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  1. Re:Dell doesn't honor quotes on Intel Confirms Decline of Server Giants · · Score: 1

    Does not work. The current smart array controller (the old ones aren't compatible with the chassis) reports: "This smart array is not compatible with the expander. Please remove it and reboot." Bootup then stops.

  2. Re:Dell doesn't honor quotes on Intel Confirms Decline of Server Giants · · Score: 1

    Nope. It handles 25 drives in the dl380e, the underpowered economy version of the dl380. In the dl380p it handles 8 drives only. If connected to a drive expander to multiplex the 8 sas channels, it refuses to boot and prints a message saying to disconnect the expander.

  3. Re:What's more important.... on Ask Slashdot: How Much Is a Fun Job Worth? · · Score: 1

    If the prospective job doesn't look like it would be fun then it's not a better job even at twice the salary.

    If the prospective job doesn't look like it *might* be fun but you're worried about trading the unknown for the known... you're asking the wrong question. It isn't: how much is a fun job worth. It's what reward merits the risk of taking a job that might turn out not to be for me when I have a job that makes me happy.

    My answer when I was faced with this question was about 25%. If I'm happy, actively happy and secure where I am but my unique set of skills is of particular use to another employer and the job there looks fun too... I'll accept the risk for a 25% boost in salary.

  4. Re:Dell doesn't honor quotes on Intel Confirms Decline of Server Giants · · Score: 1

    But if you've implemented a DL380p (not e) with the expansion drive chassis to bring it to 16 drives and gotten all 16 to work on a single controller then by all means tell me what configuration you used. If you've found the hidden magic, I'll be only too happy to eat my words.

  5. Re:Dell doesn't honor quotes on Intel Confirms Decline of Server Giants · · Score: 1

    The p822 can handle 200 hard drives as long as 192 of them are in external chassis. It can handle exactly 8 drives inside the dl380p. It is not compatible with HP's internal SAS expander card the way the previous generation of smart array controllers were.

    Also, the 25 drive version is not a dl380p gen8, it's a dl380e gen8. The E or Economy series is a distinctly lower end box with a maximum processor speed of 2.4ghz.

  6. Dell doesn't honor quotes on Intel Confirms Decline of Server Giants · · Score: 1

    At the beginning of August I got a quote from dell for 2 R710 servers and 4 R610 servers. Three weeks later I placed the order. The response? Sorry, we're not selling those any more. You have to buy the R720's instead and they're more expensive.

    So, sorry Dell. I won't be considering you for the upgrades to the other 200 servers I manage after all. Pity because HP just pissed me off with the DL380p gen8 which can hold 16 drives but has no raid card which can use more than 8.

  7. Intermittent on Go Daddy: Network Issues, Not Hacks Or DDoS, Caused Downtime · · Score: 2

    "Yesterday, GoDaddy.com and many of our customers experienced intermittent service outages starting shortly after 10 a.m. PDT. Service was fully restored by 4 p.m. PDT. "
    http://www.godaddy.com/newscenter/release-view.aspx?news_item_id=410

    Must be that new definition of the word "intermittent." The one roughly synonymous with "total."

  8. Re:CRC on Ask Slashdot: How Do I De-Dupe a System With 4.2 Million Files? · · Score: 2

    I have a script which does this for openstreetmap tiles. Once it identifies the dupes it archives all the tiles into a single file, pointing the dupes at a single copy in the archive. Then I use a Linux fuse filesystem to read the file and present the results to Apache. Saves a truly massive amount of disk space for an openstreetmap server since the files are mostly smaller than a single disk block and never consume enough disk blocks that the space lost to the inode and unused part of the last block is insignificant.

  9. CRC on Ask Slashdot: How Do I De-Dupe a System With 4.2 Million Files? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Do a CRC32 of each file. Write to a file one per line in this order: CRC, directory, filename. Sort the file by CRC. Read the file linearly doing a full compare on any file with the same CRC (these will be adjacent in the file).

  10. Re:Well, not calling them a "fan" might be a start on Ask Slashdot: What Should a Unix Fan Look For In a Windows Expert? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    For better or for worse I think you have stumbled not on a condescending attitude but on a difference between *nix and Windows admins.

    The OP *enjoys* administering Linux servers. It's fun for him. Not in a professional my job is satisfactory way but in an I just played ball with my buddies and had a blast way. And in a classic feedback loop, he's good at it because he enjoys it because he's good at it.

    He's looking for someone who feels that way about running Windows servers. Someone who feels that way about Windows will fit well into his team while filling the technical need. The stodgy "Windows Professional" capital P may meet the technical need but he won't integrate well into the team.

  11. Re:Well, not calling them a "fan" might be a start on Ask Slashdot: What Should a Unix Fan Look For In a Windows Expert? · · Score: 1

    You have limited space on your resume. Spend it _demonstrating_ the depth of your OS knowledge.

    Certs only tell me that you took a test. Worse, they *imply* that instead of self-learning you waited, took a course your company paid for and then said "feed me." Over and over again. That's the opposite of what I'm looking for. Which is not to say I won't send you to training. I just don't want to *have to* send you to training in order to get any use out of you.

    I won't hold having a list of certs against you. But if that's the most important thing you have to tell me about on your resume, I *will* hold that against you.

  12. Yes! I can't emphasize this enough. A long list of certs is a major red flag on a resume. It implies you're not a self-starter, that you let people to feed you and then regurgitate it on tests, all at your company's expense.

    If you have a long list of certs, pick the most important three or four and leave the rest off the resume. Spend the space telling me what clever work you did in your last job that makes be want to interview you to get more details.

