Re: Hardware vs software raid

2011-10-20 Thread Nick Fox
I can tell you from experience running an open bravo server you will want all the hardware performance you can get. Go hardware raid. On Oct 20, 2011 12:49 PM, "Preston Hagar" wrote: > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Diego Xirinachs > wrote: > > Again, thanks all for the input, > > Michael, gr

Re: Backup : Adaptec AHA-2944UW / AIC-7884U SCSI adapter & HP Q1523A tape reader

2010-01-31 Thread Nick Fox
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 L.M.J wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new in SCSI adapter and backup stuff. For my SOHO needs, I want to > setup backup on tape. A friend gave > me 3 things to put in my regular x86 PC running Ubuntu Server 8.10 x86_64 / > 2.6.27-16 : >- a PCI SCSI Ad

Re: Interface bonding

2009-11-28 Thread Nick Fox
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am not sure I follow all of this, but here goes with my attempt: -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Use GnuPG with Firefox : http://getfiregpg.org (Version: 0.7.10) iEYEARECAAYFAksREFIACgkQopeNYDWxTNhdnACgqA5/G

Re: Virtualization

2009-09-03 Thread Nick Fox
There are several variables in this but here goes: KVM is a great community option which is widely supported and I would say is your best option if you plan on Ubuntu being the host operating system. Now that said VMware has several options, and is a very mature virtualization technology. Wiht VM

Re: Does anyone else think Ubuntu Server Online Training costs far too much?

2009-06-06 Thread Nick Fox
While the cost is allot, it is in line with the rest of the industry. Have a look at other specialized training similar to this. A few examples: Red Hat Cert. CISSP Boot Camps MCSE Boot Camps CCNA Boot Camps In retrospect to these training sessions and others like them, its a reasonable cost. -

Re: Your Distro is Insecure: Ubuntu

2009-04-14 Thread Nick Fox
I want to point out one thing related to this. It's actually a good thing for Ubuntu that so many people are crawling out of the woodwork trying to claim it's bad/insecure/, why? It means Ubuntu is gaining ground in the right direction, more people with less *nix experience are trying it out and

Ubuntu Unified Management Interface

2009-04-14 Thread Nick Fox
After talking about this idea with a few people it was suggested to post it to the mailing lists to get further input. I am looking for thoughts on having an underlying management interface with API hooks in Ubuntu. This management interface would allow for a common place for things like logs and h