Re: [lopsa-tech] Server Recommendations

2011-01-23 Thread bergman
The pithy ruminations from Luke S Crawford on "Re: [lopsa-tech] Server Recommendations" were: [SNIP!] => => Anyhow, from what I've seen, there's not all that much difference => in the /product quality/ between dell and supermicro, it's more => about how it's sold. And how it's sup

Re: [lopsa-tech] rsync from a Sun T2000

2011-03-30 Thread bergman
The pithy ruminations from "Singer X.J. Wang" on "Re: [lopsa-tech] rsync from a Sun T2000" were: => My initial theory is that you're CPU bound ATM. The rsync program is a => single process which cannot use multiple CPUs. I recommend Patrick's idea of => multiple processes. I'd recommend multipl

Re: [lopsa-tech] Unix Group Weirdness

2011-06-29 Thread bergman
In the message dated: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:57:11 EDT, The pithy ruminations from Patrick Cable on were: => On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Doug Weimer wrote: => > I'm can't think of how it would affect group enumeration, but check the => > differences in the pam stacks between su and gdm if you'

Re: [lopsa-tech] X server for Windows 7

2011-07-08 Thread bergman
In the message dated: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:17:14 CDT, The pithy ruminations from "Brodie, Kent" on were: => This is a multi-part message in MIME format. => => => We use X-Win32 from Starnet. It works pretty well. Install/setup is => simple.(not free). => I've used X-Win32 as well (on ~

Re: [lopsa-tech] MySQL and Encryption

2011-08-25 Thread bergman
In the message dated: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:44:37 PDT, The pithy ruminations from da...@lang.hm on were: As will be abundantly clear in a few more words, I am not a crypto-expert... => => it only protects against the machine being stolen if the decryption key is => not also stored on the machin

[lopsa-tech] how to handle 'vacation' coverage for a small shop?

2012-03-14 Thread bergman
1] "vacation" sounds so much nicer than "hit by a bus", don't you think? - Mark BergmanBiker, Rock Climber, Unix mechanic, IATSE #1 Stagehand http://wwwkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=bergman%40merctech.com I want a newsgroup with a infinite S/N ratio!

Re: [lopsa-tech] [LISA] how to handle 'vacation' coverage for a small shop?

2012-03-16 Thread bergman
In the message dated: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:03:37 EDT, The pithy ruminations from Edward Ned Harvey on w ere: => > From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] => > On Behalf Of Elizabeth Schwartz => > => > my boss had a sealed envelope with *all* the root => > and netw

Re: [lopsa-tech] [LISA] how to handle 'vacation' coverage for a small shop?

2012-03-22 Thread bergman
=> If you're in a solo or small environment, how do you deal with this kind => of thing? => => Thanks, => => Mark => => [1] "vacation" sounds so much nicer than "hit by a bus", don't you think? => => => - => Mark Bergman

Re: [lopsa-tech] VMs

2012-05-19 Thread bergman
In the message dated: Sat, 19 May 2012 11:11:29 PDT, The pithy ruminations from Andrew Hume on <[lopsa-tech] VMs> were: VMS? Hmmm... I haven't worked with VAX/VMS for an awfully long time. :) [Was I the only one who first saw the Subject line as "VMS", not "VM"s?] => any recommendations for/aga

[lopsa-tech] Eaton UPS vs ???

2012-05-24 Thread bergman
I'm looking for a mid-size (2600-3200VA) stand-alone UPS for an office environment. The Eaton Evolution UPS 3000VA is available at about 2/3 to 1/3 the price of comparable units from other manufacturers (TrippLite, APC). Does anyone have any experience with Eaton UPSes? Thanks, Mark

Re: [lopsa-tech] linux and swapping

2012-08-28 Thread bergman
In the message dated: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 02:41:51 -, The pithy ruminations from "Edward Ned Harvey (lopser)" on were: => > From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] => > On Behalf Of Andrew Hume => > => > err, that is the whole point. => > SwapTotal - SwapFree re

