Re: [OT]: Script Editors

2010-03-31 Thread James Rankin
Wow. My Notepad has just entered the light. On 30 March 2010 20:54, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.edu wrote: View/Status Bar will add current line and position to the bottom of the window. *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, March 30, 2010 2:44 PM

Re: [OT]: Script Editors

2010-03-31 Thread tony patton
Got the PO raised for PrimalScript Studio 2009 yesterday, about 10 minutes before we were informed that the company was taken over by administrators, fun times ahead. I wanted something with VBscript, PS and code snippets, the thing that won over with PrimalScript was the integrated source

RE: Win7 Net Shares

2010-03-31 Thread tony patton
The way i've added network shares to the libraries, was to add them to the Media Player libraries. Otherwise it wouldn't let me add the openfiler or linux shares with the error below. But as usual, YMMV Regards Tony Patton Desktop Operations Cavan Ext 8078 Direct Dial 049 435 2878 email:

RE: I want one of these!

2010-03-31 Thread tony patton
You can all keep the plane, I want the bike :) Regards Tony Patton Desktop Operations Cavan Ext 8078 Direct Dial 049 435 2878 email: tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com From: Stu Sjouwerman s...@sunbelt-software.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date: 30/03/2010

RE: OT: Hood Scholarship (UNCLASSIFIED)

2010-03-31 Thread John Cook
I just voted again today, everybody fall in line! John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message-

RE: OT: Hood Scholarship (UNCLASSIFIED)

2010-03-31 Thread Bill Lambert
Done, Sir! Bill Lambert Concuity Phone  847-941-9206 The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive

Re: OT: Hood Scholarship (UNCLASSIFIED)

2010-03-31 Thread Richard Stovall
Vote recorded, over and out. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Bill Lambert blamb...@concuity.com wrote: Done, Sir! Bill Lambert Concuity Phone  847-941-9206 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

Re: OT: Hood Scholarship (UNCLASSIFIED)

2010-03-31 Thread tony patton
+1 Regards Tony Patton Desktop Operations Cavan Ext 8078 Direct Dial 049 435 2878 email: tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com From: Richard Stovall rich...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date: 31/03/2010 14:07 Subject: Re: OT: Hood Scholarship

WAN over ethernet?

2010-03-31 Thread Tom Miller
Yesterday I had a discussion with our Internet/point-to-point provider. I am considering increasing my point-to-point bandwidth connections at all of my sites. Cox, my provider, has a new product called Metro Ethernet which essentially brings ethernet to the WAN, and this would be an option.

RE: OT: Hood Scholarship (UNCLASSIFIED)

2010-03-31 Thread John Aldrich
Ditto. Yesterday and today. -Original Message- From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 9:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Hood Scholarship (UNCLASSIFIED) Vote recorded, over and out. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Bill

RE: OT: Hood Scholarship (UNCLASSIFIED)

2010-03-31 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Done, again... -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 7:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Hood Scholarship (UNCLASSIFIED) I just voted again today, everybody fall in line! John W. Cook Systems Administrator

RE: WAN over ethernet?

2010-03-31 Thread John Aldrich
We have Metro Ethernet here for internet. I guess we could do without routers, but we would still need a firewall. Unfortunately, since we didn't want to change our IP, and our ISP ran out of IPs in the same range, we couldn't keep it without a router. Point is, Metro-E works for us, at least for

Re: WAN over ethernet?

2010-03-31 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Tom Miller tmil...@hnncsb.org wrote: ... Metro Ethernet ... I can't comment on the reliability/performance of Cox's services. That really depends on their configuration, plans, infrastructure, clue level, etc. But the way those wide-area-Ethernet schemes

Re: OT: Hood Scholarship (UNCLASSIFIED)

2010-03-31 Thread Ben Scott
self-appointed net cop stick in the mud Hey, folks, I really don't think we need everyone to sound off every time they vote. I didn't mind the original request, and I'm even clicking to vote, but please, let's not flood this channel with 20 Me too! messages per day for the next 31 days.

