My small home/office burns, destroying my data there (along with every friggin' thing I use to work). My offsite storage (which is presumed to be in the same locale) is destroyed because the instigating incident to my data loss is a fucking earthquake....And you think somehow, that I will give a shit about my data. Pal, I'm going to be worrying about sleeping, eating and whether everyone I know is dead.
Sure, for the first month. But what happens a year later when you're audited by the IRS and want a copy of your tax returns, or twenty years later when you want to show some pictures to your grandchildren? Yes, there are more important things than your data - the well-being of those you care about, your own personal shelter, income, and survival, etc. But that doesn't mean your data is unimportant.
Your scenario merely indicates the reach you have to use to "justify" the cloud.
Did the cloud rape your grandmother or something? It's not like there is a galactic mandate that you have to use it. So why are you so pissed off?
There's money in it, but not in people with $100 balances who want to talk to a teller three times a month. Many (most?) bank customers are not profitable and this "we'll move to credit unions!" fist-pumping is not being done by people with big bank balances.
This "movement" probably delights bankers to no end.
first, you're mixing cluster file systems (like GFS, OCFS, CXFS) and distributed file systems (Lustre, GlusteFS, Ceph).
second, without backup hardware, you don't have backup; you'll lose data. at least, use a second offline or near-line array to copy to.
third: "snapshots are effective backups". wrong
fourth: "none of the mentioned solutions have support for (infiniband)". wrong
You have always been able to download an.ISO, install OpenBSD over the net, etc. Although I give money to the OpenBSD guys, I have always just downloaded an.ISO from openbsd.org and installed with it.
You can get all the packages, ports, sources, binaries - everything - over the net.
Now, they do sell ISOs that have all the packages on them. If you want that, yes, you do have to pay it. That is explicitly stated as a fundraising method for the project. It wasn't "one of the authors" - it is the project lead, Theo.
Yes, it is slightly more convenient to have all the packages in one set of ISOs. But you can download the install ISO and get packages from the net, or download all the packages and put them on DVDs yourself, or host your own repository yourself, or whatever you want. The only reason to buy the pre-packaged CD set is because you like OpenBSD and want to support the project financially (and you get some stickers, etc.)
BSD's license is far more permissive than Linux, btw. There's really no way they can thwart.
Thank you, this is one of the few valid answers to my primary question which is of actual experience with clustered file systems. I don't think most of the responders got the clue that I'm looking for a solution that will hopefully scale over a decade's worth of time.
There is a question of missing clues, but I don't think it's in the responders. You either asked your question poorly or you don't understand your problem. Your question centers of being "paranoid about data loss" and yet you're discussing technologies designed to manage concurrent access to a filesystem. Do you put in gigabit ethernet when you want faster USB performance?
I'll likely be upgrading to a Super Micro 2U Twin with QDR Infiniband
(my professors words "Google has made the investigators life so much easier, 15 years ago you needed high level access to gather this kind of information, now it's just the right search terms")
Professors are famous for making sound bite pronouncements like this. They try to sound dramatic and relevant.
Don't let the fact that RedHat loves CentOS, supports it, and is happy to have enormous free testing of their flagdhip product interrupt your ALL CAPS EMPHASIS rant.
Other than that, nothing would have changed. A competing browser would have been called Sloxo Gigazoom or some other dumb open source project name, but history would have played out the same.
Actually, given ether's intoxicating effects, the sentence makes sense: "Are we sure that cold fusion isn't possible from extracting economic sustainability and financial stability through the ether?"
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Bob Lewis, why are you posting anonymously on Slashdot?
Seriously?
Yes. And quit being an ass and think a minute.
My small home/office burns, destroying my data there (along with every friggin' thing I use to work). My offsite storage (which is presumed to be in the same locale) is destroyed because the instigating incident to my data loss is a fucking earthquake....And you think somehow, that I will give a shit about my data. Pal, I'm going to be worrying about sleeping, eating and whether everyone I know is dead.
Sure, for the first month. But what happens a year later when you're audited by the IRS and want a copy of your tax returns, or twenty years later when you want to show some pictures to your grandchildren? Yes, there are more important things than your data - the well-being of those you care about, your own personal shelter, income, and survival, etc. But that doesn't mean your data is unimportant.
Your scenario merely indicates the reach you have to use to "justify" the cloud.
Did the cloud rape your grandmother or something? It's not like there is a galactic mandate that you have to use it. So why are you so pissed off?
