Re: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

2010-09-23 Thread James Rankin
It's not what you Google, it's how you Google it. Even when interviewing now I tend to try and look for people who can work problems out rather than people who can simply rhyme off lists of stuff - and I'm always keen on people who check the obvious things first. (Think how would you troubleshoot

RE: Show all DNS Servers in AD

2010-09-23 Thread Webster
It worked. Found all 6 servers running DNS and found the SQL Server running DNS. They knew they had a SQL Server running DNS, now they know the server name. Thanks Webster From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Subject: RE: Show all DNS Servers in AD And how

Powershell to get all users details from AD

2010-09-23 Thread Oliver Marshall
Hi Does anyone know of a powershell script/syntax that I can use to get a list of all the users from the AD, their OU location, name, phone details, address, profile, organisation details...basically as much as possible from the properties for each user account? Olly [cid:personal23d6c.jpg]

Re: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

2010-09-23 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Another aspect of troubleshooting is the ability to keep track of what are actual facts, and what are as-yet-untested-assumptions. This includes knowing how to classify information that has been given you by the end user. *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker *Exploiting

Re: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

2010-09-23 Thread James Rankin
Wholeheartedly agree. I once had a case passed from first-line to me where the user had reported that they were having a problem with sticky keys. I spent two days working out how to disable StickyKeys, FilterKeys and ToggleKeys via an AppSense rule pushing out the required Registry settings. When

RE: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

2010-09-23 Thread Ken Schaefer
Agreed. Making random changes to servers based on gut feelings what are bad, isn't my idea of a desirable troubleshooting strategy. Gather facts Isolate Issue Identify Root Cause Implement Fix Cheers Ken From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, 23 September 2010 6:13 PM

Re: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

2010-09-23 Thread James Rankin
I wasn't saying random based on gut feeling. It was more an inkling that something was amiss with that particular function due to experience. Maybe I should have been more clear about what I meant by didn't like the look of it. When a system is down and you're the only one assigned to fix it,

RE: Powershell to get all users details from AD

2010-09-23 Thread Michael B. Smith
No PowerShell required. Dsquery * forestroot -limit 0 -filter objectClass=user -attr * Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 5:57 AM To: NT System

Re: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

2010-09-23 Thread Chipshead
Man! David hit it right on the head. Nice job. - Original Message - From: David Lum david@nwea.org To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:17:21 PM Subject: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus

RE: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

2010-09-23 Thread Mike Hoffman
The most important of these is gathering the facts. This is not what then end user issue seems to be, but what it actually it. Then you can decide to either fix, mitigate, or investigate further. I know of a number of IT companies where a server reboot is the fix to most issues, while I know

RE: Powershell to get all users details from AD

2010-09-23 Thread Oliver Marshall
has to be powershell I'm afraid :S -- G2 Support Network Support : Online Backups : Server Management Web: www.g2support.com Twitter: g2supporthttp://twitter.com/home?stat...@g2support Newsletter: www.g2support.com/newsletterhttp://www.g2support.com/newsletter From: Michael B. Smith

Re: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

2010-09-23 Thread James Rankin
I agree, but sometimes you only have time to gather the facts after you've implemented a fix for the users screaming at you. I personally try to avoid server reboots to fix, that comes from being judged on server uptime. I'm not saying don't gather facts, I'm saying that sometimes, in the support

OT : favorite Android Apps

2010-09-23 Thread Erik Goldoff
I recently upgraded to the HTC EVO with Android 2.2 ... Android is still a bit new to me, but since there are some folks on here who have opinions I respect, I thought I'd ask ; What are your favorite Android apps, and why ? Thanks in advance, Erik ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that

RE: favorite Android Apps

2010-09-23 Thread Rod Trent
Favorite? That's hard to say. Most apps have their uses (some have no use at all) nd it depends on how you work and what you use the phone for. However, you can see my list here: http://www.appbrain.com/user/rodtrent/apps-on-the-phone Get Appbrain and you can share app lists.

