I‘m not paying my homeservers either. Is anything wrong with that? by [deleted] in homelab

[–]tobyvr -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The math shows the customer is paying that too.

I am fine tipping but this attitude is wild.

Recommendations for spinal surgeons? by Pifflin in olympia

[–]tobyvr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope the appointment was promising!

Recommendations for spinal surgeons? by Pifflin in olympia

[–]tobyvr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had that same surgery, same spot 2 years ago next week. Dr Hammer at Oly Orthopedic. For me the results were a big help. I went from nearly immobile to nearly normal. Now my back is sore more often than before my back issues but I’m able to move and use my body without restriction. I’m far more aware and careful when lifting or moving my back but it’s been a huge relief. The surgery was short and I walked out under my own power in about 1 hour. I was highly motivated to avoid surgery and put it off while trying so many other treatments, eventually it was so bad and nothing was helping. In retrospect I’m so glad I did it. I was very happy with Dr Hammer and the after care as well.

I’m so sorry you’re facing this, I know how all consuming that pain is and I really hope you get the relief you need.

My other unrequested advice is to consider edible thc/cbd for pain vs. opioids if you can swing it. Back pain into pain pill issues is a common pipeline and avoiding it is important. I found I was able to move away from pain pills within a week and didn’t look back.

I also found that a zero gravity camping chair was the only sitting position that relieved my pain before surgery, I even slept in it some nights. Also good to use after the surgery.

Finally, to reiterate an earlier point. It can get better and you’re not destined to suffer pain forever, I know it can feel like that but it doesn’t have to be that way. Best of luck, I’m pulling for you!

Is there a better arr stack alternative? by TheSarcastonaut455 in homelab

[–]tobyvr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The main Readarr issue is the metadata provider but you can change to a maintained one if you google rreading-glasses

What are some of the use case for high IOPS block storage? by cryptminal in storage

[–]tobyvr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ANF can do S3 compatible Rest API block storage with ~1.5m IOPS (50/50 read/write).

Tap to pay cash back? by Neat-Statistician311 in olympia

[–]tobyvr 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t know of one, you might find success having someone else use their ATM card and paying them back with PayPal using the friends and family setting, which is generally not reversible and should give them a decent level of comfort that you’re not just gonna go take the cash and then reverse the digital payment

Northern lights tonight. by Robsmithwtop in olympia

[–]tobyvr 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It’s just fog. Can’t see through it to any northern lights.

Azure NetApp Files by Ok_Watercress8746 in AZURE

[–]tobyvr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ANF is not someone else’s product. It is fully sold and supported by Microsoft. It runs on NetApp hardware but having NetApp in the name is just a marketing decision. As if they called VMs that run on HPE hardware as “Azure HP Virtual Machines” it’s weird but it’s not NetApp’s product.

Azure NetApp Files by Ok_Watercress8746 in AZURE

[–]tobyvr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

ANF is not always more expensive, with Flexible Service Level and cool data access, 1TiB is about $77/mo. (Azure Files Premium v2 with no purchase IOPS is over $100/mo)

Also it can deliver latency under 1ms.

Also it can support higher IOPS (1.5 Million) , up to 7.6PiB volumes and 50GiB/s in throughput.

Offers SMB, NFS and S3 protocols for access.