RE: OT: Hood Scholarship (UNCLASSIFIED)

2010-03-31 Thread John Cook
Perhaps you (as the net cop) will post a reminder every day so that we may help our long suffering brethren to avoid the financial pitfalls of providing a college education for his progeny. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601

SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread John Aldrich
Anyone heard of SunGard? Got cold-called by them regarding their availability / data / business-continuity services and before I talk much to them, I want to make sure they're 1) legitimate and 2) not overpriced. J John-AldrichTile-Tools ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a

Low end reliable workstations

2010-03-31 Thread mqcarp
We have a division that uses very low end equipment because they just do not need the power. I am finding it harder and harder to find good options for this. In the past we have used Dell because they let you customize so much. This is fine I suppose but I would like to compare. Do you have any

Re: SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread Andrew S. Baker
They are very legitimate. They are exceedingly effective. They are not inexpensive. :) -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:56 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote: Anyone heard of SunGard? Got cold-called by them regarding their “availability” /

RE: SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
Legit, yes. Overpriced? Can't speak to that, a different group handles that From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 8:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SunGard Anyone heard of SunGard? Got

RE: SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread John Cook
1) They are legitimate 2) Define overpriced! It's not Mozy level price but then again it's a far more comprehensive set of services. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352)

Re: SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread Andrew Levicki
They are 1 but not 2, sorry! === Andrew Levicki MCSE MCITPEA CCNA ITIL On 2010/03/31, at 22:56, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: Anyone heard of SunGard? Got cold-called by them regarding their “av ailability” / data / business-continuity services and before I talk

RE: SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread Michael B. Smith
SunGard is the company DEFINES availability, DR, and business continuity. They had those services before anyone else in the industry. I used them over 20 years ago for mainframe DR. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: John Aldrich

RE: SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread Jason Morris
They're legitimate. They're expensive. In relation to others they might be on the high end but their facility in Chicago is gorgeous. I would look at a couple others too though. Qwest has similar offerings as does Cimco but I like Qwest better. Qwest's facility in Chicago, while not being as

RE: SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread Michael B. Smith
Ehwhat does a week of downtime cost you? :-P Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 9:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SunGard They are very

RE: SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread Maglinger, Paul
1 - yes 2 - yes it's expensive, but usually negotiable. -Paul From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 8:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SunGard Anyone heard of SunGard? Got cold-called by them regarding their availability /

Re: SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread Roger Wright
I used SunGard for our business continuity program when I worked in a banking environment. Very solid company, great options and facilities, high priced. Die dulci fruere! Roger Wright ___ On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:56 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote: Anyone heard of

RE: Low end reliable workstations

2010-03-31 Thread Jason Morris
Do they have to be PCs? Can't use terminal server with some Wyse terminals? How about Virtualizing the workstations, any opportunity for that? Jason -Original Message- From: mqcarp [mailto:mqcarpen...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 8:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

HP driver update needed!

2010-03-31 Thread RichardMcClary
Greetings! I have been instructed to update the NIC driver on a pair of HP Proliant DL360 GS servers. Off to the HP site (which is finally running this morning), and I see not only Broadcom drivers but Broadcom network firmware as well. As advised, I first applied the network firmware

RE: SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread John Aldrich
Good to know. I'll have to see what they can offer me, since my former boss didn't like the idea of our data on someone else's hardware, and I have to agree that I would prefer to have full control of the data myself, even if there's not a lot of proprietary data on the Windows side of things. J

Re: HP driver update needed!

2010-03-31 Thread Richard Stovall
Might be the ILO. Since you're this far in it, is it possible to download the PSP and firmware CD and update everything? I know your window is short and you hadn't planned on updating other components. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:08 AM, richardmccl...@aspca.org wrote: Greetings! I have been

RE: SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread John Aldrich
Thanks, everyone. Good to know they're legit. I am NOT looking to get the data off-site to someone else's data center, I'm just looking to see if they can help me craft a low-cost but effective data redundancy solution. From what little I can see about them, they're going to want to sell me a

RE: SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread Jason Morris
You could get space in anybody's NOC for a cost. With that space you could put your own hardware and not worry about using someone else's stuff. What you're paying for with Sungard are the DR agreements. If my server room catches fire and my aging Data General (don't laugh) is gone, they would

Re: HP driver update needed!