RE: OT : favorite Android Apps

2010-09-23 Thread N Parr
Everything listed here is free. These are just the apps that I use on a semi regular to daily basis. Advanced task killer jog tracker Facebook (use friendstream more on my incredible) gstrings (chromatic tuner) gps status keeper (password keeper that can sync with pc over wi-fi) netstatus

Re: Email retention

2010-09-23 Thread Erik Goldoff
1) First check with your auditors to find out what your document retention requirements are. Likely, your HR department will have a 7 year, accounts payable/receivable may have the same (or not), etc 2) Then check with legal to see if a printed copy of all relevant email satisfies your document

RE: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

2010-09-23 Thread Steven M. Caesare
There is also some value in this looks out of place or suspicious, and making a change and observing the results, and then reversing that change as necessary. Exporting a registry key before deleting it is a good example... if you don't get the desired results, reimporting that key is often a

Re: favorite Android Apps

2010-09-23 Thread Erik Goldoff
thank you ! On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Favorite? That’s hard to say. Most apps have their uses (some have no use at all) nd it depends on how you work and what you use the phone for. However, you can see my list here:

Re: favorite Android Apps

2010-09-23 Thread James Rankin
On a slight tangent I noticed whilst reading the news today the top ten Most Pointless iPhone Apps List http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8020164/Top-ten-most-pointless-iPhone-apps-named.html On 23 September 2010 13:36, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote: thank you ! On Thu,

Re: OT : favorite Android Apps

2010-09-23 Thread Erik Goldoff
Thanks ! On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:33 AM, N Parr npar...@mortonind.com wrote: Everything listed here is free. These are just the apps that I use on a semi regular to daily basis. Advanced task killer jog tracker Facebook (use friendstream more on my incredible) gstrings (chromatic

RE: favorite Android Apps

2010-09-23 Thread Fogarty, Richard R Mr CTR USA USASOC USA
http://www.androidapps.com/ http://www.androidapplabs.com/ But the one that Rod listed is probably the best. You can share your list of apps with friends. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 8:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT :

RE: favorite Android Apps

2010-09-23 Thread Garcia-Moran, Carlos
Excellent, I use appbrain as well had no idea we can share lists J here's mine, I do love the flexibility of the android platform http://www.appbrain.com/user/aragones/apps-on-the-phone From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 8:37 AM To: NT System

Re: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

2010-09-23 Thread Andrew S. Baker
I would add to that list: Establish Risk I can't tell you the number of times that someone has looked at two options for mitigating (or attempting to isolate) a problem, and they're ready to jump on the one which is harder to recover from. *Them*: Possibly corrupt install? Hey, I know! Let's

Re: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

2010-09-23 Thread James Rankin
Covering your backside should always be an inherent part of any action plan, not just in IT. But we all have change control processes that we adhere to, don't we? Actually I've worked with a few people who don't, and they are the types that get IT workers a bad reputation by bringing services down

Re: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

2010-09-23 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Definitely, balance is key. My experience is that the more time you are able to spend educating people while things are working, the more latitude you have to troubleshoot while things are down. I'm pretty sure we've all had to do a quick-n-dirty fix. The problem comes when you have so many of

RE: Email retention

2010-09-23 Thread John Aldrich
Thanks, Erik. After kicking it around on this list for awhile, the consensus of opinion was that I need to get legal involved and see what they recommend. Unfortunately, we don’t host our own email at this time, so all we have is PST files. Hopefully we'll have our own mail server by this time

Re: OT : favorite Android Apps

2010-09-23 Thread Andrew S. Baker
I'll add the following: - MyBackup Pro (not free, but well worth it) - Advanced Task Manager (I like this better than Advanced Task Killer, since Google changed process killing under v2.2) - Chrome to Phone - ConnectBot - DropBox - Evernote - any Flashlight app -

RE: My whole network went down!

