The Linux system gets the use 99% of the time and needs priority as to performance and what not. The Windows install is just for gaming and is not even my main gaming machine. Just a secondary one. And I've lived with zero Windows access for most of a year, not a big deal.

@scottalanmiller said in Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?:

@Seitan said in Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?:

@dafyre yes, you can create regular machines - they are called "simple machines". But still KVM-VDI is more vdi oriented.

Since the KVM market lacks a good, solid, standard GUI management option like XenServer has in XenOrchestra, that might be a spot that KVM-VDI makes more sense than you might think at first glance.

That is why I was asking. I've got WebVirtmgr on my hosted system and it's... okay. It does the job, at least.

@Carnival-Boy said in ESXi Evaluation Period:

I have recently downgraded from ESXi Essentials to ESXi Free simply by entering a different key. It's the same product.

I'd say you moved between products. It's one product family, they are super similar, but are they the same product? Just semantics, but they are very different.

XO Community and XOA are not the same product. But it's the same code.

@davedemlow said in Hyperconvergence & VDI:

@dafyre currently we do not ... but as above, things can change based on customer demand, technology changes, etc.

Awe man. What if we want to run CAD desktops on a scale cluster..........
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I solemnly swear that games WOULD be played on such a system.

@Dashrender said in XenServer 7: best practice: noob question:

@scottalanmiller said in XenServer 7: best practice: noob question:

@Dashrender said in XenServer 7: best practice: noob question:

@scottalanmiller said in XenServer 7: best practice: noob question:

@DustinB3403 said in XenServer 7: best practice: noob question:

@FATeknollogee said in XenServer 7: best practice: noob question:

@DustinB3403

Does it have better performance & is it easier to setup?

That is all dependent on how comfortable you are with software / hardware raid.

Even for software RAID experts, hardware RAID is easier.

well yeah - it's practically plug and play - so few options.

Plus, in hardware RAID (assuming the chassis supports it) you get hot swap, something you don't get with Software RAID.

All enterprise software RAID has hot swap and always has. Only FakeRAID doesn't offer that and even that sometimes does. Hot swap is basically ubiquitous. Even ridiculous Windows software RAID has hot swap.

excuse me, I used the wrong term - I meant Blind swap - the lack of need to tell the OS to demount the drive before you pull it from the system.

Yes, now that software RAID generally lacks.

If you guys were not able to attend, we have the recording available: https://scalecomputingevents.webex.com/scalecomputingevents/lsr.php?RCID=dddd587896fdd12a664fb882e0f68650

thanks!

@JaredBusch said:

@Dashrender said:

@Carnival-Boy said:

Correct. OEM lives and dies on the machine it was first installed on. It's not transferable. I think what Jared was saying is that it doesn't matter whether it activates or not - that's irrelevant as to whether it is legal or not. Just because it activates doesn't mean it is legal.

Exactly.

More specifically - MS doesn't specifically go out of its way to deactivate. If it deactivation happens, it happens, if not - that's fine too. But licensing has mostly always been on the honor system.

All correct, but specifically, I meant that he can just P2V the server on to the new hardware and simply buy another OEM license from eBay or whatever and still be legal. Assuming, of course, that the eBay seller was legit and the license they sold was legal in the first place.

Hey - what do you know.. we're on the same page - (using most happiest tone possible - really I am)

@Lakshmana said:

If I am using windows machine to check the machine in the Vmware means What can I do ???

If you know that it is Vmware, you already know.

@dafyre said:

Hey Joel,

Have you considered a USB over IP type product? I've just been made aware of them and haven't had a chance to use one yet... but basically it is a USB connection with a Network card, and whatever server you want to use it has to run a software package to do so...

It's worth taking a look at.

Interesting product. What a great idea.

And it's currently only VMware but they are working on Hyper-V and KVM.

@MattSpeller said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@MattSpeller said:

@FATeknollogee said:

@scottalanmiller said:

The NTG Lab is prepping this week to a new colo, in fact!

In the Canada or NY area?

upstate NY, spitting distance to toronto

No, the nearest discussed location is near NYC. There are no datacenter colo facilities worth discussing in upstate NY.

whoops, figured it'd be at your hq

That's where it is now. Moving to colo soon.

Had a spare laptop laying around. Installing CentOS now. Also planning on installing NextCloud here soon as well. Creating a repository/shared calendar for the family with this machine.

@chrisnbrooks said in What is the Upside to VMware to the SMB?:

Thank you for voicing so eloquently what some of us have been trying to wrap our heads around. I personally come from a frugal era of IT and will always scout free solutions before coughing up the cash or subscribing to a (shudder) recurring licensing fee. We used to buy our modem banks by sniping eBay auctions, and that was at a tri-state telecom. I realize you need to spend money to make money, but unnecessary expenditures should still be avoid if possible, imo.

You're welcome 🙂

@craig.theriac Ok, hats off. That is cute. And some great marketing!

So I tested the backup functionality within XOS and the appliance backs it's self up without issue.

Wow!

No additional tools required. Great design @olivier !