Re: [Hampshire] Spinning rust

2012-07-19 Thread Dr A. J. Trickett
On Thursday 19 Jul 2012, you wrote: > I've been using these Hitachi Deskstar 1TB drives for over a year now in > mirrored configuration in three Netgear Stora NAS boxes (6 drives in total) > without a problem: > > http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?q=Hitachi+HDT721010SLA360&hl=en&sa > fe=off

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Citrix

2012-07-19 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 19 July 2012 09:20, Rob Malpass wrote: > Hi all > > > > For my own education please, I need someone to explain a potentially far > reaching decision made by our IT people at work > > > > At present, we're still stuck on Windows XP and MS Office 2003. The system > works quite well but is b

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Citrix

2012-07-19 Thread Rob Malpass
> -Original Message- > From: hampshire-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:hampshire- > boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Alan Pope > Sent: 19 July 2012 10:20 > To: hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Citrix > You've been asked to test something. Might be wo

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Citrix

2012-07-19 Thread Freaky Clown
as others have said try it you might just like it... as for "locked down desktop" LOL we at work have yet to see a well locked down citrix environment, infact it has become a bit of a joke contest to see who can "break out" of the citrix environment the fastest, i believe the current record is ~3

Re: [Hampshire] Spinning rust

2012-07-19 Thread Mike Dwerryhouse
Other than Novatech any other local firms to look at to buy disks from? depends on where you live and what you call local. I generally go to a small place in Waterlooville called 1st'n 2nd in the Brambles Business Park. I go there because I can walk there at lunchtime and talk to the guy.

Re: [Hampshire] Spinning rust

2012-07-19 Thread Steve
Afternoon, On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:33:55PM +0100, Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote: > ".a SATA drive in the 1 TB size that will last longer than 30 > seconds and costs less than a fortune? " > > I share your pain... > > Chris > As do I, I've been hanging around waiting for the prices to drop t

Re: [Hampshire] Spinning rust

2012-07-19 Thread Peter Andrijeczko
I've been using these Hitachi Deskstar 1TB drives for over a year now in mirrored configuration in three Netgear Stora NAS boxes (6 drives in total) without a problem: http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?q=Hitachi+HDT721010SLA360&hl=en&safe=off&prmd=imvns&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.o

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Citrix

2012-07-19 Thread hantslug
On Thursday 19 July 2012 10:46:48 Full Circle Podcast wrote: > a gentle reminder > about disability rights legislation around the coffee machine I assume you know (and apologise for mentioning it if you do) that the Disability Act 2000 has been superseded by the Equality Act 2010? Lisi -- Pleas

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Citrix

2012-07-19 Thread Full Circle Podcast
> For my own education please, I need someone to explain a potentially far > reaching decision made by our IT people at work > This will be a budgetary thing. Somebody expecting a magic wand to save lots of IT support money; server software licensing presumed cheaper than individual desktop l

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Citrix

2012-07-19 Thread Full Circle Podcast
Rob, * * *"The reason I ask is there's some specialist software for the visually impaired that I use which is never going to work over Citrix because it was never designed to do so. I have a nasty feeling that they're going to turn around and say my software can't be used - and that could have

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Citrix

2012-07-19 Thread Michael Pavling
On 19 July 2012 09:20, Rob Malpass wrote: > So what is Citrix and can anyone see why they may have set things up in this > way? What do your IT people say about why they have set things up this way? I presume there could be all sorts of reasons... and all sorts of pros and cons. Have you discuss

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Citrix

2012-07-19 Thread Leszek Kobiernicki 1
On 19/07/12 09:20, Rob Malpass wrote: > > Hi all > > > > For my own education please, I need someone to explain a potentially > far reaching decision made by our IT people at work > > > > ( snip ) So what is Citrix and can anyone see why they may have set > things up in this way? > > > >

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Citrix

2012-07-19 Thread Simon Reap
On 19/07/12 09:20, Rob Malpass wrote: I freely admit to knowing next to nothing about Citrix but I thought this was something akin to remotely controlling another PC - except that the PC you're remotely controlling was virtual - is this wrong? If I'm right, surely it means that all this wonde

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Citrix

2012-07-19 Thread Alan Pope
On 19/07/12 09:20, Rob Malpass wrote: I freely admit to knowing next to nothing about Citrix but I thought this was something akin to remotely controlling another PC - except that the PC you're remotely controlling was virtual - is this wrong? If I'm right, surely it means that all this wonderf

[Hampshire] [OT] Citrix

2012-07-19 Thread Rob Malpass
Hi all For my own education please, I need someone to explain a potentially far reaching decision made by our IT people at work At present, we're still stuck on Windows XP and MS Office 2003. The system works quite well but is beginning to struggle with the big datasets I have to hand