rmeman@reddit
No it's not. I do it routinely with zfs, remove vdevs, add vdevs. It automatically rebalances. I think btrfs can do it too
rmeman
shrinking filesystems still feels way too painful in 2026
Posted by DahliaDevsiantBop@reddit | linuxadmin | View on Reddit | 79 comments
France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins
Posted by cdoublejj@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 364 comments
rmeman@reddit
Yeah, those are not complicated. You already have them in Zimbra, Icewarp, Smartermail, etc
SSD drives scarcity
Posted by rmeman@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 71 comments
rmeman@reddit (OP)
Hey, thanks again man! Check that CDW page again. 3.6k now and backordered. This post literally saved us 50k, and instant availability.
Cisco Canceling Accepted Compute Orders & Forcing Reprice
Posted by Thick-Experience-290@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 258 comments
rmeman@reddit
Have a fleet of hundreds of Solidigm drives. Some are failing, all under 5 year warranty. Solidigm hard offering to pay us 1000$/drive (purchase price) instead of replacement. New Solidigm - exactly the same - drives, were quoted at 5k to us by a reseller of theirs.
Legal is handling it
SSD drives scarcity
Posted by rmeman@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 71 comments
rmeman@reddit (OP)
I ended up buying an nvme chassis and the micron drives. Slightly cheaper now and much cheaper in the long run...and most importantly availability is now
SSD drives scarcity
Posted by rmeman@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 71 comments
rmeman@reddit (OP)
Nice! Here goes 100k
Didn't Think It Would Happen
Posted by conner-rogers@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 261 comments
rmeman@reddit
That's just nitpicking. Covid caused people to lose income so they got subsidies (printed money) which caused inflation causing yet more problems. It's not two separate issues, it really is just one.
Didn't Think It Would Happen
Posted by conner-rogers@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 261 comments
rmeman@reddit
How can it be short term when you print 4T worth of money ? I'm talking about the inflation here. That's what caused and is causing the current hardships
Didn't Think It Would Happen
Posted by conner-rogers@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 261 comments
rmeman@reddit
People still face hardships due to the rampant inflation of the past few years. This was caused by Covid, supply chain logistics issues and also by #45 printing 1.9T to help people out. #46 printed money too for sure, but what we have lived since, with most wages not keeping up with inflation is directly tied to that money printer.
And guess what, it's going on even harder now. BBB projects how many more T of debt ?
Didn't Think It Would Happen
Posted by conner-rogers@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 261 comments
rmeman@reddit
People paying lower premiums is a waste of money ? I'm all for it, but let the right really own it. Cut off all social services, let's see what happens.
Didn't Think It Would Happen
Posted by conner-rogers@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 261 comments
rmeman@reddit
By how much has national debt increased since the fiscal conservatives came to power ?
Didn't Think It Would Happen
Posted by conner-rogers@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 261 comments
rmeman@reddit
And you work in IT ? There's nothing more permanent than a temporary fix
Didn't Think It Would Happen
Posted by conner-rogers@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 261 comments
rmeman@reddit
So why not vote now to get rid of them ? Let everyone know loud and clear who is for / against
Microsoft 365 Local is Generally Available
Posted by Borgquite@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 96 comments
rmeman@reddit
Is this the same company that shipped the same encryption keys to all Exchange versions for like 10 years ? They don't even have to hide the backdoors too hard.
Moving from a Google email domain to Microsoft?
Posted by Rilot@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 65 comments
rmeman@reddit
Ever wondered what might happen if the current US president decides on a tech export ban for your country ?
Moving from a Google email domain to Microsoft?
Posted by Rilot@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 65 comments
rmeman@reddit
I didn't say yours or not. I said current. And the current one managed to destroy any trust everyone else had in US companies by turning them into his vassals. So yeah, everyone is looking for alternatives, yesterday.
Moving from a Google email domain to Microsoft?
Posted by Rilot@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 65 comments
rmeman@reddit
Not just me, the whole world is moving away from MS. Guess why. Yeah, alternatives aren't as polished but they will improve soon enough.
Just the latest news: https://www.binnenlandsbestuur.nl/digitaal/internationaal-strafhof-neemt-afscheid-van-microsoft-365
Moving from a Google email domain to Microsoft?
Posted by Rilot@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 65 comments
rmeman@reddit
Can you say that they act at the behest of the current president ?
Moving from a Google email domain to Microsoft?
