July 2018 - Roundtable

pagers anyone?
by Dan Keizer 21 Aug '18

21 Aug '18

so, like, yeah, who USED TO use these things? (odd side question too - who still does?) and ..if you don't use them and you still have them ... I'm interested in getting some units that work in the 440MHZ (UHF) band. -- read Ham Radio usage If you have such a unit(s), drop me a note ... Thanks. Dan.

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NFS problems
by Kevin McGregor 12 Jul '18

12 Jul '18

I'm trying to get FreeNAS (based on FreeBSD) to serve up NFS shares. It keep failing with nfsd: Can't bind to tcp addr *: Address already in use Which doesn't make sense. I tried binding to a specific address (the IP address of this server) and I get the same message, but with the IP address instead of *. No other services are running on this server, other than http (80). Where do I start? Thanks, Kevin

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Internet Service Providers
by Frank H 07 Jul '18

07 Jul '18

Shaw keeps incrementally increasing my grandfathered service. It was $65 in early 2017. I just use internet and I'm now paying $75 for Internet 15 which is 15 down and something like 2 or 3 up. Providers are mentioned in our discussions. Can I get your recommendations please?

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Hard drive failure - turned out to be an SSD
by Frank H 04 Jul '18

04 Jul '18

Hey guys, When my friend game me his failed hd it is an SSD. System sees it but can't open See attached video for the sound it is making. Hope 16GB isn't too big. I know odds are low but just have to ask if anyone has any ideas. Freezing SSDs is not a thing correct? Sure sounds like moving parts to me. Never troubleshot an SSD before. Thanks,Frank

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Looking for short term contractor
by Gerald Brandt 04 Jul '18

04 Jul '18

Hi, I'm going on 3 weeks holidays in August, and my boss wants me to find an emergency contractor in case all the systems decide to go belly up while I'm gone. This contractor would only be called in case of emergencies. Normally, I'd pass the IT stuff onto someone in-house, but there's no one here that knows what's going on since my backup guy left. This is what we run: * Proxmox 5.2 * Synology NAS servers (NFS) * Various Linux VM's * A couple of Windows VM's * Univention Corporate Server (for Active Directory) * BackupPC for daily backups Basically, if things fail, it's just getting the Proxmox Servers running again and restoring VM images from backup. Possibly restoring more recent data from BackupPC. Gerald

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