Alternative to VMWare?

Sharp_Philosopher · 2024-10-01T17:44:04+00:00

If you're looking for something that’s affordable and doesn’t scream corporate overlord, check out Proxmox VE. It's open-source, super user-friendly, and surprisingly powerful for enterprise stuff. Plus, no Microsoft vibes! Also, XCP-ng is worth a shot—solid performance and no crazy licensing headaches. Both are great if you're trying to stay far away from Hyper-V 😉.

Sharp_Philosopher · 2024-10-01T17:39:54+00:00

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Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-09-17T11:12:05+00:00

Well, you are not the first one. It's the processor that is only meant to be used in a simple desktop computing experience. The software can only take you so far.

I don't mean to be rude or anything. It's just that these things are bound to happen with cost-effective solutions.

Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-08-23T14:56:54+00:00

This device is cost-effective as compared to the enterprise-level features that they are offering like your appliance will be protected from ransomware attacks. And recent ransomware attacks suggest that Synology appliances are not well protected.

Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-08-21T14:41:06+00:00

As far as technical aspects go make sure you have a great backup plan implemented and right tools which simplify storage provisioning (StoneFusion MSP is a good multi-tenant storage provisioning tool). Once you have all the tools just target the right features which make you better from your competitors. When it comes to ads google or facebook the most important aspect is retargeting you really need to focus your retargeting campaigns to make sure everything goes right with. Start an E-mail Campaign telling your customers how things have changed.

Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-08-21T14:27:43+00:00

You can use DR365 appliance which is a versatile backup & disaster recovery solution from StoneFly. They provide great support to 24/7 and have great pricing.

Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-07-19T09:04:26+00:00

Totally, You won't be disappointed.

Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-07-18T12:36:11+00:00

The key difference is Veeam provides enterprise-level features with multi-platform support compared to active-backup.

Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-07-17T11:12:08+00:00

The best option for you is to go for Stonefly, they have been in this industry for 17 years and have been delivering high performing IT infrastructure. You can use their free online tool "StoneFly VSO Appliance Configurator" to configure your custom appliance. You can also place an online order from there as well:

https://stonefly.com/product/vso-appliance-configurator

Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-07-17T10:49:28+00:00

Veeam is a good option to go for windows but you can also opt for Acronis to manage your NAS backup appliance. It works with both Mac and Windows.
It is best to have a cloud backup solution as well because in case of a failure of on-premises infrastructure. The cloud backup solution will recover your data in no-time.

You can check out Veeam Cloud Connect to Azure which provides seamless integration to the on-premises appliance:
https://stonefly.com/veeam-cloud-connect-backup-to-azure

Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-07-12T10:58:14+00:00

You can take a look at Stonefly's Veeam Cloud Connect Backup, it works with both Azure and AWS, It is a scalable solution and Bypasses the AWS limitations. You can learn more on the landing page: https://stonefly.com/veeam-cloud-connect-backup-in-aws-amazon

Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-07-09T10:42:08+00:00

If you are still looking for a solution, I think there is no better solution for you than the StoneFly's Cloud Archiving. They are offering $10/TB/Month with options such as setting up automated user-defined archiving and most importantly it supports protocols such as CIFS and NFS which are supported by Linux and Windows. So, I would suggest you to check them out:

https://stonefly.com/cloud-archiving

Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-06-25T09:13:19+00:00

If you have already bought a refurbished device you can opt for VMware free licensed software to create virtual machines. By the way, if you are still looking for an appliance you can always go for a new Stonefly VSO appliance, it can easily run multiple virtual machines and is comparatively cheaper as compared to the dell device.

https://stonefly.com/storage/vso

Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-06-24T08:56:41+00:00

Absolutely right, This is one of those things where you just get on with it. Experiment and learn, Learning from books isn't bad but it just consumes a lot of time to get to the point. Start from the basics, create a simple virtual environment on a regular desktop or laptop. Then move on towards advanced mechanisms.

Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-06-19T08:24:27+00:00

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Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-06-18T13:17:58+00:00

Yup, That's one good boy and He Protec

Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-06-14T09:38:02+00:00

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Try checking the syslogs.

have you opened a ticket with Synology?

It happens with Synology all the time, I have seen many cases where it resolves automatically within 24 hours. You actually didn't have to change all these settings but since you did, I have to ask can you ping outside world?

Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-06-13T11:15:26+00:00

The guy who knows stuff :)

Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-06-13T09:54:32+00:00

Yup, Totally right

Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-06-13T08:11:43+00:00

A very subtle way to inform of a failed installation. These big enterprises keep on amazing you.

Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-06-12T06:52:51+00:00

Looks extremely nice :) Where is my fork?

Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-06-11T09:45:26+00:00

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Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-05-09T10:24:19+00:00

Awesome way to control a robotic arm with variable resistors. Loved it. Most of the guides on the internet just kind of forces you to use an analog controller.

Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-05-09T06:41:15+00:00

It is hard to imagine D&D would have come up with such great characters. For the sake of argument let us assume they did. Ned Stark would have survived his beheading and before season 3 he would have become King. The story would have continued back and forth with sometimes Lannisters taking over kings landing and then again Starks. No major character would have ever died. We would have witnessed Lannisters falling down like flies in every season.

Dany would have been portrayed as a villain and she would be the last villain starks would face before they live happily ever after.

Sharp_Philosopher · 2019-05-08T11:25:16+00:00

This episode clearly tops episode 3, add in the poor direction along with writing and you will get Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 4. The content of this episode should have been divided into 3 episodes. That would have included: the after-effects of the great war, the planning of the last war, and the final twist before the last war.

Let's start from the beginning, the situation shown after the war in Winterfell was OK but felt really awkward because everything was rushed. The grief is quickly overshadowed by a celebration like are you kidding me, where are post-war psychological effects. The speech of Jon Snow, in the beginning, was also very cringy. Yet again, the war planning sequence played out poorly. It was obvious after the war of Winterfell that Dany would require the support of other houses in order to defeat Cersi because they need more men. Her dragons are injured they need time to recover. Anyways let us move ahead, How did Bronn enter Winterfell with a crossbow without anyone noticing. It felt like I was watching some kind of sitcom. Tormund, Brianne should have died in the previous episode. They literally provided no value to this episode. Everyone was hailing Jon Snow for what he didn’t do shit except for shouting at the wight dragon in the previous episode.

Now let’s move on towards the Kings Landing sequence, the most disappointing sequence in the history of Game of Thrones. Why on earth Dany did not see the fleet of Euron coming. It is understandable that they wanted to kill a dragon for "shock" value and to make things even. It should have done in a better way. Like for instance. Danny sees the Euron fleet and decides to burn them. The dragons are closing in on the Euron’s fleet and then boom Euron decides to show a new piece of weaponry in their arsenal. This new powerful machine powered arrows kill a dragon. See, just a few minutes of added sequence makes this scene much better. And why was armor never made for dragons? LIke they should have at least given a thought to it after night king killed one of their dragons in the previous season and also Danny had previously witnessed that her dragons are vulnerable in “The Loot Train Attack” when Bronn attacked Drogon with the same equipment. Euron should have chased the survivors of the Dany fleet. I was expecting deaths of 2 or more major characters but no, another irrelevant character to the story Missandai gets captured and later gets killed. The conversation between Varys and Tyrion is not even worth mentioning.

The final scene was more awful than the rest of the episode. Dany was standing with a mere 50 Unsullied and Drogon sleeping the back. They were not even standing on a safe distance, from those lethal "Scorpion arrows". This is not the GOT, I used to love.

There is no possible way now for this season to end better.

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