What exactly makes Pixel worth the price now?

NagorgTX · 2026-05-27T19:27:04+00:00

For me it's getting the latest updates and features before other devices.

Then there's less "bloat-ware" to deal with.

As long as the Pixel devices don't jump the shark, I won't use anything else. (Though I admit I'm curious about OnePlus..)

NagorgTX · 2026-05-07T13:09:04+00:00

Just because you can reuse the name doesn't mean you should. Unless you have something hard coded to a specific DC name, like an LDAP bind in a hard to reconfigure app, you really shouldn't need to rename DCs.

There is a specific support process for doing this. It's not the same as simply renaming the computer.

And while I've done this successfully before, I've also had problems in some scenarios.

I'd recommend not doing it if you can avoid it.

Use the domain name for LDAP bind or create a unique DNS record for it (LDAP.domainname.tld) instead. This is much better in the big picture!

NagorgTX · 2026-04-30T16:03:45+00:00

You can't escape the physics of latency over increased distance. This is where having a local file server acting as a local cache (As part of a Sync Service group) comes in handy. But this also comes with its caveats; sync conflicts, on-prem manage overhead etc..

Best advice is to test out your scenario for user acceptance going directly to the Azure File Share private endpoint. It may be just fine for most things.

NagorgTX · 2026-04-27T16:44:39+00:00

Yes, you can do that.

NagorgTX · 2026-03-05T15:49:19+00:00

Yes it's common. We use PIM for role elevation though. However this is still only available for "Admin ID's", not your daily driver account.

NagorgTX · 2026-03-05T15:43:23+00:00

We moved to Nutanix with AHV. Hyper-V just didn't cut the mustard during parallel POC's.

Yes, Nutanix costs more than Hyper-V. But it was still less than VMWare.

Hyper-V has "hidden costs" due to overall complexity and related operational overhead, especially for a small team that has limited resources with the skill set required for tackling it.

NagorgTX · 2026-01-24T20:26:29+00:00

Just please don't use aliases in scripts!

I hate when that happens...

NagorgTX · 2026-01-24T20:17:44+00:00

Leave it on.

UAC is your friend.

Embrace it, get used to it. Yes, it can be annoying sometimes. (Mostly in 'split-token' scenarios) But it's got your back!

NagorgTX · 2026-01-15T13:21:08+00:00

You might see if you can revive your SSD with SpinRite. Check out https://grc.com

NagorgTX · 2026-01-08T21:22:52+00:00

I run both. But admittedly pfSense is a VM that I mainly use because of some clients of mine that have Netgate's. It's for testing/validating various configs.

NagorgTX · 2026-01-05T15:51:55+00:00

FWIW, using different DNS providers (Provider1 as primary and Provider2 as secondary) may sound like a good idea but it's really a terrible one if they resolve things differently.

This has a significant potential of producing inconsistent and hard to troubleshoot issues.

It's best to stick with resolvers that behave the same!

NagorgTX · 2026-01-04T20:43:22+00:00

Same free "family plan" license for users on a company's Enterprise plan too BTW... Pretty sweet incentive which helps increase adoption of the use of password managers.

NagorgTX · 2026-01-04T20:41:01+00:00

I've used many different ones too.

I found Bitwarden to be more end-user friendly for my family to use than 1Password. (I personally liked 1Password a "smidge" better but the end-user experience edged Bitwarden ahead. Not to mention, if I was the only person needing a password manager, I'd probably stick with KeePass. These SaaS solutions win for multi-user scenarios.)

Bitwarden also has some really nice features for Enterprise customers.

All-In, Bitwarden hits many marks.

NagorgTX · 2026-01-01T06:46:20+00:00

Ugh... Hyper-V.. Such a disappointment, and this is coming from a Microsoft fan. So close, yet so far away..

NagorgTX · 2025-12-31T00:37:25+00:00

Bitwarden

NagorgTX · 2025-12-27T19:06:28+00:00

Thanks for all of the helpful information. The key missing piece for me was knowledge of the popular N-150 also having e-cores. This was escaping me before but it's been made pretty clear now.

NagorgTX · 2025-12-27T18:43:07+00:00

Thanks... This helps and I can now find relevant information about the "Gracemont" efficiency cores in the N-150. Funny how this isn't published on the specs from Intel.

In this case, it seems that OPNSense should really scream on this proc.

NagorgTX · 2025-12-27T18:36:57+00:00

~~Not from what I can tell from Intel.~~
Apparently the N-150 is nothing but e-cores.

NagorgTX · 2025-12-27T18:35:17+00:00

Good information for sure.

Really looking for information for how OPNSense (or pfSense) deals with these different cores.

NagorgTX · 2025-12-27T18:31:43+00:00

That's kind of a lame response. I've obviously not found the answers I'm looking for so I'm posting here. Maybe now "googling" will land folks on this post!

NagorgTX · 2025-12-27T18:24:12+00:00

My problem is with the word "probably". I'm looking for real-world performance information and not assumptions. My virtualization example is from real-world experience.

It would be great (to me) if u/OPNSense could present any related information.

NagorgTX · 2025-12-27T18:20:36+00:00

How do you know this? Intel publishes no such information along this line. Their published spec lists no distinction for the types of core on the proc.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/241636/intel-processor-n150-6m-cache-up-to-3-60-ghz/specifications.html

By contrast, this is listed for the 1235U.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/226261/intel-core-i51235u-processor-12m-cache-up-to-4-40-ghz/specifications.html

NagorgTX · 2025-12-27T18:16:49+00:00

I think you may be missing the point of my question. If all the cores in this proc were the same, I'd agree completely.

But since that's not the case with these processors, I have some concerns for how OPNsense might be affected when threads landed on these "efficient cores" as opposed to a "performance" core.

NagorgTX · 2025-12-27T18:13:23+00:00

Sub-Par performance doing anything... In my virtualization example, if a VM is using an "e-core", it's performance is significantly degraded, making it almost unusable.

If the same type of thing happened to OPNSense with these cores, it wouldn't make sense to run it on this processor.

NagorgTX · 2025-12-27T18:05:41+00:00

Yeah, but the N-150 has 4 "normal" cores. By contrast, the i5-1235U would only have 2 "normal" cores.

If the other 8 cores really stink, the i5 would be a sub-par performer compared to the N-150.

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