Re: [lopsa-discuss] Project prioritization tool?

2009-02-04 Thread Jim Hickstein
> I recall some tools from the mainframe or VMS days that knew how to do > what you want. Of course, they weren't GUI-based, and I don't know if > they are still around. Names are lost to the ether... When I last evaluated this (admittedly over 10 years ago), we chose something that we decided wa

Re: [lopsa-discuss] How to migrate 345GB of mail from one imap server to another

2009-08-19 Thread Jim Hickstein
Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote: > Just copying files is likely to be fast. Moving messages via IMAP > protocol will be slow. If you can convert from the original server's > message/folder format to the new one's, you can improve on that > considerably (but flags, read status, etc. are often di

Re: [lopsa-discuss] CISSP?

2009-08-21 Thread Jim Hickstein
Matt Lawrence wrote: > I am considering getting a CISSP. What do folks think of it? Is it > worthwhile for me? When I was (briefly) at RSA, everyone in the group had this. I was next, but then I left. Most of my customers had it. It seemed like a minimum thing, for certain positions. Apro

Re: [lopsa-discuss] CISSP?

2009-08-21 Thread Jim Hickstein
> While it's entirely possible you are completely correct, he might have > a point. I've never taken the CISSP stuff (or looked at any of the > materials or anything), so take what I say with the whole lick of > salt. About "bookish", he probably has a point, though it can hardly be otherwise. I

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Minutiae-happy exams

2009-08-22 Thread Jim Hickstein
Dan Foster wrote: > I generally think it's more useful to see the thought processes of a > candidate rather than test their rote memorization skills. I'm with you and Moose on this, for my own account. We had a good laugh over some of the silly questions in CCNA (while memorizing their silly ans

Re: [lopsa-discuss] CISSP?

2009-08-22 Thread Jim Hickstein
Luke S Crawford wrote: > Maybe I'm just bitter. Looking at my siblings, if I was born a few years > later, I'd probably have gotten my parents to foot the bill for a useless > history degree. (It's always been a hobby. Not particularly useful > for anything, of course, but fun.) would I have be

Re: [lopsa-discuss] HVAC and UPS for a new datacenter

2009-09-04 Thread Jim Hickstein
Rob Cherry wrote: > I am working on a brand new IT room for around 4 high (12kw?) power > racks and 2 wiring racks. I was talking to the obvious choice - > Liebert - and they came back with a fairly eye watering quote that > made me question whether they are the only game in town. During my > res

Re: [lopsa-discuss] wireless point-to-point link

2010-03-24 Thread Jim Hickstein
Joel Pinckheard wrote: > We've setup quite a few of these types of connections for different > locations worldwide, there are loads of solutions for this. > > Apart from the ones already mentioned, Motorola Canopy, Alvarion are > worth checking out. Ubiquiti Networks have been highly recommended t