it is one thing for Google to start exploiting little-known features in a browser, that has a cascading effect, and they have a sphere of influence greater than most.
If the average Joen does it - well, who knows, that feature may just get left out on the next revision.
Not to mention the time it takes to learn and implement, granted that is what makes IT fun.. but the day osomething goes unsupported and you are either stuck with users that rely on something or have to reinvent the wheel - well you are fvcked
asusming that no municipality has thier own copper or fiber to the internet - they must be using one of the telecom's, which could then limit the usage of anonymous connections in thier usage policy. Which of course would need to be enforced. Its like the cable company, I can physically wire all my neighbors off my one connection and pay $x for each additional box and hence save $$ on each install tht was no longer needed - but that is against the usage policy.
same thing -0
Re:CLECs, the last mile and sucky service
on
Alternatives to SBC?
·
· Score: 2, Informative
thanks for the insight - we do go through a reseller, I am not sure if they are a CLEC, from the description it does sound as if they are - but when ever there is an issue, SBC shows up. We also have FOCL for our PRI, and other than the testing which they do themselves, it is always an SBC tech that shows up - and as pointed out, the tech's just provided miserable service.
I have to do some digging on the SLA's - I wasnt part of the initial service contracts through the reseller, and unfortunately, there is no direct sales rep - it seems like there is always someone new when we have order requests.
Its not like the resellers and dragging their knuckles when things happen. But it seems like they are this middle man and they get the run around as well.
next time I post to/. I see the need for more specifics --
I am more considering purchasing parts and rolling them out as 'servers' as opposed to just using DELL GX-WHATEVERS...
This way the memory can be spec'd, the motherboard can be spec'd - etc....
I do find it a bit funny that many people say 'SERVERS HAVE SCSI DRIVES which make them reliable' - however DELL sells a slew of servers which only have IDE drives and arent setup in any mirror fashion at all -- now how can those be any more reliable that a tightly built machine - which may have a HARDWARE RAID card?
I have had a MS 2000 SQL7 box up and running on a GENERIC built machine for over a year with 2 needs for reboot -- pretty good uptime for $1300 bucks a year and a half ago
as for the replacing of hard drives - HOTWAP drive bays - may not be able to do the 'hotswap' but you dont have to open the case
dependant on how you have you system configured, rebuiling the drive may not be that hard -- I keep the OS on one, data on one and batch mirror that locally --
if primary data drive fails - I have a mirror from the night before
if OS drive fails - yes there is down time
if backup drive fails - remote backup till you can get another drive out there
From the reply - and I guess I should have clarified - I dont just purchase the DELL GX WHATEVER and roll it out - I purchase a MB/MEM/HD/CASE/FAN/ETC and roll it out... I can get ECC memory, etc...
well - it turns out that one of my white box servers crapped out on me moments after this article! I do not feel bad, nor do I feel like it should have been a 'server' quality machine. The machine was in fact a 1996 PII, it may have even been a cyrix. $200 later and a couple hours, I rolled out a new PIII-1000..the downside was working on SAT.
The load that these machines take are not much more that what that PII could handle (in fact I think that load handled everything great other than its nightly data mirror)..and the 'MISSION CRITICALITY' -- well that is debateable - I agree with the other poster that 2 for the price of one is a great deal (rough cost estimates, but it is close)
I can see a couple servers in the organization that are mission critical (web/mail) - but for some of the print/file servers - like I said, these little white boxes kick ass running a hybrid linux distro.
Yes - there have been times where PSU's died - but that was probably my own fault - maybe I should replace them yearly? In fact - a couple of the boxes have over a year of uptime - they just crank.
I appreciate your input on all this
PS = a lot of talk about RAID - dont forget there are some great IDE and SATA RAID cards out there - I use a few myself.
Couldnt they just add some hash function to the graphic name, so it alwyas changes based on a date and the handshake decides if it is valid..
Pass it the date in the form, check that it is within a few minutes of the real time, do the hash on the other end, your done...