  13. Re:Not like most linux users! on Ask Slashdot: Where To Report Script Kiddies and Other System Attacks? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Port knocking is less useful now that many corporate environments restrict outbound tcp ports.

  14. Re:Not like most linux users! on Ask Slashdot: Where To Report Script Kiddies and Other System Attacks? · · Score: 1

    Security through obscurity is "necessary but not sufficient" in many real world defense-in-depth strategies. It's one layer in a strategy that is adequately secure without it but more secure with it.

    In OP's case, putting ssh on a different port reduces his effective attack surface. Most attackers don't even find the port let alone send ssh protocol packets, reducing the probability of breach.

  15. Wrong end on Satellite Uplinks For the Masses · · Score: 1

    This works the problem from the wrong end. Are they going to invent FTL communications too in order to deal with speed of light lag over the 22,000 miles out to geostationary orbit?

    If you want decent 2-way satellite communications (i.e. Internet via satellite) the way to do it is with a low earth orbit constellation. If you're only shooting a few hundred miles your antenna problems basically go away: 10 watts and a 120 degree beam get you there. Better: you don't compete for bandwidth with the rest of the continent. The satellite you're talking to at the moment only serves a thousand mile radius. And 500 miles away doesn't create a speed of light lag that prevents you from using online gaming and other low-latency apps.

  16. Re:Head for the nearest police precinct on Ask Slashdot: What Would Your 'I've Got To Disappear' Plan Look Like? · · Score: 2

    My stepfather was a cop. When you actually know what you're talking about (instead of just casting aspersions) you'd know that transferring a prisoner that a cop doesn't actively want to transfer can easily get tied up in all manner of red tape. For example, if they charge you with jaywalking they can deny extradition until you've had your trial and served your sentence. Even if a competing jurisdiction has charged you with treason. When transfers aren't tied up in red tape, it still takes far more than making a claim and flashing a badge.

    When you're not yet caught, the first guys to catch you own you. Pick well and then convince your choice that something stinks badly enough that they should fight to hold on to you until it can be cleared up.

  17. Re:People are pettier than you think on Ask Slashdot: What Would Your 'I've Got To Disappear' Plan Look Like? · · Score: 1

    When they allegedly discredited guy suffers a suspicious death or disappearance, he's no longer discredited. If you stay out of the news, leaving you alone serves their purpose.

  18. Re:Remove myself as single point of failure on Ask Slashdot: What Would Your 'I've Got To Disappear' Plan Look Like? · · Score: 1

    If I'm discredited then from their perspective I'm "solved." Any further action against me risks them to no gain.

  19. Head for the nearest police precinct on Ask Slashdot: What Would Your 'I've Got To Disappear' Plan Look Like? · · Score: 1

    and seek protection. I don't know why "they" are after me for but conspiracies are necessarily small. Whatever it is, the local police probably aren't involved and if any are they'll be few enough that I can simply insist on avoiding private rooms. The safest place I can be is in a room with a bunch of guys with guns, most or all of them dedicated to the defense of ordinary citizens like me.

    Step 2 would be to find myself at least two lawyers -- one to attend me at the station and a second one to be somewhere I'm not just in case something happens. From there I'd document what I saw, explain my fears and ask counsel for guidance. You want to beat The Man, you need to outplay him and you need help.

  20. Re:Why not... on The Worst Job At Google: a Year of Watching Terrible Things On the Internet · · Score: 1

    I think you're confused. Exhibitionism is where you have a vested interest in making sure the images and videos became as widely available as possible. That's a different fetish than beastiality and decapitations.

  21. Re:Cue the obligatory goatse jokes in 3...2...1 on The Worst Job At Google: a Year of Watching Terrible Things On the Internet · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Actually, as a necessary survival skill, the societally-functional psychopath/sociopath learns better than most people exactly what empathic reaction can be expected from a given situation. He wouldn't *feel* upset by the video but he'd understand on an intellectual level that watching baby animals being harmed upsets other people.

    The big problem with assigning the job to a psychopath is that once you get past the gut check, true depravity tends to be creative and interesting. You really don't want to show a psychopath creative and interesting things that you'd prefer he not do.

  22. Re:Right...just change the "acceptable level"! on The Panic Over Fukushima · · Score: 1

    As I understand it, and I'm very far from an expert, the issue is that the radioactive particles released at Fukushima tend to get ingested and then concentrate in a gland near the brain where the radioactivity does quite a bit of damage. The particles in Denver don't tend to be ingested; they stay embedded in the granite. So the issue isn't exposure to background radiation, its ingestion of radioactive particles scattered by the meltdown.

  23. Re:Because it's subsidised. on Tokelau Becomes First Country To Go 100% Solar · · Score: 1

    Real Estate in H.O.V.E. (Hawaii Ocean View Estates) costs as little as $6000/acre in units of 1 acre. With annual taxes of $100.

  24. Re:Because it's subsidised. on Tokelau Becomes First Country To Go 100% Solar · · Score: 1

    I gotta tell you, it doesn't look very subsidized on Hawaiians' electric bills.

  25. Re:Hawii on Tokelau Becomes First Country To Go 100% Solar · · Score: 1

    1. Except for the Big Island, Hawaii isn't sitting on a geothermal hot spot. It *was*. Millions of years ago. But then it moved.

    2. Heating is not a major concern where 80's are typical and the average temperature fluctuation from summer to winter is around 10 degrees Fahrenheit.

    3. Geothermal tends to work better with stable bedrock where there's a well defined path for hot, deep water to follow. Maybe you didn't notice but Hawaii's volcanoes don't explode like Mt. Saint Helens did. They open up, spew lava for a while and then stop. Hawaii's bedrock is so thoroughly fractured that I don't know how you'd engineer useful steam pressure at less than a prohibitive cost.