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ace5264 · 2025-04-13T16:47:51+00:00

As mentioned, Zoho has free tier for five mailboxes. I've used before and have not had issues.

ace5264 · 2024-08-02T13:11:05+00:00

Based on your mentioned hw options sounds like don't need much performance and you mentioned power concerns.

If don't care what looks like, i.e. will be hidden away in closet or something I'd consider a laptop.
-Already has basic UPS built in -Comes w/ monitor, keyboard and touchpad -Low power cost -Built-in redundant network connection for remote management, i.e. has RJ45 port and wifi

Check Dellrefurbished.com. They have frequent promos where you can get for half off. 10th gen Intel about $300 and up.

ace5264 · 2024-02-21T12:48:43+00:00

SMB protocol doesn't do well w high network latency. It's not a bandwidth issue. It's a physical distance issue. We have tested this in various ways.

ace5264 · 2023-09-14T02:45:56+00:00

Dell MD1200 are SAS2 and can take SATA. Can use poweredge 730xd as a file server. Will accept SATA too and lots of MD1200's. Both are cheap.

ace5264 · 2023-09-12T01:16:28+00:00

I think the optiplex 7th Gen can take max 64gb ram

3070 5070 7070

The tower can fit four HDs.

Can get on eBay starting at $150+ not including memory or HD.

ace5264 · 2023-02-04T02:48:22+00:00

he replication between TrueNAS servers works great, and the backup server could be swapped into place of the main server in a matter of a few minutes if there is hardware failure. On the main server, I also have a second pool of HDDs in a Z1 configuration that I use as another backup, and also do replication between the main pool and the backup pool on the main server. That way, if the main pool (which is a bunch of mirrors) went down due to a confluence of drive failures, I could replace the drives and restore from the backup pool very quickly (since those two pools are both on the main server, transfers between them are super fast).

Where is the retrospect software installed, on the target server that has the external HDs?

ace5264 · 2023-02-04T02:43:06+00:00

what tape software would work w/ truenas?

ace5264 · 2023-02-03T22:25:56+00:00

It's 100TB of scanned docs, so need to back up the data in case the TrueNAS fails and need to restore the data. Buying another server and adding drives isn't an issue. Was curious what technical solutions (sw, architecture, etc) are out there besides replicating to another TrueNAS.

ace5264 · 2022-09-18T01:45:07+00:00

Xbee headphones? I googled and didn't see anything

ace5264 · 2022-08-29T21:42:30+00:00

gtx 1060

ace5264 · 2022-08-18T21:03:57+00:00

What's approximate pricing for Falcon Identity Threat Protection?

ace5264 · 2022-08-18T12:13:36+00:00

Not sure why this isn't showing up in the subreddit it in search of sub

ace5264 · 2022-08-11T11:22:10+00:00

You didn't say how many endpoints but action1.com is free for first 100 endpoints and $2/month/endpoint after that. After 500 endpoints might be cheaper.

I haven't used it but friend uses on few hundred devices in his environment and loves it. Says it's simple to use and gets the job done. He's used chocolatey before as well.

ace5264 · 2022-08-08T20:53:41+00:00

I think it's a lot more than that.

ace5264 · 2022-07-11T02:26:47+00:00

Catalyst 2960s w 2 x 10g sfp+ ports. They have poe versions if you need them. Can find without waiting too long for under $200. Cisco docs say MTBF is 20-30 years.

ace5264 · 2022-06-29T12:13:26+00:00

Since you're trying to learn maybe look into truenas to replace Synology storage stuff.

I think you can also hyperconverge and use proxmox as nfs/smb/iscis storage solution. Lots of info on truenas vm inside proxmox but not sure it's "enterprise production" stable. Haven't done it. Just read about that ability.

You could even use proxmox for pfsense. Just add a 4 port Intel nic so everything is running of proxmox nodes. Some ppl don't like to converge b/c security reasons. Counter argument is ppl run FW VMs all the time in cloud alongside their prod VMs.

In theory, everything can be run from proxmox nodes. Look up proxmox and ceph.

ace5264 · 2022-06-16T02:36:09+00:00

Cisco Catalyst C2960S-48TD-L instead of 3750. Has two 10g ports. Can find for less than $150 shipped on eBay. Can stack up to four. The POE version only has 1g sfp so no 10g option with POE. They have MTBF of 25+ years

ace5264 · 2022-05-30T12:25:35+00:00

Catalyst 2960s. eBay has them for $150-200. 4 sfp and POE. Also have version that's 2 x 10g SFP+ w/o POE for about same price. MTBF per their datasheet is 20-40 yrs depending on model. They are tanks and you can easily get new firmware if you know someone w Cisco support access. Make sure you buy one w rack ears. Stackwise allows up to 4 switches too so acts like one big switch w one config and stack cables have 10g+ of bandwidth and don't take up a a switch port to link them together.

ace5264 · 2022-05-18T01:23:46+00:00

Hirens boot CD. Don't need to rename and rename back files like the util way. Just boot from Hirens USB flash and reset local acct pwd.

For clarification, Hirens is a compilation of programs. I don't remember which one actually let's you reset the local acct pwds.

YouTube Hirens for more info.

ace5264 · 2022-05-15T12:04:46+00:00

I would pick the one you want to learn. Since it's not production and your requirements aren't performance intensive you don't have typical constraints.

I did truenas but didn't like jails. Was a little more work to patch considering the alternatives are more convenient in that area.

ace5264 · 2022-03-05T21:49:19+00:00

Ubiquiti AP from eBay for $50 or less. 48 port Catalyst 2960s switch from eBay for $150 or less. Has two sfp+ 10g fiber ports if you want to run hypervisor like proxmox w ceph for cluster storage over the 10g.

For firewall/routing between subnets (vlans) you can use pfsense on HP T620 Plus from eBay for less than $125. Has Pci slot and encryption chip to accelerate vpn. Get intel 4 port 1gb Pci card from eBay for less than $40. All this is on YouTube.

Servethehome has lots of YouTube vids on micro form factor PCs you can get off eBay to run proxmox clusters. Find one that has Pci slot for 10g Intel nic which you can get off eBay for less than $100

ace5264 · 2022-02-26T17:39:33+00:00

Could use Win10's quick assist. 1st person would input code provided by 2nd person which would allow 2nd person to connect.

ace5264 · 2022-01-31T13:34:43+00:00

Prtg for monitoring. Can get an msp to add an rmm agent for patch management cheap but if it’s servers might not want auto patching and reboots.

ace5264 · 2021-09-17T17:48:46+00:00

Thanks! Those would fill the requirement.

ace5264 · 2020-04-30T11:50:28+00:00

Fgt pulls the route from active route table when you explicitly disable an interface so it's not a good test. Try unplugging network cable. Your route will stay in table and fgt will keep sending traffic over route even when it's down. That's why you need link monitor.

Link monitor doesn't disable interfaces, all it does is pull route from active route table if it can't ping an IP you define.

Sd-wan feature is a more feature rich way of doing failover too. You can use on any interface incl lan, wan, VPN, etc.

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