2010-09-23 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
They worked flawlessly with our Nortel switches and hubs, and were the standard here until, like you say, all the mainboards started including NICs -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 9:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

2010-09-23 Thread greg.sweers
Yep, same thing here except after researching how to disable via GP and such, when I went over they told me that they had spilled coke on their keyboard a week earlier and the keys were actually just STICKY.. Upon further investigation the tech employed with me at the time, had never heard of

RE: My whole network went down!

2010-09-23 Thread John Aldrich
My first job in IT, I worked for a small local ISP. The boss taught me most of what I know about how the internet and DNS works. He had some issues similar to what you're talking about where some brands of switches didn't like the traffic produced by some other networking hardware. The way he

RE: My whole network went down!

2010-09-23 Thread John Aldrich
Yeah. I used to think DEC Tulip chipset NICs were Da Bomb (mainly because you could almost guarantee they'd be supported by early versions of Linux) and then I found the 3C905 cards. I have a whole bunch of pulls of those sitting in a supply closet and if an on-board NIC goes bad, I usually slap

Re: Powershell to get all users details from AD

2010-09-23 Thread KenM
Quest cmdlets get-qaduser USERNAME -includedproperties * | fl MS AD cmdlets get-qaduser USERNAME -properties * | fl On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 5:56 AM, Oliver Marshall oliver.marsh...@g2support.com wrote: Hi Does anyone know of a powershell script/syntax that I can use to get a list

Re: Powershell to get all users details from AD

2010-09-23 Thread KenM
Typo in first MS should be get-aduser. and if you want all users. Test first syntax may not be correct did not test. get-qaduser | %{get-qaduser $_ -properties * | fl} get-aduser -filter * | %{get-aduser USERNAME -properties * | fl} On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:00 AM, KenM kenmli...@gmail.com

SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread John Aldrich
Ok, guys. I'm trying to narrow down my many choices with regards to our on-going search for a SAN manufacturer. I'd like your thoughts on the whole question of adding more intelligence vs just adding more disks. i.e. the EQ vs LeftHand models. I can see arguments to be made for both models. I'll

RE: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread N Parr
I think you just need to give up on your SAN dreams and go buy a decent NAS for a couple grand and call it good. You just said it's going to be a file server for the time being so why spend the money for a SAN now if you don't need it. I bet if I look back through the archives you first brought

Re: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread Jeff Brown
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Re: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread Jonathan Link
I think we have given you the benefit of our knowledge. Several times even. What requirement do you have that would be met by additional controllers? Failover capability? Scalability? Again, for like the third time, what are your requirements, that'll drive your analysis. On Thu, Sep 23, 2010

RE: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread RichardMcClary
Tell me about it! A few years ago, we bought our first iSCSI SAN (we needed a SAN) to hold some databases in a MS fail-over cluster. As to the SAN itself failing, well, it has only a NIC for the LAN and a NIC for the iSCSI connections. It has only a single power supply. There is no

Spam appliances/services

2010-09-23 Thread Tom Miller
Folks, I'm in the market to replace my current spam filter. Google Message Security looks pretty good as a service, although it's pricing for us. I've heard good things about Barracuda SPAM and Virus filter, as well as M+ from Messaging Architects. Sorry Sunbelt, we don't run Exchange so

Re: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread Jonathan Link
Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter... On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:25 AM, N Parr npar...@mortonind.com wrote: I think you just need to give up on your SAN dreams and go buy a decent NAS for a couple grand and call it good. You just said it's going to be

Re: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread Jeff Steward
I'm bored, I'll bite. Like others here, I'm not convinced you even need a SAN or even NAS. You can probably make use of DAS. To even begin to make an attempt to give you more guidance we need: How many users will be hitting the file server. What type of file i/o are we talking about? Have you

