No pictures? Tax/financial records? Home video? A file server (even just using OS software RAID) is amazingly cheap to acquire.
I've suffered multiple individual component failures in desktops and servers at home, but have never lost a lick of important data... including music. -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 4:11 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: SPAM Solution > > local drives, with no backup at the moment. I personally don't have a > lot to lose on my computer, but my wife would kill me if she lost her > music... I've been thinking about Mozy, or something like that, but > haven't gotten around to it. My machines at home are home-built, and > the newest is about 2-3 years old now. About all we do on them, > really, is listen to music, and play MMOs... > > If a computer crashed, I'd have to build from scratch. > > >>> "Steven M. Caesare" <[email protected]> 9/3/2009 10:15 AM >>> > 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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