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If so - hela-good deal. If you aren't doing video, I'd scrap Sangery and go direct attached instead.
Pitfalls? Things like to die in shipping, but if you get the 90 day warranty you should be covered. After that, it's a question of support. What will RMAs cost you? What will it cost you to get help over the phone or e-mail? What would an on-site visit cost you if you needed one? etc. If you haven't dealt with such a bit of hardware before, vendor support could make a big difference in PITA factor, and cost. Good luck.
Did you actually put that much gear in one box? Not worth the savings in shipping - huh? Each should have shipped separately. Let me give you a tip for the next time you need to ship delicate electronics... Use the original box (or get one from the manufacturer(s)), and double box - with foam in between the inner and outer box. It may cost you $20-40 more to ship, but if you want to be sure it will live, ship it right - not cheap.
I bought Redhat 6.0, and work paid for PPC Linux. Other than that, all my linux use (a lot), has been downloaded ISOs. I've burnt tons of Linux CDs for friends and coworkers. I have never bought a boxed version of Windows - It came with my notebook computer, and my work provided a copy for my primary desktop.
Sure, 1 woman can ummm, show 8 other women how to make a baby, and in the
end, you might end up with 1 baby in 9 months, and 8 in 10 - but if the project
is 1 - WTF does it help to have all the baby versions?:)
Managers love saying "team player", but in some cases, it takes individuals. It
takes different people playing different rolls to get jobs done, you can't have
3 leads on a small project. - It just makes things messy.
The Sandataditeco is god. Networks. The SDD is what you want. 8 ports of Fibre Channel on the front end, 20 ports of Fibre channel out the back end. up to gigabytes of cache, up to 1080 fibre channel drives beind it. It's an I/O monster.
FYI - running the bus out of spec isn't going to bug SCSI. Look at your SCSI card - it has a on board crystal to deal with the SCSI clock rate.
I wouldn't worry too much about doing the mod on 50 pin SCSI - but I wouldn't touch 68. Most SCSI problems are cable problems, and if you're just getting some retries, you wont even necessarily know it, until it screws you.
I'd go with postfix too. I've put it in on several severs (1000 e-mails per day each) - not a lot of stress on a mail system, but it's done it with ease, and is easy and good to configure. Wietse is real active on mailing lists and newsgroups too - Postfix in general has a lot of really good, friendly, helpfull supporters. I like it.
Check Data Direct Networks out. The SDD is a I/O monster - 20 pipes of Fibre Channel going to the disks, 8 channels of Fibre Channel going to hosts (or switches, etc). It can handle GIGs of cache too - very cool stuff. Lot of internet media serving, TV/film media production, etc, uses the gear. The SANds side provides file system sharing, etc that works great with the hardware and SAN features of the SDD.
My home firewall directs pcAnywhere packets to one of my Windows boxes. I have pcAnywhere set to 'symmetric' security. Then I run yahoo from there. Now if I just want private e-mail, I ssh to a box outside of my work's realm, run pine, and I'm set.:) I also have PGP installed - but I can't get all my friends to use it; heck, some I'm just happy they can use e-mail at all.
Go with the Orgin. HP-UX isn't as nice to admin. Some pluses on the Orgin:
Back-plane architecture is super fast. It's the I/O champ of big computers.
Nicer admin tools
Your site people already knows IRIX
I'd consider offerings from Sun, but if the only choices are SGI or HP - it's SGI hands down.
Fast RAIDs and SANs: http://www.datadirectnet.com/ (though they don't have any SANs for SGI yet)
It's very slow, and it generates a lot of heat, and uses a lot of power. A current PC can out do it. Sell it for parts for a few bucks and buy a current PC, install linux on it, and let the kids play with it.:)
I don't think you can go wrong with ORA's Running Linux, 3rd ed". It covers everything at a intro level. There are also a _ton_ of non book docs on the net. eg: Take a look at Linux Care. Good luck on the class - sounds cool.
If you are talking about running Linux with XFS - you aren't ready to run Linux. XFS is not in the Linux kernel. Before you consider switching away from NT, gain some admin time on a FreeBSD and/or Linux box, and see how they work. Work with Samba and see how the combo meets your needs and if you are up to admining the system. If so, you may want to look at ext3 or reiserfs (journaling filesystems) that should be more robust than ext2.
