The biggest mistake, which directly leads to the original question above, is that you need to back up everything.
If you spend some time analyzing your data, you'll find out that not all data is equal. Loosely your data is split among:
1. actual work (spreadsheets, documents, etc.)
2. media
3. programs
4. OS
There are different attributes to those different types. Your work files are most likely the most important, they are also the least in size, and the hardest to re-create. Media does not change over time. New is added, but whatever is there, never changes. Programs are easily re-installed, same as OS.
What I'm saying is you need different backup strategies. For me, work files are backed up online via a service. Music media is backed up on DVDs, incrementally, so when new is added, only the new is backed up (and for me media is music only - for movies I keep the original DVD media, or if downloaded, I don't bother. They are re-downloadable. Same for programs - either I have the original, of if downloaded, I create a DVD media for it.
For my pictures collection I use a different scheme. I use online redundant synchronized copies. I have 3 copies. If one disk dies, after I fix the computer, I have 2 more copies to re-sync from.
I think that like any big problem - cutting into smaller ones gives simpler if different solutions to the parts of the problem.
Hammas 'tis but a scratch' will definitely lead to a glorious victory. So they'll loose some arms and legs, so what?
The stupid idiots got their land, got into power, all they had to do was live in peace. All they had to do to prevent this war was give up. Would they be any worse? Using diplomacy would have gotten them much further, perhaps with their limbs intact.
I don't know if they are manipulated or not. What I know is that when the US was whacked (world trade center, remember?) the bombed the hell out of Afganistan. When the British were blitzed, they fought back, didn't they?
So how does it end? "Oh running away? you yellow bastards, come back, I'll bite your legs off..."
I wonder if these type of gradient based material could be used for artificial teeth.
Today teeth implants are embedded into the jaw bones, but many times the bone thickness
is not enough. If instead gum-hardness material could be interfacing the gum, yet be hard
on the surface it could be a very good replacement for bridges.
From the question it sound to me like you're looking at it the wrong way.
You need to consider your goals first, and then decide on alternative methods to achieve them. And then, weigh the pros and cons on the alternatives for your situation.
It sounds like you are looking for redundancy in order to achieve data reliability. Recent studies by google and another research, found out that
a. MTBF numbers are all wrong (not to say lies)
b. the theory of being able to sustain data access through a single failure is flaky
To that I add the observation that not all data is worth the same.
Google employ some redundancy of data by keeping multiple (3?) copies of important data. I wish there was some network file system that would allow me to give redundancy attribute to a file and the FS would automatically maintain N copies of different hardware.
Other requirements you need to consider - how easy it is to recover from a failure. RAID5 failure is not that simple to recover from. It takes time to rebuild the array. RAID1 is much simpler to maintain. RAID0 is not a redundancy mechanism, but a performance mechanism. It is similar to a JBOD, but can be also much worse than JBOD since with JBOD you access each disk as a disk. A disk dies, only the data on that disk dies. WIth RAID0 the data is striped. A disk dies, all the data part of which is striped on that disk, is lost.
I'd also suggest you take a look at ZFS (BSD has it I hear). It may provide you what you need.
Good luck
Dan
Every few weeks I need to help someone (son. daughter, sister etc.) get rid of spyware, hijackers etc.
I've adaware, spybot, hijackthis all installed and typically need to use all three.
I've installed the new Microsoft tool, and it is a worthwhile addition to the arsenal of tools I'm using.
First - the advanced tool restore hijacked explorer settings is great. I found it in no other tool. Yes, hijackthis will report those, but won't help you restore defaults.
Second - think of the regular user, not the pros - the extra checkpoints are really helpfull since they call attention to situations normal users miss.
Third - its not perfect, but it looks a good tool and it does the work. I think the auto-updates it has are very important. Adaware does not auto-update (unless you buy the retail), spybot does not auto-update.
So bottom line - regardless of liking microsoft or not, this is a keeper.
I just hope when they mature it from beta it will remain free - after all, its windows that lacks the security and they should be held responsible for fixing their own problems.
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After playing SC2 for a couple of hours, the screen started to blink, and after 2 seconds, died (black).
The game was still on - I could hear the music.
After a reset to the system, everything was fine.