RE: Spam appliances/services

2010-09-23 Thread Jim Holmgren
Barracuda. No per-user fees, very configurable and awesome tech support. I had them at %previousjob% and am trying like heck to get them in at %currentjob%. They'll even send you a 90 eval unit for free if you want to try it out. Jim Holmgren Manager of Server Engineering XLHealth

RE: OT : favorite Android Apps

2010-09-23 Thread Phillip Partipilo
There are several fart soundboards. My nephew seems to think they are the best apps available. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 8:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: Spam appliances/services

2010-09-23 Thread Kevin Lundy
We had Barracuda, and loved it. When it came time to replace due to age, we looked around again. This time we went with Ironport. We like it even better. The big difference (to us) is the reputation filter simply drops a large part of spam and malware laden email at the network connection

Re: Spam appliances/services

2010-09-23 Thread Roger Wright
I've used Google's Postini mail filtering service very successfully in two environments. I found it cumbersome to setup initially but very effective and hands-off once configured. Users receive daily quarantine summaries and can easily tweak their individual approved/blocked lists. I selected

RE: Spam appliances/services

2010-09-23 Thread Terry Dickson
A year ago I would have recommended the Ironmail Product. I still love ours, but since it was purchased by McAfee I am less hesitant to recommend it. The customer service with McAfee, well I guess I really don't need to say any more. If I had to purchase it now, I am not sure I would. The

RE: Spam appliances/services

2010-09-23 Thread Damien Solodow
We had Barracuda and moved to Brightmail a while back. I know, it has the shame of Symantec about it but it's an awesome product anyway. DAMIEN SOLODOW Systems Engineer 317.447.6033 (office) 317.217.6851 (fax) HARRISON COLLEGE From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com] Sent:

RE: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread John Aldrich
To answer your questions in order: 1) Failover capability would be very good to have. I need a minimum of two controllers so that if one fails, at least we can run on the other until we fix the first. That could also be handled by a dual-controller head unit. So that brings single-node with dumb

Re: Spam appliances/services

2010-09-23 Thread Jeff Steward
In fairness to the list sponsor, the do have an appliance that doesn't require you to run Exchange: http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/Ninja-Blade/ -Jeff Steward On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Tom Miller tmil...@hnncsb.org wrote: Folks, I'm in the market to replace my current spam

RE: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
John - I do not believe that we can help you significantly with this question. In the end, it really doesn't matter what any of us think, because our environments are all different and unique. What works well and may be appropriate for any of us, may be a horrible fit for you and cause you

RE: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
L4 Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.comBLOCKED::mailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.com www.eaglemds.comBLOCKED::http://www.eaglemds.com/ From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent:

RE: Spam appliances/services

2010-09-23 Thread John Aldrich
Our mail is being filtered by our ISP using a RedCondor appliance. Barracuda wasn't doing so hot for us. We were seeing a lot of stuff get through, so they switched us over to their RedCondor. Unfortunately there was an issue with delivering email to their mail server directly from the RedCondor,

RE: OT : favorite Android Apps

2010-09-23 Thread Rod Trent
Oh yeah. There's one you can set to a schedule, too. Set the schedule, set your phone down in the midst of a group of women, and step back and watch. From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 10:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT :

Re: Spam appliances/services

2010-09-23 Thread Richard Stovall
Barracuda works well. We don't use the per-user quarantine, but it is available. They now offer a VMware VM in addition to hardware solutions (see http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/products/vm_overview.php). One thing I've always like about Barracuda is that you can demo the products for a

RE: Spam appliances/services

2010-09-23 Thread Phillip Partipilo
Currently everybody but myself here has their email being filtered by a hosted antispam service at onlymyemail.com. We've been using them for several years now. Spam has dropped to literally zero. False positives are very few and far between. You get a daily email with what has been

RE: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread N Parr
You can buy two PS4000 EQ's for 30k. Dell was selling a complete virtualization package last week with two 810 servers, PS4000 SAN, Two Powerconnect 5424 switches, and your choice of vSphere 4 or Windows 2008R2 with Hyper-V for 26k. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich

