Recent content by Hjalti Atlason

Yeah , i decided to do the set up again , second time does the charm in my case i guess (might have messed something up at first). At least i have no problems using rclone copy and rclone sync command from the freenas server to Google Drive. decided to jump on the Rclone wagon since i was...

Hey I´m trying to set up a Cron Job in a jail on a Freenas server which runs Rclone and dumps backup files to Google Drive (offsite backup) and wanted to check if anyone at STH is a Cron Job pro (i'm more of a nix hobbyist) and knows how to automate this task. I'll explain what i've already...

Ok nice, this info will come in handy when i'll start coding , was reading alot of books on safaribooksonline.com before i asked in this Forum since no one around me has put any thought into this. This is my pet project at the moment , hopefully i can come up with something cleaver to simplify...

If i can gather the information needed from a powershell script and store the information in a database using this SQLPSX extension i could do some Data binding to output the information to a Window application (WPF) and use some C# Code to work with the information (and probably use Entity...

I´m thinking about gathering asset report to a database (using a similar script to This one with a couple of twists) and try to work with the data to identify Server trends (for example when and why disks are filling up etc...). Yeah i know Nagios or other monitoring tools can log this but not...

Hey guys I was wondering if anyone is doing any WPF application programming and gathering data with Powershell and store in a database ? As a sysadmin i really like gathering information with powershell but would like to store the information in a database (SQL express). Been thinking if...

Hey guys I´m setting up a backup server in a datacenter This gear would be used as a Freenas backup server (1u Dell poweredge server) and RPC-4020 4U Rackmount Server Case with 20 Hot-Swappable SATA/SAS Drive Bays. I´m going to use an External HBA to connect the Poweredge server to the JBOD...

Yes , even in the winter . lucky for us Island people in Iceland :Þ

Ok thanks. Looks like Amazon ships these rails to Iceland :)

Hey guys I was wondering if you could advice me on good PSU and Rail option for a RPC-4020 4U Rackmount Server Case with 20 Hot-Swappable SATA/SAS Drive Bays Unit. I´m thinking about buing this unit as a JBOD storage for an Offsite backup server in a datacenter. I´ll also have a dedicated 1u...

Update:I´ve Put the DOS utilities on a Bootable DOS USB or CD link to the Firmware for the LSI 9210-8I HBA controller

Hi guys I was wondering if you could recommend a good guide on how-to flash a LSI SAS 9210-8i HBA Controller. I´m going to use it for a Freenas Fileserver (ZFS) and need to flash it to IT mode. Advice would be much appreciated.

I´m thinking about this Supermicro Mini Tower and might pick another similar server if i do a hyper-v cluster. I´m actually working with little space at this office (small server would be perfect). 1 X 2,5" 100 gb intel DC s3700 Enterprise series Sata SSD (for the Windows server os) 1 X 2,5"...

Thanks for the tip , i´ll look into this and do a little research before i implement the solution for this company. I have two extra Deskto machines at home and MSDN license , so i can try out a Hyper-v cluster on server 2016 in a test lab) Yeah Pfsense/Sonicwall sounds like a plan , i´m...

Thank you for your reply´s. Just to clarify a little bit. I don´t have a Real budget in mind , but this is a cloud centric company (so no File server on prem needed) , the users use Google Drie for their Fileshare. My main focus is to have strengthened security for the Workstation machines...