So, should I put back the active cooler?
If you spend some time analyzing your data, you'll find out that not all data is equal. Loosely your data is split among:
1. actual work (spreadsheets, documents, etc.)
2. media
3. programs
4. OS There are different attributes to those different types. Your work files are most likely the most important, they are also the least in size, and the hardest to re-create. Media does not change over time. New is added, but whatever is there, never changes. Programs are easily re-installed, same as OS.
What I'm saying is you need different backup strategies. For me, work files are backed up online via a service. Music media is backed up on DVDs, incrementally, so when new is added, only the new is backed up (and for me media is music only - for movies I keep the original DVD media, or if downloaded, I don't bother. They are re-downloadable. Same for programs - either I have the original, of if downloaded, I create a DVD media for it.
For my pictures collection I use a different scheme. I use online redundant synchronized copies. I have 3 copies. If one disk dies, after I fix the computer, I have 2 more copies to re-sync from.
I think that like any big problem - cutting into smaller ones gives simpler if different solutions to the parts of the problem.
Actually the interior colors (of plastics, upholstery) is more responsible for the heating of the inside of the car than its outside color.
Hammas 'tis but a scratch' will definitely lead to a glorious victory. So they'll loose some arms and legs, so what?
The stupid idiots got their land, got into power, all they had to do was live in peace. All they had to do to prevent this war was give up. Would they be any worse? Using diplomacy would have gotten them much further, perhaps with their limbs intact.
I don't know if they are manipulated or not. What I know is that when the US was whacked (world trade center, remember?) the bombed the hell out of Afganistan. When the British were blitzed, they fought back, didn't they?
So how does it end? "Oh running away? you yellow bastards, come back, I'll bite your legs off..."
I'd like to see mouse-pads being turned to touch-screen-pads.
I wonder if these type of gradient based material could be used for artificial teeth. Today teeth implants are embedded into the jaw bones, but many times the bone thickness is not enough. If instead gum-hardness material could be interfacing the gum, yet be hard on the surface it could be a very good replacement for bridges.
From the question it sound to me like you're looking at it the wrong way. You need to consider your goals first, and then decide on alternative methods to achieve them. And then, weigh the pros and cons on the alternatives for your situation. It sounds like you are looking for redundancy in order to achieve data reliability. Recent studies by google and another research, found out that a. MTBF numbers are all wrong (not to say lies) b. the theory of being able to sustain data access through a single failure is flaky To that I add the observation that not all data is worth the same. Google employ some redundancy of data by keeping multiple (3?) copies of important data. I wish there was some network file system that would allow me to give redundancy attribute to a file and the FS would automatically maintain N copies of different hardware. Other requirements you need to consider - how easy it is to recover from a failure. RAID5 failure is not that simple to recover from. It takes time to rebuild the array. RAID1 is much simpler to maintain. RAID0 is not a redundancy mechanism, but a performance mechanism. It is similar to a JBOD, but can be also much worse than JBOD since with JBOD you access each disk as a disk. A disk dies, only the data on that disk dies. WIth RAID0 the data is striped. A disk dies, all the data part of which is striped on that disk, is lost. I'd also suggest you take a look at ZFS (BSD has it I hear). It may provide you what you need. Good luck Dan
It is small enough.
If the brain were simple enough to understand, we would have been too stupid to understand it.
Every few weeks I need to help someone (son. daughter, sister etc.) get rid of spyware, hijackers etc. I've adaware, spybot, hijackthis all installed and typically need to use all three. I've installed the new Microsoft tool, and it is a worthwhile addition to the arsenal of tools I'm using. First - the advanced tool restore hijacked explorer settings is great. I found it in no other tool. Yes, hijackthis will report those, but won't help you restore defaults. Second - think of the regular user, not the pros - the extra checkpoints are really helpfull since they call attention to situations normal users miss. Third - its not perfect, but it looks a good tool and it does the work. I think the auto-updates it has are very important. Adaware does not auto-update (unless you buy the retail), spybot does not auto-update. So bottom line - regardless of liking microsoft or not, this is a keeper. I just hope when they mature it from beta it will remain free - after all, its windows that lacks the security and they should be held responsible for fixing their own problems.