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[00:45:53] <kdavy> hey all
[00:46:04] <kdavy> everyone busy not working? :)
[00:47:08] <kdavy> i need help speccing out a laptop for a mobile lab - should i do a larger/faster SSD and 16Gb ram, or a hdd+smaller ssd and 32gb ram?
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[01:08:34] <gazzo> 32gb ram??
[01:08:39] <gazzo> nice
[01:08:56] <kdavy> yeah, that would be cool
[01:09:02] <gazzo> what is the purpose of the lab ?
[01:09:29] <gazzo> all our lab stuff is on shitty SATA/SAS drives. usually constrained by mem
[01:09:30] <kdavy> virtual lab for all sorts of operating systems and applications
[01:10:22] <gazzo> you should get hdd+small ssd and 32gb ram. if you need to just create some ram disks ;P
[01:10:36] <kdavy> essentially i want to be able to replicate 95% of typical environments on the laptop, without having to depend on a datacenter
[01:11:58] <kdavy> so have XenApp 5 + 6, XenDesktop, a sql vm, a domain controller, a file server vm, IIS etc. etc. on it
[01:12:50] <kdavy> doesnt have to be blazing fast, but ram and i/o are still primary constraints
[01:13:14] <kdavy> any quad-core cpu will be able to handle that and more
[01:13:47] <kdavy> oh, and i also need 10 hour battery life while running all of the above :)
[01:14:29] <gazzo> hehe
[01:14:32] <gazzo> !!
[01:14:37] <gazzo> what model are you looking at ?
[01:15:02] <kdavy> so far the one i like most is ThinkPad W520
[01:16:03] <gazzo> how much will 32gb ram cost
[01:16:08] <gazzo> so expensive
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[01:17:54] <kdavy> $125-$150 per 8gb DIMM, plus whatever margin Lenovo has.
[01:18:10] <gazzo> heh
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[01:18:49] <kdavy> now this makes me wonder... does anyone even make Fibre Channel laptop adapters (for ExpressCard slots)?
[01:18:55] <kdavy> could be pretty cool
[01:20:18] <kdavy> i've seen a couple for 1GbE fibre, but not fibre channel specifically
[01:21:24] <kdavy> using an Expresscard to PCIe box/converter is an option, but also a pain
[01:23:36] <kdavy> http://www.span.com/product_info.php?products_id=31697&source=gbaseus&currency=USD
[01:25:58] <gazzo> hahah
[01:27:07] <kdavy> that plus raw PCIe passthrough to a VM would be a killer feature for a portable lab :)
[01:28:22] <kdavy> and Corei7-2720M supports vt-d, so technically it's doable
[01:30:09] <gazzo> i dont think anyone makes expresscard FC hbas
[01:30:26] <kdavy> gazzo, no, i dont think so either... the market is too small
[01:31:09] <gazzo> hahaha
[01:31:17] <gazzo> what about USB -> FC
[01:31:33] <gazzo> iSCSI would probably be better
[01:31:52] <kdavy> uhh, USB->FC would be useless
[01:32:16] <kdavy> well, iscsi will work regardless - all it needs is a NIC
[01:32:20] <gazzo> yeah
[01:32:36] <kdavy> though... 10Gbe Expresscard NIC anyone?
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[01:33:11] <kdavy> doesnt look like that's an option either
[01:33:13] <gazzo> yeah seems easier
[01:39:57] <kdavy> yep i think the Netstor is by far the best solution - it's 10"x8"x2.3", which is small enough to take everywhere
[01:40:04] <kdavy> and the cards can be swapped out
[01:41:14] <kdavy> plus it can be used with a fast PCI express SSD in case more oomph is required for the VMs
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[01:57:35] <SpyderZ> Greetings
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[11:03:14] <gblfxt> dont accountants have anything better to do on weekends than crunch numbers?
[11:59:33] <gblfxt> ok, up until now, i didnt know the relationship between trannies and citrix
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[13:46:28] <crackguy> how do I remove 'fuse' from CentOS - i want to remove it and reinstall it for some documentation purposes. thank you
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[18:38:13] <mengu_> hi everyone.
[19:14:04] <mengu_> is it possible to redirect a user to another page if they are visiting my web site with an iphone, etc?
[19:14:11] <mengu_> with, netscaler i mean.
[19:14:26] <mengu_> i have found this for redirect http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/index.jsp?topic=/netscaler-load-balancing-91/ns-lb-protect-redirect-alternate-url-tsk.html
[19:14:40] <mengu_> and this http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX124390 to find out what the user is using
[19:14:49] <mengu_> is that redirect what i'm looking for?
[20:00:55] <Trixboxer> Hi, if I reboot my HBA SAN will that delete disks on it ?
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[21:03:13] <kdavy> Trixboxer: if you lose power and your SAN reboots, will all the data be deleted? I highly doubt that......
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[21:10:29] <Trixboxer> kdavy: nah.. due to maintenance I have to shut down my SAN box
[21:10:44] <Trixboxer> im shutting all vms on it and neeed to upgrade the SAN firmware
[21:10:56] <kdavy> Trixboxer: as long as you shut it down gracefully you'll be fine
[21:11:03] <kdavy> what brand is it?
[21:11:19] <Trixboxer> I hope that once the SAN box is back xenserver safely recognises the old SR
[21:11:28] <Trixboxer> Galactic .. not a well known
[21:11:32] <kdavy> never heard
[21:11:42] <Trixboxer> :)
[21:11:46] <kdavy> if you have support with them, i'd make sure with the vendor first
[21:12:01] <Trixboxer> its already a yes from them
[21:12:13] <kdavy> but i dont see how anything could go wrong, i've done this a ton of times with other SANs and xenserver
[21:12:28] <Trixboxer> cool.. bit relieved now
[21:12:43] <Trixboxer> still exported all VMs to another storage
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[21:20:36] <kdavy> yeah i hear ya. i was moving VMs all weekend myself
[21:20:53] <kdavy> had to free up a SAN to ship it to another site
[21:21:01] <Trixboxer> compressed option worked very well for me :)
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