What do you do for file storage? Local C: drives and backups? If so, to what?
-sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 12:16 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: SPAM Solution > > I have a computer room, with 3 desktops connecting through a router to > my cable modem. My daughter connects from her room, through wireless > to the same router. That's as complicated as I get at home, unless I > fire up my Ubuntu box, which I'm using for learning purposes, but even > then, I unplug the third computer to do that. > > Unfortunately, that room is the hottest room in the house to begin > with, doesn't get the same flow through the AC duct as the rest of the > house, so my cooling bill is pretty outrageous in the summer. > > That's not saying that I wouldn't like to do some other stuff, like > poke around with virtualization, etc., but I don't have the budget to > go out and buy hardware for it, and don't really have space for it > either. > > >>> "Steven M. Caesare" <[email protected]> 9/3/2009 8:00 AM >>> > Meh... I had ESXi running at home before we decided to go in on the > business. > > At a cost of "free", and with the flexibility you get, I don't see why > you would NOT do it on a home net, unless you had some specific > hardware > you needed that ESXi choked on. > > And the home net _IS_ for play/non-work use. Music streaming, photo > library, home movie streaming, interweb access, IP phone service, > online > Netflix/dish network, Exchange server, hobby mailing list servers, > etc... > > Doesn't just about everybody have a home net these days? I'd only > expect > the nerds like us here to actually run a domain and have an IIS server, > but we're also the audience that would likely then benefit from having > a > virtual infrastructure too... > > Last time I needed to move a server to a newer hardware platform it was > just a file copy.... mmmm.... > > -sc > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 10:49 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: SPAM Solution > > > > Key words for you Steven, were "business startup". When I'm at home, > > work is the farthest from my mind, if at all possible. I play at > home, > > work at work... > > > > >>> "Steven M. Caesare" <[email protected]> 9/3/2009 7:32 AM >>> > > Really? > > > > I have four ESXi hosts, one pair handling my home network, and > another > > pair handling the production, dev, and test VM's, along with VPN and > > SharePoint servers for a business startup I'm involved with. > > > > I'd bet lotsa' folks here have ESXi at home... > > > > -sc > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 10:25 AM > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > > Subject: Re: SPAM Solution > > > > > > You, sir, have just gone to the top of the geek list, for having > ESXi > > > and VMs installed at home... > > > > > > >>> tony patton <[email protected]> 9/3/2009 12:21 AM > > >>> > > > +1 for untangle, i have it running in a vm on esxi at home, really > > like > > > it > > > and pretty easy to set up. > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Tony Patton > > > Desktop Operations Cavan > > > Ext 8078 > > > Direct Dial 049 435 2878 > > > email: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > From: > > > Roger Wright <[email protected]> > > > To: > > > "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > > > Date: > > > 03/09/2009 02:59 > > > Subject: > > > Re: SPAM Solution > > > > > > > > > > > > I think Sunbelt's Ninja/VIPRE is a great choice for an in-house > > > Exchange-based solution and should be in your short list of > products > > > for > > > consideration. > > > > > > Another option for an "in the cloud" solution is Postini by Google > > > Message > > > Security. Last fall I switched two networks to it at just > > $3/user/year > > > for inbound filtering. It's been nearly perfect but I don't know > if > > > they > > > still offer that same minimal service at that price. > > > > > > You might want to check out UnTangle > (http://www.untangle.com/home). > > > It's > > > not too difficult to install and will probably meet your client's > > needs > > > for the cost of a spare PC. > > > > > > > > > Roger Wright > > > ___ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Matt Plahtinsky > > <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > I have a client that is really tight on money. I need to implement > a > > > Anti-SPAM solution. In the past I have worked with 3 different > > > products > > > Barracuda, GFI, and xWall. My favorite by far is Barracuda b/c of > > the > > > ability to easily sort through the logs to tighten the rules. 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