2010-03-31 Thread RichardMcClary
Thanks - my Google search actually helped me out quickly for once... http://h2.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01684544lang=encc=ustaskId=101prodSeriesId=428936 (sorry about the line wrap) I was trying to install NIC driver v 5.2.17.0. This article says that, to

RE: Low end reliable workstations

2010-03-31 Thread David Lum
Due to security issues ...we get workstations with ...Windows XP Seems like an oxymoron if you think about it. :-) I understand the situation, but taken out of context it sounds funny! David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764

Re: Low end reliable workstations

2010-03-31 Thread mqcarp
Wyse thin clients are just as expensive as workstations. There are some functions that have to be done on Windows also, so it is a tough maneuver. We have tried Citrix but it is too cumbersome with our situation. Virtualizing still requires some hardware. This is a call center. They use a mix of

Re: Low end reliable workstations

2010-03-31 Thread mqcarp
ha...ha! We have not tested 7 fully so that is off the table and Vista is not even remotely of interest On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:30 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: Due to security issues ...we get workstations with ...Windows XP Seems like an oxymoron if you think about it. :-)

RE: SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread Erik Goldoff
I’d recommend you check with David Halford of Forsythe after you talk to Sungard. David is on the Board of Directors with me on the Southeastern Continuity Planners Association, and his company is not strictly a DR firm, they have a variety of IT offerings and might be a better fit for what you

RE: Low end reliable workstations

2010-03-31 Thread David Lum
Understood. I just deployed 2 brand-spanking new Dell's loaded with XP for the same reason. -Original Message- From: mqcarp [mailto:mqcarpen...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 7:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Low end reliable workstations ha...ha! We have not

Re: SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread Christopher Bodnar
Sunguard is the 800lb gorilla in this space. Typically smaller shops tend to find less costly vendors, but they do have a very wide service offering. Here we currently use them for an Alternate Work Space(AWS). Basically we have a dedicated line to them and a DC and some workstations that just

Re: SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread Don Ely
+1 On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:58 AM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: They are very legitimate. They are exceedingly effective. They are not inexpensive. :) -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:56 AM, John Aldrich

OT: Video Conferencing - Solved!

2010-03-31 Thread Roger Wright
Several weeks ago I requested info on low-cost video conferencing solutions. I checked into a couple vendors and we ended up going with MegaMeeting. MM's offering is very cost-effective for us and allows our remote branch mgmt staff to participate in monthly meetings without the hassle and

RE: WAN over ethernet?

2010-03-31 Thread Davies,Matt
Tom, I can't comment on CoxBusiness, but I have been very happy with Masergy's VPLS service, which provides a layer 2 Ethernet handoff independent of circuit type. Doesn't matter if it is a T1, DS3 or something bigger, or even Ethernet. It offers all the same functionality of MPLS , but with

Re: WAN over ethernet?

2010-03-31 Thread Phil Brutsche
I've used the Cox Metro Ethernet locally. You will still need routers, the Metro Ethernet equipment Cox uses will only allow 32 MAC addresses total. However, you do not need the expensive T1 routers, a dual-ethernet router like a Cisco 2611 will be fine. Even a dual-NIC PC will work, you just

RE: SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread John Aldrich
Yeah. I don't think we're going to be interested in most of their offerings, but I'll talk to their sales rep and see what they have to offer. Right now, we have zero budget for anything except emergencies. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Jason Morris [mailto:jmor...@mjmc.com] Sent:

RE: SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread John Aldrich
Thanks. Will do so. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 10:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SunGard I'd recommend you check with David Halford of Forsythe after you talk to Sungard. David is on the Board

RE: SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread Sam Cayze
Very legitimate. And their name got big after the WTC collapse and Katrina. We collocate and have a business continuity strategy. We have a very good relationship with them, and actually have very affordable plans. They are negotiable, but also don't deal with small companies much. Only

RE: SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread John Aldrich
Yeah. we're a pretty small company. I think we have about 5 or 6 customer service people, a couple in claims, etc. Most of our in-house employees are manufacturing floor employees. Of course, we have a number of outside sales reps as well. J But I doubt we'll be the right size for SunGard.

