Comments for isnerd.net http://isnerd.net Systems Administration, IT Management Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:56:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on Linux Server Survives Total RAID Failure by person435 http://isnerd.net/2007/11/07/linux-server-survives-total-raid-failure/#comment-273 person435 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:34:00 +0000 http://isnerd.net/2007/11/07/linux-server-survives-total-raid-failure/#comment-273 I dont know if you were the "owner" of the lab, but shouldn't you make sure you have redundancies? I mean I bet you had a box full of replacement drives in the event that one died or several. I think keeping stock is important and having replacement raid controllers is sysadmin 101. Good job at fixing the problem.. But a bad job on who ever was responsible for keeping operation critical components in stock. I dont know if you were the “owner” of the lab, but shouldn’t you make sure you have redundancies? I mean I bet you had a box full of replacement drives in the event that one died or several. I think keeping stock is important and having replacement raid controllers is sysadmin 101. Good job at fixing the problem.. But a bad job on who ever was responsible for keeping operation critical components in stock.

]]> Comment on Linux Server Survives Total RAID Failure by James Hicks http://isnerd.net/2007/11/07/linux-server-survives-total-raid-failure/#comment-272 James Hicks Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:21:14 +0000 http://isnerd.net/2007/11/07/linux-server-survives-total-raid-failure/#comment-272 Hey person435. Replace the raid controller fast? Sure, if you have one spare. If not, enjoy that two week supplier delay, or at best the hours waiting for your support to turn up with a spare - assuming they've the brains to bring one. Nothing is faster than continuing with a broken part. Nowadays where I work we have many clusters... at the time this article is written about, the site I worked at had very few services clustered. Hey person435.

Replace the raid controller fast? Sure, if you have one spare. If not, enjoy that two week supplier delay, or at best the hours waiting for your support to turn up with a spare - assuming they’ve the brains to bring one.

Nothing is faster than continuing with a broken part.

Nowadays where I work we have many clusters… at the time this article is written about, the site I worked at had very few services clustered.

]]> Comment on Linux Server Survives Total RAID Failure by person435 http://isnerd.net/2007/11/07/linux-server-survives-total-raid-failure/#comment-271 person435 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:44:25 +0000 http://isnerd.net/2007/11/07/linux-server-survives-total-raid-failure/#comment-271 mmmm.... why not just replace the raid controller? that would have been the fastest... also. you make this sound very dramatic when its really one of the smallest problems you can run into, and dont you have a cluster of servers, in the even that one goes down the others can take up the slack... mmmm…. why not just replace the raid controller? that would have been the fastest… also. you make this sound very dramatic when its really one of the smallest problems you can run into, and dont you have a cluster of servers, in the even that one goes down the others can take up the slack…

]]> Comment on So you want to be a Systems Administrator? Part 2 by Clarkson http://isnerd.net/2007/10/28/so-you-want-to-be-a-systems-administrator-part-2/#comment-270 Clarkson Mon, 18 May 2009 07:22:57 +0000 http://isnerd.net/2007/10/28/so-you-want-to-be-a-systems-administrator-part-2/#comment-270 JamesJ: retired, old guy with the same old tired crap about degrees. I'm doing just fine without ANY post secondary schooling, I work for myself. No idiot bosses with degrees and their bloated sense of importance. Anything else? JamesJ: retired, old guy with the same old tired crap about degrees. I’m doing just fine without ANY post secondary schooling, I work for myself. No idiot bosses with degrees and their bloated sense of importance. Anything else?

]]> Comment on 3Ware 24 Disk 600MB/sec RAID6: An affordable mini-SAN? by James Hicks http://isnerd.net/2007/11/01/3ware-24-disk-600mbsec-raid6-an-affordable-mini-san/#comment-268 James Hicks Sun, 03 May 2009 06:43:09 +0000 http://isnerd.net/2007/11/01/3ware-24-disk-600mbsec-raid6-an-affordable-mini-san/#comment-268 Just go to the 3Ware site and find a local distributor. Regarding tests: I haven't got hold of recent 3Ware equipment but their earlier 9xxx series worked precisely as advertised; I personally benchmarked them two companies ago. cheers, James Just go to the 3Ware site and find a local distributor.

