Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines

If you're going to have multiple physical VM hosts then fast shared storage is very helpful.  When you want to reboot a physical machine for OS upgrade and the VM's are on shared storage then you can migrate them off that box in a few seconds.   Do your maintenance, reboot, migrate VM's back. 

Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines

CEPH kind of fills the void where you don't need a dedicated, shared storage box. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Adam Moffett" To: af@af.afmug.com Sent: Monday, September 28, 202

Re: [AFMUG] servers

Lots of good points in this thread. Blades are so expensive they don't look cost effective until you're weighing them against building an addition on the server room.  You gain management features though, and you're generally getting the "carrier grade" server by default.  I don't think anybod

Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines

I would assume CEPH takes the physical disks from each host and combines them into one logical storage for use by the entire cluster? On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 7:39 AM Mike Hammett wrote: > CEPH kind of fills the void where you don't need a dedicated, shared > storage box. > > > > - > Mike Ham

Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines

I just rolled out CEPH in a new cluster and it is great! I’m stoked about essentially a “RAID” array of servers. Jim Bouse Owner - Brazos WiFi 979-999-7000 http://www.brazoswifi.com From: AF On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Monday, September 28, 2020 7:38 AM To: Animal

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Watch out for old TVs!

That site triggered some site guards that firefox has LOL On 9/24/20 7:14 PM, Bill Prince wrote: Did you read the story about the village in Wales: https://www.cnet.com/news/an-old-tv-crashed-entire-towns-broadband-every-day-for-more-than-a-year/ -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http:/

Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines

I'm not a CEPH exert, but that is my understanding of it at a high level. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Lewis Bergman" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Monday, Septe

Re: [AFMUG] OT fixes my iPhone

I think Dave Chappelle just proved you still can do comedy. Didn't he just win 2 emmys even though the PC police panned his show badly? On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 1:19 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > Newspaper today had an interview with Lorne Michaels about the return of > Saturday Night Live. He mentione

Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines

The selling point for me in Vmware was Storage Motion. If it were not for that and the fact I'm already invested in them now i'd move to Proxmox. For Storage Motion I can migrate not only the VM but also the hard drive to a different datastore while live. It won't work on major servers that have

Re: [AFMUG] OT fixes my iPhone

Not sure PC police are the target market for comedy, probably had sense of humor surgically removed. George Carlin got his start with the “7 words you can never say on television”. Now you hear those words all the time, but other things offend people. I find some things offensive but most

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Watch out for old TVs!

Makes me wonder how a television could emit the frequencies. Its designed to receive them. [ https://www.wavedirect.net/ |] [ https://www.facebook.com/ruralhighspeed ] [ https://www.instagram.com/wave.direct/ ] [ https://www.linkedin.com/company/wavedirect-telecommunication/ ] [ https://

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Watch out for old TVs!

Look up Heterodyne: Heterodyne Nearly all modern receivers generate internal RF frequencies to mix with the received signal. When they break or are poorly designed they can transmit a significant amount of RF. Mark > On Sep 28, 2020, at 12:37 PM, St

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Watch out for old TVs!

Not just TV's.   The local FAA terminal radar was almost disabled 15 years ago because of an old Mac that was leaking out of the case with enough signal to completely blind one sector of the radar.   That with a radar signal measure in 100's of watts, if not 1000's... On 9/28/20 9:54 AM, Mark

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Watch out for old TVs!

How old was this "old" TV? I'm imagining a pre-digital TV that would need a converter box anyway. I mean, I've got a Panasonic 720p plasma TV that has to be at least 12 years old because it was bought at Circuit City. Is that "old"? Plus who connects their TV directly to cable anyway, wouldn

Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines

Lewis, One thing that may not be obvious in all the discussion about one implementation being better than another is the sheer flexibility of VMs and containers. You need a machine to do X? Poof! You can create one in a minute or two; often less than that. Just real

Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines

I have never tried proxmox...  What kind of hypervisor interface does it have? On 9/27/20 9:39 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: Proxmox for sure. I've used Proxmox for 10+ years and VMWare for probably 8 years. I'm phasing out VMWare in favor of Proxmox. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solu

Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines

GUI.. not bad looking either.. at least the old one I ran from years ago. I think it has some vmotion style things going on too now. [ https://www.wavedirect.net/ |] [ https://www.facebook.com/ruralhighspeed ] [ https://www.instagram.com/wave.direct/ ] [ https://www.linkedin.com/company/w

Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines

The only thing I hate On a host is the Percs I wish Dell would alert or something to notify of a failing drive. On 9/28/20 10:18 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: I'm not a CEPH exert, but that is my understanding of it at a high level. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions

Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines

Nice.. Ill have to give a spin on new host I got in a few days ago. On 9/28/20 1:35 PM, Steven Kenney wrote: GUI.. not bad looking either.. at least the old one I ran from years ago.  I think it has some vmotion style things going on too now. logo

Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines

You can easily alert on failed disks in the PERC controllers. You just need to install Dell's OpenManage agent which makes these notifications possible via integrated interfaces or SNMP, etc. On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 2:38 PM dave wrote: > The only thing I hate On a host is the Percs I wish Dell

Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines

That would be the job of the file system, in a world where you're using a sophisticated file system such as ZFS or CEPH. Drive controllers should be nearly passive devices in those cases. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP

Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines

I have not messed with the agent for the dells but Ill give it a look. Is it a bios Installed application? On 9/28/20 1:40 PM, Josh Baird wrote: You can easily alert on failed disks in the PERC controllers.  You just need to install Dell's OpenManage agent which makes these notifications poss

[AFMUG] Siklu EH2500-FX extendMM and 2nd ethernet port

I am looking for confirmation on if a Siklu EH2500-FX can power a AF5XHD from the 2nd ethernet port. I am getting mixed reports, someone on facebook said they have a Netonix switch powering a 2500FX with the 48vh option on the netonix with a AF5XHD on the 2nd ethernet port but baltic support is tel

Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines

Google "Dell Open manage Linux".  If you're using Proxmox VE then use the Debian packages. -Adam On 9/28/2020 2:57 PM, dave wrote: I have not messed with the agent for the dells but Ill give it a look. Is it a bios Installed application? On 9/28/20 1:40 PM, Josh Baird wrote: You can easily

Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines

Cli,web On Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 11:34 AM dave wrote: > I have never tried proxmox... > What kind of hypervisor interface does it have? > > > On 9/27/20 9:39 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > > Proxmox for sure. I've used Proxmox for 10+ years and VMWare for probably > 8 years. I'm phasing out VMWare in f

[AFMUG] campground WiFi "booster"

Customers sometimes ask what is the best "WiFi booster" for their RV or camper. I assume they're talking about a range extender. I'm generally not a big fan of range extenders, but if you're sitting in a big aluminum can, I guess you need something. (I thought most campers these days were fiberg

Re: [AFMUG] campground WiFi "booster"

The perfect solution is to use a wifi client like a Loco M2 as a station. Then wire it to your own AP inside the camper. That way it's not an extender and doesn't cut throughput in half. On Mon, Sep 28, 2020, 10:12 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > Customers sometimes ask what is the best “WiFi booster” fo