RE: OTish: PPPoA router, anyone?

2010-03-31 Thread Davies,Matt
I would be careful using Cisco with some of the BT ADSL circuits, I have come across a few compatibility issues, usually end up changing the router for one of the xyzel range. Cheers Matt -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: 31 March 2010 03:22 To: NT

Re: Low end reliable workstations

2010-03-31 Thread mqcarp
On the thin client situation, We have gone round and round on it. We are talking about 20-25 people, 10 of whom have decent and recent workstations, the rest are garbage. We have a terminal server, but it is a VM. We would have to do a hardware term server due to some phone applications. Then when

OT: vSphere Client annoying redraw

2010-03-31 Thread Sam Cayze
Any having any visual issues with the Client? It's terrible slow to redraw the GUI on my machine. I dread when I have to run it. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

Re: OT: vSphere Client annoying redraw

2010-03-31 Thread Richard Stovall
Still on ESX 3.5 here, but I started having the same issue when I upgraded my workstation to Win 7. I've got a fast machine, so it's not really close to unbearable. It is annoying, however, and MUCH slower than the VI client was on XP. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Sam Cayze

RE: vSphere Client annoying redraw

2010-03-31 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Nope. What version? What platform? What link type? -sc From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: vSphere Client annoying redraw Any having any visual issues with the Client? It's terrible slow

Re: OT: vSphere Client annoying redraw

2010-03-31 Thread Harry Singh
vSphere here and I don't notice much of an issue with draw once the client loads. The loading of the actual client takes longer than i would like at times. I'm running XP SP3. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Richard Stovall rich...@gmail.com wrote: Still on ESX 3.5 here, but I started

Re: OTish: PPPoA router, anyone?

2010-03-31 Thread Kurt Buff
That's good to know. Thanks! On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 08:25, Davies,Matt mdav...@generalatlantic.com wrote: I would be careful using Cisco with some of the BT ADSL circuits, I have come across a few compatibility issues, usually end up changing the router for one of the xyzel range. Cheers

RE: vSphere Client annoying redraw

2010-03-31 Thread Garcia-Moran, Carlos
Also are you talking about the vSphere Client to a single host or the vSphere client to a VirtualCenter? In the 2nd instance speed depends on what system you are running VC on and the backend Database. -Carlos From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, March

Re: OT: vSphere Client annoying redraw

2010-03-31 Thread Steven Peck
Do you have IE8 on? Weird issues with IE8. It's why I have IE7 still on my laptop On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Harry Singh hbo...@gmail.com wrote: vSphere here and I don't notice much of an issue with draw once the client loads. The loading of the actual client takes longer than i would

Re: HP driver update needed!

2010-03-31 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 31 Mar 2010 at 9:25, richardmccl...@aspca.org wrote: Thanks - my Google search actually helped me out quickly for once... I always worry about HP drivers. --- Included Stuff Follows --- Ubersoft.net: Technology Is Not Your Friend

Re: Low end reliable workstations

2010-03-31 Thread Steven Peck
They make Atom based small desktop boxes very much like the netbooks. I would suggest looking at that family of systems. http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Intel-Processor-Drive-Black/dp/B001DMA0L8 http://usa.asus.com/ProductGroup1.aspx?PG_ID=7dDelmkESu9DXgVB Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Wed,

Re: Low end reliable workstations

2010-03-31 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 31 Mar 2010 at 8:57, mqcarp wrote: We have a division that uses very low end equipment because they just do not need the power. I am finding it harder and harder to find good options for this. In the past we have used Dell because they let you customize so much. This is fine I suppose but

