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Comment on When building a starship… by Adrian Scott

Adrian Scott — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:44:57 +0000

I have a sense that the Cylons are using open-source too ;)

Comment on Deleted File Recovery by justin

justin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:45:27 +0000

Did you ever know that you’re my hero? That is a seriously awesome save there!!

Comment on Finding a good storage solution by John

John — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:54:10 +0000

Honestly, what worries me most about ZFS at this point is that it is now owned by Oracle :-).

I haven’t had any problems with my file server, so I’ve had no reason to reinvestigate the world of Drobo. I think they have a good product for certain use cases. Unfortunately, it didn’t meet my needs.

Home storage solutions haven’t changed much recently, so if I did it all again today, I’d probably end up with something very similar.

Comment on Finding a good storage solution by Steven H

Steven H — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:13:01 +0000

Sounds like you have the same goals I have in mind currently (and the last few months). I’ve outgrown Time Machine external storage drives and need to expand. Have you considered Drobo’s recent developments (FireWire 800 / Drobo S / iSCSI / Drobo Elite?) Would you recommend still running your own server with ZFS or do you think Drobo is worth another look at this point?

Also, I just noticed that you’re a RackSpace Cloud Files guy – I <3 your work. Do what you can to get me cname support for my CDN files eh? :)

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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:26:46 +0000

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Comment on A little puzzle by clay

clay — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:19:16 +0000

The fishing one is easy. You only keep 10 fish in the pot at all times – as you catch another you throw out the smallest. (If the warden counts 11 fish in the boat as disqualify, you may only be able to hold onto 9 at a time)

I actually would expect acceptance slots to filled in the same manor. Each time you want to add a new candidate beyond the limit of available seats – you have to decide who you’re going to toss out.

I’m unclear on the boxes problem. Do you (when offering me a box) know before hand the amount of money in it? Or it’s a surprise to us both after I choose to pass? If I don’t know the amount of the money in the box until after I choose – how could I possibly strategize? Can I shake them like a Christmas gift? ;)

Comment on Network shares by Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:04:28 +0000

Why not install OpenDS or OpenLDAP in a Solaris Zone? It’s pretty straightforward and as I recall with my Mac it is pretty easy to configure the Mac to use the OpenLDAP/OpenDS server for authentication.

Comment on Finding a good storage solution by John

John — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:06:52 +0000

@.45 These sound like good suggestions. The symptoms you describe sound similar to what happened to me with my Drobo. These are good things to keep in mind for anyone using external attached storage.

Comment on Finding a good storage solution by .45

.45 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:52:12 +0000

Forgot to mention:

Don’t use a sparsebundle for Time Machine. The Drobo can be partitioned using Disk Utility to limit the size of the TM volume in a natural file structure. I created one firm partition for TM, and the remaining partition is available (and expandable) to the Drobo.