Hi,
My ageing desktop system is due for a replacement. It's single core processor,
2 Gig of RAM and old AGP graphics just don't hack it any more for photo work
and it's tiny 120 Gig hard disk is almost always full. So I'm looking at a
modern processor, 16 Gig RAM box, with modern graphics.
Hello, I am working with an employer that is looking to hire a permanent Linux
system administrator with an automation and scripting mindset as well as
exposure to MySQL (the very minimum; replication) for a position in Singapore.
Relocation assistance could also be offered. Should any list
Hi Adam,
On 27 September 2013 08:58, Dr A. J. Trickett adam.trick...@iredale.net wrote:
The bulk files will probably be VM disk images (multi GB), photos (many-many
multi MB), some video files (iPlayer and DVB recordings), ISO files (not that
many but some). Most of these will be written once
Al just out of curiosity what kind of back up or redundancy do you have in
place? Need to get a few ideas myself.
Cheers
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On 27 Sep 2013, at 09:41, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote:
Hi Adam,
On 27 September 2013 08:58, Dr A. J. Trickett adam.trick...@iredale.net
wrote:
Hi Ally,
On 27 September 2013 09:49, Ally Biggs bluechr...@hotmail.co.uk wrote:
Al just out of curiosity what kind of back up or redundancy do you have in
place? Need to get a few ideas myself.
I have an HP Microserver with 12x2TB disks (4 internal, 8 external in
an external array) which
Hi Adam,
If it were me doing this, which of course it isn't, I'd likely make the
old machine into NAS for bulk storage using perhaps a couple of xTB
discs in a mirrored raid, and have just one flash or the desktop itself.
The old machine should be plenty good enough for that, probably even
with
On Friday 27 Sep 2013, Ally Biggs wrote:
Al just out of curiosity what kind of back up or redundancy do you have in
place? Need to get a few ideas myself.
I use rsnapshot onto another machine, which is running on a raid/mirror pair.
Things that are really important are also rnapshotted to an
On Friday 27 Sep 2013, Gordon Scott wrote:
Hi Adam,
If it were me doing this, which of course it isn't, I'd likely make the
old machine into NAS for bulk storage using perhaps a couple of xTB
discs in a mirrored raid, and have just one flash or the desktop itself.
The old machine should be
On 27 September 2013 10:01, Gordon Scott gor...@gscott.co.uk wrote:
Flash drives aren't _necessarily_ either faster or more reliable than
spinning rust.
I suspect when Adam said Flash he meant SSD.
Which are almost always faster than spinning rust. Unless you have a
really expensive rusty
On 27/09/2013 09:29, Alan Pope wrote:
I suspect when Adam said Flash he meant SSD.
I'm sure he did.
Which are almost always faster than spinning rust. Unless you have a
really expensive rusty drive or a really cheap and terrible SSD.
Indeed. You're right though in guessing that in my mind
On 2013-09-27 08:58, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote:
Given the amount of RAM on the system I was also planning on no swap
partition
and if I need swap (which I doubt) I'd use a large swap file.
There's an argument that swap is always useful on a PC, regardless of
how much
RAM you have. Linux will
Hi Gordon,
On 27 September 2013 14:05, Gordon Scott gor...@gscott.co.uk wrote:
On reliability, though, I've seen more than a few posts from people who've
had 'brand' SSD drives replaced several times in startlingly quick
succession because they've failed yet again. I'm not sure why that
I think the only way to get an unbiased answer is to somehow compare MTBF
and AFR between HDD and SDD.
You then take into account environmental conditions and see which best suit.
For example, a Laptop is more likely to get a shock, so a SSD is better
than a HDD as it is more resistant to shock.
Hi all,
I'm relatively inexperienced with Linux, and I'm writing to hopefully get
some input on a Linux scenario I have.
At work we're putting up a flat screen TV in our reception area to display
info to clients. My first instinct was to hook it up to a Linux box. The
goal is to have the left
Hi James,
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 09:07:23AM +0100, jamesbto...@hushmail.com wrote:
Hello, I am working with an employer that is looking to hire a permanent
Linux system administrator..
How quickly the years fly by. It seems you learnt nothing
since 2009 when you decided to repetitively post
Hi Adam,
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 08:58:10AM +0100, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote:
I've pretty much decided to get a flash drive as the root file system, my
preferred bidder are currently building with Intel 335 drives. I'm not sure
exactly what combination and mix to go for.
I don't think the
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