Charles
-
Posts
668 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
2
Posts posted by Charles
-
-
That's what happens when someone asks a question, doesn't like the answer and is a douchebag about it.
An OS is an OS, FFS!
-
I've tried running 4+ VMs on a dual core system and it brings the VMs to a standstill practically. Host OS is bogged down, but still usable.
But yah, more RAM and a upgraded CPU would probably work wonders.
Sidenote: I am able to run one VM on my 1.66Ghz Atom netbook with 2GB of RAM. The VM has 512MB of RAM allocated and runs "ok" a bit sluggish since it's a single core Atom, but it runs (and I am surprised it runs).
-
Mine is this: ***************
Or at least that's how it shows up. Owait. :D
-
I want that server rack. o_O
-
Best bet would be to hook it up to another Windows box and go from there.
I had a similar problem with an internal drive (assloads of unreadable sectors, but some files were accessible) and I was able to get some of the data off of it by hooking it up to my Win7 machine as opposed to the machine it was on originally. XP wouldn't detect it at all.
-
Sounds like the partition structure is jacked up.
What happens when you try to boot Ubuntu?
-
Most of the time when i buy something from a store with a credit card, they don't ask me for ID unless it's a large purchase.
I still ask if they need to see my ID, just to mess with them. :P
Most of the time, the guys who ask for ID only check that the name on the ID matches the one on that card.
-
Whoops typo.
Shitty company with shitty IT infrastructure is shitty.
Keyloggers aren't a bad idea, but I doubt they'd bother. There isn't even any web filtering software running and most of the machines they are using as servers are 10 to 15 years old running outdated apps and OSes.
I'd love to have a seperate VLAN for hooking up laptops, but for the time being that won't happen. Most of the people who work there use laptops anyway, I think there are maybe 3 or 4 people who use desktops, the rest use laptops.
-
Yeah it's ridiculous, why even have different level machines? All the Level 4 permissions should be permissions the user has. Your whole IT structure needs to be overhauled.
Definitely needs an overhaul.
At the place I work I've got administrative access on the local machine and access to certain folders, but not administrative access on the domain. Granted, I'm not about to go poking around to see what I can access and what I cannot, even if we don't exactly have a "Computer Usage Policy." I prefer to keep my nose clean at work, since anything you do there can come bite you in the ass later. Their network, their rules and all that. :)
Granted of course I can access most of the development machines (gogo using the same shitty vnc password for all dev machines), but why bother.
I like my job and I am not about to start trouble there.
Of course, they "allow" or tolerate people bringing in netbooks and laptops so that kinda tells you what kind of "ship" they run.
-
If it's joined to the domain, all the IT people would need to do is reset that account's password and you are good.
If the data is encrypted with the windows domain password, you are pretty much boned. You'd need to have the IT dept reset the password for you.
@digip: Thought you had to know a restore mode password or sometime to recover encrypted files?
-
Thanks. Looks like MediaTomb will be one of the top choices.
-
I found a lot of stuff for Windows, but not much for a Linux NAS, unfortunately. I ordered the PS3, and if it doesn't work out, I can always return it. :)
-
Simple questions I guess. I'm thinking about buying a PS3 to replace my monster of an HTPC which I've got running Win Vista and using Windows Media Center.
Anyway, what I cannot seem to find out is if the PS3 can access media, ripped dvds in this case, from a regular SMB share.
Thanks. :)
-
DBAN + Restore original factory image (that you made before you booted up for the first time) = win.
-
Indeed.
I'd probably pick the Qnap, since it's not rack mount, but if I had a rack, I'd probably use the other one.
-
Looks like the Qnap has more features, but has a different form factor than the iOmega.
-
From what I have heard, they will hire sales people before computer people.
I've heard that as well. I think most big box stores do that. I know "Circuit City" did that when it was still in business.
