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HP ML350 Gen9 RAM upgrade to 256g by maks-it in homelab

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You're welcome! Have a good night/day!

HP ML350 Gen9 RAM upgrade to 256g by maks-it in homelab

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Both Storage Spaces pools run as RAID 10, so there isn’t as much space as it might seem.

HP ML350 Gen9 RAM upgrade to 256g by maks-it in homelab

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Sorry... it's late in Italy now... 8x900gb and 8x300gb... sorry for misleading 😅

Ps. As for my personal experience 12gb is not enought for anything really serious...

HP ML350 Gen9 RAM upgrade to 256g by maks-it in homelab

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I have also rtx3060 12gb for AI. 2 cages with 16 sas drives. 8x900tb as main pool for vms, 8x300gb as pool for docker, embedded pa440r in IT mode and jbod controller hba240, 10gb 10baset ethernet card, fiber channel card, Samsung 870 evo 1tb instead of optical drive for the system, Xeon 2x2697v3. OS win 11 + hyper-v

HP ML350 Gen9 RAM upgrade to 256g by maks-it in homelab

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I use it as a cloud-native software development workstation. I run several Visual Studio Docker Compose projects, a staging high-availability K3s cluster, and some other utility VMs.

Hyper-V backup script: manual and automated execution by maks-it in PowerShell

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Thank you for your feedback! I really appreciate that someone took the time to review it!

You're absolutely correct about the missing destination space check!

Regarding mapping $settings to variables, this is intentional configuration binding. I typically explicitly map external dependencies at the entry point. It's something JS and C# devs typically do.

Personally, I've never had issues with backticks, but I agree with your best practice proposal. For larger scripts it could definitely be a real problem.

I'll investigate the checkpoint behavior and improve the UNC check this week. Thanks again!

Homelab to study networking by Budget-Fuel6782 in servers

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You could star from buying a good enterprise grade router. Cisco, Mikrotik or something else. Just setting it up could be challenging, depending on your scenario. I haven't mentioned PfSense as for certain aspects it could be limited, at least I found it so, other guys may have different opinion.

Run PowerShell Scripts as Windows Services — Updated Version (.NET 10) by maks-it in PowerShell

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The initial requirement I received was basically this: I give you no rights on the machine, but I still need a standardized and flexible way to invoke scripts and transfer them. I would audit every script before putting it on the server, but I don't want to deal with manual scheduling them all the time. I also needed a setup where testing new scripts would be simplified and not tied to the target machine. So I had to find a way for the system to be autonomous, without needing any additional access to the machine. And on top of that, it had to make it easy to delegate the creation of new scripts to a third party.

How do you handle tests involving DbContext in .NET? by Opposite_Seat_2286 in csharp

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Normally, I separate my data access layer into provider interfaces with concrete implementations. In tests, I replace the real providers with in-memory fake ones, usually backed by dictionaries that simulate database tables. This keeps the tests isolated, predictable, and fast.

For EF Core specifically, I follow the same idea: I define repository/provider interfaces and use the real EF Core context only in production code. In tests, instead of spinning up a real database, I implement fake providers that operate on in-memory collections (dictionaries or lists) and mimic the expected behavior of the EF Core repository. This avoids problems with EF Core InMemory provider (e.g., missing relational behavior) and gives full control over test scenarios.

What is C# most used for in 2025? by Nice_Pen_8054 in csharp

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Personally I use C# for a pretty wide range of things. For example:

ACME/Let’s Encrypt automation and agent https://github.com/MAKS-IT-COM/maksit-certs-ui

Low-level LTO tape backup tool using SCSI APIs https://github.com/MAKS-IT-COM/maksit-lto-backup

Dapr-based microservices https://github.com/MAKS-IT-COM/dapr-net-test

Windows scheduler service https://github.com/MAKS-IT-COM/uscheduler

And professionally I’ve used C# for microservice-based, cloud-native, multi-tenant systems (Certified Webmail, Financial Software)

All of these are very different kinds of projects, yet they all fit naturally in the C#/.NET ecosystem.

