Faerie.CX goes back to the Cloud

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Yes, I broke down on costs and stuff - and decided to get a hosted server :) Cost me a mint, but still a good deal from my old folks I used to work for (Web24). Too bad for our backwater Australian Internet (read:ADSL2+) for the really slow uploads. Having…
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Quick roundup for Mar-Apr

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Packages of note in the Internet worlds: pfSense (2.3 release) Runs off Bootstrap front end now, FreeBSD to 10.3 base. Looks very 'slick'. I did break the upgrade, cos the 'RX-offload' bug with Xen still exists in this release. Has to be turned off from the host. Code snippet given…
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VPS’s and Privacy

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Privacy I am so getting tired of emails being blocked by Spamhaus-PBL. This is NOT an abuse list, yet email admins are using it as a 'blocklist'. I got no probs with SBL's and stuff.. but PBL?! I'm looking at you messagelabs.com (and any others that use it). I have…
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Xen and CentOS7.2 (PV)

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I always set up my CentOS VMs as PV mode (yes, I know PVHVM/etc) under FC23 host but this time it's not working. It is BROKEN. [ OK ] Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen. [ OK ] Reached target Paths. [ OK ] Reached target Basic System. Mounting Configuration File…
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Mass update day

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CentOS 7.2 is out, but took a day or two before it turned up on local mirror. Good thing I mirror everything, mass-updates of multi-VMs in progress. While I'm there, I'd upgrade Wordpress, and any other CMS's around. Busy day!
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Lots happening October

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Started out with AWC2015 - first non-work trip to Adelaide/SA. 8 hrs drive with the Serpent Circle. Been an awesome experience even through the slight hickup at the end. It was followed by my wife's would be anniversary (18th) the next weekend. This last weekend was a break before launching…
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Solax SK-SU-5000 some details :)

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I have been hunting information on this unit's management for (you guessed it) automation and fun charting like a good crazy sysadmin would do. I called up the local supplier which patched me through to a support guy (Nice guy!). 2 simple questions and 2 simple answers from him :)…
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Uptime problems :)

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Yes, Server died on Sunday. Scraped together and found that the old video card had shorted out the motherboard. After a bit of effort, was forced to upgrade the server hardware. At least now I'm running: * i7-4790 (non-K) * Asus-Z97 Deluxe * 32GB RAM (Yay! More virtualization) OS install…
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Hardware issues + Upgrade

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Popped capacitor caps on video cards are not good for motherboards. Desperate time to scrounge up some hardware I was forced to buy an (almost) complete system yesterday. * Asus Z97-Deluxe * 32GB RAM (G.skill-ARES) - Roar, the God of War lives in my machine.. * i7-4790 (non-K) for iommu…
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