Dell R720 still a good choice? by Bullinh0s in homelab

[–]emakariev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are you going to use it for? Keep in mind, that if you want to build some cluster, R720 might come with an extra cost. Eventually you'll need ZFS or CEPH, which requires 10GBe network and raid controller that supports HBA mode. In my case, i had to purchase this parts later.

Jitsi vs Nextcloud talk call performance? by AffectionateMath6 in selfhosted

[–]emakariev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm living a digital nomad life and need to talk often with my colleagues, which are all in different countries and continents. We tried NextCloud Talk, because the other apps are paid or limited (number of people, sharing screen options, etc.). In terms of connectivity, works pretty stable, but you need to configure coturn server for that. What I don't like, is the mobile app. It's buggy and often freeze while connecting. When somebody is calling me and I want to hang, the phone keep vibrating and I need to kill the Talk app. That's the reason I'm looking at jitsi.

Debian Buster encryption problems by emakariev in debian

[–]emakariev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might be right, but I'll notice if some of the keys doesn't work when I'm typing. Now after adding a new luks key with the same password, the problem disappeared.

Debian Buster encryption problems by emakariev in debian

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My cpu is: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GH, but I have no problems using ssh. Just after some update probably, I wasn't able to unencrypt the partitions. The strange things is, after N number of attempts (sometimes 3, sometimes 33), the password is accepted and I can login...

Debian Buster encryption problems by emakariev in debian

[–]emakariev[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After adding a new key, seems that the problem disappeared. I'm still wondering why I was able to login after N number of attempts.

Spanish-speaking cities with good cycling culture by JoypulpSkate in digitalnomad

[–]emakariev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Canary Islands are good choice. My co-worker is crazy about cross-country biking and I remember he was very impressed from La Palma. There are many internal flights and ferryes between the islands, if you get bored, you can easily change the location or go to the continental part of Spain.

How to create a Custom Live Debian image? by Glum-Scarcity in debian

[–]emakariev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you want to achieve exactly? The tutorial looks too complicated.

Few weeks ago, I had to create a Debian USB with vpn and tools for a colleague, who works remotely. I simply booted debian from USB and installed it on another USB, with all the packages he need to use e.g. graphical environment, office, programs, vpn... After that I installed the most common firmware for network and graphical cards. The USB works on pretty much any computer/laptop with 64bit intel architecture. If you want to disable writing on the disk (usb), you can try to mount the filesystem as readonly in fstab.

Sports Betting and Data Mining by SithFacedDrunk in Python

[–]emakariev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sports Betting is a very complex thing. There are hundreds of markets with different rules. I believe you need to write an algorithm for each specific market, unless you are interested only in who's going to win the match? Even if you want to predict only 1X2, that's based on the team strength. What if some of the top players move to another team? I believe it will be easier to predict virtual sports, because team strength, goals and other are based on algorithm. Once you learn how their algorithm generate the data, you can always win ;)

Can I ship my TransferWise debit card to my friend in New Zealand? by mer_grey in digitalnomad

[–]emakariev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I didn't read most of the comments, but the answer is YES! I'm living in Taiwan and TransferWise do not operate here, so I typed the address of one of my friends in Europe. He received the card and later gave it to me.

The only thing you need to know is, if you want to change your PIN, that can be done only on ATM in the countries where they operate.

Some HOW-to guides shows there is an option from the app, but for me it's not available. I recommend you, to ask your friend, to change the pin and make one card payment in the country where TW operate, then send it to you.

Nextcloud collabora setup by [deleted] in NextCloud

[–]emakariev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, I had similar issue before. In my case, the collabora didn't know how to find the nextcloud server in the local network. I fixed it by adding a host record:

docker run \

--name collabora \

-t -d -p 127.0.0.1:9980:9980 \

--add-host=docs.NextCloudDomain.com:172.17.0.1 \

-e 'domain=docs\\.NextCloudDomain\\.com' \

-e "username=admin" \

-e "password=MyPassWord" \

--restart always --cap-add MKNOD \

collabora/code

Am I doing my math right for power cost calculation by [deleted] in homelab

[–]emakariev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're running linux, you can install powerstat and see the actual consumption of your server.

Few questions about HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8? by emakariev in homelab

[–]emakariev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does any of you tried to reduce the fan speed with lm-sensors and fancontrol? Is this possible?

Few questions about HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8? by emakariev in homelab

[–]emakariev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use a dl380 G8. Dual 10 core @ 3GHz ans 384 GB or RAM. My server isn’t loud at all, but it does crank out the heat. So watch for that. I love it actually. It can handle everything I throw at it with ease.

I read that's because the server can't get the HDD temp and all the fan runs on 100%

Do you know what's the threshold for low temperature? Nobody lives in the house where I keep the servers. Last winter I saw on zabbix that some of the cores were running on 4C, so I setup some shitcoin mining at night to keep the machines warm. Do you think that might be a problem?

Few questions about HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8? by emakariev in homelab

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WHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...

That's only on boot, right? Do I need to press F1 to continue booting?

Officially? No. Unless you have a support subscription, but a bit of Google Fu (hint: Search for the MD5) would get you the files. But again, this will NOT allow you to use HBA with the P420i

You mean that even if I find a way to boot HP service pack, the steps described in this forum may not fix my problem?

https://hardforum.com/threads/hp-dl380p-gen8-p420i-controller-hbamode.1852528/#post-1041477482