I had a clean up department at a hospital trash $10k in parts, but leave empty boxes next to the parts. If they could be used on anything but what I was using them for, I'd expect to see the parts show up on ebay. blah.
Looking for the perfect distribution is like looking for the perfect car. There is no way that everyone will have the same standards. Different applications have different ideals and different people have different views of what they want. Perhaps a Honda Accord is perfect for you - perhaps Redhat / Debian / SuSe, etc is perfect for you - that's not going to be the same for everyone. I doubt it would be worth creating a distribution just for you. If you have a group of people that have the same needs and standards as you, that might be useful, but even then, the overhead in set-up, config, support, security etc. is unlikely to make that a worthwhile project IMHO. I'd recommend finding a distribution that is easiest to customize to the settings you like, and use that.
PS: I use Redhat & Debian based systems at work and home.:)
Two people I work with used . One of the car orders was for a new Volvo S40 right after they came out. The Volvo took longer to get, and was built just for her. Both people were very happy with the price, service, and cars they got. The cars were delivered to work for the people that ordered them - kinda cool
In some cases you can get a better price if you are willing to haggle at a local dealer. My dad ended up getting a Camry for a few hundred less than the carsdirect price by going to a local dealer.
OK CmdrTaco - what's the suit?
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First suite eh? Looks good. Lets here the/. suit story. Where, what, how, etc. ?:)
You can large format if you want to, you can also run LRP ( http://www.linuxrouter.org/ ) off a zip drive, or LS120. Or, a IDE solid state disk such as a Sandisk - which is what I do. Very low power, very fast access time. 20 meg Sandisk with IDE interface is $100.
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Did you win this auction?e m& item=1292583082
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If so - hela-good deal. If you aren't doing video, I'd scrap Sangery and go direct attached instead.
Pitfalls? Things like to die in shipping, but if you get the 90 day warranty you should be covered. After that, it's a question of support. What will RMAs cost you? What will it cost you to get help over the phone or e-mail? What would an on-site visit cost you if you needed one? etc. If you haven't dealt with such a bit of hardware before, vendor support could make a big difference in PITA factor, and cost. Good luck.
Did you actually put that much gear in one box? Not worth the savings in shipping - huh? Each should have shipped separately. Let me give you a tip for the next time you need to ship delicate electronics... Use the original box (or get one from the manufacturer(s)), and double box - with foam in between the inner and outer box. It may cost you $20-40 more to ship, but if you want to be sure it will live, ship it right - not cheap.
I bought Redhat 6.0, and work paid for PPC Linux. Other than that, all my linux use (a lot), has been downloaded ISOs. I've burnt tons of Linux CDs for friends and coworkers. I have never bought a boxed version of Windows - It came with my notebook computer, and my work provided a copy for my primary desktop.
Sure, 1 woman can ummm, show 8 other women how to make a baby, and in the :)
end, you might end up with 1 baby in 9 months, and 8 in 10 - but if the project
is 1 - WTF does it help to have all the baby versions?
Managers love saying "team player", but in some cases, it takes individuals. It
takes different people playing different rolls to get jobs done, you can't have
3 leads on a small project. - It just makes things messy.
The Sandataditeco is god. Networks. The SDD is what you want. 8 ports of Fibre Channel on the front end, 20 ports of Fibre channel out the back end. up to gigabytes of cache, up to 1080 fibre channel drives beind it. It's an I/O monster.
Doesn't everyone on slashdot know programers that can hardly hold a conversation but can write good code? (May not comment so well, but oh well.)
Doesn't work. :( I do that - but 99% of the spam I get, is sent to the e-mail address I used to register the domain.
FYI - running the bus out of spec isn't going to bug SCSI. Look at your SCSI card - it has a on board crystal to deal with the SCSI clock rate.
I wouldn't worry too much about doing the mod on 50 pin SCSI - but I wouldn't touch 68. Most SCSI problems are cable problems, and if you're just getting some retries, you wont even necessarily know it, until it screws you.
