Ceciliya Kril

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I worked the Chelsea Flower Show some years back and had the pleasure of a pint in their pub(really it was like a working mans club), several of them were quite

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Ceciliya Kril

@angrybear686724 · Jan 11, 2026

Sanity check ordering servers

Our Citrix VDI server hosts are scheduled for replacement this year unfortunately, so we've had to go a little off-script from what we'd like.
We've always had 3 hosts from Dell, dual 64 core AMD CPUs. We were planning to stuff them full of 24 sticks of 128GB memory modules. Dell was actually able to get us the price we were looking for on the servers, but with a 6 month lead time which doesn't work for us since that would be the time we need to be migrated off VMware over to Xenserver.
They're solution to this was to quote 6 servers with dual 32 core CPUs and 24 sticks of 64GB memory. I'm trying to weigh the pros and cons to see if this makes sense.
Pros: if a node fails, its taking 1/6 of our capacity rather than 1/3.
Neutral: We're also going with 1U chassis instead of our normal 2U so it'll take up the same space. Licensing shouldn't be an issue since we get like 10000 cores of Xenserver or something crazy with our Citrix licenses.
Cons: Double the hosts to manage and update firmware on. Double the cables, both network and power. 1U servers tend to be nosier and the server room is on the other side of the hall from my office.
We don't have too many other options. Supermicro wou

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@angrybear686724 · Jan 10, 2026

Global Virtual Trust

@gvt · Jan 9, 2026 6:05 pm

Information from the Prime Minister Office

Kassem Farhat has now officially accepted the nomination for the presidency of the Global Virtual Trust! The elections will take place soon.
(@kassem)

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@angrybear686724 · Jan 10, 2026

Kassem Farhat

@kassem · Jan 10, 2026 9:00 am

Today is snowing, great weather, great day!! For another day to win

~Kassem Farhat
Member of GLOBAL VIRTUAL TRUST

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