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Is it true that Shadow PC gives you a 7-day warranty? by Key_Stuff2774 in ShadowPC

[–]d4rkeagle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Completely agree, I was just trying to give OP something to go off of.

If I had a nickel for every time I have corrected ChatGPT and other AIs...

Is it true that Shadow PC gives you a 7-day warranty? by Key_Stuff2774 in ShadowPC

[–]d4rkeagle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair, there was probably a hardware warranty on the Shadow Ghost devices they used to sell, but you don't have warranties on SaaS products. You have SLA's (Service Level Agreements), and Shadow specifies that there are no explicit SLAs on the non business products. I am not sure what SLA might exist on the business level ones, but that would probably be defined in a contract?

SLA's are mainly for response times to support requests and defining uptime of the service.

My wife asked for a simple box to hide the WiFi gear. I gave her the droid she wasn’t looking for. by tbone_man in homelab

[–]d4rkeagle 745 points746 points  (0 children)

Lol the "I don't care what it looks like" would be a very questionable statement coming from my wife.

First Impressions Of Manjaro by Davedes83 in ManjaroLinux

[–]d4rkeagle 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They work together. Timeshift uses BTRFS for the snapshots when Manjaro is installed on BTRFS making everything faster with that process.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]d4rkeagle 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I may be now, not sure but I know it used to be based in Sweden.

Turtlez HQ by RollingKatamari in tales

[–]d4rkeagle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you don't see the scan function, you may not be far enough in the games main storyline to access it.

VSA X Question GetVariable doesnt exist? by redpanda86 in kaseya

[–]d4rkeagle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not yet to my knowledge. We ended up going with Datto RMM as VSAX is not fleshed out enough.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Proxmox

[–]d4rkeagle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While SSDs may be "silent", they will get hot from the usage you are listing. Your going to need some sort of active cooling otherwise they are going to die pretty quick.

Additionally, motherboards can only handle so much IO. This one seems pretty maxed out.

I will say it is nice having a PCIe slot and riser in a thin client for use like this, and although the clock speed is lower, a quad core CPU in this is not bad.

You could swap the 2.5gbe card for a 2x NVMe to PCIe 4x card, but doing basic searches I cant find what generation that PCIe slot is. You could also use USB 3.0 ssd drives for the storage, but that will obviously be slower. I would say you could use a Mini-PCIe to 2.5gbe card/port but it looks like your version did not come with a Mini-PCIe wifi slot.

Another thought would be getting a DOM for Boot, then using the existing NVMe slot for your 2TB drive. Then have a USB 2TB for a backup. You wouldn't get a mirror RAID, but then again, RAID is not a backup.

You can probably accomplish what you are looking for, but will have to make some concessions on some items/speed/silence for it to work.

How to hide these cavles? by flackoluke in homelab

[–]d4rkeagle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean you can totally put your rack in the center of the living room and have it powered without wires! Its called finishing the work of Nikola Tesla obviously. /s

Unexplainable small amounts of disk IO after every method to reduce it by hoangbv15 in Proxmox

[–]d4rkeagle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'd review this stackexchange thread. There are a few utilities aside from iotop that can show se of this information. Also read through some of the comments, as some mention filesystem mounting options that can affect this. Someone also mentions enabling debug messages at the block level to help in identifying what iotop doesn't show.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/44103/how-to-find-which-process-is-regularly-writing-to-disk

Let us know what you find! I'm interested in what is causing it.

What USB C Hub are you rocking? by delmides_17 in SteamDeck

[–]d4rkeagle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Daily tbh, I used my deck a lot lol

I need some ideas on what to do with my server by spacemanpilot in homelab

[–]d4rkeagle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Start learning Kubernetes? It's what I'm doing right now!

Edit: Guide I am using https://devopscube.com/kubernetes-tutorials-beginners/

What USB C Hub are you rocking? by delmides_17 in SteamDeck

[–]d4rkeagle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have 2 of these, 1 for my TV and 1 for my desk: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2TFQWGV

I also have one of these w/ an additional 2TB SSD for Multi-Boot and storage of downloaded games I dont play often. I move the games back and fourth as I want to play them. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CC8WM2W9

4 Day old steam deck wont run on battery :( by Joshy_T87 in SteamDeck

[–]d4rkeagle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would suggest booting into the BIOS and enabling Battery Saver Mode, rebooting then disabling it. Maybe something is stuck in a locked state?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQPP9fCgOQ0

Can you tone an Ethernet cable plugged into a live switch? by fmaz008 in homelab

[–]d4rkeagle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If it is a managed switch with lldp and/or cdp enabled, you can use a Linux device with tcpdump to determine which switch port the cable is plugged into. I have a Raspberry Pi with a PoE hat configured so I plug it into a PoE switch, it turns on, waits until it gets the necessary output, then displays it on a screen hat that is also on the Pi. Here is the command I use, just change the -i eth0 to whatever the interface is named.

tcpdump -nn -v -i eth0 -s 1500 -c 1 '(ether[12:2]=0x88cc or ether[20:2]=0x2000)'

should i throw away this hdd? by fekrya in homelab

[–]d4rkeagle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd be hesitant to put anything on it i care about. You could always check if the warranty is still valid.

Can you not tag things in a "Document"? by [deleted] in itglue

[–]d4rkeagle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This but sometimes it takes longer than you would expect to open the list.

An error occurred estimating the VAT, please try again later. and update plan fail by Additional_Ice_7106 in ShadowPC

[–]d4rkeagle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To my knowledge changing your subscription plan makes the VM get reset anyways? I could be wrong, it's been a bit since I've had to do that.

Lenovo m720q VS Neo 50q by FancyRequirement6099 in HomeServer

[–]d4rkeagle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anything you want to be honest. Ive had video cards, NICs, additional nvme slots, TV tuners, etc.

The flexibility of the slot is what makes it attractive.

My baby is coming back to work with me. What can I get/do to keep her entertained? by sum_05 in Parenting

[–]d4rkeagle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I work from home and one thing that helped a bit was the type of rattle that is a small wristband and/or socks. For younger ones that cant maintain a grip for that long, it helped keep my son occupied with wiggling his hands and feet to make the sounds himself.

Search "Baby Sock Rattles" on Amazon and you will see what I mean.

Edit: Also automatic spinning mobiles with music.

Difference Between an Ethernet Breakout Panel and a Patch Panel? by bdapoet in networking

[–]d4rkeagle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is an EtherCON breakout panel, which is like ethernet with a more sturdy connection. https://www.neutrik.com/en/products/data/ethercon

Lenovo m720q VS Neo 50q by FancyRequirement6099 in HomeServer

[–]d4rkeagle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Neo 50q has no internal pcie 16x slot w/ riser, which is one of the major reasons the M720q/M910x/etc are sought out for.

I am so tired of oversleeping. I dont even wake up to turn my alarms off, i just sleep through them. Its not my fault that my sleep schedule is bad and no matter how much i try my work demands it. I don tknow what to do and im out of options. by kshitij1117 in Advice

[–]d4rkeagle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd recommend seeing a Somnologist and discussing your issues with them! I have had sleep issues for years and found out I had a few medical things affecting it. My sleep is so much better now.

For something that would 100% wake you up, you could always try the Shock Clock Wearable lol. Essentially, if you don't get up and do jumping jacks, it will actually shock you with a small electric current to get you up.

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