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  1. AlexD

    Any Enterprise level VMWare people here?

    So the main thing you need to understand is the RTT latency involved between the two DCs, then you have a number of options to provide a near seamless failover ... latency permitted ActiveCluster is great ... I've been using this without any issues for the past 4 years. If you don't have a...
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    Any Enterprise level VMWare people here?

    Pure Active cluster? Theres a lot of devil in the detail there, active cluster, sync and async .. Only situation where you could natively rely on VMWare HA to recover VMs is if you have ActiveCluster/PeerPersistance/MetroNode
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    simple ticket system for 50 staff

    JIRA or SericeNOW. JIRA can get expensive if you get sucked in to the plugin ecosystem ... but certainly very powerful.
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    Any Enterprise level VMWare people here?

    I've operated a number of stretched clusters between multiple DCs, but always in a metro setup where <1ms latency is involved. Previously it wasn't supported to have a stretched cluster with >10ms due to issues with VMotion, but this is now irrelevant with improvements in vSphere 7. With what...
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    Antispam gateways

    We moved away from Symantec Mail Security & Barracuda to FortiMail. So far it's worked very well, but perhaps not the most polished interface. Had good experiences with Proofpoint and Cisco IronPort.
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    What is a good alternative to Apache?

    As already suggested here, nginx as an alternative on linux or iis on windows. It really does depend what you want to accomplish. Depending on use case nginx can be a far simpler platform to operate.
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    Recommend a Gin

    Sipsmith with Schweppes Premium Ginger & Cardamom London No3 with Indi & Co Tonic Gin Mare with fever tree
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    Automated software deployment

    SCCM & previously CA Unicenter
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    Credit card for America ?

    Used my N&P account a number of times in the US, no transaction fee and good rates. If you want something pre-paid take a look at Revolut, used it recently on a trip and it was great.
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    Visiting Dubai during Ramadan - advice

    I went for a week last year during Ramadan and didn't really have any issues. If you go to any of the shopping centers anything which isn't in the curtained off area of the food court will be closed. In the hotel it's business as usual except the curtained off areas around the restaurants...
  11. AlexD

    Best way to connect HP SAN to servers

    The DAC cables would have an SFP optic at each end. Each controller on the MSA 2040 has 4 "host" ports which can be used to connect your servers to. With dual controllers you'd want each server connected to 1 port on each of the controllers. Leaving you with 1 spare host port per controller. You...
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    Storage...Lots of storage needed

    Depending on the type of backups being stored an enterprise de-dupe appliance seems like the most reasonable solution. With a high dedupe ratio, compression & low data change rate you could most likely forget about your 100TB requirement.
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    Most reliable HDD

    From personal experience I've found the WD Red series to be most reliable, everyone has their preference based on their own experiences. Some people just get unlucky with a particular manufacturer and or batches of drives.
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    ** OUR SECOND 8 PACK APPROVED OC BUNDLE: OVERCLOCKED, DISCOUNTED, ELITE TIER VERY FAST!! **

    Struggling to get the level 1 overclock working. CPU seems fine but the memory wont work at 3000mhz, tried the same settings for the overclock1 but instead set memory to 2666mhz and it boots without an issue. Any way to get the ram booting at 3000mhz? Tried setting the VL4, VL5 & VL6 settings...
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    ** OUR SECOND 8 PACK APPROVED OC BUNDLE: OVERCLOCKED, DISCOUNTED, ELITE TIER VERY FAST!! **

    Much appreciated, will try the AIO first but like to have a backup plan:D
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    ** OUR SECOND 8 PACK APPROVED OC BUNDLE: OVERCLOCKED, DISCOUNTED, ELITE TIER VERY FAST!! **

    Just a quick question for 8pack if he has the time to reply :D Finally took deliver of this bundle due to a few shipping mishaps! Just wanted to know if you think it's worth using the provided AIO cooling setup VS a 3 fan NH-DH15 cooler I have on my current system ??
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    ** EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM: CYBER MONDAY 8 PACK ELITE TIER FORUM ONLY DEAL!! **

    Woop, just got my call and order placed :) Good deal done for a loyal customer in Gibraltar :D Much appreciated guys!
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    ** EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM: CYBER MONDAY 8 PACK ELITE TIER FORUM ONLY DEAL!! **

    I sent an email yesterday evening so hoping that went through and a deal can be done :D
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    ** EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM: CYBER MONDAY 8 PACK ELITE TIER FORUM ONLY DEAL!! **

    Sent an email and hoping they have some left :( Gutted to have missed this !
  20. AlexD

    SANs - where are people spending their budget?

    Trust me if they are going up against EMC (especially) you will definitely get a system within that budget :) I've had a cheaper price for the compellent up against a base vnx 5300 which is still under the 25k
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