1. I've been up for over 24 hours, my brain may not be operating at its best. 2. I personally have not attempted anything like this, but I think I know enough that it should be do-able.
If I make any glaring mistakes please feel free to point them out and make fun of it whole heartedly.
I'm going to assume the following:
1. Recovery time isn't a huge concern. 2. You or someone that works for you is willing and capable to build it. 3. You want, or would like, point-in-time recovery abilities. 4. You don't have a lot of money to spend.
Buy a case that can fit as many hard drives as possible. For example, this case can take up to twelve 3.5" drives (I do not work for Newegg):
Get a lot of large hard drives, preferable SATA. If you get a case that can take ten to twelve drives, get 1.5TB (~14TB usable space) or 2TB drives (~18TB usable space).
If you have to use a smaller case you'll need to build more than one system.
Get everything else to fill up your case: (motherboard, CPU(s), SATA cards, lots of RAM, gig-e network card, and a power supply).
Install Solaris and give all of the disks to ZFS.
Use rsync to copy the data to your newly built box to create your initial back up, then create a snapshot using ZFS.
For each subsequent back up use the --delete option when running rsync then create a snapshot using ZFS. (ta-da, you have point-in-time recovery capability!)
Depending on how thrifty you can be, and not considering the labour to build and test it, this setup could cost you as little as $4k USD at current prices.
If Solaris x86 supports it, I recommend getting a motherboard or SATA cards that support hot swapping and a case with front loading bays. Being able to replace failed drives (which will happen) is a nice thing.
Beyond this, when your storage requirements go beyond this first build you can just build another box or throw in some eSATA cards and connect some external drives to expand your ZFS pool(s).
Send the squatter an email asking if they would sell it, and for how much. It doesn't hurt to ask, you might get it for cheaper than you think.
I recently did this. A friend of mine owned a domain for several years and stopped renewing it a few years ago, so a squatter picked it up. A couple years later I got sentimental so I contacted the squatter and he sold it to me for $50.
If you don't need something to run sql-type queries against, just use Calc (openoffice.org) or Excel and save the data in a comma or tab delimited file.
> but encrypting local storage only matters if you fear someone breaking in physically... or you are selling the disks on eBay afterwards.
Or if a drive fails and is replaced by a vendor. That is unless the company doesn't want the drives going off-site and is willing to buy new components to replace what failed.
At the end of each commericial, if a child's voice whispered "wee" in sort of a mystical way, it would do wonders in changing the perception of the name.
I don't know about that. I know a lot of people who want to kill the kid from the Mazda commercial.
Didn't you know? Apple does rolling releases through the world. What might be available in New York still isn't available in California because of the timezone difference, and their website accounts for it.
Because of the Powerbook line and the issues that have already been worked out with the 15" MacBook Pro, I'd imagine this would be more like 2nd generation.
> Yes... except that instead of spending hundreds of millions building a stadium that does a mediocre job of acting as a shelter, they could build an excellent shelter for tens of millions.
"What is the Matrix? Control. The Matrix is a computer-generated dream world built to keep us under control in order to change a human being into this." [holds up a Duracell battery]
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Before reading please note:
1. I've been up for over 24 hours, my brain may not be operating at its best.
2. I personally have not attempted anything like this, but I think I know enough that it should be do-able.
If I make any glaring mistakes please feel free to point them out and make fun of it whole heartedly.
I'm going to assume the following:
1. Recovery time isn't a huge concern.
2. You or someone that works for you is willing and capable to build it.
3. You want, or would like, point-in-time recovery abilities.
4. You don't have a lot of money to spend.
Buy a case that can fit as many hard drives as possible. For example, this case can take up to twelve 3.5" drives (I do not work for Newegg):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811103029
Get a lot of large hard drives, preferable SATA. If you get a case that can take ten to twelve drives, get 1.5TB (~14TB usable space) or 2TB drives (~18TB usable space).
If you have to use a smaller case you'll need to build more than one system.
