web02.fireside.fm Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:23:37 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Ask Noah Show - Episodes Tagged with “Vhost” https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/tags/vhost Tue, 12 Dec 2023 20:00:00 -0600 The Ask Noah Show is a weekly talk radio show where we focus on Linux and Open Source technology. We invite the community to participate live on the air 1-855-450-6624. The show airs Tuesdays at 6pm CT on asknoahshow.com and at KEQQ 88.3 FM in Grand Forks ND. It's a free call 1-855-450-NOAH so join us and start on your way to owning your operating system, your software, and technology. en-us episodic The community centered show where you are the content! Noah J. Chelliah The Ask Noah Show is a weekly talk radio show where we focus on Linux and Open Source technology. We invite the community to participate live on the air 1-855-450-6624. The show airs Tuesdays at 6pm CT on asknoahshow.com and at KEQQ 88.3 FM in Grand Forks ND. 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Chelliah This week Noah and Steve discuss picking out a vHost and considerations for deploying it into production. 1:03:35 no This week Noah and Steve discuss picking out a vHost and considerations for deploying it into production. -- During The Show -- 02:00 Types of AI Amount of compute required is astronomical Foundational model vs tweaking 05:55 Kid Friendly distro? - Chris Endless OS (https://www.endlessos.org/) What age to give kids a computer Why give a kid a computer Why Endless OS OpenDNS Filtering 14:13 Serial Connection To Proxmox VMs - Michael Client Setting Host Setting Enable the serial console Proxmox Wiki (https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Serial_Terminal) 17:15 pfSense blocking active connections - Bradly Stateful firewalls don't break active connections/sessions 21:00 News Wire EXT4 Corruption Bug - LWN (https://lwn.net/Articles/954285/) Gnome 45.2 - Gnome (https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-45-2-released/18358) Libreoffice 7.6.4 - Libreoffice (https://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/) Jellyfin Android TV App - Jellyfin (https://jellyfin.org/posts/androidtv-v0.16.0/) Jellyfin Roku App - Jellyfin (https://jellyfin.org/posts/roku-200) Debian 12.4 - Debian (https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20231210) Alpine Linux 3.19 - Alpine Linux (https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Release_Notes_for_Alpine_3.19.0) Linux 6.8 Dropping Old Graphics Drivers - Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.8-No-More-UMS-ioctls) NSA & ESF Recommended Practices - NSA (https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Press-Release-View/Article/3613105/nsa-and-esf-partners-release-recommended-practices-for-managing-open-source-sof/) OpenZeppelin Vulnerability - Bleeping Computer (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/multiple-nft-collections-at-risk-by-flaw-in-open-source-library/) Bluetooth Authentication Bypass - Silicon Angle (https://siliconangle.com/2023/12/07/critical-bluetooth-security-flaw-discovered-google-apple-linux-devices/) Krasue RAT - The Hacker News (https://thehackernews.com/2023/12/new-stealthy-krasue-linux-trojan.html) Automatic LLM AI Jail Break - Robust Intelligence (https://www.robustintelligence.com/blog-posts/using-ai-to-automatically-jailbreak-gpt-4-and-other-llms-in-under-a-minute) EU AI Act - Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/technology/eus-ai-act-could-exclude-open-source-models-regulation-2023-12-07/) Purple Llama - Info World (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3711284/meta-releases-open-source-tools-for-ai-safety.html) Apple Open Sources AI Tools - The Stack (https://www.thestack.technology/apple-quietly-open-sources-key-ai-tools/) Systemd 255 - The Verge (https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/7/23992512/linux-blue-screen-of-death-bsod-systemd-update) - Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-255) 24:00 Beeper Mini First impression, really cool but will only work till Apple notices Android users clearly want modern features 3 days after release, it all came to a halt Apple's FUD statement Beeper mini enabled security for non Apple users Apple's response reduces security and privacy Apple's response protects the iMessage lock-in effect Issue with other "encrypted apps" Focus of Beeper Beeper cloud uses its own cloud server Give beeper mini a review Beeper blog post (https://blog.beeper.com/p/beeper-mini-is-back) 37:45 vHost Hardware What is a vHost What does Steve consider network drives RAM CPU Lots of compute nodes vs a few large nodes Stage 1 - is it viable $1k-50k quotes Started with 2 vdevs with 3 drives Stay under 85% Stage 2 Scale up DELL EMC POWEREDGE R7425 8 BAY LFF SERVER 2x AMD EPYC 7451 H330 3 PCI RISER RPS DELL PowerEdge R6525 1U Server 2 x AMD EPYC 7542 2.9Ghz CPU 256 GB No HDD Can save a lot buying used Local vs Central storage Data centralized qcow2 on vHost 2 vdevs 2 disks per vdev Dell EMC KTN-STL3 drive shelf 15 disks in 2U Requires LSI SAS9200-8e NetApp DS4246 24 disks in 4U Requires LSI SAS9200-8e QSFP SFF-8436 Mini SAS SFF-8088 Cable Don't store Nextcloud data on OS qcow2 disk There will always be a single point of failure Change ZFS settings based on data being stored Easiest way to get a vHost up and running KVM vs "appliance OS" Bridging vs MAC vTap RAM is likely your biggest constraint Ubuntu libvirt doc (https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/virtualization-libvirt) -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard (http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/367) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed) Special Guest: JT Pennington. This week Noah and Steve discuss picking out a vHost and considerations for deploying it into production.

