"Horses for courses Wes, but I'm always gonna side with KVM for enterprise server virts, at least for Linux, especially since the release of RHEV 3. Good ol' VMWare at a close second.
Must admit that I've not had much experience…"
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Do storage servers with vertical mounted drives still exist? (Alternative title: Oh Thumper Where Art Thou?)
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I'm kicking around an idea that would need a few high density storage servers. Does everyone remember the Sun Thumper? That's…Continue
Tags: hardware, server, storage
Started this discussion. Last reply by Wesley "Nonapeptide" May 10.
Where can I get a specialized EULA made for my website?
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I have a website I'm working on, but need to have a EULA designed for the specific usage of the site. People must accept it before using the features. Standard legal blah-blah "Please don't sue me"…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Wesley "Nonapeptide" Nov 16, 2010.
Is a Cisco 2501 router still useful for a CCNA lab?
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I've got an ancient 2501 router sitting in a box next to me. I have no idea what IOS is on it, although I'd suspect it was 12.2. I wonder as I look at it "is it even worth the space it's taking…Continue
Tags: lab, ccna, certification, cisco
Started this discussion. Last reply by Wesley "Nonapeptide" Oct 1, 2010.
Interview with the SysAdmin-Network's own Isaac on The Nubby Admin
Just wanted to give a heads up to everyone that I interviewed Isaac from the SysAdmin-Network concerning his removal of end-user AntiVirus on his corporate network. You can see the full post here:…Continue
Tags: interview, TheNubbyAdmin, antivirus, isaac
Started Jun 28, 2010
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"Greetings Richard! Nice to see another Redgater here! And a cloud wrangler, no less. =)"
"Greetings Rich! Great to have you here. I've been considering KVM for virtualization myself lately. Currently using Hyper-V. So many things to choose from! =)"
"Greetings Gavin! Nice to have you here. Hope you find what you're looking for. =)"
"Hello Christopher! Nice to have you here. What kinds of storage do you deal with mostly?"
"Sadly the aberdeen seems inseparable from its own software layer. It's not just a hardware cabinet. I really think this form factor is dead, unless there's some OEM place making backblaze pods. The HP StorageWorks 600 seems cool;…"
Isaac replied to Wesley "Nonapeptide"'s discussion Do storage servers with vertical mounted drives still exist? (Alternative title: Oh Thumper Where Art Thou?)"Well, I for one, remember the thumper :)
I like the aberdeen unit as it has the cooling critical vertical drive mounts ... the supermicro system seems very prone to heat issues ... I'd only run low power drives in that thing.
Sorry I missed…"
"Another Twitter follower suggested the Aberdeen XDAS T-Series which is 42 drives in 4u. Still 4 drives shy of the x4500 series, but not bad. Not bad at all.Also, the SuperMicro CSE-847E26-RJBOD1 is a 4u system that has drives mounted in the…"
"One of my Twitter followers made mention of the HP StorageWorks 600 Modular Disk System. That looks decent. 70 3.5" disks in 5u isn't bad. However, they seem to be joined at the hip with HP StorageWorks and Blade Systems. I was hoping…"
Do storage servers with vertical mounted drives still exist? (Alternative title: Oh Thumper Where Art Thou?)
I'm kicking around an idea that would need a few high density storage servers. Does everyone remember the Sun Thumper? That's what I'm looking for. I suppose I could get one on eBay, but I'm hoping that there's a hardware manufacturer that has a still-produced server that has drives suspended in that form factor. 48 drives in 3u is way more attractive than the standard form factor of 24 drives in 4u. Note well: I'm not…See More
"Greetings Bob! Nice to have you here. What tools do you use for wifi security? I've been trying to get a site survey kit pieced together lately."
"Hello Sanjeesh! Great to have you here. Hope you like it. =)"
"Hello Marcus! Great to have you here. What virtualisation platform do you use? Something tells me Hyper-V. =)"
"Hello Teddy! Nice to have you here! What virtualization products do you tend to use?"
