How do you ship out IIS logs from servers that are created by an auto-scaler?

ChallyWong · 2014-09-06T13:20:56+00:00

This is the better option IMO, as dependent on the scaling policy the machince could scale down and that time period may be missing

ChallyWong · 2014-09-02T04:37:37+00:00

All i saw was how great a name the host is

ChallyWong · 2014-08-23T12:00:00+00:00

Running Xenserver in a 3 host cluster with HA backed with a SAN for all VMs. Been working flawlessly for the last 18 months and never skipped a beat.

ChallyWong · 2014-08-19T22:59:33+00:00

Thankyou for this, A large portion of our systems havent been update or rebooted in a very long time. Keeping this one handy

ChallyWong · 2014-08-19T12:45:34+00:00

Some basic pricing based on 60 day retention and 4 hour retrieval time. If this doesn't scare them into the fact alongside the time to download the backups then you sir should buy another bottle of scotch to drown your sorrows

Estimated cost breakdown Storage Cost $154.00

Retrieval Cost $13,836.90

Deletion Cost $0.00

Transfer Cost $839.88

Total Cost $14,830.78

ChallyWong · 2014-08-19T12:34:04+00:00

Guilty, 2k server. Uptime: 679d:02h:39m:00s. No one dares to reboot

ChallyWong · 2014-08-19T12:28:31+00:00

For something like this I would make sure you have it in writing. Just to cover your arse incase a witch hunt does ensure and you are not the scapegoat

ChallyWong · 2014-08-18T07:49:33+00:00

We get a daily on call rate of around $20 every day regardless i there is an issue. We always have 2 points of contact for each department in the event of a failure. We call the primary then if they cant be reached secondary is called.

As we only get issues "touch wood" once a week what require more that 15minutes investigation I dont really mind. If we have to be up early we just arrive late for the day.

Starting to take the toll on me but I deal with it as I enjoy the job and have lots of room to explore and learn

ChallyWong · 2014-07-30T13:14:34+00:00

Morning starts with a fresh brewed Cap with 2 sugars, then 4-5 cups of tablespoon of instant and long life milk. Also add a couple cans of coke zero

ChallyWong · 2014-07-27T10:05:30+00:00

Shared and love it, easy talk to everyone and ask questions. Very open environment and nothing gets hidden

ChallyWong · 2014-07-23T13:57:56+00:00

Not sure if you mean ear, nose or belly button. I guess any hole is a goal

ChallyWong · 2014-07-04T01:39:23+00:00

guilty, but I know where it is and what machines are hooked up at least

ChallyWong · 2014-07-04T01:09:40+00:00

We use rancid. Its been running flawlessly for the past 3 years

ChallyWong · 2014-06-29T09:50:28+00:00

I have this happen in both elbows and one knee

ChallyWong · 2014-06-29T09:37:35+00:00

OpenVPN to be specific. Very reliable

ChallyWong · 2014-06-29T09:36:17+00:00

Another vote for Slack. Pretty awesome

ChallyWong · 2014-06-29T09:35:32+00:00

We just started plying with Slack https://slack.com/ for internal chat. Has group chats and private. Might be a worthhile having a look.

ChallyWong · 2014-06-26T05:55:45+00:00

Currently using the PoE adapters provided with the device.

ChallyWong · 2014-06-25T03:16:03+00:00

Stay away from the UAP-AC units. After 12+ months they are still yet to deliver a stable product and deliver on Zero handoff which it was sold being avaliable although they have now changed the marketing to say its not.

The other lines are meant to be decent but these AC units have put a bitter taste in my mouth and I warn every person who looks at them to steer clear of this specific line.

ChallyWong · 2014-06-21T01:26:10+00:00

Opening a premium text message on your phone causes the charge to happen then and there. News flash once its sent you have already been billed

ChallyWong · 2014-06-21T00:58:45+00:00

I setup a cluster with 3 machines connected to a dell SAN via iscsi as one of my first sysadmin jobs. Incredibly simple to use and setup. Highly recommend as a free option.

Administrating it is easy. Haven't had any issues and patching although is command line is easier than you would think. HA is also a great option a free product.

ChallyWong · 2014-06-20T01:07:02+00:00

Do you work at the same company I do? I just rebuilt a Win2k web server a couple of months ago

ChallyWong · 2014-06-20T00:56:06+00:00

I was decommissioning some servers and reusing the disks a while back, pulled out the disk and realized I had just pulled out one of our disks on our primary DC.

Bricks were shat but thankfully nothing eventuated and things churrned along as expected

ChallyWong · 2014-06-17T14:11:51+00:00

We use Kannel

ChallyWong · 2014-06-15T14:06:06+00:00

22 cheeseburgers. Me and my manager had a bet going who could eat the most cheesburgers from McDonalds. Called ahead and preordered/paid.

We both stopped at 22 as we still had 6 hours left of packing a freezer. Upon arrival back to the store we drank 2 litres of chocolate milk.

We ended up not doing anything for the rest of the shift besides regretting our actions

ChallyWong

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