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get a cheap HP ML110 server with a few GB of RAM, load it up with disks. Get a bigger housing if the case is too small. Benefits: remote management (very basic ILO), server grade chipset/CPU if you get the Xeon specced model. I got one of these in a special offer and it runs my linux server very well. 1.6TB RAID 1 (mdraid), off the shelf disks, bought half a year apart so I don't get bitten by some bug that's in one firmware and not the other. Enough CPU/RAM/disk overhead to run the occasional test VMs. I absolutely love it. The power consumption is also quite modest at around 75W when idle. I know the NAS solutions eat half of that at most but they aren't as flexible and the Atoms in them get absolutely blown away by the performance of my quad Xeon.

I was totally lost on this as well. Although they expect Windows 8 (w8 for short, heh) to be installed on instant-on devices I guess, so shutting down isn't called for except for a hard boot with the power button. It's actually located in 2 places: Start > Settings > Power > Shut down/Restart OR Log off > enter login screen (slide up to activate, arrgh) > Power Icon > Shut down/Restart. Who thought of this as the epitome of usability for a regular PC should be tarred, feathered, skinned, quartered and shot. Or made to use it him/herself on a regular PC for an extended period of time.

You're forgetting someting: both Google and Facebook accept a certain percentage of that hardware to break, and leave it broken until the next maintenance window. They make up for it in numbers and handle the redundancy/high availability in software/OS. They also accept that common hardware is "good enough" and achieve performance through higher volumes. They are also big enough to have a custom server built (design PCB, test, build etc.). Most companies aren't big enough to justify a complete custom design. Even the article only gives 3 examples (Google, Facebook & MS). In a traditional server model you want ultimate performance (which is what a server chipset gives you) and high MTBF and a high service level (i.e. 4hr response time with parts on site). That's what HP, Dell & IBM are selling and asking a premium for.

hmmm lemme see, mine are people I admire from the past (1 exception).

• tesla
• davinci
• einstein
• michelangelo
• dante
• nostradamus
• butler (break from the norm, it was my internal do it all server - file, print, p2p, itunes etc. that is why it was called butler)
• galileo

03:14:08 UTC on Tuesday, 19 January 2038 of course

Pair this with a prima donna attitude and a wish list of must-haves which would shame a senior on landing their first job and you've got the current situation in the Netherlands. Starters expect things to be perfect or just the way they want from the day they leave school (or buy their first house). They don't expect to work hard to earn things like that.

And if you read the license carefully you are entitled to 2 free support calls, after that you're billed € 250 excl. VAT per case just like the rest. That was the quote about 8 years ago, I don't think it has been lowered in the meantime. Of course this is only valid if you bought a full license.

Promotion Or Job Change: Which Is the Best Way To Advance In IT? Posted by Roblimo on Wednesday April 20, @11:10AM Promotion Or Job Change: Which Is the Best Way To Advance In IT? Posted by Roblimo on Wednesday April 20, @11:07AM Does Roblimo have the same memory span as a goldfish?

This would be the main reason this would fail. BitTorrent ports are closed at most corporate firewalls, and I don't see them opening up another set of ports. Plus usually they mirror packages/updates internally, so 1 download only... why not this download from the 1 "trusted" source (the vendor, as far as you can trust them).

It's very sad if the quality of your days is dependent on TV programming.

The servers where I work have had the following issues: - backplane connector (blade system) - very rare which is why HP didn't believe me at first - HBA/Fibre channel adapter - around 6 - HDD (10K or 15K SAS) - 2 - mainboard/systemboard - 4 - CPU - 1 that's all in the last 3 years on about 500 systems at home: - mainboard - 2, I'm never buying Asus again - memory - 1 - HDD - 1 died after about 12 years of service - complete system: I set the PSU switch from 220V to 110V. I've never seen a 486DX2 boot so fast. Until the magic puff of smoke came out of the back :-/ I got everything replaced in warranty though.

uhm no... it says BATMAAAAN!!!

Firefox should already be compliant (from what I've heard). It will pop up a warning if the known cert is different from a new one (if someone hijacked the domain). The key of course is: how do you guarantee that the original key is correct? by sending it through other means (USB key, mail etc.) and have the user install the cert manually.