Re: Spam appliances/services

2010-09-23 Thread Graeme Carstairs
+10 for the Barracuda. 90% of our SPAM is blocked by reputation services, and doesnt even get to the appliance so not using bandwidth. Out the box it just works, and with a little tweaking you may never see SPAM again. The only time I personally see spam is when I decide to check the message

Handling AD Direct Reports

2010-09-23 Thread John Hornbuckle
We have a principal who has transferred to a different position at another school. In Active Directory, a number of people have him listed as their manager in the Organization tab. I would like to transfer all of his direct reports to the new principal at the school. Is there an easy way to

RE: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread greg.sweers
I agree with everyone else, identify your drivers (Needs) and then evaluate those needs. It's a harder process than it sounds, but essential when operating at this level of cost. Since you have not done that, and you obviously need something. I would go with the synology, several models, lots

RE: Spam appliances/services

2010-09-23 Thread N Parr
+1 on the Barracuda, been using one for 4-5 years now. Using global policy and once I had the spam and ham trained it was set and forget. From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:jholmg...@xlhealth.com] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 9:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: Handling AD Direct Reports

2010-09-23 Thread Brian Desmond
You'd need to script it - there's no graphical way to do this as a one-off. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 10:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Handling AD

RE: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread John Aldrich
I have not measured our file I/O, I don't even know how to do that. If you can point me towards some tools I'll do so. Current storage on our two servers is about 1/2 terabyte each, with about half that full. Currently our only backup is to mirror the two servers (domain controllers, etc.) I do

RE: Handling AD Direct Reports

2010-09-23 Thread John Hornbuckle
Well, that's no good. I suck at scripting. :) From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 11:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Handling AD Direct Reports You'd need to script it - there's no graphical way to do this as a one-off. Thanks,

Re: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread Jonathan Link
+1 Going back to a previous comment of mine in another thread you started. Have you messed with OpenFiler, yet? You'll learn a lot. Also, based on your pretty low requirements, have you looked at the DroboElite? If it had been available when I started looking, I very well could've gone in this

RE: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread John Aldrich
Jonathan, thank you for your *serious* reply. I see your point. I will try to sit down with various engineers, even if it's only over the phone, to talk with them and find out what their products are all about and why they would be better than some other competitor. :-) -Original

Re: Handling AD Direct Reports

2010-09-23 Thread KenM
with the AD cmdlets you can do something like this, again not tested so syntax maybe incorrect. First user is the old principal and senond would be the new one there ane may ways to do this and this is just one quick one. get-aduser USERNAME -properties directreports | %{set-aduser $_ -manager

Re: Handling AD Direct Reports

2010-09-23 Thread KenM
looking at that agian that is incorrect it should be this (get-aduser USERNAME -properties directreports).directreports | %{set-aduser $_ -manager (get-aduser USERNAME)} On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:21 AM, KenM kenmli...@gmail.com wrote: with the AD cmdlets you can do something like this,

Re: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread Jonathan Link
These aren't my questions, per se, so much as they need to be YOUR questions. Jeff Steward also gave you a long list of questions, and you attempted to answer them. Here's the thing, this list is not a substitute for the work you need to do yourself. You need to identify your needs, you need to

RE: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

2010-09-23 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Root cause analysis is essential, even after the quick fix. -sc From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 9:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

RE: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread RichardMcClary
When examining bells and whistles, and since you are intending to move user files to the unit... Be sure to get one which offers data de-duplication. That can cut storage needs considerably! (NYC HQ has it; we lust for it!) Be sure you understand how each choice handles snap-shotting.

