sixdonuts

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by sixdonuts 5mo ago
Running a new cable is easy. You just use the old cable to pull the new cable. You can run composite cable if you desire copper, fiber and power.
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by sixdonuts 5mo ago
25GB switches do 1/10/25GB, can be used with copper and fiber, use a magnitude less in power per port than a 10GB copper switch and cost the same or less per port than existing 10GB copper switchs.
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by sixdonuts 5mo ago
Fiber is way easier to run than copper. If you already have copper just use that to run the fiber.
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by sixdonuts 5mo ago
10GB ethernet switches will never be cheap because of the power requirements. Just get a 25GB switch and skip 10GB all together.
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by sixdonuts 5mo ago
The Microtik in the link draws 15 watts at idle...
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by sixdonuts 5mo ago
If you need 1G or 10GB over copper you can just use a SFP or SFP+ media converter in a 25GB SFP28 switch port. If you have a POE requirement, say for video cameras you either use a dedicated 1GB POE switch or power injector. A 10GBASE-T (RJ
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by sixdonuts 5mo ago
Yep, 10gb over copper is not power efficient so any savings you get from getting a cheap 10gb switch will just go to your power bill. Most cost effective and flexible is a used 25gb switch. Most 25gb switches can do 1/10/25gb. 10g
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by sixdonuts 9mo ago
Thousands of orgs have full stack OT/CI apps/services that must run 24/7 365 and are run fully on premise.
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by sixdonuts 9mo ago
News is one thing, if the app/service down impacts revenue, safety or security you won't be getting any sleep AWS or not.
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by sixdonuts 9mo ago
No doubt. Reading this thread leads me to believe that almost no one wants to take responsibility for anything anymore, even hiring the right people. Why even hire someone who isn't going to take responsibility for their work and be pa
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by sixdonuts 10mo ago
Some of the largest orgs have large amounts of IT infrastructure for OT and ISS that is not connected to the Internet. This infra is air gapped or often times on a completely separate physical LAN which is not accessible without passing thr
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by sixdonuts 10mo ago
There are a lot of OT, safety and security infrastructure that must be run on premise in large orgs and require four to five nines of availability. Much of the underlying network, storage, and compute infra for these OT and SS solutions run
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by sixdonuts 10mo ago
The BSD/Illumos OSs are used quite frequently as the base OS for high end commercial/enterprise network, SAN, NAS etc. solutions. They are chosen for it's performance, stability and HA features.
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by sixdonuts 11mo ago
Yep, started on PF and the Palo and NSX FWs I use at the day job are a piece of cake.
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by sixdonuts 2y ago
Good stuff - thanks for sharing. IaC and containers are great but having the ability to run multiple VMs and create snapshots prior to performing upgrades or security patches is still very helpful from an operational perspective.
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by sixdonuts 2y ago
Shaving is not expensive if you simply clean the blade after using it. Cleaning the blades slows the oxidation process on the edge which is the primary contributor to poor blade performance.
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by sixdonuts 3y ago
Just get a 25G switch and MM fiber. 25G switches are cheaper, use less power and can work with 10 and 25G SFPs.
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by sixdonuts 3y ago
Additionally, compared to AWS Outposts which use inefficient commodity hardware and closed source software, the Oxide platform uses integrated hardware and software, and open source software.
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by sixdonuts 3y ago
Congratulations on your release! Great product. This will totally fill our MANY on-premise CI, Security, analytics and Video needs that CANT be moved to the cloud. Oxide will definitely be on our short list for our next hardware/softwa