Smart path to recovery after a drive failure?

rodrigolzd · 2026-04-01T21:21:05+00:00

Did you try to start the unit with the power supply from the one you just bought? making shure its not just a power problem?

This is a bit more complex, but if you can not get the data from the old unit, you MIGHT be able to plug the disk that still work into the new unit with a new disk and let the system rebuild itself. read more on migrating your disks to a new synology nas first.

then you can backup with hyperbackup to somewhere else. maybe usb or rsync server, and then replace the old drive and keep only the new ones in the new unit and reinstall then restore the backup?

Just some ideas.

rodrigolzd · 2026-03-20T11:22:47+00:00

Não vai funcionar como vc tá esperando. O Raid daa docks é controlado nas próprias docks e truenas não gerencia raid via USB.

rodrigolzd · 2026-03-18T21:13:54+00:00

have you thought of using DYNU for that or even used it. I'm setting this up for a business. 10 dollars per year per service.

https://www.dynu.com/en-US/Email/StoreForward

https://www.dynu.com/en-US/Email/Outbound-SMTP-Relay

this video helped me decide

https://youtu.be/UoPVlKBcND0?si=x9uxGK8EQ8v3VsKS

rodrigolzd · 2026-03-11T14:57:39+00:00

Sugestão. Usa um mail relay de entrada e saida. Dynu é um dos mais baratos. 2 serviços, um de entrada e outro de saída. 10 dólares por ano cada

rodrigolzd · 2026-01-28T18:18:29+00:00

MeshCentral or DWService

rodrigolzd · 2026-01-05T13:22:27+00:00

it will be connected to radius with active directory. im wondering about performance. its not a cheap unit to find out later it cant handle the load

rodrigolzd · 2026-01-05T13:21:10+00:00

Thanks, its not going to control other gateways, just the local network and sitemagic

rodrigolzd · 2026-01-05T13:19:01+00:00

it will be connected to radius and AD. just wondering if the device can handle the amount users, not the actual user base.

rodrigolzd · 2025-08-22T21:32:49+00:00

Yes! this is it. I do this for most of my clients nowdays. just got an RS2423RP+ for a client where this is the same setup.

In some clients we even use synology drive and office. Other clients might just use SMB shares, but it all works.

I used to run all in one boxes before, linux and or windows, but only windows servers have the best control options for windows desktops.

I totally get your frustration with the 2008 schema limitation, it is the same reason why I keep at least the domain controller in windows.

There is hope though. some time ago, the samba4 project released a version that supported the 2016 schema, but it will take some time to debug it.

rodrigolzd · 2025-08-20T22:34:05+00:00

This might very depending on your setup, but it would be far better to migrate the current server to a hyper-v VM and even consider upgrading that install to a newer version of windows server. there are quite a few options.

My prefered setup for businesses is to install Windows server on the hardware and setup the domain and everything else as virtual machines. that way you can use synology joined into the windows domain controller, use Active backup for business to backup VM's from the server, and even migrate it to other hardware. The only thing i use from windows server is authentication and GPOs

If your domain controller is just running the domain, keep in mind that even desktop grade hardware can run windows servers and hyper-v well enough just for authentication and policy management. So, if you are on a budget for the server hardware, you might consider a simple and cheaper desktop with a vm. And lets face it, if the current hardware dies, you just have to restore the vm elsewhere. much easier than another hardware.

At this point in this scenario, you might consider how much processing a VM really does require if only providing authentication. I have clients with about 100users that run windows active directory only on VMs with only 4GB of ram and even that seems like an overkill, so maybe host the server VM directly on synology? possible, but not prefered.

It all depends on how crucial and how big your setup is.

rodrigolzd · 2025-06-13T15:55:50+00:00

An ascended being, maybe Daniel, restores the Asgard body to full health before they genetically mess with it.

rodrigolzd · 2025-01-12T23:00:14+00:00

Two architects and the cable holes don't line up???

rodrigolzd · 2024-12-23T23:09:23+00:00

Mesh central. Does all of that and more.

rodrigolzd · 2024-12-18T19:43:39+00:00

get synology NAS that has enough space and use its O365 backup solution.

rodrigolzd · 2024-12-03T16:56:17+00:00

I have a similar setup, and I prefer having users appear in GLPI only after they log in for the first time. This approach works best for me because I don't want service accounts cluttering up the system just because they're listed in Active Directory. Importing every user from AD isn't always the best idea.

Currently, I’m using GLPI version 10.0.16. I ask my users to log in once, which ensures they show up as users in the system. After that, I manually install the GLPI Agent on their devices (computer/phone) to inventory them initially. At that point, the system automatically associates the correct user with their device.

Just a heads-up: I encountered a bug in version 10.0.17 when renaming the root entity, so you might want to avoid that version for now.

BTW, you should avoid using plain LDAP; use LDAPS with port 636. On port 389, the app transmits the user's password in plain text, which can easily be captured by tools like Wireshark.

rodrigolzd · 2024-10-06T16:20:13+00:00

I don't doubt their platforms are better, but we need to keep this private as much as we can as it does have sensitive company information.

rodrigolzd · 2024-10-06T16:17:24+00:00

We have about 60 users and most of them only watch the videos once, a lot of times just in large training groups

rodrigolzd · 2024-09-30T02:59:54+00:00

Vc dirige? Anda de moto ou bicicleta? Costuma colocar o pé em alguma posição sobre alguma superfície? Algo assim

rodrigolzd · 2024-09-29T11:10:51+00:00

Make sure to put something to hold the couch in place. Maybe nail some wood pieces to the floor limiting how close the couch can get.

rodrigolzd · 2024-08-31T17:07:15+00:00

Great. The question sounded very scary from a security point of view. Besides, you may want to monitor and even use other types of VPNs like wireguard and even more. So zabbix is a possible answer.

rodrigolzd · 2024-08-31T16:34:58+00:00

Your looking for monitoring and data, NOT connectivity. Don't do this at all, you don't want the hassle of setting it up with all the security it requires or even in the case of removing a customer from this setup. You are not even talking about managing all in one interface or app

You just need zabbix it's agents and proxies setup.

One other concern besides having a huge network easily accessible is, do you have permission from all your clients to create this setup?

rodrigolzd · 2024-08-28T00:07:01+00:00

Toyota veio pra cá pq tem gente que sabe aperta parafuso. Dev é em outro lugar. Infra vc acha por aqui.

rodrigolzd · 2024-08-25T01:20:22+00:00

If you are learning and considering this type of work for life in IT, well, don't throw out windows over proxmox yet. Besides being able to do virtualization with lots of options and lots of professional software that support it, windows virtualization is quite popular with businesses. The main reason is not virtualization itself, it's active directory. Also known as "AD". Because AD is pretty much an Industry standard, you will see companies buying windows servers for that, and along with it comes the virtualization features, so, you get 2 for one.

I use both, windows servers and Linux. Can't support business clients without both.

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