Re: [lopsa-tech] High density servers

2013-04-03 Thread bergman
In the message dated: Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:46:03 -0500, The pithy ruminations from Matt Lawrence on <[lopsa-tech] High density servers> were: => This is a bit of a rant, so adjust your filters accordingly. => => I'm currently doing some work not really production datacenter (unless you => ask t

Re: [lopsa-tech] High density servers

2013-04-04 Thread bergman
https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech => This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators => http://lopsa.org/ => -- Mark BergmanBiker, Rock Climber, Unix mechanic, IATSE #1 Stagehand '94 Yamaha GTS1000A^2 berg...@panix.com http://wwwk

Re: [lopsa-tech] OpenManage

2013-04-05 Thread bergman
_ => Tech mailing list => Tech@lists.lopsa.org => https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech => This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators => http://lopsa.org/ => -- Mark BergmanBiker, Rock Cl

Re: [lopsa-tech] IMPI (was Re: OpenManage)

2013-04-05 Thread bergman
_ => Tech mailing list => Tech@lists.lopsa.org => https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech => This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators => http://lopsa.org/ => -- Mark BergmanBiker, Rock Climber, Unix mechan

Re: [lopsa-tech] Backup Reliability

2013-05-14 Thread bergman
In the message dated: Sun, 12 May 2013 09:20:18 -0400, The pithy ruminations from "Edward Ned Harvey (lopser)" on <[lopsa-tech] Backup Reliability> were: => Without checking the internet, and before you listen to other peoples' => anecdotes or anything, I'd like to hear your gut feel, I want to

Re: [lopsa-tech] large scale storage - medium bandwidth

2013-09-16 Thread bergman
t; > reduce the time needed. => > => > Just you wait. 5 years from now, the scheist will hit the (exabyte) => > fan. Storing data today is one thing, preserving it for decades is => > quite another. HIPAA, anyone? => => --- Andrew Hume 949-707-1964 (VO and best) => 732-420-2275 (NJ) and...@research.att.com => -- Mark Bergman ___ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/

Re: [lopsa-tech] large scale storage - medium bandwidth

2013-09-16 Thread bergman
ge populations at a single instance do not. => => As the OP indicates, maintenance isn't free, and "future-proofing" has => never ever been free. Yep. Mark -- Mark Bergman ___ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://

[lopsa-tech] meta-data searching on medium+ filesystems

2013-11-12 Thread bergman
I've got about 45TB (wasn't that once considered 'large'?) of data on a GPFS filesystem. I'm looking for efficient ways to find files, based on metadata. Running "find / -ls" is not a good option anymore. :) I'd like to be able to query some kind of stored index of name, path, o

Re: [lopsa-tech] A PERL question

2013-12-20 Thread bergman
__ => Tech mailing list => Tech@lists.lopsa.org => https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech => This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators => http://lopsa.org/ => -- Mark BergmanBiker, Rock Climber, Unix mechanic, IATSE #1

[lopsa-tech] experience w. "Advanced Clustering Technologies" as HPC vendor?

2013-12-20 Thread bergman
Does anyone have experience with "Advanced Clustering Technologies" as an HPC vendor? http://www.advancedclustering.com/ Thanks, Mark ___ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list pr

[lopsa-tech] Software Developer: University of Pennsylvania

2014-02-28 Thread bergman
The Center for Biomedical Image Computing and Analytics (CBICA) is seeking a software developer to work with world-class researchers who are developing cutting-edge algorithms for biomedical image analysis. You can make a direct contribution to medical and scientific research by applying good sof

Re: [lopsa-tech] What programs do sysadmins write?

2014-11-19 Thread bergman
In the message dated: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:42:16 -0800, The pithy ruminations from Tracy Reed on were: => On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 06:50:24PM PST, Mark McCullough spake thusly: > [SNIP!] => => > It's also much faster than bash. => => I can't think of a single time in over 20 years of using bash

Re: [lopsa-tech] Data on longevity of powered off disk drives?

2014-12-04 Thread bergman
In the message dated: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 14:36:07 -0800, The pithy ruminations from "Michael D. Parker" on were: => I think that a bigger problem might be the quickly changing disk technology => and having to maintain possibly obsolete hardware that could read the disks => in the future if need be.