Comment Different networks (Score 5, Insightful) 90
We keep the management network and the production network on separate physical networks. So if you get into a box, you still can't IPMI to any other box.
Also, this is not hacking, it's by design.
Comment Re:What's the useful limit? (Score 1) 293
I've noticed that when friends get faster internet access (100/10 or even 100/100) they tend to download less and less, and just stream the shows/movies they want to watch. For them loads of storage is not really necessary.
Of course you still have the odd one who wants to download everything in 1080p x/h264 rips at 8-20 GB a piece.
So, for people with slower speeds I can see they'd want to have more storage, as streaming is not an option. (no one rents discs anymore, there's a reason the shops are closing)
Also, for the technical side, how do you back up 10TB (or more)? I suppose it would be necessary to have 2 HDDs in RAID1 with ZFS on top or something, to prevent the effects bit rot etc.
Comment Re:I can't remember my husband's passwords (Score -1, Redundant) 533
How are you doin' ?
Comment Re:Dual core for servers? (Score 1) 207
That'd be perfect. 6x 3TB in RAID6 on that baby... 12TB in a small box!
Comment Re:Or even (Score 1) 312
Wow it looks almost exactly like Google Plus
Comment Re:Please just die (Score 1) 201
I'll bite. BF3 is not a competitor to MW4. It's a completely different game. MW4 seems like Quake the way it's played online. BF3 seems like... Battlefield. No other game has that feeling.
There's some magical feeling in BF3 like you're actually in a _war_, when you bring your entire team (32 or 64 players) rushing towards the enemy with tanks, helicopters, jeeps, snipers, infantry etc. MW4 (which I haven't played yet, I did play all the previous releases though) seems more like a console oriented death match clone.
Comment Re:OCZ (Score 1) 128
The problems with the Sandforce controller has been fixed. But yeah OCZ were in the SSD game early and had a few flaky firmwares in the wild. All is good now though.
Comment Re:Japanese company (Score 4, Interesting) 582
Isn't that more of the Japanese culture showing through (extreme respectfor elders) rather than companies not hiring "old people"?
Comment Re:Next up: making it STOP raining! (Score 0) 139
Indeed! But don't call me Shirley.
Comment Re:Whatever gets me the best FPS (Score 1) 65
I'm not so interested in the FPS, but rather filesystem performance between different kernel versions and possible regressions (in any benchmark) so I know what kernel versions to avoid.
Comment HTPC with storage (Score 1) 364
Atom/Ion based HTPC with 6 2TB HDDs in RAID5 with mdadm, for a total of 10TB usable storage. (lvm then ext4 on top of that)
Works super. OS on a 60GB SSD, Corsair F60. The SSD has a firmware bug (Sandforce chip) which makes it reset itself whenever it's issued a SMART command of some sort. No data loss so far!
Comment Encryption (Score 2, Insightful) 376
It doesn't matter if you can get hold of ALL of the data, if it's encrypted you're fucked. Nothing to see here, move along.
Sharks Seen Swimming Down Australian Streets 210
As if the flood waters weren't bad enough for the people of Queensland, it now appears that there are sharks swimming in the streets. Two bull sharks were spotted swimming past a McDonald’s in the city of Goodna, Butcher Steve Bateman saw another making its way past his shop on Williams street. Ipswich councillor for the Goodna region Paul Tully said: "It would have swam several kilometres in from the river, across Evan Marginson Park and the motorway. It’s definitely a first for Goodna, to have a shark in the main street."
John Carmack Not Enthused About Android Marketplace 163
An anonymous reader writes "During an in-depth and informative interview, Doom creator and id Software co-founder John Carmack opines on iOS game development, the economics of mobile development vs. console development, why mobile games lend themselves to more risk-taking and greater creativity, and finally, why he's not too keen on the Android Marketplace as a money-making machine. '...I'm honestly still a little scared of the support burden and the effort that it's going to take for our products, which are very graphics-intensive.'"
Google Launches Nexus S Phone In UK and US 202
siliconbits writes "Google has made its second bid for a slice of the mobile phone market, with the launch of its Nexus S phone. The Samsung-built device comes less than 12 months after the launch of the firm's Nexus One, built by HTC, which failed to win over many consumers. The Nexus S will initially be launched in the UK and US, and will be available 'from the end of the month'."