RE: vSphere Client annoying redraw

2010-03-31 Thread Sam Cayze
Sorry, more info: vSphere 4 Client connecting either to VirtualCenter or the host directly Window 7 The 3.5 client worked perfectly on the same machine. From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 10:34 AM To: NT System

Re: Low end reliable workstations

2010-03-31 Thread Phil Brutsche
Doesn't Win7 Pro give you downgrade rights to XP Pro for a limited time? On 3/31/2010 11:22 AM, Angus Scott-Fleming wrote: Would one of these puppies work for you? They'll run XP, although the only XP they come with is XP Home (strangely enough you can get them w/ Win7 Pro; if you're

RE: vSphere Client annoying redraw

2010-03-31 Thread Free, Bob
/disclaimer- I know next to nothing about vmware We were having some annoying video issues with Vsphere client up to and including complete lockups in our lab sandbox and we got this from our vmware guy- http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_UScmd

RE: vSphere Client annoying redraw

2010-03-31 Thread Don Guyer
Win 7 and vSphere 4 here, no issues like that. Have you upgraded your hosts with the latest VM Tools? We're on v4 build 208167. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610)

Ntfs raid 5 2 tb wd drives X 5

2010-03-31 Thread jgarciaitlist
I going to restore a backup to a ntfs 5 disk raid five array, one disk will hot spare. Each disk 2 tb wd drives raid class drive. Any issues with ntfs volume this size? Windows 2k3 X64 Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: Profile path and filename too long

2010-03-31 Thread Walt Hundleby
Yes we get 1509 events from Userenv also. In our case almost all are .xml files, others .sol files. The directory in the user's profile is either UserData or Application Data\Internet Explorer\UserData. I am wondering if we can just not save these directories when the user logs out. ~

RE: [OT]: Script Editors

2010-03-31 Thread Crawford, Scott
That's new with XP J From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 4:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT]: Script Editors Wow. My Notepad has just entered the light. On 30 March 2010 20:54, Crawford, Scott crawfo...@evangel.edu wrote:

Re: [OT]: Script Editors

2010-03-31 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
For source control, you could set up your own local repository, or even use a free service like Google Code. It can help make your code secure, portable, accessible, and version controllable over the long term with share access if needed. Google Code uses SVN on the back-end, which is what I

RE: Ntfs raid 5 2 tb wd drives X 5

2010-03-31 Thread Joseph L. Casale
No, but that's not a very safe setup. Given those huge discs, if one sh!ts the bed your rebuild will be so long you might lose another during this time. Use r6 or approach it with a different layout. -Original Message- From: jgarciaitl...@gmail.com [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com]

Re: Ntfs raid 5 2 tb wd drives X 5

2010-03-31 Thread Kurt Buff
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:33, jgarciaitl...@gmail.com wrote: I going to restore a backup to a ntfs 5 disk raid five array, one disk will hot spare.  Each disk 2 tb wd drives raid class drive. Any issues with ntfs volume this size? Windows 2k3 X64 What's the total size of the partition on

Re: Low end reliable workstations

2010-03-31 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Even with the Vista faux pas' (which can clearly be mitigated with well-published know-how), XP is not what I would consider a secure solution. I'm sure you prolly dont want to hear it, but Im just sayin'... I would take Vista over XP any day, if you value your client data security. I think

Re: Ntfs raid 5 2 tb wd drives X 5

2010-03-31 Thread Phil Brutsche
And make sure you have a different disk set for the boot volume. Windows x64 cannot boot off GPT volumes. On 3/31/2010 1:37 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: If it's larger than 2tb, make sure the partition is GPT -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a

Re: Low end reliable workstations

2010-03-31 Thread Phil Brutsche
Counterpoint: If Win7 won't work for him for compatibility reasons then Vista won't either. On 3/31/2010 1:43 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr wrote: Even with the Vista faux pas' (which can clearly be mitigated with well-published know-how), XP is not what I would consider a secure solution. I'm

Re: WAN over ethernet?

