...would only take a few bytes of memory but would transmit as fast as the CPU would allow it. Put another way, there's zero correlation between amount of storage and required bandwidth.
I used to have a haphazard system involving rsync running off a script copying to an external drive.
I hear you, and said that in another post: having one standardized app for something so fundamental is much better than supporting a million half-assed ones.
Most of us just dragged our important files to an external drive
Yep. The biggest advantages that I see are that you don't have to remember to do it, and that there's one central, (presumably) well-maintained backup solution instead of a million home-rolled automation attempts.
We've had backup systems for decades. Even Windows has a more functional system than Leopard by accounts I've read. What Leopard did is make backup and restore sexy to the point that people will actually want to do it.
"Flyback" is a replacement for, well, I'm not sure what. It's certainly nowhere near Time Machine whose primary innovation was "damn gotta get me that" user-friendliness.
If I change one byte, the whole huge file needs to be backed up as each change is detected (generating MANY copies of that big DMG). The only other choice is to say "ignore this file/directory". Same thing applies to any large file, such as a VMware VM file.
When I was backing up with Amanda, I had a correctly-named directory called "Not Backed Up". I'd put large projects in there and made aliases whenever necessary for convenience. Just an idea.
having to resort to an obscure OS X commandline tool 'pax'
Pax isn't an OS X tool tool any more than tar is - just an FYI. Also, learn to love rsync. It would've done what you described in a breeze (at least when compared with other command-line tools).
Every other ratings site has been giving the game 9+/10. I'm not an expert, but everyone I've showed it to ran out and bought it, so I'd say that at least a 4/5 would be justified.
Someone upthread suggested that there would be trouble when an emergency occurred in a place where cellphones were blocked. I wonder on exactly what grounds.
I think on grounds that the blocking was intentional, whereas all the scenarios you mentioned were unplanned. To make the obligatory bad car analogy, it's like the difference between running over you because my brake lines ruptured and running over you because I meant to. You're dead either way, but the latter would probably land me in prison afterward.
Are mainframes really 6 times more power efficient per MFLOP (or whatever unit) than blade servers? I thought the CPU was the main power hog in a server these days and I'm skeptical that there's so much difference between, say, an Opteron and a Power6. Is that true or is this a hype number?
Sounds like your employer is woefully understaffed.
It's a small, family owned shop. In practice, I get called outside of business hours no more than once a month or so. I still need to be reachable, though, in case of emergency.
Sort of makes you wonder how society got along before cell phones.
What's more disruptive to your inability to handle interruptions: me receiving an IM on vibrate or an usher pausing the movie, turning on the lights, and paging (as in literally, sending a page, or message carrier) to fetch me?
If you're so important that you have to take a call at any time, you need to keep yourself out of places it's rude to take calls, and request compensation from your employer accordingly.
So, carried to its logical extremes, the only people allowed to work important jobs are the ones who love money above all human interaction. See any problems with that?
The.0001% of people with cells who are surgeons are highly enough paid to stay out of the theater while on call, and get paid enough to deal with it.
Turn off Michael Moore and actually meet a few doctors. I don't know any who make enough money that they'd never, ever want to go to a concert or movie or nice dinner.
Sys admins, no disrespect intended, aren't going to have anyone die because they can't be reached immediately.
If you are expecting important calls, don't go to such places.
But some of us are always expecting important calls: "the server is on fire", "my surgical incision is bleeding and I don't know what to do", etc. We should be allowed to do nice things ever?
"Our position is that the proprietor of an enclosed space should have the right to control disturbances within that space. That could be a fight in a bar, that could be somebody yelling at his kid on a cell phone, or whatever."
"Your honor, my client was viciously raped after the attacker use the Jam-O-Matic 5000 to keep her from calling the police. We're asking $3.2 billion."
I wonder to what extent a judge or jury would buy their rationalization.
Yes it's illegal, but given that the rudeness is pretty close to criminal as well, it's unlikely to stop any time soon.
It's not just illegal, it's totally unethical. My wife and I both carry cellphones - I'm a sysadmin and she's a surgeon and we're both on call basically 24/7. And yet, you'd never know that we have them, because we mute them when appropriate and never start conversations when we shouldn't. Instead, we'll either step outside quickly to answer them or let it roll to voicemail so we don't kill ourselves and others as we dive over rows of seats and then respond ASAP. Cell phone jammers punish the jackasses in theaters that we all love to hate, but they also punish the majority of users who are quiet and responsible.
Imagine that you or your mom or your kid has a problem with their recent surgery and is desperately trying to reach their doctor who went to a movie, but some smug asshole with a jammer is blocking the call. Kinda puts it in a different light, huh?
Wal-Mart is now selling an electronic LCD game in the kid's section that resembles a Wiimote so closely that even Wal-Mart employees can't tell them apart in a picture.
I also saw poorly made jeans at ShopKo, and one time I bought shampoo from Wegmans that smelled just like a famous name brand but wasn't. So what? It's not like either of those chains made those goods.
What did Wal-Mart have to do with the story other than carrying that product among tens of thousands of others? Would we be reading "Costco's Terrible Wii Knock-Offs" if the author had shopped somewhere else that day? There are lots of reasons why people don't like shopping at Wal-Mart, but this is a pretty dumb one.