I would rather fix my own stuff than let them touch it. The only exception to that is a laptop, but so far the one I've got hasn't had any problems and it still has 18 months left on the manufacture's warranty. (Of course as soon as I say that, it'll spontanously asplode)
-
True. I originally got the mobo for my server with the intention of using the fakeraid on the mobo, but that didn't exactly work out as I planned. It was too much work and hassle, so I just took the easy way out and got a decent controller and did it that way.
My original "server" was a Sempron 1.8GHz with 1GB of RAM running WinXP with 2 160GB drives and a 1.5TB external. Slow as all hell, that one was.
Now I've got a 4TB Array on my server running with 2 externals for daily backup and 2 externals for a monthly backup (which are disconnected and in a safe when not being used).
Definitely a better solution than having all your eggs in one basket (1 external drive with all yer data on it)
EDIT: For anyone who cares, this is the card I use.
-
Perfect Mobo here
Now I just need to find a decent 2 or 4 bay NAS case.
That's a pretty nice mobo. I'd love for it to have 8GB of RAM, but you really don't need that much memory for a NAS.
As for a case, you'd probably have to go with an ATX case, since I don't know of any regular ITX cases that'll handle 5 drives. I have a regular ATX HTPC case that is a bit large, but it can handle 6 drives in it, and it is a bit smaller than the tower I have as my main server.
So when would you consider running a raid add on card? In what scenario, I am just trying to get a clear picture of when to use it.Depends on what you want to do. I probably could have used mdadm, but I wanted the convenience of being able to configure it via web interface as well as not deal with mdadm itself.
That and I found a decent card that worked with Win/Mac/Linux and had linux drivers (even if I did have to compile them from source).
I was originally going to do software RAID, but I would have needed to purchase Windows Server 2008 to run it on and I didn't want to cough up the cash for that. I could have run HW raid but it would have needed Vista at the least, since XP (32-bit anyway) didn't support GPT partitions. Vista ran a bit heavy on a similar machine and I didn't want to deal with it, since I would be running the machine headless.
Server 2008 would have worked, but I didn't feel like spending 800+ dollars + $$$ for Antivirus since it is a server OS. Turned out that Linux was my best option, since it was free, and I could use a good AV for scanning the files.
The only real cost outside of the hardware was the time for me to learn Linux (I already knew a bit, but I hadn't messed with SSH or anything before). So far the only hiccup I have is that I have to rebuild the drivers from source after a kernel upgrade, but that's to be expected.
-
In that case, it would be easier and cheaper just to run software RAID.
-
Episode 7x17
in Hak5
The only remark I got about this segment is:Why are you actually running X on the system when this only drains resources?
You could use VirtualBox as a headless server (only applies to the closed-source version).
That way you can use more of the host machines resources for the virtual machines.
It is manageable from the WebUI and there should be no need for having X up and running.
For RDP the closed source version uses VRDP which let's you assign ports to different virtual machines so that they are all accessible from any RDP client. Again, this only applies to the closed source version.
It would probably be easier to manage from the console, since they've got the machine hooked up to the monitor and whatnot.
I've used VBox command line tools to do stuff on my headless server, but it's a royal pain in the ass compared to the GUI.
That's why I (now) forward X over SSH to configure VM using the VirtualBox GUI.
Actually I'd SSH from my Ubuntu netbook to my Kubuntu machine that host the Vbox. I don't know how to SSH to a Virtual Machine... i believe its the external ip of the host with the port of the VBox (:3389) :SYou can SSH to the machine and then tunnel RDP over SSH to connect to the VM. Bit of work, but def more secure. :)
-
The question is, for a cheap 2-6 disk NAS, based around a dual core Atom, would a proper RAID card (with cache) actually be worth it?
I would say no. The card would cost as much as the rest of the machine tbh. Minus the drives, of course, but that's a given.
Would you be running Server 2k8 regardless?
-
I guess I am lucky that I don't have any pr0n on my machines. Or go to GeekSquad for that matter (I wouldn't let them touch my machines with a 50 foot pole)
-
Episode 7x17
in Hak5
Are you using a linux or Windows OS to SSH into the box?
Why You Should Never Impersonate Another User.
in Everything Else
Posted
Malicious intent, of course.