I have been successfully using consumer SSD in my ESXi for few years. After migration to Proxmox, I have tried to use ZFS for virtual machines. First few weeks I was very happy about it. Then I noticed very fast increasing SSD wearout levels on my new SSDs. Proxmox support forums and reddit are full of users mentioning proxmox is destroying SSD, but I thought this is just rumor. Where is the true?
Category Archives: linux
Using desktop SSD in server
Five years ago before Christmas I bought my first SSD – Crucial MX300 750GB. I have put it into my linux server running some web hosting (running this blog for example), my emails. Second MX300 was put into Linux MD Raid1. Disk were running two years in this setup, then I have migrated into virtualized setup, running ESXi, booted from USB drive. SSD were re-used and running as hw Raid 1 using LSI-9211 card.
How to run radarbox24 feeder on x86
PlaneFinder or Flightradar24 are providing x86 (i386 or x86_64) binaries, Radarbox only provide arm version for raspberry pie.There is request for x86 feeder package in forum but what they released due GPL is just a joke – can’t be compiled without knowing some keys.
I have found that there is rbfeeder docker image for x86 – how is this possible?
Country IPv6 ranges
Many comments in http://blog.erben.sk/2014/02/06/country-cidr-ip-ranges/ was about IPv6 support.
Xbox One Digital TV Tuner for Czech DVB-T2
My previous post was about WinTVDual-HD working well for Czech DVB-T2. I also own Xbox One Digital TV tuner. Does it work for Czech DVB-T2 when there are warnings about problems with German DVB-T2?
Reliable USB DVB-T2 adapter for Linux
For my tvheadend setup I was searching replacement for my dual multi-standard DVB TBS 5281 adapter, which is not working in recent kernels (>4.17) due TBS obsolete drivers. It is sad, because I was very satisfied with that hardware.
Reset USB device in linux
I had old UPS with serial port which was connected using Profilic USB to serial adapter. Sometimes this USB dongle had frozen and need to be restated – re-attached. This can be done in linux using IOCTL.
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Webmin behind haproxy
After recent security updates, my webmin (now 1.903) served trough haproxy stopped working. Login page was not loading correctly… Continue reading
Using mod_geoip in .htaccess
There has been some comments in my old posts trying to use generated country lists in Apache .htaccess. This approach is wrong, and I will show you much better way how to block or allow specific country.
Protecting WordPress with mod-security
This my blog and also other hosted websites running WordPress are target of bots trying passwords to wordpress admin and posting spam comments. I was unable to found simple plugin for comments dns blacklist, so I focused to mod-security. Continue reading