2010-03-31 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Isn't Metro Ethernet a MAN shared network solution, sold by companies that want to sub-lease their existing unused links? Or am I thinking of something else...? -- ME2 On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:27 AM, Tom Miller tmil...@hnncsb.org wrote: Yesterday I had a discussion with our

Re: I want one of these!

2010-03-31 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
I'd spend that $ on a proper super-saloon or super-coupe. -- ME2 On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:47 AM, tony patton tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com wrote: You can all keep the plane, I want the bike :) Regards Tony Patton Desktop Operations Cavan Ext 8078 Direct Dial 049 435 2878 email:

Re: Ntfs raid 5 2 tb wd drives X 5

2010-03-31 Thread justino garcia
I was thinking, raid 5 4 disc, plus one hotspare. Each disc is 2tb. Not sure if our dell perc can do raid 6, but I have a different raid card, taht will do raid 1, for the OS, two disk maybe 500 gb each. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Joseph L. Casale jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote: No, but

Re: Ntfs raid 5 2 tb wd drives X 5

2010-03-31 Thread justino garcia
The total partion size well IT would be 5 disc raid 5 + hostspare = 10tb, but (n-1 - hotspare) = (10tb-2tb-2tb_hotspare) = 6 tb right??? It been a bit, since I looked at raid 5 math thanks Justin On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:04 PM, justino garcia jgarciaitl...@gmail.comwrote: I was thinking, raid

Re: Ntfs raid 5 2 tb wd drives X 5

2010-03-31 Thread Phil Brutsche
Qty 5 2TB drives = 10TB raw capacity RAID 5 is smallest unit capacity * (N - 1 - any hot spares) so... 8TB with no hot spares 6 TB with 1 hot spare On 3/31/2010 2:08 PM, justino garcia wrote: The total partion size well IT would be 5 disc raid 5 + hostspare = 10tb, but (n-1 - hotspare) =

Multi-Master SharePoint deployment?

2010-03-31 Thread Jim Holmgren
For my next trickI've been tasked with coming up with some ideas on how to set up a multi-master SharePoint 2007 instance. Basic idea is two SharePoint servers separated by a WAN link that need to be kept 'synchronized', mainly for DR purposes although both systems will be 'live'.

Re: Ntfs raid 5 2 tb wd drives X 5

2010-03-31 Thread justino garcia
Thanks so if My OS is on a different raid card, raid 1 (two 500 gigs drives), and the data on the raid 5, I should be fine with GPT. Would I be able to restore my data a acronis backup, to the GPT file system? Thanks Justin On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com

Re: WAN over ethernet?

2010-03-31 Thread Ben N
We have both QMOE (Qwest Metro Optical Ethernet) and XO MPLS. I like the QMOE because i control the routing and it's really fast and reliable. They put in a switch on my sites and all my QMOE sites are just a private VLAN on their network. If they already have a QMOE Switch onsite like in a big

Re: Low end reliable workstations

2010-03-31 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Touche', of course, but Im not getting that from this conversation. But sure, if something ain't compatible, it ain't compatible. It sounds to me like all the bad vibes and ju-ju about Vista are keeping them backed off, and Windows 7 is probably too new. With such a small deployment footprint,

wierd e-mail issue

2010-03-31 Thread Len Hammond
I have a client that I just built a new laptop for that can't get to her personal e-mail server on the web. The new machine was a Vista laptop that I down graded back to XP (fully patched) to add to the XP/2003 domain in the church where she runs the preschool. Her old laptop, a personal XP box

Re: Low end reliable workstations

2010-03-31 Thread Jon Harris
Win 7 with XP mode should be better than an XP box and at least it is current and workable for most compatablility issues. Jon On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: Touche', of course, but Im not getting that from this conversation. But sure,

RE: Ntfs raid 5 2 tb wd drives X 5

2010-03-31 Thread Joseph L. Casale
The filesystem isn't gpt, the label is. The filesystem is NTFS. From: justino garcia [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 1:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Ntfs raid 5 2 tb wd drives X 5 Thanks so if My OS is on a different raid card, raid 1 (two 500

RE: Uh, ooopppsss!