RE: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread John Aldrich
Nope, haven't looked at Drobo Elite yet. Some fellow local geeks suggested FreeNAS. I'm going to look into that as well. Thank you all. I will try to get better edjumakated about this stuff so I can ask more intelligent questions in the future. From: Jonathan Link

Speaking of Drobo ... (was: SAN question)

2010-09-23 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
Ok, so it SEEMS like a really cool device, but I honestly haven't looked at it seriously since the device first came out a couple of years ago. When I first looked at it, I was like, ok, now THAT's COOL. However, after thinking about it some, it just seemed like some black magic under the

RE: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread John Aldrich
Ok. Fair enough, Jonathan. I will attempt to find out from Google how to measure the file IOPS. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SAN question These aren't my questions, per se, so much as

RE: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread John Aldrich
Yeah... I really should have listened to the local consultant instead of listening to Dell, but I made the mistake of listening to Dell when they suggested getting a couple large servers to handle everything instead of a NAS box and a couple Pizza box servers to handle DC roles. Now I'm having to

RE: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
Not trying to be rude, John, but I would have to agree with the other Jonathan. It's not that we don't want to help, we really do, but everyone has to do some work on their own, and (at least on this subject), it does not APPEAR that you have done enough homework about this BROAD topic yet to

RE: Speaking of Drobo ... (was: SAN question)

2010-09-23 Thread N Parr
Pretty sure raid on the Drobo defined by the smallest drive in the array. So if you have 3 2TB drive and 1 1TB drive you will only get around 3TB of storage. From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 10:36

Re: Speaking of Drobo ... (was: SAN question)

2010-09-23 Thread S Powell
I use a drobo at home and we use one here at work, with plans on getting 2 DroboElites. love it. recovery... touch wood have not needed to yet. (please note the yet... everything fails) DROBO says that if the _unit_ dies, you can just take the disks from the failed unit, put them in a new

Re: Spam appliances/services

2010-09-23 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Tom Miller tmil...@hnncsb.org wrote: I'm in the market to replace my current spam filter. I can say this: Avoid MX Logic (now owned by McAfee (now owned by Intel)). -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Speaking of Drobo ... (was: SAN question)

2010-09-23 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
Ok, so lemme get this straight - you put in 7 TB of disk and only get 3 TB usable? Lovely. With traditional RAID, if you pulled the 1 TB drive out of that same equation, you'd have, u 4 TB... Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians Associates, PA

RE: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

2010-09-23 Thread Joseph Heaton
I remember my second IT job, I was hired as the Network Administrator for this small company. My boss, the CIO, was also one of the co-founders. Whenever something came up, as I'm headed to the server room, to start troubleshooting, I would find him there already, at the console, poking

Re: Speaking of Drobo ... (was: SAN question)

2010-09-23 Thread S Powell
http://www.drobo.com/resources/drobolator.php will help you figure it out Google.com  Learn it. Live it. Love it. On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 08:44, N Parr npar...@mortonind.com wrote: Pretty sure raid on the Drobo defined by the smallest drive in the array. So if you have 3 2TB drive and

RE: Spam appliances/services

2010-09-23 Thread Don Guyer
+1! Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday,

Re: Speaking of Drobo ... (was: SAN question)

2010-09-23 Thread Richard Stovall
It depends on the level of disk failure protection you choose. http://www.drobo.com/calculator/droboelite/index.php On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle jra...@eaglemds.com wrote: Ok, so lemme get this straight – you put in 7 TB of disk and only get 3 TB usable? Lovely.

RE: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

2010-09-23 Thread Don Guyer
I had a boss like that before. And then once I was driving, he'd stand there, breathing down my neck. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com

RE: Spam appliances/services

2010-09-23 Thread Brian Desmond
www.exchangedefender.comhttp://www.exchangedefender.com has a really good reputation in the SMB space and I have been really happy with them as a customer also. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Thursday,

Re: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

2010-09-23 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Maybe it wasn't his idea to hire you. Or, perhaps, he just needed someone to handle the tedious parts of the role. I worked for a micro-manager for a while who was otherwise a really cool person, and I was always happy when multiple problems arose simultaneously... *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile)

