• VSphere 5.5 and Virtual Flash Cache / Device - Do You Use It?

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    @Dashrender said:

    @scottalanmiller said:

    CacheCade is a cache, it decides what stays there in the same way that the RAID cache has always decided that and in the same way that the OS decides what to cache.

    Awww.. Thanks for that! CacheCade is Dell, what does HP have?

    Up to 4GB on-controller Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC) - unless I'm doing some extremely large data moves, it feels like I'm writing to flash, even under typical VM workloads.

  • Get Blackberry Out of SOS Mode

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    And... Why are you stuck with a BB?

  • So many choices for Virtualization, need help narrowing down.

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    I agree with PSX. Very often you don't want full backups, just of the bits that matter.

  • Weird printing issue

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    So weird. Hope you get some help on figuring this out.

  • Pets of ML

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    @david.wiese said:

    first post here on mango, let's see how this goes, here is a pic of my dog....

    Welcome to the community!

  • How does DirectAccess compare to Pertino

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    @scottalanmiller said:

    I assume that there is no means of using DA with Macs, for example?

    Not at present. You can, however, use the same RAS servers for VPN. Perhaps if/when Macs gain more traction in the mainstream business market, we'll see that shift.

  • ubiquiti wireless routers

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    And at their prices there is little reason not to test them out. Very low financial risk.

  • HIPPA Compliance

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    @Hubtech said:

    ....most of my docs are going to ignore this anyway honestly....

    Just, "No". (...for now.)

    We have an audit & compliance office. They make it crystal clear HIPAA is the M.D.s personal responsibility as it is. Several have been sacked, fines go to the MDs. Yes, facility will inevitably take a hit, but OCR negotiation on this point has been viable.

    Appeal on "you aren't the bad guy", and "it is just another regulation the M.D.s need to follow." Do have CYA documentation. HIPAA action could impact you personally.

    /soapbox

  • Home internet usage monitoring App

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    You bet!

  • Anyone tried DigitalOcean?

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    Rackspace offers pure SSD hosting too.

  • Documenting Common Knowledge

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    @tobywells said:

    It might be worth turning it on its head, by that I mean pointing out that unless you can prove your documentation is the irrefutable source of all knowledge its never going to be referred to in that way. We already have a source of (nearly) all knowledge its called google-fu

    If logic prevails then this is a good approach.

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    Egnyte has a relationship with Netgear ReadyNAS. Very handy option.

  • We've launched a Channel Partner group on the Webroot communtiy

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    @Nara said:

    Awesome! I hope you get more partners to help spread the Webroot goodness!

    Is that like a web of grassroots?

  • Installing Centos in Virtual Box

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    @scottalanmiller said:

    @Joyfano said:

    Finally i installed my Linux mint to my Virtual Box. 🙂

    And it is working? The Atom must have virtualization that I was not aware of.

    yes but its too slow 😞

  • Reluctant to recommend servers that aren't new?

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    I would not recommend Used or Refurb gear to my company. I just don't see the value in it. Hardware is so cheap these days.

    Most Small to Medium businesses only need a few Servers to host their virtual environment of 50-100 servers.

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    @JaredBusch said:

    @NetworkNerd said:

    Thanks to all who responded here. We're going to roll with PSX's idea.

    I will also tell you I posted this somewhere else and did not receive as many responses as I did here.

    What other device you going to use? If you buy the right thing you can shitcan the entire ASA

    I already had a Cisco RV180 lying around and used it for the camera traffic. The only thing I do not have setup right now is static routes.

  • Metal 3D Printing

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    @FiyaFly said:

    Hold on a minute. So if you were to get a plastic 3d printer and a metal 3d printer, in theory you could print most of the mechanical replacement parts you'd ever need for the two machines.

    Correct. If you owned a custom plastic fab and a custom metal fab you could make most anything.

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    I tried moving us to a TS environment about 4 years ago - I couldn't get past the thin clients 'flashing' on websites that used Adobe Flash. When moving between screens on our EMR of the time the whole window would flash white before going to the next screen. I posted about it on SW... someone posted a reason why (can't recall now). Never had the problem when using a Windows machine as a terminal into the TS.

    In the end it worked out since our current EMR strictly forbids TS.

  • NSA declares war on sysadmins

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    @Dashrender said:

    I'm fairly certain I'm on the list too, especially considering that I'm an arms owner as well.

    No arms here but nearly a decade in international finance.... I'm at the top of the list.

  • Do You Push Your E-mail?

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    I've found that iOS calendar functions work better with push enabled, so I just turned of all notifications, sound, and such for email. Every couple of hours or so, I'll process my inbox, as well as make sure that I'm at zero before bed and when I wake up. During the workday, I process my inbox about every 40 minutes or so, but constantly work out of my "next" folder. The reason for this is that I found out that constantly trying to keep up with my email was preventing me from really getting into projects and tasks effectively. This way, I can still keep on top of email and address actionables, yet I can still perform non-email tasks effectively.