I'd go with postfix too. I've put it in on several severs (1000 e-mails per day each) - not a lot of stress on a mail system, but it's done it with ease, and is easy and good to configure. Wietse is real active on mailing lists and newsgroups too - Postfix in general has a lot of really good, friendly, helpfull supporters. I like it.
The cards they (and most folks) use in Linux are the Qlogic 2200 HBAs. The qlogic drivers are more solid than the drivers built into the Linux kernel.
Check Data Direct Networks out. The SDD is a I/O monster - 20 pipes of Fibre Channel going to the disks, 8 channels of Fibre Channel going to hosts (or switches, etc). It can handle GIGs of cache too - very cool stuff. Lot of internet media serving, TV/film media production, etc, uses the gear. The SANds side provides file system sharing, etc that works great with the hardware and SAN features of the SDD.
My home firewall directs pcAnywhere packets to one of my Windows boxes. I have pcAnywhere set to 'symmetric' security. Then I run yahoo from there. Now if I just want private e-mail, I ssh to a box outside of my work's realm, run pine, and I'm set. :) I also have PGP installed - but I can't get all my friends to use it; heck, some I'm just happy they can use e-mail at all.
Go with the Orgin. HP-UX isn't as nice to admin. Some pluses on the Orgin:
Back-plane architecture is super fast. It's the I/O champ of big computers.
Nicer admin tools
Your site people already knows IRIX
I'd consider offerings from Sun, but if the only choices are SGI or HP - it's SGI hands down.
Fast RAIDs and SANs: http://www.datadirectnet.com/ (though they don't have any SANs for SGI yet)
Why not check out http://www.cru.fr/http-mail/. It is the "HTTP Mail User Agent inventory". It's a little old, but it still lists a lot of programs.
twig looks best to me.
It's very slow, and it generates a lot of heat, and uses a lot of power. A current PC can out do it. Sell it for parts for a few bucks and buy a current PC, install linux on it, and let the kids play with it. :)
Postfix for mail and Mailman for the list software.
Here's another OpenTicket. This one lets you try it over the net.
I don't think you can go wrong with ORA's Running Linux, 3rd ed". It covers everything at a intro level. There are also a _ton_ of non book docs on the net. eg: Take a look at Linux Care. Good luck on the class - sounds cool.
If you are talking about running Linux with XFS - you aren't ready to run Linux. XFS is not in the Linux kernel. Before you consider switching away from NT, gain some admin time on a FreeBSD and/or Linux box, and see how they work. Work with Samba and see how the combo meets your needs and if you are up to admining the system. If so, you may want to look at ext3 or reiserfs (journaling filesystems) that should be more robust than ext2.
I had a clean up department at a hospital trash $10k in parts, but leave empty boxes next to the parts. If they could be used on anything but what I was using them for, I'd expect to see the parts show up on ebay. blah.
Looking for the perfect distribution is like looking for the perfect car. There is no way that everyone will have the same standards. Different applications have different ideals and different people have different views of what they want. Perhaps a Honda Accord is perfect for you - perhaps Redhat / Debian / SuSe, etc is perfect for you - that's not going to be the same for everyone. I doubt it would be worth creating a distribution just for you. If you have a group of people that have the same needs and standards as you, that might be useful, but even then, the overhead in set-up, config, support, security etc. is unlikely to make that a worthwhile project IMHO. I'd recommend finding a distribution that is easiest to customize to the settings you like, and use that.
:)
PS: I use Redhat & Debian based systems at work and home.
Two people I work with used . One of the car orders was for a new Volvo S40 right after they came out. The Volvo took longer to get, and was built just for her. Both people were very happy with the price, service, and cars they got. The cars were delivered to work for the people that ordered them - kinda cool
In some cases you can get a better price if you are willing to haggle at a local dealer. My dad ended up getting a Camry for a few hundred less than the carsdirect price by going to a local dealer.
First suite eh? Looks good. Lets here the /. suit story. Where, what, how, etc. ? :)
You can large format if you want to, you can also run LRP ( http://www.linuxrouter.org/ ) off a zip drive, or LS120. Or, a IDE solid state disk such as a Sandisk - which is what I do. Very low power, very fast access time. 20 meg Sandisk with IDE interface is $100.