-- During The Show --

02:00

  • Types of AI
  • Amount of compute required is astronomical
  • Foundational model vs tweaking

05:55 Kid Friendly distro? - Chris

  • Endless OS
  • What age to give kids a computer
  • Why give a kid a computer
  • Why Endless OS
  • OpenDNS Filtering

14:13 Serial Connection To Proxmox VMs - Michael

  • Client Setting
  • Host Setting
  • Enable the serial console
  • Proxmox Wiki

17:15 pfSense blocking active connections - Bradly

  • Stateful firewalls don't break active connections/sessions

21:00 News Wire

24:00 Beeper Mini

  • First impression, really cool but will only work till Apple notices
  • Android users clearly want modern features
  • 3 days after release, it all came to a halt
  • Apple's FUD statement
  • Beeper mini enabled security for non Apple users
  • Apple's response reduces security and privacy
  • Apple's response protects the iMessage lock-in effect
  • Issue with other "encrypted apps"
  • Focus of Beeper
  • Beeper cloud uses its own cloud server
  • Give beeper mini a review
  • Beeper blog post

37:45 vHost Hardware

  • What is a vHost
  • What does Steve consider
    • network
    • drives
    • RAM
    • CPU
  • Lots of compute nodes vs a few large nodes
  • Stage 1 - is it viable
    • $1k-50k quotes
    • Started with 2 vdevs with 3 drives
  • Stay under 85%
  • Stage 2 Scale up
  • DELL EMC POWEREDGE R7425
    • 8 BAY LFF SERVER
    • 2x AMD EPYC 7451
    • H330 3 PCI RISER RPS
  • DELL PowerEdge R6525
    • 1U Server
    • 2 x AMD EPYC 7542 2.9Ghz CPU
    • 256 GB No HDD
  • Can save a lot buying used
  • Local vs Central storage
  • Data centralized
  • qcow2 on vHost
    • 2 vdevs
    • 2 disks per vdev
  • Dell EMC KTN-STL3 drive shelf
    • 15 disks in 2U
    • Requires LSI SAS9200-8e
  • NetApp DS4246
    • 24 disks in 4U
    • Requires LSI SAS9200-8e
    • QSFP SFF-8436 Mini SAS SFF-8088 Cable
  • Don't store Nextcloud data on OS qcow2 disk
  • There will always be a single point of failure
  • Change ZFS settings based on data being stored
  • Easiest way to get a vHost up and running
  • KVM vs "appliance OS"
  • Bridging vs MAC vTap
  • RAM is likely your biggest constraint
  • Ubuntu libvirt doc

-- The Extra Credit Section --

For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard!

This Episode's Podcast Dashboard

Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys

Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix

-- Stay In Touch --

Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard

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Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show!

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Contact Noah

live [at] asknoahshow.com

-- Twitter --

Special Guest: JT Pennington.

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]]> This week Noah and Steve discuss picking out a vHost and considerations for deploying it into production.

-- During The Show --

02:00

  • Types of AI
  • Amount of compute required is astronomical
  • Foundational model vs tweaking

05:55 Kid Friendly distro? - Chris

  • Endless OS
  • What age to give kids a computer
  • Why give a kid a computer
  • Why Endless OS
  • OpenDNS Filtering

14:13 Serial Connection To Proxmox VMs - Michael

  • Client Setting
  • Host Setting
  • Enable the serial console
  • Proxmox Wiki

17:15 pfSense blocking active connections - Bradly

  • Stateful firewalls don't break active connections/sessions

21:00 News Wire

24:00 Beeper Mini

  • First impression, really cool but will only work till Apple notices
  • Android users clearly want modern features
  • 3 days after release, it all came to a halt
  • Apple's FUD statement
  • Beeper mini enabled security for non Apple users
  • Apple's response reduces security and privacy
  • Apple's response protects the iMessage lock-in effect
  • Issue with other "encrypted apps"
  • Focus of Beeper
  • Beeper cloud uses its own cloud server
  • Give beeper mini a review
  • Beeper blog post

37:45 vHost Hardware

  • What is a vHost
  • What does Steve consider
    • network
    • drives
    • RAM
    • CPU
  • Lots of compute nodes vs a few large nodes
  • Stage 1 - is it viable
    • $1k-50k quotes
    • Started with 2 vdevs with 3 drives
  • Stay under 85%
  • Stage 2 Scale up
  • DELL EMC POWEREDGE R7425
    • 8 BAY LFF SERVER
    • 2x AMD EPYC 7451
    • H330 3 PCI RISER RPS
  • DELL PowerEdge R6525
    • 1U Server
    • 2 x AMD EPYC 7542 2.9Ghz CPU
    • 256 GB No HDD
  • Can save a lot buying used
  • Local vs Central storage
  • Data centralized
  • qcow2 on vHost
    • 2 vdevs
    • 2 disks per vdev
  • Dell EMC KTN-STL3 drive shelf
    • 15 disks in 2U
    • Requires LSI SAS9200-8e
  • NetApp DS4246
    • 24 disks in 4U
    • Requires LSI SAS9200-8e
    • QSFP SFF-8436 Mini SAS SFF-8088 Cable
  • Don't store Nextcloud data on OS qcow2 disk
  • There will always be a single point of failure
  • Change ZFS settings based on data being stored
  • Easiest way to get a vHost up and running
  • KVM vs "appliance OS"
  • Bridging vs MAC vTap
  • RAM is likely your biggest constraint
  • Ubuntu libvirt doc

-- The Extra Credit Section --

For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard!

This Episode's Podcast Dashboard

Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys

Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix

-- Stay In Touch --

Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard

Ask Noah Dashboard

Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show!

Altispeed Technologies

Contact Noah

live [at] asknoahshow.com

-- Twitter --

Special Guest: JT Pennington.

Support Ask Noah Show

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