RE: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread John Aldrich
Thanks, Jonathan. I will attempt to do better due diligence in getting educated better about SAN options in general. I've met so many different resellers of various SANs, each of them pushing their own vendor that I'm really confused. What I really need to find is someone without an axe to grind

Re: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread Jeff Steward
In your environment of 100 users there is nothing *wrong* with having a DC serve dual duty as a file server and you may have gotten a bigger bang for your buck at the time. Performance Monitor is your friend - get a baseline for all of your servers - memory, cpu and disk metrics -- I'll leave the

Re: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread Jeff Steward
The classic method of doing this is to have a couple vendors come in and make their pitch. During each pitch you ask them why you shouldn't use the other guy. This way you get to hear about the dirty laundry the other guy doesn't want you to know about. Your job is deciphering spin from fact.

RE: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread John Cook
It's really no different than car shopping. You may only need a compact (DAS) to cover your immediate needs but a full size truck (SAN) may serve you better for future needs. As far as all the vendors go, they all assure their product is the best option in that segment and while some claim some

Re: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

2010-09-23 Thread Jeff Steward
You didn't happen to have a remote shutoff to some loudly screaming network device to prompt those simultaneous *issues* did you? grin -Jeff Steward On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe it wasn't his idea to hire you. Or, perhaps, he just needed

Re: Speaking of Drobo ... (was: SAN question)

2010-09-23 Thread Erik Goldoff
then why bother putting in the 1TB drive On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:44 AM, N Parr npar...@mortonind.com wrote: Pretty sure raid on the Drobo defined by the smallest drive in the array. So if you have 3 2TB drive and 1 1TB drive you will only get around 3TB of storage.

Virtualized Colo rent

2010-09-23 Thread greg.sweers
Anyone have recommendations on companies they are currently using to rent server virtualization, dedicated and shared hardware? Thx Greg Sweers CEO ACTS360.comhttp://www.acts360.com/ P.O. Box 1193 Brandon, FL 33509 813-657-0849 Office 813-758-6850 Cell 813-341-1270 Fax ~ Finally, powerful

Re: Virtualized Colo rent

2010-09-23 Thread Andrew S. Baker
I like JodoHost (personal) and RackSpace Any specific requirements? *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:17 PM, greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net wrote: Anyone have recommendations on companies

RE: Virtualized Colo rent

2010-09-23 Thread greg.sweers
Hosting 2003 Server with app and several XP workstations used for interfacing with the app itself on the server. Must be able to do VPN tunnel back to main office. Other than that its pretty vanilla. Not happy with current company. Local guys running out of a colo. Greg Sweers CEO

RE: Speaking of Drobo ... (was: SAN question)

2010-09-23 Thread Bob Hartung
We've been using a Drobo Elite for about 6 months. It has seven 2 TB WD drives in it with dual redundant disks yielding 8.36 TB of available storage. I use it for Acronis backup images. One of the drives failed about a week after we installed them. The Drobo alerted me which drive had failed

RE: Virtualized Colo rent

2010-09-23 Thread Michael B. Smith
I use Softlayer. I'm VERY happy with them. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 12:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

Re: OT : favorite Android Apps

2010-09-23 Thread Erik Goldoff
thanks for the input On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: I'll add the following: - MyBackup Pro (not free, but well worth it) - Advanced Task Manager (I like this better than Advanced Task Killer, since Google changed process killing under

Re: OT : favorite Android Apps

2010-09-23 Thread Erik Goldoff
h, an app for what I could potentially do without technology ? grin On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Phillip Partipilo p...@psnet.com wrote: There are several fart soundboards. My nephew seems to think they are the best apps available. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions

RE: SAN question

2010-09-23 Thread Paul Hutchings
I still think the best thing you can do John is go buy a server. Get something entry level but half-decent, stick ESXi on it and just download and play with a shedload of storage virtual appliances. FreeNAS, OpenFilter, HP P4000 VSA, EMC Celerra to name but a few. I've actually just got back

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