth of backups. If I don't know I'm infected by the 14th day then the backup will contain the virus as well. You'll have less encrypted files but hope that nothing extremely crucial was affected.

I actually just send out a notice about this company-wide right before you posted. Ransomware is annoying.

@MattSpeller said:

@dafyre said:

If it can be scripted, script it.

Comment the devil out of the script so you don't leave yourself wondering why your black magic works.

Generally I agree but it's only for a short time to gather info from our dilapidated WIFI AP's... Ugh. I'll sleep on it tonight and see if I care enough to do it tomorrow.

Story of my life. The state is forcing training upon my company for direct care staff and half of the videos are hosted by Rutgers.edu. I'm trying to track down who the actual administrator is for the server. It's not normal IT it's someone in their medical school.

It's like Narnia. You have to believe it exists.

@alex.olynyk said:

The From To address field had to be a valid address. Its working now. Thanks everyone.

Glad you found a solution. Learn stuff in this thread.

@lhatsynot said:

First big meeting at my new job where it's all about me and my projects.... I think I'm going to puke.... I hate getting up in front of people.

If you puke act like it's a part of your presenation.

"Here, to your right we have a wastebin <puke tremendously> which is now full of puke. Moving along on page 34 you will see our need to edit the hosts file in order to bypass our DNS...."