Microsoft is about to release Windows Home Server (WHS) in the next few weeks. This is about the best software ever released for use in the SoHo environment. I've been beta testing it since the first beta. You can also couple this with Mozy for offsite backup of your data (really cheap to do offsite storage). I'd highly recommend doing both, so you will have "full bare metal restore" capability with WHS as well as offsite storage for full Disaster Recovery.
OK, so all of the discussion thus far is targeting new hires. What about those that already signed an agreement with an employer. Does an employee have any right to ammend existing aggrements? If so, what are the limitations? How would you go about initiating a process like this?
Too many of these threads are focused on Linux/Unix running some kind of experimental File System or some form of file replication tool like rsync. The reality is that most "Common Folk" don't have nor want to run any of this complicated infrastructure. They simply want to install a small little app on their Windows 2000/XP machines on their home network (which is maybe 3 boxes) and have them backup the data between them automatically balancing out free disk space with redundancy. Think of it like RAID 5 over the network.
Now, that all being said, let's think outside of the box a bit. Nearly every one of us that has more than one machine at home can benefit from this type of application. If it's difficult to setup, it simply won't be used by the masses. A good example of a "throw hardware at the problem" type solution is the Mirra (http://www.mirra.com) which should be coming out at the end of the month. If there was some way to setup something similar to the type of thing Mirra provides, but using the distributed resources of the existing comptuers on the network, then we really have a killer app!
I know this is all dream conjecture at this point, because we all know that something this good just simply doesn't exist, but it certainly sounds like the start of a good open source project. So, here's the challenge: Build something that will run as a service/daemon on Windows and Linux which will share free disk space transparently to the collective for automatic backups of information on other systems. Using things like WMI event triggers, you should be able to update files on other machines as soon as they are altered. The system should be able to broadcast and self configure, be secure, and allow for network interruptions.
Perhaps I'm dreaming here...but this would be the best thing to happen to home networks since cheap ethernet. Mirra+RAID5+AFS=???
Since the Dynamic DNS client that comes with the router is essentially worthless, how about including that in this distro. Now that's a completely good use of a hack.
This is very simple. Pocket space. I know my pants can only hold so much. I want to be as connected as the next guy but I also don't want to walk around with 30 lbs. of electronics on me, all doing a piece of the puzzle. They make holsters for people who like independant devices. I personally like to spend more time putting on my clothes than all of the gadgets. Already I feel like I'm suiting up for battle in the morning. We have Pagers, Cell phones, PDA's, MP3 players (with headphones), wallets, keys, watches, etc. It's almost like we're becoming borg-like. What this very cool little convergence devices tries to do is combine the vast majority of the devices into one nice small package. Personally, having never seen one of these in person, I'm already sold. If it lives up to half of what it specs, then it's by far one of the best devices on the market. I've been dying for something like this for some time now. And you can plug a camera into it at well...too cool. Does anyone know where I can get one? Also, what type of cell phone service does it get? CDMA, TDMA, GSM, etc.? How about battery life? What is the speed you can connect at? You know, the basic questions...
Just downloaded and tried to install starbuck for i386. All said and done, initscripts is missing. I have verified this on at least two mirrors. Did this one slip through the cracks?
Note, you can only startup single user mode without it.
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Microsoft is about to release Windows Home Server (WHS) in the next few weeks. This is about the best software ever released for use in the SoHo environment. I've been beta testing it since the first beta. You can also couple this with Mozy for offsite backup of your data (really cheap to do offsite storage). I'd highly recommend doing both, so you will have "full bare metal restore" capability with WHS as well as offsite storage for full Disaster Recovery.
Good luck!
Joe.
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OK, so all of the discussion thus far is targeting new hires. What about those that already signed an agreement with an employer. Does an employee have any right to ammend existing aggrements? If so, what are the limitations? How would you go about initiating a process like this?
Too many of these threads are focused on Linux/Unix running some kind of experimental File System or some form of file replication tool like rsync. The reality is that most "Common Folk" don't have nor want to run any of this complicated infrastructure. They simply want to install a small little app on their Windows 2000/XP machines on their home network (which is maybe 3 boxes) and have them backup the data between them automatically balancing out free disk space with redundancy. Think of it like RAID 5 over the network.
Now, that all being said, let's think outside of the box a bit. Nearly every one of us that has more than one machine at home can benefit from this type of application. If it's difficult to setup, it simply won't be used by the masses. A good example of a "throw hardware at the problem" type solution is the Mirra (http://www.mirra.com) which should be coming out at the end of the month. If there was some way to setup something similar to the type of thing Mirra provides, but using the distributed resources of the existing comptuers on the network, then we really have a killer app!
I know this is all dream conjecture at this point, because we all know that something this good just simply doesn't exist, but it certainly sounds like the start of a good open source project. So, here's the challenge: Build something that will run as a service/daemon on Windows and Linux which will share free disk space transparently to the collective for automatic backups of information on other systems. Using things like WMI event triggers, you should be able to update files on other machines as soon as they are altered. The system should be able to broadcast and self configure, be secure, and allow for network interruptions.
Perhaps I'm dreaming here...but this would be the best thing to happen to home networks since cheap ethernet. Mirra+RAID5+AFS=???
Who's game?
Since the Dynamic DNS client that comes with the router is essentially worthless, how about including that in this distro. Now that's a completely good use of a hack.
This is very simple. Pocket space. I know my pants can only hold so much. I want to be as connected as the next guy but I also don't want to walk around with 30 lbs. of electronics on me, all doing a piece of the puzzle. They make holsters for people who like independant devices. I personally like to spend more time putting on my clothes than all of the gadgets. Already I feel like I'm suiting up for battle in the morning. We have Pagers, Cell phones, PDA's, MP3 players (with headphones), wallets, keys, watches, etc. It's almost like we're becoming borg-like. What this very cool little convergence devices tries to do is combine the vast majority of the devices into one nice small package. Personally, having never seen one of these in person, I'm already sold. If it lives up to half of what it specs, then it's by far one of the best devices on the market. I've been dying for something like this for some time now. And you can plug a camera into it at well...too cool. Does anyone know where I can get one? Also, what type of cell phone service does it get? CDMA, TDMA, GSM, etc.? How about battery life? What is the speed you can connect at? You know, the basic questions...
Just my 2 cents...
Joe.
Just downloaded and tried to install starbuck for i386. All said and done, initscripts is missing. I have verified this on at least two mirrors. Did this one slip through the cracks?
Note, you can only startup single user mode without it.