I agree with this post. I am not working on telescopes, but I managed to parlay an IT job into a more specific security related job. The security job is not what is important, the important part is that everything is going digital, everything is run by a server of some sort. And sometimes the IT group is not skilled enough for the specific task.
Now I am the only IT guy in an organization that is purely security related. I know everything about every PCs and server we have control of, and the chumps in IT that I used to work with now have to maintain my corporate PC.
Like shag said, make your knowledge work for you, just sayin'.
I do not believe you can use Fat32 formatted volumes to make a software raid mirror in any version of Windows, ever. If I'm wrong, tell me, but I have been working with the 'Disk Management' in windows for 15 years and have never been able to do this. Not that I would.
'For portability' is not a good reason to use a file system that was left behind by Microsoft years ago. You can mount an NTFS partition in several O/S's these days effortlessly. I agree with every one else here. Build hardware RAID 0 into your system, use all the space on those disks that you paid for, get some performance out of them. And most of all, PRACTICE RECOVERING YOUR DATA. Do mock-crashes, do some research, READ what other are doing about their problems, make some notes, get acquainted with your hardware, and your backup software, and whatever tools you end up using for data recovery. This is essential for real data loss prevention.
Am I preaching? Sorry!
This is a laptop plain & simple. I have a DELL M90. Core 2 4Gb RAM only one hard drive, so you'd need an external drive. Battery is there, you can keep it clean with a bottle of air, 90 watt apower supply, not too bad. The fact is there are going to be compromises not matter what, I think this is an acceptable solution.
Does anyone remember the Micosoft Add where the IT folks were upgrading the servers at what seemed like a trading company.........there was a nickle a trade savings.....and everyone was looking at the monitor thinking about how many nickels they were saving?
No way he's going to be able to do that and still make money. Sure DELL & HP cost a little more, but when things go wrong, I have someone to yell at. I have been buying DELL, Apple, HP, & SUN for a major organization for about 10 years. I spend a lot of money and I am often asked by my users, "Why not just get a board from Tiger, and RAM from crucial, etc....." and I always have to argue the warranty. But, these same users that think they are going to save money are the first ones to come to me and say "Its broke, what do we do now."
I have had all three of these vendors out to do repairs, and they always do a great job and they always have the parts they need - never an issue. i have evne called DELL and said "I'm sick of messing with this machine, your techs have been out twice, give me a new PC." They not only give me a new PC, but a lot of times it has been a newer model at now extra charge. OK, I'm off of my soap box now!
Exactly what tyoe of warranty service comes along with these machines that you put in play? usually DELL's price is higher, but they will come out and replace a part for free for 3 years.
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http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-howto/31190-when-wireless-lans-collide-how-to-beat-the-wireless-crowd - The guy is no slouch. maybe not the most technical article I ever read, but it should help you.
Works great! I have been using ShowMyPC for a couple of years now. Remote assistance in windows ain't bad either.
I agree with this post. I am not working on telescopes, but I managed to parlay an IT job into a more specific security related job. The security job is not what is important, the important part is that everything is going digital, everything is run by a server of some sort. And sometimes the IT group is not skilled enough for the specific task. Now I am the only IT guy in an organization that is purely security related. I know everything about every PCs and server we have control of, and the chumps in IT that I used to work with now have to maintain my corporate PC. Like shag said, make your knowledge work for you, just sayin'.
I do not believe you can use Fat32 formatted volumes to make a software raid mirror in any version of Windows, ever. If I'm wrong, tell me, but I have been working with the 'Disk Management' in windows for 15 years and have never been able to do this. Not that I would. 'For portability' is not a good reason to use a file system that was left behind by Microsoft years ago. You can mount an NTFS partition in several O/S's these days effortlessly. I agree with every one else here. Build hardware RAID 0 into your system, use all the space on those disks that you paid for, get some performance out of them. And most of all, PRACTICE RECOVERING YOUR DATA. Do mock-crashes, do some research, READ what other are doing about their problems, make some notes, get acquainted with your hardware, and your backup software, and whatever tools you end up using for data recovery. This is essential for real data loss prevention. Am I preaching? Sorry!
This is a laptop plain & simple. I have a DELL M90. Core 2 4Gb RAM only one hard drive, so you'd need an external drive. Battery is there, you can keep it clean with a bottle of air, 90 watt apower supply, not too bad. The fact is there are going to be compromises not matter what, I think this is an acceptable solution.
http://ping.windowsdream.com/ Works great!
http://www.usamobility.com/products/messaging/ They do our pagers - they work great.
No $hit, I have had a hotmail account for at least 8 years, nothin' but spam, spam, spam! gmail (3 years) almost none.
Does anyone remember the Micosoft Add where the IT folks were upgrading the servers at what seemed like a trading company.........there was a nickle a trade savings.....and everyone was looking at the monitor thinking about how many nickels they were saving?
No way he's going to be able to do that and still make money. Sure DELL & HP cost a little more, but when things go wrong, I have someone to yell at. I have been buying DELL, Apple, HP, & SUN for a major organization for about 10 years. I spend a lot of money and I am often asked by my users, "Why not just get a board from Tiger, and RAM from crucial, etc....." and I always have to argue the warranty. But, these same users that think they are going to save money are the first ones to come to me and say "Its broke, what do we do now." I have had all three of these vendors out to do repairs, and they always do a great job and they always have the parts they need - never an issue. i have evne called DELL and said "I'm sick of messing with this machine, your techs have been out twice, give me a new PC." They not only give me a new PC, but a lot of times it has been a newer model at now extra charge. OK, I'm off of my soap box now!
Exactly what tyoe of warranty service comes along with these machines that you put in play? usually DELL's price is higher, but they will come out and replace a part for free for 3 years.