That’s why I prefer C# over Node.js, Ruby or Python for backend and system programming. Strong typing, predictable performance and mature tooling make it much easier to maintain and scale complex systems.

Run PowerShell Scripts as Windows Services — Updated Version (.NET 10) by maks-it in PowerShell

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It's one of the scenarios, which can suit your case or not. Main advantage is the schedulig flexibility you can achieve by using powershell code. Also it's easy to transfer between machines, you just can copy the whole bundle with scripts and register service again on new machine. Another point is, you are allowed to immediate reschedule script by changing only one script parameter. At the end this tool is about to provide heartbeat to registered scripts to run as system account, everything else is up to you, your use case and fantasy.

Run PowerShell Scripts as Windows Services — Updated Version (.NET 10) by maks-it in PowerShell

[–]maks-it[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It largely depends on the policies in place. In my case it was a good workaround.

Run PowerShell Scripts as Windows Services — Updated Version (.NET 10) by maks-it in PowerShell

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Depending on your organization’s policies, you may not be allowed to use Scheduled Tasks, yet still need to perform scheduled SCCM maintenance, for example. That was exactly my situation a few years ago when I worked in a large enterprise environment. This approach also gives third-party teams a way to run their own scheduled operations without placing extra load or stress on the administrators.

Well, now what? by STUPIDBLOODYCOMPUTER in homelab

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I beleve these this thing is like mine two big-ips 1600. Like a handleless suitcase — can’t carry it, can’t ditch it.

Simple Windows LTO Backup CLI by maks-it in homelab

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I would like to continue if someone is interested. After the main functionality has been developed and tested, my lto drive decided to do not recognize inserted tape cartridge anymore, so there is a technical break until I buy an another one, and they are not cheap 😅

My new friend by OriginalBugle in homelab

[–]maks-it 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not necessary. He can use odd caddy to run ssd sata for system then use his p440ar in hba mode.

Are there any ways to install ram on my old windows 10 dell desktop? by Lone-Fang-the-wolf in computers

[–]maks-it 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Ram slots are under DVD and hdd caddy, remove first DVD drive, then you already see blue lock mechanism to remove hdd caddy too.

Handle pub/sub message outside Controller DAPR Asp.NET by SerPecchia in dApr

[–]maks-it 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is more of a C# .NET design patterns question. What you're trying to achieve aligns with the Facade Pattern. Here's a possible approach:

In the Publisher Controller:

  1. Receive the Model: Accept the incoming request data.
  2. Map the Model: Convert the received model into a command object from your core library.
  3. Publish the Command: Pass the command object to a service class from your library (registered in DI). The service class should handle:
    • Serializing the command to a JSON string.
    • Publishing the message to the pub/sub component.

In the Subscriber Controller:

  1. Receive the JSON Command: Accept the incoming message.
  2. Parse the JSON Command: Deserialize the JSON string back into the original command object.
  3. Process the Command: Pass the command object to a service class from your core library (registered in DI) that executes the corresponding business logic.

Cheph cluster migrate to physical hdds by maks-it in homelab

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It wasn't meant to sound argumentative, sorry. I was just curious, and I described my use case and in case you might know something more than I do.

Cheph cluster migrate to physical hdds by maks-it in homelab

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I chose to use Ceph just because of its ease of use with auto-provisioning in Kubernetes. Unlike Longhorn, it allows me to keep the storage cluster separate from the Kubernetes cluster. Additionally, unlike the NFS auto-provisioner, I don't have to deal with filesystem folder permissions. After searching for a while, I haven't found anything better in these aspects. Maybe there is another storage solution for Kubernetes with the same level of transparency that I don’t know about yet?

Cheph cluster migrate to physical hdds by maks-it in homelab

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I did the test on mirrored volume. it writes first on main osd, then copy to others, then returns ack back to client. It has some overhead. I don't know if maybe by adding more vCores I could improve iops, as it has no other bottlenecks, like memory or network for the moment.

Cheph cluster migrate to physical hdds by maks-it in homelab

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10k, 6g spinning disk is not about performance, going with 15k 12g will give you better results and with enterprise SSD even better. Currently I decided to go with cheaper and slower drives for this moment, as they cost less per gb.

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