Slashdot Mirror
it is one thing for Google to start exploiting little-known features in a browser, that has a cascading effect, and they have a sphere of influence greater than most. If the average Joen does it - well, who knows, that feature may just get left out on the next revision. Not to mention the time it takes to learn and implement, granted that is what makes IT fun .. but the day osomething goes unsupported and you are either stuck with users that rely on something or have to reinvent the wheel - well you are fvcked
asusming that no municipality has thier own copper or fiber to the internet - they must be using one of the telecom's, which could then limit the usage of anonymous connections in thier usage policy. Which of course would need to be enforced. Its like the cable company, I can physically wire all my neighbors off my one connection and pay $x for each additional box and hence save $$ on each install tht was no longer needed - but that is against the usage policy. same thing -0
thanks for the insight - we do go through a reseller, I am not sure if they are a CLEC, from the description it does sound as if they are - but when ever there is an issue, SBC shows up. We also have FOCL for our PRI, and other than the testing which they do themselves, it is always an SBC tech that shows up - and as pointed out, the tech's just provided miserable service. I have to do some digging on the SLA's - I wasnt part of the initial service contracts through the reseller, and unfortunately, there is no direct sales rep - it seems like there is always someone new when we have order requests. Its not like the resellers and dragging their knuckles when things happen. But it seems like they are this middle man and they get the run around as well.
next time I post to /. I see the need for more specifics --
I am more considering purchasing parts and rolling them out as 'servers' as opposed to just using DELL GX-WHATEVERS...
This way the memory can be spec'd, the motherboard can be spec'd - etc....
I do find it a bit funny that many people say 'SERVERS HAVE SCSI DRIVES which make them reliable' - however DELL sells a slew of servers which only have IDE drives and arent setup in any mirror fashion at all -- now how can those be any more reliable that a tightly built machine - which may have a HARDWARE RAID card?
I have had a MS 2000 SQL7 box up and running on a GENERIC built machine for over a year with 2 needs for reboot -- pretty good uptime for $1300 bucks a year and a half ago as for the replacing of hard drives - HOTWAP drive bays - may not be able to do the 'hotswap' but you dont have to open the case dependant on how you have you system configured, rebuiling the drive may not be that hard -- I keep the OS on one, data on one and batch mirror that locally --
if primary data drive fails - I have a mirror from the night before
if OS drive fails - yes there is down time
if backup drive fails - remote backup till you can get another drive out there
or go to the local computer store and get something right them...unless it is middle of the night --
From the reply - and I guess I should have clarified - I dont just purchase the DELL GX WHATEVER and roll it out - I purchase a MB/MEM/HD/CASE/FAN/ETC and roll it out ... I can get ECC memory, etc...
rough estimates:
20 servers
13 are file/print servers (linux)
1 - webmail (linux)
1 - SMTP relay/mail gateway (linux)
1 - web (win2k)
2 - DNS (linux)
1 - Terminal Server 2K
1 - Voicemail (windows)
there may be a different one here or there...
well - it turns out that one of my white box servers crapped out on me moments after this article! I do not feel bad, nor do I feel like it should have been a 'server' quality machine. The machine was in fact a 1996 PII, it may have even been a cyrix. $200 later and a couple hours, I rolled out a new PIII-1000..the downside was working on SAT.
The load that these machines take are not much more that what that PII could handle (in fact I think that load handled everything great other than its nightly data mirror)..and the 'MISSION CRITICALITY' -- well that is debateable - I agree with the other poster that 2 for the price of one is a great deal (rough cost estimates, but it is close)
I can see a couple servers in the organization that are mission critical (web/mail) - but for some of the print/file servers - like I said, these little white boxes kick ass running a hybrid linux distro.
Yes - there have been times where PSU's died - but that was probably my own fault - maybe I should replace them yearly? In fact - a couple of the boxes have over a year of uptime - they just crank.
I appreciate your input on all this
PS = a lot of talk about RAID - dont forget there are some great IDE and SATA RAID cards out there - I use a few myself.
Couldnt they just add some hash function to the graphic name, so it alwyas changes based on a date and the handshake decides if it is valid.. Pass it the date in the form, check that it is within a few minutes of the real time, do the hash on the other end, your done...