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[–] exu@feditown.com 17 points 3 months ago (4 children)

The advantage Windows has is Intune for device management.
The disadvantage is having to use Intune.

Linux is just much easier to script an install an manage using any of the IaC tools you might already be using for your servers. Yes, you can manage Windows with the same tools but it just isn't as reliable in my experience.

[–] exu@feditown.com 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They've been putting ads on your home screen for years

[–] exu@feditown.com 5 points 3 months ago

I had the opportunity to check out a bunch of S3 servers for work. For a quick summary, Garage was much faster than Minio in my tests but lacks advanced S3 features like object locking, versions or retention. Be sure to check what you need before switching.

Also, it's CLI only as far as I know, so the same as Minio will be.

[–] exu@feditown.com 4 points 3 months ago

Use one artist for album artist. For the artist field, look up how to properly split entries. This is different for IDv3 vs Vorbis. Split the artists and Jellyfin will handle it fine.

[–] exu@feditown.com 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

An SFP+ single mode module alone costs ~20€ at least. Add to that a PCIe extension card and you're way over the cost of copper.

[–] exu@feditown.com 8 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Cat 5e has 8 wires just like any later standard. There's nothing stopping you from trying a faster speed on it.

[–] exu@feditown.com 4 points 3 months ago

ISPs in Switzerland offer up to 10 or 25Gbit over fiber.

https://www.init7.net/en/internet/fiber7/

But even within a LAN it really allows using a NAS for anything, not just slow access data.

[–] exu@feditown.com 3 points 3 months ago

Not sure if they provide official drivers for FreeBSD. Intel is usually a safer bet in that case.

[–] exu@feditown.com 34 points 3 months ago

Great to (maybe) see 10GbE coming and the initial price sounds reasonable compared to currently avaipable 2.5G and 5G Realtek adapters.

Apparently Linux 6.16 will have the driver included.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.16-Realtek-RTL8127A

Realtek itself has demonstrated its RTL8127 NIC working with an unknown switch using cheap CAT5E cables, and the company’s representatives at the booth emphasised this fact. However, we do not know which switch or router the company used. Yet, most 10GbE routers and switches are designed for CAT6 cabling.

Funny update about the cabling they used during the demo. There's really no reason Cat 5e couldn't work for short enough distances with little interference. It's more about the guaranteed minimum distance you can get, 55m with Cat 6 and the full 100m for any rating beyond that.

[–] exu@feditown.com 35 points 3 months ago

complete

That's where you're wrong

[–] exu@feditown.com 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

It's really a wild growth over the years. My current approach is twofold. Netbox to manage devices/VMs and associated info with service deployments using Ansible. You can use the info from Netbox as an Ansible inventory directly.

Previously I tried network diagrams (too low detail) and spreadsheets (terrible to modify) to document machines. And for serviced I'd have an install page on my wiki (apologies, the codeblocks are somewhat broken atm)

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