Get everything else to fill up your case: (motherboard, CPU(s), SATA cards, lots of RAM, gig-e network card, and a power supply).
Install Solaris and give all of the disks to ZFS.
Use rsync to copy the data to your newly built box to create your initial back up, then create a snapshot using ZFS.
For each subsequent back up use the --delete option when running rsync then create a snapshot using ZFS. (ta-da, you have point-in-time recovery capability!)
Depending on how thrifty you can be, and not considering the labour to build and test it, this setup could cost you as little as $4k USD at current prices.
If Solaris x86 supports it, I recommend getting a motherboard or SATA cards that support hot swapping and a case with front loading bays. Being able to replace failed drives (which will happen) is a nice thing.
Beyond this, when your storage requirements go beyond this first build you can just build another box or throw in some eSATA cards and connect some external drives to expand your ZFS pool(s).
Send the squatter an email asking if they would sell it, and for how much. It doesn't hurt to ask, you might get it for cheaper than you think.
I recently did this. A friend of mine owned a domain for several years and stopped renewing it a few years ago, so a squatter picked it up. A couple years later I got sentimental so I contacted the squatter and he sold it to me for $50.
But, if all incandescent bulbs are made with this process it's a 40% drop for those who don't want to or don't know that they can switch to CFL bulbs.
Having lots of options is a good thing.
> Try taking a photograph of the Hollywood Sign - it's protected by trademark or copyright law and the folks in Hollywood do go after people.
Oh, really?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?&search=hollywood+sign
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=hollywood%20sign
Man, they must be making millions, nay, billions off those lawsuits!
I don't know about you or what you're used to, but for me it's more like:
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_/|\_
I feel sorry for your significant other.
If you don't need something to run sql-type queries against, just use Calc (openoffice.org) or Excel and save the data in a comma or tab delimited file.
> but encrypting local storage only matters if you fear someone breaking in physically ... or you are selling the disks on eBay afterwards.
Or if a drive fails and is replaced by a vendor. That is unless the company doesn't want the drives going off-site and is willing to buy new components to replace what failed.
Fortunately that functionality can be obtained through a plugin:
http://cue.yellowmagic.info/softwares/separate.html
> The furry are coming.
> Resistance is futile.
No, no. the resistance is reptile.
Also when the 7300 came out it started at $1,700 for the 180 MHz model and $2,300 for the 200MHz model.
http://www.apple-history.com/?page=gallery&model=7300
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Macintosh_7300
I don't consider "The Love Shack" to be very intelligent.
I started reading your post and I thought to myself, "someone on slashdot has a girlfriend? He must be kidding." Then I saw that you were.
You don't even need a separate app, just e-mail the text file contents to yourself.
The Firefox team should send a cake back to them, a higher quality and better tasting one, and include the recipe with it.
Avast me matey, I've sailed the seven layers of the OSI! Yarr!
> Imagine how fast it became boring.
Probably about as fast Doom III became boring after its retail release.
as if millions of trekkies suddenly ran out of their parent's basement in glee.
At the end of each commericial, if a child's voice whispered "wee" in sort of a mystical way, it would do wonders in changing the perception of the name. I don't know about that. I know a lot of people who want to kill the kid from the Mazda commercial.
Didn't you know? Apple does rolling releases through the world. What might be available in New York still isn't available in California because of the timezone difference, and their website accounts for it.
Because of the Powerbook line and the issues that have already been worked out with the 15" MacBook Pro, I'd imagine this would be more like 2nd generation.
Princess Zelda will be the featured spread in the next Maxim.
> Uh, Steve, unhand my ch
Churro?
> Yes... except that instead of spending hundreds of millions building a stadium that does a mediocre job of acting as a shelter, they could build an excellent shelter for tens of millions.
Mediocre? It protected 20,000+ people.
Lucas just wanted something within walking distance of Castro.
"What is the Matrix? Control. The Matrix is a computer-generated dream world built to keep us under control in order to change a human being into this."
[holds up a Duracell battery]