64bit machines was another sticking point. The servers we started getting needed a derivative Slack source because there wasn't a native Patrick-released version.
Immediately following 9/11, my company physically trucked our servers to our datacenter outside of Columbus, OH.
We recently looked at Iron Mountain as an off-site storage solution. Unfortunately, our storage requirements (600+GB) and our bandwidth (T1) didn't quite match...
yes, it's slow and abysmal. However it's still the best that we've got in terms of space and cost. Like all other media, don't just throw it in a box and hope for the best, though.
Honestly, if it's worth the price, I'd go with a place like Iron Mountain. They have pricing plans per GB of online storage.
You sound a lot like me, and my justification for moving away from Slack in the enterprise. We're almost all CentOS now, with some RHEL.
The only difference is that, on my desktop, I use Ubuntu now. I can't get past Slack's (lack of good) package management. It was really frustrating, because I've used it since 1997 and I really liked it. No support for PAM and no networked package management did me in.
India also has a $3000 car. Doesn't mean the western world will see it anytime soon. Especially here in the states, where our safety laws are fine with motorcycles, but ban automobiles with bumpers lower than a standard height.
I've had two blackberries so far, and both have the annoying habit of defaulting any phone number to the "work" field.
It probably shouldn't make me as mad as it does, but it's a pain in the ass to have to retype every single number. If only there was an option to set "Default phone field" or something similar
I'll have to try it, but when I ssh into a machine when the host keys have changed, I get warnings and a prompt to continue (if not an outright refusal to connect).
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64bit machines was another sticking point. The servers we started getting needed a derivative Slack source because there wasn't a native Patrick-released version.
For my single-enclosure SAN storage unit, I have RAID 5 with two hot spares. Only because the EMC AX4-5 doesn't do RAID6.
Don't I wish.
Have you looked at the prices on those things? Damn!
I'm curious what 'relative' applies to.
Eve Collier was able to read off of 50+ year recordings and restore them.
That's a good idea, but by itself is still susceptible to fire/earthquake/rapture/whathaveyou
As long as they do occasional off-site backups, that would be a cheap solution that works.
Immediately following 9/11, my company physically trucked our servers to our datacenter outside of Columbus, OH.
We recently looked at Iron Mountain as an off-site storage solution. Unfortunately, our storage requirements (600+GB) and our bandwidth (T1) didn't quite match...
Out of professional curiosity, what kind of long-term data errors are you getting?
For example, how long have you been archiving like this, and how far back do you start getting errors?
I'm with you on the hdd, but freezer? My chicken gets ice crystals on it after a month. I'd hate to see the hard drive platters
Back in my day, we had to do the same thing, except we used punch cards
yes, it's slow and abysmal. However it's still the best that we've got in terms of space and cost. Like all other media, don't just throw it in a box and hope for the best, though.
Honestly, if it's worth the price, I'd go with a place like Iron Mountain. They have pricing plans per GB of online storage.
I'll be sure to nominate him if he tries it :-D
You sound a lot like me, and my justification for moving away from Slack in the enterprise. We're almost all CentOS now, with some RHEL.
The only difference is that, on my desktop, I use Ubuntu now. I can't get past Slack's (lack of good) package management. It was really frustrating, because I've used it since 1997 and I really liked it. No support for PAM and no networked package management did me in.
Yes, but that would imply a blackberry was a smart phone. It's much more like a mentally challenged phone with severe acne.
Small end first!
/wait, what?
Yea, I'm with you. The contents of the directory don't matter to me beyond the space they're taking up.
.gz now.
One of my users recently left for Italy, leaving tens of GBs of log files sitting in her folder.
When she comes back, I'm going to have to explain why they all end in
India also has a $3000 car. Doesn't mean the western world will see it anytime soon. Especially here in the states, where our safety laws are fine with motorcycles, but ban automobiles with bumpers lower than a standard height.
I've had two blackberries so far, and both have the annoying habit of defaulting any phone number to the "work" field.
It probably shouldn't make me as mad as it does, but it's a pain in the ass to have to retype every single number. If only there was an option to set "Default phone field" or something similar
Excellent. Some coke and rum and we've got ourselves a party!
Hogwash. This is a sacrifice I'm willing to make in the name of science.
And in somewhat less than 10 comments, this has become a pee thread.
/sigh
Nice job.
I'll have to try it, but when I ssh into a machine when the host keys have changed, I get warnings and a prompt to continue (if not an outright refusal to connect).
I know someone who used his otherwise-junk laptop as the controller for his X10 lights.
At work, I have one that I use as a nagios display sometimes. I've pretty much stopped, since the energy used is wasted, but the idea is there.
If the screen is ok, there are lots of interesting possibilities.
Have you thought about changing the cells yourself?
:-)
I've heard of people doing it, but I don't know anyone who has, so I couldn't tell you anything about it.
If it works and you don't blow yourself up, let us know
Yes, exactly. You do that to each of the dozens of hosts on the network, and for every user account on each of those hosts
Other than that, it's really trivial.
I can see how reading the man page would have helped my situation
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I've seen quite a few instructables about how to replace laptop batteries yourself.
I'd say the screen quality would be the limiting factor. Dead pixels eventually add up.
If there were a way to get new screens, then this would be the next big way to save money.