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  1. MartinD

    VirtualBox

    Has anyone considered offering it? It's pretty easy to get up and running from a provider point of view so it would only be the logistics of offering it. Not a lot of point, you might say, but what about people who've been running vbox at home on their own machines but would like access to it...
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    SolusVM update - 1.16 - Security and Features!

    Just released this morning - also includes a security issue so they're advising people update as soon as possible! http://docs.solusvm.com/release_versions_stable#section11600
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    WHMCS - Custom 'fraud' blocks module

    I was sure I had something like this coded before but I can't for the life of me find the damn code so I'm asking if anyone else has come up with this or knows someone that has. Basically, a simple module that allows you to enter certain expressions, text, patterns that the system will...
  4. MartinD

    miniVPS - ★ NEW SSD KVM from £7/month ★ OVZ 2GB Special at $7/month!

    miniVPS Keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter feeds for special offers not available anywhere else! Why miniVPS? We operate all of our own hardware in 3 UK locations; Turing house in Manchester, Reliance House in Newcastle and Rapidswitch in Maidenhead. We also utilise our own IP addresses...
  5. MartinD

    Seems like UrPad was hit by the IPMI Vuln.

    Things don't look to good for them at the moment - hopefully they recover quickly!
  6. MartinD

    OOB 'Management' switch recomendations

    Looking to get a switch for IPMI/Management/OOB stuff that's all sitting behind pfsense. Doesn't need to be anything fancy, 10/100 is fine obviously. Any recommendations?
  7. MartinD

    rsync - swapping the direction (client/server) - push/pull

    So, I've always run rsync in one direction (as most people do) Server A -> Server B (backup server). I now have a situation where I need to reverse this as some other scripts need to run before and after the rsync job. Can you simple change the running of rsync so it's running on server b...
  8. MartinD

    Seagate Drives

    I bought a small number of 500GB Barracuda ES drives in August last year for various reasons and I've just opened the very last two for use in one of those new atoms. Both drives, despite being brand new, are clicking away like mad and clearly have faults. Was going to return them directly with...
  9. MartinD

    [UK] For Sale: 2 x 1U Q6600/8GB Ram

    I have 2 of these up for grabs. They're still in use at the moment but will be decommissioned within the next few weeks. These have been running without issue for about 2 years now, never missed a beat and have been solid work horses. Only getting rid as we're consolidating the roles of these 2...
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    The only engineer in a business meeting..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg Fun times!
  11. MartinD

    New SolusVM Release!

    SolusVM 1.15 looks to have gone out this morning. http://docs.solusvm.com/release_versions_stable#section11500 These look interesting: Added new client key authentication system http://docs.solusvm.com/v2/Default.htm#Configuration/Client-Authentication.htm Added key authentication log to...
  12. MartinD

    FreeNAS

    Has anyone used FreeNAS in a small office type environment? Thinking of giving it a go for a deployment that I'm helping out with (someone getting a new office etc) and, having not used it before, wondered what peoples thoughts were?
  13. MartinD

    Google Nexus 5

    Is anyone running the Nexus 5? I've just ordered one for the other half but wanted to know ahead of time if there's anything specific about it that should be pointed out? Cheers :)
  14. MartinD

    WANTED - Seagate Barracuda - 500GB

    I'm after a Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB drive but with a twist... I actually only need the controller but would obviously buy the whole drive. It must be identical though so I need a drive with the following: Model: ST3500320AS P/N: 9BX154-568 Firmware: SD81 Long shot I know.. but worth...
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    NodeDeploy - [DE] KVM and OpenVZ - Crimble Special! - Back with a bang!

    NodeDeploy is back with a bang after being acquired by Xavvo Ltd (http://xavvo.com/) in October of 2013. We are happy to announce that both our support and hardware as well as network have received a big overhaul in recent months, this has significantly improved our response-time network and...
  16. MartinD

    WHMCS Currency Exchange update - working?

    Anyone else seeing problems with this? Tried on a few different versions and it's just failing every time... if you're running multiple currencies you might want to check it!
  17. MartinD

    WHMCS - finally a positive move

    http://localhost.re/p/whmcs This should produce interesting results.
  18. MartinD

    What PDU?

    So I'm on the look out for a few new PDU's for our new racks that are both metered by outlet and switched. At the mo, I'm liking the AP8653 from APC - http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=478 It has all the features I'd want and from what I've read elsewhere it seems to be pretty...
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    APC AP7853 Metered Zero U PDU

    Hi all, I have a used APC AP7853 up for grabs. It's a Zero U unit with 24 sockets in total - 20 x C13 and 4 x C19. You can see all the technical info on APC's site here: http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=AP7853 Looking for £200 or £220 posted in the UK.
  20. MartinD

    NodeDeploy - [DE] KVM and OpenVZ Specials!

    NodeDeploy* has been in business since early 2012 and is now part of the Xavvo Ltd family. Xavvo has been trading as a publically registered business since the summer of 2011. NodeDeploy are mostly known for KVM based VPS offers and this is no exception! As part of this acquisition we're going...
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