2010-03-31 Thread Maglinger, Paul
I guess it's back to waiting 2 minutes for PDFs to load. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Uh, ooopppsss! Foxit is no longer your best friend...

RE: SunGard

2010-03-31 Thread Stu Sjouwerman
We use them, but only as a part of our disaster recovery plan. Warm regards, Stu Sjouwerman Co-Founder, Publisher, Sunbelt Media P: +1-727-562-0101 ext 218 F: +1-727-562-5199 s...@sunbelt-software.com From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010

RE: OT: Howdy

2010-03-31 Thread Stu Sjouwerman
Oops - hehe. Warm regards, Stu Sjouwerman Co-Founder, Publisher, Sunbelt Media P: +1-727-562-0101 ext 218 F: +1-727-562-5199 s...@sunbelt-software.com From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 5:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Howdy LOL,

RE: I want one of these!

2010-03-31 Thread David Lum
Agreed, although I prefer to build my own super-saloon. Take one small car, install engine from bigger car add power to that. Presto-change-o very fast sleeper. Also repair bills and insurance charges at the lower rate as well as no snob stigma of the expen$ive car. Not that I'd NOT purchase

Re: Uh, ooopppsss!

2010-03-31 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Such is the nature of dangerous features in an underlying protocol or document format. Of necessity, functionality and security are often in direct opposition. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Foxit is no longer your

Re: Uh, ooopppsss!

2010-03-31 Thread Kurt Buff
Text rules. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:53, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: Such is the nature of dangerous features in an underlying protocol or document format. Of necessity, functionality and security are often in direct opposition. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Wed,

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2010-03-31 Thread jgarciaitlist
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RE: Multi-Master SharePoint deployment?

2010-03-31 Thread Michael B. Smith
Well, you can't do this natively (this is why, in some cases, Public Folders are still a MAJOR win over SharePoint - multimaster replication and site aware connectivity). Casahl is a very good name in this space. I've used their products before. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and

RE: Low end reliable workstations

2010-03-31 Thread John Hornbuckle
Agreed. There was much FUD surrounding Vista; we've been using it for quite some time now, and I can say that nearly all of the problems we've encountered have been the result of poorly-written applications rather than inherent OS problems. The other problems have been related to

Re: WAN over ethernet?

2010-03-31 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: Isn't Metro Ethernet a MAN shared network solution, sold by companies that want to sub-lease their existing unused links? Metro Ethernet doesn't have an official definition. It generally means anything that

Re: Low end reliable workstations

2010-03-31 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:43 PM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: ... nearly all of the problems we’ve encountered have been the result of poorly-written applications rather than inherent OS problems. The other problems have been related to hardware/driver

Re: Strange network issue

2010-03-31 Thread Eric Brouwer
You're certainly on to something with the MAC idea This PC runs an Avid DS suite, and has Tinder as well. The licensing for these programs is tied to various system IDs including the MAC. I noticed the MAC was being entered in the NIC properties, so it's not using it's default. If I

Low end reliable workstations

2010-03-31 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: Even with the Vista faux pas' (which can clearly be mitigated with well-published know-how), XP is not what I would consider a secure solution. I haven't really seen anything that makes me believe Vista is

Re: Strange network issue

2010-03-31 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Eric Brouwer er...@forestpost.com wrote: ... MAC was being entered in the NIC properties, so it's not using it's default.  If I change this, and use the default, all the problems go away. When I use this specific MAC, I get flaky connectivity.  Is it possible

Re: Strange network issue

2010-03-31 Thread Richard Stovall
Anything on the LAN doing proxy arp? On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Eric Brouwer er...@forestpost.com wrote: You're certainly on to something with the MAC idea This PC runs an Avid DS suite, and has Tinder as well.  The licensing for these programs is tied to various system IDs

RE: Low end reliable workstations

2010-03-31 Thread John Hornbuckle
LOL. Problems were rare. As I said, we never regretted the move. When problems did occur, though, they were generally related to drivers (not hardware) or poorly-written software. And when I say poorly-written, I mean software that does things like assuming users will have admin rights or

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