@pauska OH, God, that guy. I really think his question should be stickied or something. Really, how often do you get to see a question about a 21 disk RAID5 array?
@pauska Well, to me that makes sense. If you're going to make an array that's guaranteed to fail, use cheap equipment. Don't put expensive, enterprise-grade drives in a failure-by-design array, obviously. =D
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@pauska My uncustomized resume is about 5 pages long and lists all sorts of shit. When I hand it to an employer it's one page, double sided, single spaced.
I have been given the task of changing our current file server's IP address. I haven't been in the company long, so don't know what exactly reads and writes to it yet.
Is there any way that I can tell if connections are being made to it by the IP address instead of the name?
@voretaq7 I love/hate the cable arms... When I have to slide a server out, love. When I have to mess with cabling, hate. The heat/ventilation issue isn't enough bother for me to care.
So there are a few things in play here. Model/make of rack? Photos?
Perhaps your rack isn't deep enough to accommodate everything... I'm assuming you're not using HP racks. APC, maybe? Either way, see if there's some flexibility in where you can place your vertical rails on the enclosure. If th...
" think you can get a feeling for the intended use of a particular piece of server equipment based on the mounting hardware/rails and robustness of the cable management. When my 1U DL360 systems started shipping with two pieces of velcro as the cable management, I realized that less emphasis was being placed on the ability to pull the server out of the rack while running."
I can remove the cables from the server when I have to un-rack it. And the heat issue was actually a serious problem at the ISP - we had racks that could only be half-filled because the trapped heat from a bunch of 1U servers was getting up over 100 degrees
if you use patch panels it's a BIT more complicated because you have to run the trunks up the side of the rack (instead of just sticking it at the bottom or top depending on where the trunks enter from)
proper cable lengths are the key if you don't do cabe arms though because you need to strap them tight (or do proper 4" loops to take up the slack, IBM Style)
@ewwhite @PeterGrace Actually that's another possible benefit (being able to get your hands in the back to connect keyboard/monitors), but I'm assuming you're using IPMI KVM or IP KVM (or that all your servers have a monitor port in the front too)
My mother baked a unicorn cake for my little cousin's birthday. I was not able to attend, but apparently she frosted it with chocolate frosting and my brother declared it looked like "a shit donkey"
(how my mother has not killed him yet I still don't know)
@ChrisS I am pro gun control - at least in the sense that if you're BATSHIT BRAND CRAZY you should not be allowed to purchase dangerous weapons, and if you can't wait a week you're either dangerous or incapable of planning (which are also bad signs for someone who wants to purchase dangerous weapons)
but I'm definitely not a "take away all the guns" person - that's a stupid overreaction on the order of "people die in car accidents, take away all the cars"
I've got a nice little Mossberg 16ga Pump that I use for skeet and trap... Love the 16ga as it's much gentiler on your shoulder than a 12ga, and has a decent sized load where the 20ga is getting a bit small.
I also feel that if you cannot exercise your right to bear arms responsibly you should have that right taken away (cf. the folks who hold mass gatherings with pistols strapped to their hips in open carry states to create a scene - that's not responsible)
Over here we overreacted to guns. If you have no criminal record then you can apply to a gun club. Be part of it for some time (e.g. a year). Then apply for a licence. wait for check. Buy the gun and store it in a locked steel locker at the gun club (NOT at home)
@voretaq7 I agree in a general sense... But if you're crazy and want to kill people, the fact that it's a little harder to get a gun probably isn't going to stop you.
@ChrisS agreed, but the fact that a bunch of other people have guns probably won't stop you either, and if they're not keeping their skills sharp it's going to endanger more people.
Hell I'm a pretty good shot with my 9mm, but there's no way I fancy myself a geeky John Wayne who's gonna pull out his pistol and save the day -- there's a huge difference between blasting holes in a target at the county shooting range and putting a hole in a person who's shooting back.
@Hennes that's my thing: If you need a gun RIGHT FREAKIN' NOW you don't need a gun: You need to learn to plan your hunting trips better, or go see a therapist and talk about why you want to shoot someone.
@Hennes I'm fine with reasonably short waiting periods like that... Especially since it gives the seller a chance to lookup a buyer's history... I wouldn't mind if the government made a easy to use consolidated website where you could punch in sufficient information about a person and get a "No criminal history found" or "Felony History Found!" response.
I've been to the shooting range... a few times. But as a Chicagoan (city person), I don't like guns... When I lived in rural Illinois, I saw the application and the gun culture and understood its place there. (I didn't mind there). So it's pretty clear why people would have a different mindset.
@MDMarra We're also primarily talking about different guns... When you say "gun" I first think of shotguns and rifled (like the ones I have). "City folk" likely think of hand guns first.
@MichaelHampton in most states you have to prove you're of age, but if that's obvious there are lots of places where you can just purchase a rifle/shotgun
@ChrisS eh, you can get a decent pistol for $500-700. Not cheap, but compared to a rifle, decent sight, etc. -- any time I price rifles I wind up over the $1000 mark :)
Your VPS's are hosted at QuadraNet/IPTelligent which is currently banned due to excessive blogspam. I e-mailed both providers and asked them to intercede, but they have ignored the request. The ips will remain banned until they've reported that they've taken corrective action.
So there are a few things in play here. Model/make of rack? Photos?
Perhaps your rack isn't deep enough to accommodate everything... I'm assuming you're not using HP racks. APC, maybe? Either way, see if there's some flexibility in where you can place your vertical rails on the enclosure. If th...
