Rack it!

I've ordered some rackmount cases from Newegg finally.  They should be arriving today and I'll try to make a point of posting some pictures with my success (or otherwise!).  I'm getting the Norco RPC-250's since they have plenty of space for motherboards…

TrixBox CE and chan_sccp_b

Once again, I've moved the in house phone system.  I was running into problems with the virtual version I had running for the last couple of months.  It worked pretty well most of the time but the clock was continually out of sync and that caused other problems…

Verizon DSL and OS X

We recently got Verizon DSL for my grandparents and stuck an older iBook in their house so they'd be able to see pics of the kids and such.  They had been using a Ceiva frame for years and loved it but the plan was set to expire and…

New server

If you're seeing this, you're looking at the new server! This is what I've been doing for the last couple of weeks.  I've been moving several of the sites I manage to a new virtual host.  In my basement! Hopefully I can…

ESXi and the DL380 G2

Well, it works.  But I can't find a way to get the fans to do anything but go at full blast.  That might be ok for a noisy data center but it's not ok for my basement. Flipping back to Server 2003 and VMWare…

VMWare Guest copies and NIC's

Simple note about losing the NIC when you copy a VMWare guest.  If you "copy" the image it creates a new MAC address.  Ubuntu 7.10 figures you installed a new NIC and it sets up ETH1.  That means ETH0 stops working. Ok, so I…

Finally, Sage introduces the new HD Extender

I've been waiting for Sage to bring out a new extender for months.  I've been prepping the DVD library, getting the network ready.  I just didn't want to move too far ahead unless they had the HD Extender back.  It'…

When ESXi says it requires 1gb of ram...

...it really means it!  I tried to install on a machine with 1gb of ram over the weekend.  No, I'm not planning on leaving it that way.  I just want to start with some prep and I'll be buying ram later. Turns out,…