On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 04:24:38PM -0400, Craig Constantine wrote:
> accidental deletion recovery is sufficient
>
Easy answer: rsnapshot to a remote system via SSH. All the files
remain in their original form and in the right tree, so it's
just an scp away.
If you're feeling ambitious, NFS or CI
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 04:05:43PM -0400, Craig Constantine wrote:
> I'm familiar with AMANDA, and we've looked at CrashPlan (which doesn't
> support headless linux systems).
>
> Anyone have suggestions?
>
Backup for accidental deletion recovery, for system restore, or
for archival? And at what
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 02:30:53PM -0700, Ski Kacoroski wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We host our website with schoolwires - a provider specializing in websites
> for school districts. I have no access to the backend - just a simple CMS
> to modify paged, add users, etc. A teacher lost a several years of wor
On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 02:21:09PM -0400, Peter Grace wrote:
> Here's our list of minimum requirements:
> 1. Some kind of appliance that actually does the OOB connection over
> cellular 3G/LTE/etc
>-- we're not opposed to using something like a NUC + MiFi, just wanted
> to avoid building custom
On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 08:14:36PM -0400, Craig Constantine wrote:
> If they seem mixed up, it's probably the fault of my too-quick writing.
>
> I don't want to run VMs on cloud services. So that leads me in the direction
> of building services (eg some web site facing a customer extranet) direct
On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 12:39:45PM -0800, Tom Perrine wrote:
> Gartner (yes, that Gartner) has been pushing the idea that these are
> fundamentally different, and that recognizing this, and adapting is the
> key. The idea that by noticing and paying attention and handling the two
> "kinds" iof IT d
On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 01:07:14PM -0700, David Lang wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Jul 2015, Bill Bogstad wrote:
>
> >On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 2:53 PM, David Lang wrote:
> >>On Mon, 13 Jul 2015, Bill Bogstad wrote:
> I had no idea what "Eternal September" meant
So for years and years, September meant that
On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 06:12:12PM -0400, Bill Bogstad wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Adam Moskowitz wrote:
> > Allan Irving wrote:
> >> How do we feel about trailing Slack instead of discussion lists?
> >
> > While email may not be perfect, and it doesn't offer many of the
> > features
On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 09:58:41AM +0100, Allan Irving wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> How do we feel about trailing Slack instead of discussion lists? I am of the
> belief that it would be far better and also has more features than email.
>
> http://slack.realm.io is an example of how easy it is for users
On Mon, May 04, 2015 at 08:16:44AM -0400, berg...@merctech.com wrote:
> At $WORK we have shared equipment (laptops, projectors, external drives,
> etc.) available on loan to staff, grad students, postdocs and faculty
> (~65 people).
>
> We've had on-going issues with ensuring that the equipment is
On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 10:12:58AM -0700, Ski Kacoroski wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been asked to update our current command line bind dns, dhcp
> system to a system with a GUI that supports DNS, DHCP, and IPAM
> services. I looked at rolling my own from existing open source
> software such as phpIPA
On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 05:45:53PM -0400, Michael Tiernan wrote:
> On 4/12/15 1:25 PM, c...@vinny.peecee3.com wrote:
> > Michael Tiernan wrote:
> >> Normally, what will happen is that the kickstart process will wipe and
> >> rebuild on the drive in Slot1 since it is the first drive. This is not
> >
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 09:53:50AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 04:11:17PM +, Craig Cook wrote:
> > At a previous company I have used Hosted Solutions for co-location before
> > they were purchased by Windstream.
> >
> > http://www.windstream
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 04:11:17PM +, Craig Cook wrote:
> At a previous company I have used Hosted Solutions for co-location before
> they were purchased by Windstream.
>
> http://www.windstreambusiness.com/
>
> Nice data center. I know some of the techs that work there as well.
Please not
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 02:45:26PM -0600, Mark Honomichl wrote:
> As a new board member, one of the tasks that I have taken on is to create a
> definition of what a System Administrator is, especially in the context of
> LOPSA, so I am curious to here what the membership thinks a SysAdmin is.
> You
On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 03:47:39AM -0700, Morgan Blackthorne wrote:
> I've got two machines connected via an HDMI switch and a USB switch. When
> the Mac is active, it sends sounds through the HDMI port to the speakers in
> the monitor. The Windows box is hooked up to an external pair of speakers.
On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 09:23:00PM +, Brodie, Kent wrote:
> I am so jealous that someone’s employer actually budgets for this. *sigh*.
>
We do, and I'm hiring.
http://www.smartleaf.com/careers/
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On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 12:13:54PM -0700, Esther Schindler wrote:
> Howdy, folks. It's me again -- your random writer/journalist who occasionally
> asks for input in order to ensure her articles reflect the real world.