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...would only take a few bytes of memory but would transmit as fast as the CPU would allow it. Put another way, there's zero correlation between amount of storage and required bandwidth.
Define "large". Gentoo's portage system is a directory with a sizable number of files, all synced against their servers with rsync.
I hear you, and said that in another post: having one standardized app for something so fundamental is much better than supporting a million half-assed ones.
Because in this one particular case it suits a government agency to consider a blog to be journalism.
Yep. The biggest advantages that I see are that you don't have to remember to do it, and that there's one central, (presumably) well-maintained backup solution instead of a million home-rolled automation attempts.
We've had backup systems for decades. Even Windows has a more functional system than Leopard by accounts I've read. What Leopard did is make backup and restore sexy to the point that people will actually want to do it.
"Flyback" is a replacement for, well, I'm not sure what. It's certainly nowhere near Time Machine whose primary innovation was "damn gotta get me that" user-friendliness.
I'm probably going to regret this, but: what on earth are you talking about?
And one heck of a decent guy, too. Unless he's destroying your career for no real reason.
Don't artists have house fires and burglaries and lightning strikes, too? There are many reasons to backup besides hardware failure.
When I was backing up with Amanda, I had a correctly-named directory called "Not Backed Up". I'd put large projects in there and made aliases whenever necessary for convenience. Just an idea.
Pax isn't an OS X tool tool any more than tar is - just an FYI. Also, learn to love rsync. It would've done what you described in a breeze (at least when compared with other command-line tools).
Every other ratings site has been giving the game 9+/10. I'm not an expert, but everyone I've showed it to ran out and bought it, so I'd say that at least a 4/5 would be justified.
I think on grounds that the blocking was intentional, whereas all the scenarios you mentioned were unplanned. To make the obligatory bad car analogy, it's like the difference between running over you because my brake lines ruptured and running over you because I meant to. You're dead either way, but the latter would probably land me in prison afterward.
Are mainframes really 6 times more power efficient per MFLOP (or whatever unit) than blade servers? I thought the CPU was the main power hog in a server these days and I'm skeptical that there's so much difference between, say, an Opteron and a Power6. Is that true or is this a hype number?
It's a small, family owned shop. In practice, I get called outside of business hours no more than once a month or so. I still need to be reachable, though, in case of emergency.
What's more disruptive to your inability to handle interruptions: me receiving an IM on vibrate or an usher pausing the movie, turning on the lights, and paging (as in literally, sending a page, or message carrier) to fetch me?
If you're so important that you have to take a call at any time, you need to keep yourself out of places it's rude to take calls, and request compensation from your employer accordingly.So, carried to its logical extremes, the only people allowed to work important jobs are the ones who love money above all human interaction. See any problems with that?
TheTurn off Michael Moore and actually meet a few doctors. I don't know any who make enough money that they'd never, ever want to go to a concert or movie or nice dinner.
Sys admins, no disrespect intended, aren't going to have anyone die because they can't be reached immediately.Hospitals don't have sysadmins. Duly noted.
We are always on call, even on vacation. Always.
Cinema owners/managers should have the right to block whatever signals they want from entering their own property.Fortunately for me, the FCC takes my side.
But some of us are always expecting important calls: "the server is on fire", "my surgical incision is bleeding and I don't know what to do", etc. We should be allowed to do nice things ever?
That's probably the stupidest think I'll hear today. Congratulations.
If you're in a nice restaurant then turn your mobile off and SHUT-THE-FUCK-UP!Cell phones have replaced pagers for most people. Am I allowed to get IMs, or do I have to turn those off too?
Concealed carry laws were passed with people like you in mind. Just saying.
"Your honor, my client was viciously raped after the attacker use the Jam-O-Matic 5000 to keep her from calling the police. We're asking $3.2 billion."
I wonder to what extent a judge or jury would buy their rationalization.
It's not just illegal, it's totally unethical. My wife and I both carry cellphones - I'm a sysadmin and she's a surgeon and we're both on call basically 24/7. And yet, you'd never know that we have them, because we mute them when appropriate and never start conversations when we shouldn't. Instead, we'll either step outside quickly to answer them or let it roll to voicemail so we don't kill ourselves and others as we dive over rows of seats and then respond ASAP. Cell phone jammers punish the jackasses in theaters that we all love to hate, but they also punish the majority of users who are quiet and responsible.
Imagine that you or your mom or your kid has a problem with their recent surgery and is desperately trying to reach their doctor who went to a movie, but some smug asshole with a jammer is blocking the call. Kinda puts it in a different light, huh?
I also saw poorly made jeans at ShopKo, and one time I bought shampoo from Wegmans that smelled just like a famous name brand but wasn't. So what? It's not like either of those chains made those goods.
What did Wal-Mart have to do with the story other than carrying that product among tens of thousands of others? Would we be reading "Costco's Terrible Wii Knock-Offs" if the author had shopped somewhere else that day? There are lots of reasons why people don't like shopping at Wal-Mart, but this is a pretty dumb one.
me too