Although I'm certain the person designing the SAN had a blast doing so and did an excellent job, it still seems it would have been faster/easier to go with a pre-existing SAN/DB system such as Oracle's exadata2
I've personally witnessed the exadata2 process close to the advertised 1,000,000 iops(well it was in a controlled demo environment done by oracle, but still, it was impressive).
I'd also be curious in how much the second SAN would cost. If the first one costs $1, will the second one be cheaper and thus justifying developing the system in house?
In addition to the cartography/geography department, some universities do this in a GIS department. GIS departments will likely be great sources for information on digitizing. Just read the bios of the professors in the departments and email the ones that sound like they would be interested. If the university is not interested in helping you, chances are you'll be able to find some cheap and high quality slave^H^H^H^H^H grad student labor to do this for you. Also check if your local university has a population/demographics center; they also tend to be interested in this type of data.. Old maps are of high value for historians as well.
Now if you are not wanting to share the contents of the maps, that might put a hiccup in this strategy.
I've found that starting out with the very basic physical layout and working your way up in complexity is greatly beneficial.
i.e. start out documenting network cable runs including cable type. follow it by switch layout. follow that by routers and vlan setups. follow that by the servers that provide basic network functionality(e.g. DHCP, etc...). If this is a windows network, that would likely mean detailing the domain controller setups. From their systematically document the systems in order of importance to the business, etc...
R is actually better than a lot of non open source out there. I actually prefer it over S, SPSS, and mini-tab(I haven't used any other major stats software).
There is even a nifty web interface. Check out Rweb
For anyone wondering if this update fixed the the numerous video card problems that came with 10.3.0-10.3.1 the answer is a resounding YES!
I can personally verify that the xclaim vr pro is once again working and the rage 128 continues to work. I've also read on the apple discussion boards that this update fixes the nasty 256 MB problem with certain nvidia cards. All in all it seems to restore functionality of all the video cards that were suppose to be supported in 10.3 to begin with.:)
yes a bit off topic, but at the same time I think you can view a music collection as a huge library of books. How many years would it take you to read all your books in your house. I know in my parent's house(my mother is a librian and book addict) it would take her several years most likely, but she keeps them organized and occationally goes back to read books again.
I'd have to concur. Microsoft makes decent mice products. I've been using the microsoft optical mouse for about a year now on my g4(running os X) and it works beautifully and it comfortable to use. Also not terribly expensive. hmm.interesting the mouse market is fairly competitive(but not cut throat) and microsoft makes a decent product.....
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Although I'm certain the person designing the SAN had a blast doing so and did an excellent job, it still seems it would have been faster/easier to go with a pre-existing SAN/DB system such as Oracle's exadata2
I've personally witnessed the exadata2 process close to the advertised 1,000,000 iops(well it was in a controlled demo environment done by oracle, but still, it was impressive).
I'd also be curious in how much the second SAN would cost. If the first one costs $1, will the second one be cheaper and thus justifying developing the system in house?
My biggest beef with oracle is the fact they actually rely on license violations as part of their revenue.
It is way too easy to accidentally violate license terms.
In addition to the cartography/geography department, some universities do this in a GIS department. GIS departments will likely be great sources for information on digitizing. Just read the bios of the professors in the departments and email the ones that sound like they would be interested. If the university is not interested in helping you, chances are you'll be able to find some cheap and high quality slave^H^H^H^H^H grad student labor to do this for you. Also check if your local university has a population/demographics center; they also tend to be interested in this type of data.. Old maps are of high value for historians as well.
Now if you are not wanting to share the contents of the maps, that might put a hiccup in this strategy.
Basic network documentation:
I've found that starting out with the very basic physical layout and working your way up in complexity is greatly beneficial.
i.e. start out documenting network cable runs including cable type. follow it by switch layout. follow that by routers and vlan setups. follow that by the servers that provide basic network functionality(e.g. DHCP, etc...). If this is a windows network, that would likely mean detailing the domain controller setups. From their systematically document the systems in order of importance to the business, etc...
Also, visual diagrams are extremely helpful.
R is actually better than a lot of non open source out there. I actually prefer it over S, SPSS, and mini-tab(I haven't used any other major stats software).
There is even a nifty web interface. Check out Rweb
For anyone wondering if this update fixed the the numerous video card problems that came with 10.3.0-10.3.1 the answer is a resounding YES!
:)
I can personally verify that the xclaim vr pro is once again working and the rage 128 continues to work. I've also read on the apple discussion boards that this update fixes the nasty 256 MB problem with certain nvidia cards. All in all it seems to restore functionality of all the video cards that were suppose to be supported in 10.3 to begin with.
yay, I am back to two monitor goodness!
yes a bit off topic, but at the same time I think you can view a music collection as a huge library of books. How many years would it take you to read all your books in your house. I know in my parent's house(my mother is a librian and book addict) it would take her several years most likely, but she keeps them organized and occationally goes back to read books again.
or whatever other shell you prefer. I have a few friends who are bash die hards so they switched the shell to bash. :)
I'd have to concur. Microsoft makes decent mice products. I've been using the microsoft optical mouse for about a year now on my g4(running os X) and it works beautifully and it comfortable to use. Also not terribly expensive. hmm.interesting the mouse market is fairly competitive(but not cut throat) and microsoft makes a decent product.....