I don't -want- the bigwigs to crowd around. I want them to stay the hell away, heh.
Serial terminal servers fulfill the 'what if network connectivity to the boxes is lost' requirement, for *NIX hosts, routers, and switches.
Why do I need a separate room? If I have to, I plug my laptop into a switch in the datacenter, or in a cabling room. If connectivity from my home DSL into one PoP is down, I go through one of the 5 others we have in different parts of the world. The only thing I can't fix remotely is a bad patch cable to a host/router/switch which doesn't have redundancy.
FYI, the company I work for does about $20B/year. We're 24/7/365 worldwide - and we don't have a NOC.
consists of my laptop running Slackware 8.1, Fluxbox, OpenSSH, and Galeon.
If you use automation properly, and technologies like ssh and VPN, etc., you don't -need- a 'command center', no matter the size of your organization.
Server rooms, network rooms/closets/PoPs, are absolutely necessary, and should be designed properly, w/racks/raised floor/UPS/etc. 'Command centers' aren't necessary at all, except for stroking one's ego.
That's not to say they aren't -cool-, but they're really passe.
If I could get someone to pay me for constantly tinkering with my boxen, sure, I'd run Genoo - assuming I didn't have any -other- work I needed to get done.;>
I'm running Evolution 1.0.7 on Slackware 8.1, and it's rock-solid.
Works very well; calendaring supported. IMAP support is good, too. GnuPG integration works (basic, signing, verifying, no real key management); LDAP directory lookups work well, smart.sig based upon selected sending account, Palm sync works.
Cisco cards will have Linux and OS/X support.
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Whither 802.11a in Linux?
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Cisco are very good about supporting both Linux and Mac - they will have the drivers, once they have the cards.
Right now, their 1200 access-point does 802.11a, but it's primarily focused on AP-to-AP wireless backbone connectivity (the AP can hold both an 802.11a and an 802.11b radio simultaneously). When they come out with the cards later this year, they'll give you the driver support you want.
is the same reason that no-talent moron River Phoenix got any parts in films - because of his 'dorky-cool' name.
That's it. There's no other logical explanation.
I mean, I've never met anybody who's even claimed to -know- anybody who's ever run Caldera Linux, or even seen it running on some computer somewhere, you know?
So, let's do ourselves a favor and just forget about this dimwit and his oh-so-pretentious moniker so and go back to more relevant stuff like whether or not Ozzie's wife is going to defecate in his bag of pot or whatever, OK?
Which one did you get? Did you get the Radeon working at high-res under Linux? What sort of built-in Ethernet do they use? Can you talk to the DVD-RW under Linux?
I guess it just goes to show, you can splash around millions and millions of $$$, and -still- not make a profit, unless you've a clear vision of what your potential customers actually -want-.
Simply make it known that the next time a sysadmin is called upon to support a box for which he is designated as 'secondary', and his response is inadequate due to lack of knowledge, he will be fired.
After the first sysadmin is fired, I guarantee you that the remaining ones, plus the new guy's successor, will very quickly come up with a system or systems which allows the proper level of knowledge-transfer.
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I don't -want- the bigwigs to crowd around. I want them to stay the hell away, heh.
Serial terminal servers fulfill the 'what if network connectivity to the boxes is lost' requirement, for *NIX hosts, routers, and switches.
Why do I need a separate room? If I have to, I plug my laptop into a switch in the datacenter, or in a cabling room. If connectivity from my home DSL into one PoP is down, I go through one of the 5 others we have in different parts of the world. The only thing I can't fix remotely is a bad patch cable to a host/router/switch which doesn't have redundancy.
FYI, the company I work for does about $20B/year. We're 24/7/365 worldwide - and we don't have a NOC.
consists of my laptop running Slackware 8.1, Fluxbox, OpenSSH, and Galeon.
If you use automation properly, and technologies like ssh and VPN, etc., you don't -need- a 'command center', no matter the size of your organization.
Server rooms, network rooms/closets/PoPs, are absolutely necessary, and should be designed properly, w/racks/raised floor/UPS/etc. 'Command centers' aren't necessary at all, except for stroking one's ego.
That's not to say they aren't -cool-, but they're really passe.
If I could get someone to pay me for constantly tinkering with my boxen, sure, I'd run Genoo - assuming I didn't have any -other- work I needed to get done. ;>
I'm running Evolution 1.0.7 on Slackware 8.1, and it's rock-solid.
Works very well; calendaring supported. IMAP support is good, too. GnuPG integration works (basic, signing, verifying, no real key management); LDAP directory lookups work well, smart .sig based upon selected sending account, Palm sync works.
It's a damned good mailer.
Um, since it's a -new- group, how the hell do you know that?
if you work for Microsoft, where they don't seem to care about backwards compatibility. ;>
when instead you can spend 3 days compiling Gnome 2.0 by hand?
;>
Kids these days - no work ethic.
I'd sign up in a nanosecond.
Cisco are very good about supporting both Linux and Mac - they will have the drivers, once they have the cards.
Right now, their 1200 access-point does 802.11a, but it's primarily focused on AP-to-AP wireless backbone connectivity (the AP can hold both an 802.11a and an 802.11b radio simultaneously). When they come out with the cards later this year, they'll give you the driver support you want.
The CSS 11500 & SCA 11000 will do this.
Hell, that's what they do at SPAN^H^H^HCOMDEX!
is the same reason that no-talent moron River Phoenix got any parts in films - because of his 'dorky-cool' name.
That's it. There's no other logical explanation.
I mean, I've never met anybody who's even claimed to -know- anybody who's ever run Caldera Linux, or even seen it running on some computer somewhere, you know?
So, let's do ourselves a favor and just forget about this dimwit and his oh-so-pretentious moniker so and go back to more relevant stuff like
whether or not Ozzie's wife is going to defecate in his bag of pot or whatever, OK?
It just works:
http://www.backhand.org/
Or, failing that, go buy a Cisco CSS11500-series box for lots of $$$.
;>
Not for me - I don't want to run some crappy proprietary OS, I want to be able to get in there and -tinker-.
is 'Squeak'?
They support LEAP under Linux?!
So that I can use reasonably secure (i.e., LEAP-enabled) 802.11b with a Cisco Aironet card, rather than Apple's ass-open Airport stuff, heh.
Which one did you get? Did you get the Radeon working at high-res under Linux? What sort of built-in Ethernet do they use? Can you talk to the DVD-RW under Linux?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you have to get a PowerBook to get a (single) PCMCIA slot?
for as long as volkerdi's been selling it.
I guess it just goes to show, you can splash around millions and millions of $$$, and -still- not make a profit, unless you've a clear vision of what your potential customers actually -want-.
to have 50GB/day of alt.binaries.ugly.naked.fat.men.pretending.to.be.
hot.horny.chix0rs downloaded onto my hard drive.
instead.
may be found here:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~bofh/
Simply make it known that the next time a sysadmin is called upon to support a box for which he is designated as 'secondary', and his response is inadequate due to lack of knowledge, he will be fired.
After the first sysadmin is fired, I guarantee you that the remaining ones, plus the new guy's successor, will very quickly come up with a system or systems which allows the proper level of knowledge-transfer.
the only technology you need to solve this problem is a wooden paddle and a strong backhand.
;)