Better yet, how many of us then reinstalled windows _just_ long enough to get online and figure out why Linux wouldn't partition/install/boot?
None.
Older hardware which (surprisingly!) still does well with Linux
But with Ubuntu?
The big money isn't in consumer saving anyway
There's money in it, but not in people with $100 balances who want to talk to a teller three times a month. Many (most?) bank customers are not profitable and this "we'll move to credit unions!" fist-pumping is not being done by people with big bank balances.
This "movement" probably delights bankers to no end.
Fantastic customer service
Huh. I thought the only company named "Costco" was the big warehouse retailer but I guess you're saying there's another company with the same name...
It favors those who pay more.
By your logic, a company that offers 1Mbps, 7Mbps, and 14Mbps at-home DSL at different rates is somehow violating net neutrality.
("penis in the vagina", as we say in my country)
What country is this?
No. We just recently broke the Enigma code.
No, I think they're still working on it
Let's rip up space and see what's underneath. What could go wrong?
Article summary: Apple is a nightmare, Google is maybe passable, but Microsoft is where you want to be.
If you're running an enterprise and want to maximize user capabilities, you'll find the best collection of core technologies in Microcountry.
In other news, InfoWorld is still published.
Indeed. "The only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don't." -- Ernest Rutherford
first, you're mixing cluster file systems (like GFS, OCFS, CXFS) and distributed file systems (Lustre, GlusteFS, Ceph). second, without backup hardware, you don't have backup; you'll lose data. at least, use a second offline or near-line array to copy to. third: "snapshots are effective backups". wrong fourth: "none of the mentioned solutions have support for (infiniband)". wrong
Give him a break - he's a manager.
The kiddie porn sites that anonymous took over were BSD. I had to laugh again when I saw that!
Said sites were running FreeBSD . I had to laugh at you when I saw that! Cheers!
You misunderstood.
You have always been able to download an .ISO, install OpenBSD over the net, etc. Although I give money to the OpenBSD guys, I have always just downloaded an .ISO from openbsd.org and installed with it.
You can get all the packages, ports, sources, binaries - everything - over the net.
Now, they do sell ISOs that have all the packages on them. If you want that, yes, you do have to pay it. That is explicitly stated as a fundraising method for the project. It wasn't "one of the authors" - it is the project lead, Theo.
Yes, it is slightly more convenient to have all the packages in one set of ISOs. But you can download the install ISO and get packages from the net, or download all the packages and put them on DVDs yourself, or host your own repository yourself, or whatever you want. The only reason to buy the pre-packaged CD set is because you like OpenBSD and want to support the project financially (and you get some stickers, etc.)
BSD's license is far more permissive than Linux, btw. There's really no way they can thwart.
CrashPlan or a similar online backup service is what the questioner needs. But it sounds so much cooler to be discussing clustered filesystems.
Thank you, this is one of the few valid answers to my primary question which is of actual experience with clustered file systems. I don't think most of the responders got the clue that I'm looking for a solution that will hopefully scale over a decade's worth of time.
There is a question of missing clues, but I don't think it's in the responders. You either asked your question poorly or you don't understand your problem. Your question centers of being "paranoid about data loss" and yet you're discussing technologies designed to manage concurrent access to a filesystem. Do you put in gigabit ethernet when you want faster USB performance?
I'll likely be upgrading to a Super Micro 2U Twin with QDR Infiniband
Give me a break...
Clustered filesystems are complex software that specialize in concurrent server access, not increased redundancy.
Bingo. Spot on perfect answer.
(my professors words "Google has made the investigators life so much easier, 15 years ago you needed high level access to gather this kind of information, now it's just the right search terms")
Professors are famous for making sound bite pronouncements like this. They try to sound dramatic and relevant.
Dude, it's Apple. They could take the iPhone 4, put it in a different case, call it the iPhone 5, and fanbois would line up to get one.
Heck, they could put an iPhone 3 in a new case, call it an iPhone 5, and probably most Apple fanbois would want one.
Don't let the fact that RedHat loves CentOS, supports it, and is happy to have enormous free testing of their flagdhip product interrupt your ALL CAPS EMPHASIS rant.
Other than that, nothing would have changed. A competing browser would have been called Sloxo Gigazoom or some other dumb open source project name, but history would have played out the same.
I thought people stopped using the phrase "paradigm shifts" about 30 years ago.
Actually, given ether's intoxicating effects, the sentence makes sense: "Are we sure that cold fusion isn't possible from extracting economic sustainability and financial stability through the ether?"
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Indeed.