Regarding tests: I haven’t got hold of recent 3Ware equipment but their earlier 9xxx series worked precisely as advertised; I personally benchmarked them two companies ago.

cheers,
James

]]> Comment on 3Ware 24 Disk 600MB/sec RAID6: An affordable mini-SAN? by Naim http://isnerd.net/2007/11/01/3ware-24-disk-600mbsec-raid6-an-affordable-mini-san/#comment-267 Naim Sun, 03 May 2009 06:12:34 +0000 http://isnerd.net/2007/11/01/3ware-24-disk-600mbsec-raid6-an-affordable-mini-san/#comment-267 can i have the price of this device and the availability in MEA if not how can i have it? Thanks can i have the price of this device and the availability in MEA if not how can i have it?

Thanks

]]> Comment on So you want to be a Systems Administrator? Part 2 by JamesJ http://isnerd.net/2007/10/28/so-you-want-to-be-a-systems-administrator-part-2/#comment-266 JamesJ Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:55:42 +0000 http://isnerd.net/2007/10/28/so-you-want-to-be-a-systems-administrator-part-2/#comment-266 No, I am not going to quote any stats. I am retired and I too never attained any type of degree from a university. My last position was as director of special education for field technical representatives. But look around at today's trends and you will see "things ain't like they used to be". A kid today does not have the same set of circumstances that we had. Sorry, but if a youngster wants to climb the ladder he needs the degree. (I always buy Coke.) No, I am not going to quote any stats. I am retired and I too never attained any type of degree from a university. My last position was as director of special education for field technical representatives. But look around at today’s trends and you will see “things ain’t like they used to be”. A kid today does not have the same set of circumstances that we had. Sorry, but if a youngster wants to climb the ladder he needs the degree. (I always buy Coke.)

]]> Comment on So you want to be a Systems Administrator? Part 2 by James Hicks http://isnerd.net/2007/10/28/so-you-want-to-be-a-systems-administrator-part-2/#comment-265 James Hicks Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:18:14 +0000 http://isnerd.net/2007/10/28/so-you-want-to-be-a-systems-administrator-part-2/#comment-265 Interesting view JamesJ. Where I work, I am a manager now with 8 staff and I still don't have a degree. I am indeed working for someone else and they don't have one either. So while you may be able to point to some statistical trends, I'll take the pepsi challenge on your guarantee any day. ;) Interesting view JamesJ.

Where I work, I am a manager now with 8 staff and I still don’t have a degree.

I am indeed working for someone else and they don’t have one either. So while you may be able to point to some statistical trends, I’ll take the pepsi challenge on your guarantee any day. ;)

]]> Comment on So you want to be a Systems Administrator? Part 2 by JamesJ http://isnerd.net/2007/10/28/so-you-want-to-be-a-systems-administrator-part-2/#comment-264 JamesJ Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:25:00 +0000 http://isnerd.net/2007/10/28/so-you-want-to-be-a-systems-administrator-part-2/#comment-264 Let me say this about a degree. I absolutely guarantee you, if you don't have one you will be working for someone that does. He/she may not know 1/5 of what you know, but YOU WILL BE WORKING FOR THEM and when cutback times come, managers do not tend to lay themselves off. You go first. So get the degree. I don't care in what field, get the degree. Let me say this about a degree. I absolutely guarantee you, if you don’t have one you will be working for someone that does. He/she may not know 1/5 of what you know, but YOU WILL BE WORKING FOR THEM and when cutback times come, managers do not tend to lay themselves off. You go first. So get the degree. I don’t care in what field, get the degree.

]]> Comment on Faster Than Grep by S http://isnerd.net/2008/02/26/faster-than-grep/#comment-260 S Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:41:44 +0000 http://isnerd.net/2008/02/26/faster-than-grep/#comment-260 This sounds a lot like my job. We don't usually get data sets *that* big, but I'm not gonna bet against it, either. This sounds a lot like my job. We don’t usually get data sets *that* big, but I’m not gonna bet against it, either.

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