Re: [NTSysADM] Firewalls / Web filtering

Late to the party here, but note that the first three ports on the SonicWall NSA240 (labeled X0, X1, X2) are 1000 Mbps, not 10/100. It's in the Getting Started Guide ( http://www.sonicwall.com/downloads/SonicWALL_NSA_240_Getting_Started_Guide.pdf ) as well as labeled that way on the front. I

Re: [NTSysADM] SHR vs Traditional RAID/RED drives

I've got a DS414 and a DS214. The DS414 has four 4TB WD Red 5400 drives ( http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EHBERSE/ref=pe_385040_30332200_TE_item) and the DS214 has two 6TB WD Red drives ( http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LO3KR96/ref=pe_385040_30332190_TE_3p_dp_1), the same model you are considering.

Re: [NTSysADM] Synology CloudStation vs Commercial filesharing

You can set the versioning to 0 in the latest builds of the DSM software (5.1+) and turn it off. Synolgy claims they started doing differential versions back in Aug 2013. See 2013/08/27 notes here: https://www.synology.com/en-us/releaseNote/CloudStation (Historical file versions will save

Re: [NTSysADM] raid 5? in 2016

http://www.zdnet.com/article/why-raid-5-stops-working-in-2009/ It claims a 50% chance of rebuild failure in a RAID5 array with 7 1-TB drives. Your disks are only 500GB, but there are 8 of them. Someone else will have to do the math on that. The consensus starting several years ago (the

RE: [NTSysADM] Macrium Reflect Opinions anyone?

I've used it for years, but for backup imaging and not imaging new machines. Been very happy with it for what I use it for (several 2012 R2 servers and a few critical workstations). Images can be mounted as drives in another system and individual files restored from any of the backups. Full

Re: [NTSysADM] Looking for driver for...

I second looking into this. We have a 20-year old Epson Perfection 1640SU with a document feeder that has no drivers from the manufacturer for current operating systems. Under the "downloads" section of the Epson support site it actually suggests VueScan and gives a link to the Hamrick.com

Re: [NTSysADM] DHCP role

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/stdqry/2012/04/03/dhcp-server-in-dcs-and-dns-registrations/ https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd334715(v=ws.10).aspx This is what we've done with DHCP on DC. Have a user "DHCP_user" in Protected User group, DNSUpdateProxy group. Use this for

Re: [NTSysADM] Can't run Powershell SpeculationControl check on Win 2008 R2

In a discussion on Technet, someone converted the PS script to EXE. No PS version dependancy at all. Alternative approach, arguably better portability. Discussion here: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Speculation-Control-e36f0050/view/Discussions/3 To trust or not trust,

Re: [NTSysADM] Oh, this one really hurts...

"...The effects are still being benchmarked, however we're looking at a ballpark figure of five to 30 per cent slow down, depending on the task and the processor model..." PostgreSQL: 10%-23% slowdown. Wow. That is not trivial. From: Kurt Buff To: ntsysadm