>
> In particular: What should a company do to protect its information when an
On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 04:57:52PM -0400, Matt Finnigan wrote:
> Of course, there's also vendor-supplied remote access tools like DRAC and
> iLO, assuming your hardware is from one of those vendors.
The generic version of this is called IPMI. Implementations
vary in cleverness and reliability and
On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 04:20:42PM -0400, Derek Balling wrote:
>
> On Jul 30, 2014, at 4:11 PM, Edward Ned Harvey (lopser)
> wrote:
> > That is correct, but both Comcast and Verizon refuse to accept the box.
> > They don't want L3 to pay for network upgrades. They don't want Netflix to
> > p
On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 03:21:06PM -0400, Bill Bogstad wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Mark Bergman wrote:
> >
> > Hmmm... I wonder about re-architecting Netflix so that each customer caches
> > their downloaded content and serves it P2P within the same ISP
> > network...now that cont
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 07:27:31PM -0400, Michael Tiernan wrote:
> I'd add "A balanced view of what the sales slut^H^H^H^Hdroid^H^H^H^H^H
> professional won't tell you." to what LOPSA /could/ do for me.
>
> Damn I've got to oil my censor mechanisim.
Allow me to recommend "salescritter". It's gend
On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 08:46:24PM -0500, Dave Bianchi wrote:
> Other configuration files that are pushed out are done by
> environment (lab, dev, test, qa, prod), with validation on each
> environment.
We take this approach, with an additional environment called
preview which is customer-visible
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 12:44:42PM +, Edward Ned Harvey (lopser) wrote:
> > From: discuss-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:discuss-
> > boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Matt Lawrence
> >
> > So, I am looking for suggetions for a backup solution for Android devices.
> > Preferrably via WiFi
On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 02:42:06PM -0500, Matt Lawrence wrote:
> I just had my Nook HD+ replaced under warrantee. Naturally,
> everything is gone. I had tried to use Acrosync to back it up to my
> home server, and it seemed to work, but I can't manage to get it to
> restore.
>
> So, I am looking
On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 06:13:32PM -0500, Michael Johnson wrote:
> Has anyone here changed their job title (or had it changed) to reflect
> the more DevOps culture companies seem to be adopting? I have actually
> seen people use DevOps in their job title, but that feels wrong to me.
> How do you go
On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 12:58:13PM -0400, Evan Pettrey wrote:
> Greetings LOPSA,
>
> I came across an article today talking about the 7 people who hold the keys
> to the worldwide internet in the event of a catastrophic event. It seems
> they mostly have control over public DNS if someething were
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 02:12:12PM -0400, Joseph Youn wrote:
> I've used an Ergotron WorkFit-S for a while now:
>
> http://www.ergotron.com/ProductsDetails/tabid/65/PRDID/378/language/en-US/Default.aspx
>
> It's inexpensive, counter balanced so it goes easily from sit/stand and
> works with a pai
Nobody has yet mentioned LL Bean?
Compared to others mentioned here, LL Bean is inexpensive. They
have a no-questions-asked lifetime warranty.
The Quad now comes with a padded laptop sleeve. There are enough
compartments, and sufficient separation between them, that I
don't have a problem carryin
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 06:14:14PM -0500, Matthew Barr wrote:
> So, the conversation about Google Voice brought out another question:
>
> Does anyone have a virtual PBX provider they like?
>
> I don’t want to have to deal w/ a server in the office, right now..
> (something that lives in a proper
On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 01:27:09PM -0800, Philip J. Hollenback wrote:
> I was just talking to a friend about getting rid of the traditional pbx
> in his small office of about 10 people. Is something like Callcentric's
> business offering a good fit for that?
>
> Or, is it better to run your own A
On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 12:08:34PM -0700, Corey Quinn wrote:
>
> On Oct 7, 2013, at 6:28 AM, Adam Moskowitz wrote:
>
> > With LISA '13 [1] right around the corner, I got to thinking about how
> > "the cool kids" prefer to exchange contact information in a face-to-face
> > setting. I'd appreciate
On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 03:59:06PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
>
> Suggestions from this thread are likely to be used in an ad on
> sajobs in the near future.
Thanks very much to all of your for your help (and help to
others in a similar position when they read the archives in
future.)
He
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 02:58:20PM -0500, David Parter wrote:
> If I was looking, I'd be very interested! I think it is very well done!
>
> The only thing that I would be concerned about is this line:
>
> >Customers upload data via SFTP, we run lengthy analyses on that, and
> >then make it all av
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