Posted by Rilot@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 65 comments
rmeman@reddit
It's so easy to spot the ms-career-tied folks. Can't say anything bad about your main bread-winner, right ?
Alternates to Exchange On-Prem
Posted by skunkboy72@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 56 comments
rmeman@reddit
Bonus points! Even if your data is hosted in a MS DC in Europe or Asia, under the Cloud Act, it's still under US jurisdiction. That's why the entire world is starting to consider (creating) alternatives
Alternates to Exchange On-Prem
Posted by skunkboy72@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 56 comments
rmeman@reddit
Stand-in replacement for Exchange:
[https://grommunio.com/](https://grommunio.com/)
Immutable backups, ever come in handy?
Posted by itiscodeman@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 109 comments
rmeman@reddit
but you see my point ? You said FreeBSD doesn't have really immutable snapshots - which is true - while Oracle / Solaris does. They have that in as much as it's to prevent accidental deletion of the snapshot, although FreeBSD has that with holds, but they can be removed, whereas with Oracle you can't bypass them.
However, as root, with Oracle you can simply dd over the drive and the immutable guarantee is gone.
So yeah, as soon as root is gained, it doesn't matter what immutable feature you have.
Immutable backups, ever come in handy?
Posted by itiscodeman@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 109 comments
rmeman@reddit
So can you tell me why a root user in Solaris facing a snapshot with a retention period can't do dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/your\_device(s) to wipe them clean ?
Immutable backups, ever come in handy?
Posted by itiscodeman@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 109 comments
rmeman@reddit
It's trivial to make that bsd box turn the nic on and off during the backup
Immutable backups, ever come in handy?
Posted by itiscodeman@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 109 comments
rmeman@reddit
of course, it's just as good as any other paid service, better even:
'immutable' box does pulls from other backups or live environment. No1 can get in to remove the backups unless they hack that server.
But if you are willing to accept that someone can hack a standalone server, might as well accept that your cloud provider can get hacked too. And honestly, from a security point of view, an organization with 1000000 entry points and using 100000 different software, as we see daily, is a lot more hackable than my standalone server.
I bet you to prove me different :)
Immutable backups, ever come in handy?
Posted by itiscodeman@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 109 comments
rmeman@reddit
semantics. Unless your immutable storage is write-once cd's or tapes, nothing is truly immutable. Your remote 'immutable' storage service, someone hacks them, they'll be able to delete everything.
Immutable backups, ever come in handy?
Posted by itiscodeman@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 109 comments
rmeman@reddit
oh yeah ? why is it not immutable ?
Immutable backups, ever come in handy?
Posted by itiscodeman@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 109 comments
rmeman@reddit
Once you get vendor/cloud locked, you are done for. They sell you basic stuff for $$$.
Immutable backup=A 4U server with 500Tb storage at another dc. Run FreeBSD with ZFS.
Zfs snapshot receive daily into the FreeBSD server where you have separate credentials.
keep 365 snapshots.
4u colo is like 300$/month and 500Tb storage you make it back in less than a year of expensive software / 'cloud' storage.
China fucked us all
Posted by B-B-1-1@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 30 comments
rmeman@reddit
Now repeat after me: They did the same thing with Microsoft 3 years ago, and they dwelled in their networks for 2 years, undetected.
And you guys still drink the MS kool-aid.
Installing SSL certificate on company mail server
Posted by grillin_n_chillin@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 34 comments
rmeman@reddit
doesn't matter, I don't want to promote anyone or anything. It's just \_local\_ . That's my point
Installing SSL certificate on company mail server
Posted by grillin_n_chillin@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 34 comments
rmeman@reddit
lol. who says it wasn't ? Are you fully sure these big guys are fully transparent with you ? I mean, there's 3 TRILLION $ at stake here, it ain't peanuts.
By the way, what happened to the many other breaches ? Did you forget about them ?
[https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/CSRB-Review-Summer-2023-MEO-Intrusion](https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/CSRB-Review-Summer-2023-MEO-Intrusion)
It's just funny to see you all sweep these under the rug.
Installing SSL certificate on company mail server
Posted by grillin_n_chillin@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 34 comments
rmeman@reddit
How naive are you ?
[https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-entra-id-vulnerability-digital-catastrophe/](https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-entra-id-vulnerability-digital-catastrophe/)
Installing SSL certificate on company mail server
Posted by grillin_n_chillin@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 34 comments
rmeman@reddit
Lol. I bet you his legacy system is more secure than your MS365 tenant.
