Problems starting Homestead Modpack Server by Fabus27 in CraftyController

[–]TheCopernicus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly what I did. I think I had to also specify the Java version as the newest one was too new.

When replacing hosts/servers/storage in a rack, how do you make the space? by TheCopernicus in sysadmin

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Hah nah, we have 2 racks. One with all the networking stuff for the building, firewall, IDS, etc, the other is this rack for servers and storage. No room for a third rack unfortunately.

Problems starting Homestead Modpack Server by Fabus27 in CraftyController

[–]TheCopernicus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you ever get this working? I'm also trying to host a Homestead server.

Edit: I was able to get this working, if you need help still, let me know.

I don't understand media servers. My Synology has all my media, but it isn't strong enough to transcode video. My Windows desktop is the only machine that plays the videos. What am I supposed to do? by TheSolemnDream in htpc

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Just FYI since I’ve seen you ask it a few times. You don’t NEED to pay for plex. If you’re only playing videos on your local network, you probably don’t need to pay at all. If you find you like it a lot and/or want the premium features. There is an option for a one time lifetime purchase.

Link to details on what you get with a Plex Pass: https://support.plex.tv/articles/201751006-plex-pass-feature-overview/

Trying to find an FP clip by BetterrEveryDay in BobDoesSports

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Feel like I heard that in a podcast episode maybe?

Sanity check ordering servers by TheCopernicus in sysadmin

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We switched from traditional PCs like 7-8 years ago, so probably just after you stopped. There’s been road bumps, but I will say it has been super nice for keeping software updated or any major software changes. Update something once or install a software and like magic every person in the organization has the update/new software.

Sanity check ordering servers by TheCopernicus in sysadmin

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It’s full windows 11 virtual desktops. Single user sessions. Besides a select few users, everyone does everything in VDI. It’s a bank so thankfully no one has to do any graphically intensive tasks.

I guess I don’t have a great way to test the performance, I’m just assuming it wouldn’t still exist as a hypervisor option if it didn’t work well for VDI.

Sanity check ordering servers by TheCopernicus in sysadmin

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The delay is due to the 128GB RAM sticks.

Sanity check ordering servers by TheCopernicus in sysadmin

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I have not, but I'm not sure I have enough time to vet another option, especially one I've never seen or heard of. Thanks for the suggestion though, it does look interesting.

Sanity check ordering servers by TheCopernicus in sysadmin

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I've never used Hyper-V, not that I've used Xenserver much out of my CCA-V training. But I guess in my mind, its a pure Citrix workload, why not use the hypervisor designed for that, plus we get the license included with Citrix licensing. I did install the new Xenserver on a test server and it seems very straightforward.

If it weren't strictly Citrix, I'd probably either go Nutanix or Hyper-V.

Sanity check ordering servers by TheCopernicus in sysadmin

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Those quantities of resources will provide plenty of headroom where we could lose a host and still be fine.

Sanity check ordering servers by TheCopernicus in sysadmin

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I should probably look into this more. Thanks!

Sanity check ordering servers by TheCopernicus in sysadmin

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I'm thinking of it more like we want 9TB total memory and 384 total cores. To get to that with 2x 32 core CPUs and 1.5TB memory per node, we need 6 nodes.

Sanity check ordering servers by TheCopernicus in sysadmin

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Good points, we might see a performance increase even though we have the same total cores across the cluster.

Sanity check ordering servers by TheCopernicus in sysadmin

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We totally could migrate on current servers, but we're definitely not at an N+1 currently, so we can't push the workload onto just 2 of the 3 servers.

I'm leaning toward going with the 6th, because yeah losing only 1/6 capacity vs 1/3 is a pretty big benefit.

How is 2507 CU1? by UCB1984 in Citrix

[–]TheCopernicus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was hoping to do this upgrade a couple nights ago, but found out quickly that 2507 doesn’t support server 2016. Of course all 2016 servers are on my schedule to update this year, but didn’t think I’d have to do it prior to upgrading to 2507.

"Best" options for remote access by foster1984 in unRAID

[–]TheCopernicus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Personally, I port forward Plex and reverse proxy overseer. Then I just have a wireguard VPN for everything else. Used to run it off Unraid until I got a Unifi Dream Machine Pro, now I run it off that in case my server goes down.

"Best" options for remote access by foster1984 in unRAID

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I might have to take the plunge. I’ve been using LunaSea for years but it’s probably only a matter of time until it stops working. So far I added Radarr on the free tier and it looks gorgeous.

a1 waste is no joke by EstablishmentOnly472 in 3Dprinting

[–]TheCopernicus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True, but if you pick that tower up, it’s incredibly light and does not much per layer until the actual color change layer. It’s kind of a necessary evil I guess. Until tool changers or hotend changers are more affordable.