"Cool! I haven't gotten onto that bandwagon yet. Sad to say, scripts are largely what I rely on. Back a few years ago I was interested in cfengine, but puppet seems to be the new hawtness now. =)"
Mat Stace left a comment for Wesley "Nonapeptide""File me under "late to the party" - I'm just starting now to seriously play with some things. My current evening and weekends fun is a VPS, a couple of weeks of puppet, click the restore button, then a couple of weeks of chef, and…"
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Avoiding SysAdmin Obsolescence; The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Telepathic Robot Drones
Posted on May 25, 2010 at 6:00am
APC creates unobtrusive equipment racks that look like furniture.
This is basically a copy and paste from my own blog, but I wanted to get some targeted feedback from fellow admins on this topic.
Plenty of admins/consultants have to deal with small offices and branch offices that need a server or three, a firewall and maybe some switches. But where to put them? Usually those devices end up being bunkmates with mops and 5-gallon containers of Janitor in a Drum. However, APC has created their NetShelter CX series that looks like an unobtrusive pieces… Continue
Plenty of admins/consultants have to deal with small offices and branch offices that need a server or three, a firewall and maybe some switches. But where to put them? Usually those devices end up being bunkmates with mops and 5-gallon containers of Janitor in a Drum. However, APC has created their NetShelter CX series that looks like an unobtrusive pieces… Continue
Posted on November 3, 2009 at 1:30am — 4 Comments
Small Office Disaster Recovery == Disaster (--Recovery)
The office is small. Really small. So small that you can answer the front door with one hand while you use the other hand to spray roach repellent around the back door. The mobile workforce that the office directly supports is equally small and I'm partially responsible for supporting both of them. I say "partially" because I work part time... on a volunteer basis... from 1,000 miles away. The remaining part of the time that I'm not helping the office the users create their own "solutions". By… Continue
Posted on October 20, 2009 at 6:56pm — 3 Comments
I'm new and I'm creating Zombies
Being a new member here, I feel a bit like a kid in a candy store. Except I'm hypoglycemic. So I feel like a kid in a GNC store with a coupon for $5 off BioChem Whey Protein. Excuse me while I resurrect dead threads and dig up some zombie blog posts with my comments. Except my Zombies don't want brains. They want desktop manufacturers to stop offering PS/2 keyboards and mice.
If anyone can explain why PS/2 equipment hasn't yet been banned by the UN, WTO, EU and FCCC please comment.
If anyone can explain why PS/2 equipment hasn't yet been banned by the UN, WTO, EU and FCCC please comment.
Posted on October 19, 2009 at 8:14pm — 2 Comments
Comment Wall (117 comments)
- At 7:37pm on October 12, 2009,
Matt Simmons said… - Welcome to the tribe! ;-)
- At 11:14pm on October 30, 2009,
Isolda Maite Ruiz said… - Of course... i working at oracle 5 years.
- At 7:31pm on November 6, 2009,
David Campbell said… - Thanks! Still getting my barrings but this looks like an awesome group!
- At 7:53pm on November 9, 2009,
Nick said… - Thanks Sir ! Will update my profile soon :D
- At 1:33pm on November 12, 2009,
Steven L Cox said…
- I will. I moved from gull time sales to full time IT about ten years ago... but I still "consult" on the side. In fact, since my hours at the day job got trimmed, the consulting thing is keeping me in Melba Toast. :)
- At 11:18pm on November 23, 2009,
Chinny Chukwudozie said… - Thanks. So far i love what i see on this site and can't wait to be fully integrated.
- At 4:00am on November 24, 2009,
Dutch Holland said… - Well the folks I support seem to think I do! We can all use a bit of magic from time to time In guess.
Myself I prefer the Jedi mind trick.
- At 8:54am on December 4, 2009,
Venkatesh Arumugham said… - Thank you very much Wesley
- At 2:47pm on December 4, 2009,
Graycat said… - Yo, Big W! How goes it? Just send you a "I'm not stalking you" message on SFDC and here you are stalking me. :o)
- At 5:47am on December 12, 2009, Ayman Hashesh said…
- Hi Wesley
thanks for your comment
Trixbox CE Free version is basic VOIP solution .. working fine for me for
the last year
i don`t have much experience with Linux systems which the Trix-box operating
on .. but it doesn`t need voodoo knowledge of Linux
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