Anyone deployed China Azure? (21Vianet)
Posted by blueeggsandketchup@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 8 comments
rmeman@reddit
"Better than nothing but don't expect a security level of the Azure you know."
You mean the one where they were globally vulnerable across all tenants ? Right...
Active Directory compatible server to run on Linux as a backup domain controller
Posted by illialoo99@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 63 comments
rmeman@reddit
sure, that's the whole point. millions! not one. You hack MS and it's game over for all of you.
Active Directory compatible server to run on Linux as a backup domain controller
Posted by illialoo99@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 63 comments
rmeman@reddit
Let me just enumerate a few nice ones from MS, just off the top of my head.
\- Re-using the same Exchange server-key on all installed versions from 2013 - 2019
\- Having been completely penetrated for 2+ years by China and not realizing it until some customers with the higher tier plan realized there were weird logins
\- this latest juicy one. Global access for anyone to any tenant.
lol, and you somehow accept this.
Active Directory compatible server to run on Linux as a backup domain controller
Posted by illialoo99@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 63 comments
rmeman@reddit
is that what you keep telling yourself so you can keep on accepting this ? What will you do when Russia or China get tired and pull the plug on all of MS through an idiotic vulnerability like this ?
VMware price hikes…what is ur org’s move?
Posted by 19_peligr0s0_pez@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 507 comments
rmeman@reddit
10-15 seconds is fine, as long as the vms don't freeze/restart.
VMware price hikes…what is ur org’s move?
Posted by 19_peligr0s0_pez@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 507 comments
rmeman@reddit
I was talking about data replication, not nodes. Nodes should be at least 4, or more
VMware price hikes…what is ur org’s move?
Posted by 19_peligr0s0_pez@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 507 comments
rmeman@reddit
I assume you're at least on 10g ?
VMware price hikes…what is ur org’s move?
Posted by 19_peligr0s0_pez@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 507 comments
rmeman@reddit
All SSD/NVME ?
Damn that's scary. I was just about to pull the plug and commit to proxmox/ceph but reading stories like these was what kept us from doing it. I guess it was warranted.
What are you guys considering next ? We wanted to start with 6 nodes / 3 replicas - but was waiting for v9 in case it improves.
VMware price hikes…what is ur org’s move?
Posted by 19_peligr0s0_pez@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 507 comments
rmeman@reddit
How many nodes were you using and what was your replication factor ?
VMware price hikes…what is ur org’s move?
Posted by 19_peligr0s0_pez@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 507 comments
rmeman@reddit
you should run with 3 replicas in production. Even so, ceph does(or did?) have short io-timeouts while it acknowledged the dead node. That's what I'm inquiring about
VMware price hikes…what is ur org’s move?
Posted by 19_peligr0s0_pez@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 507 comments
rmeman@reddit
Did you test on what happens when a ceph nodes goes down ? Is there network wide io-pause, any unrelated vm freezes, etc ?
Does anyone here run an e-mail server for their Company that's not Exchange?
Posted by manuelmagic@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 343 comments
rmeman@reddit
yeah, check out Grommunio. Exchange server dropin
3 Major CVE's released for Sharepoint ONPREM
Posted by DarkAlman@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 101 comments
rmeman@reddit
these CVEs can be applied to any tenant so it doesn't matter who the tenant is. Their strategy makes it seem as if their services are better protected when in fact they aren't. Not only that, they massively dropped the ball at least twice. China hacking them and ... then what ? They wiped everything clean and restored from last known good backups ?
Good luck trusting them
3 Major CVE's released for Sharepoint ONPREM
Posted by DarkAlman@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 101 comments
rmeman@reddit
can you find any blog post from MS where they openly admit MS365 services have been actively exploited ?
3 Major CVE's released for Sharepoint ONPREM
Posted by DarkAlman@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 101 comments
rmeman@reddit
and do they also publish / admit that users were affected ? Have you ever seen anything like that ?
They make their cloud seem so perfect that last time it took Congress to slap them around to admit Chinad had hacked them for 2 years and they didn't even know.
So why push SharePoint online then ?
3 Major CVE's released for Sharepoint ONPREM
Posted by DarkAlman@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 101 comments
rmeman@reddit
Why do you supposes CVEs exist for SharePoint onprem but not online ?
Windows SMB faster than SFTP transfers.. clearly doing something wrong?
Posted by CerisCinderwolf@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 45 comments
rmeman@reddit
Sftp is limited to roughly 1gbps due to encryption. You can go a bit higher if you choose a really weak cipher