I learnt the hard way, had 2 500Gb drive in raid 0 in my desktop. Bought a 1Tb drive to put into the esxi box to act as a file store and backup, had 75% of the stuff copied onto it when 1 of the 500's died. Some of the stuff that was lost was about 30Gb of the wife's photo's that she was working on, she still had the originals, but had lost the work she had done on them.
After that she bought a Mac and an external hard drive to backup to, but still getting her to backup is a nightmare and all she has to do is connect the external and the Mac does it automatically for her. Regards Tony Patton Desktop Operations Cavan Ext 8078 Direct Dial 049 435 2878 email: tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com From: "Steven M. Caesare" <scaes...@caesare.com> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Date: 04/09/2009 14:08 Subject: RE: SPAM Solution No pictures? Tax/financial records? Home video? A file server (even just using OS software RAID) is amazingly cheap to acquire. I've suffered multiple individual component failures in desktops and servers at home, but have never lost a lick of important data... including music. -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 4:11 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: SPAM Solution > > local drives, with no backup at the moment. I personally don't have a > lot to lose on my computer, but my wife would kill me if she lost her > music... I've been thinking about Mozy, or something like that, but > haven't gotten around to it. My machines at home are home-built, and > the newest is about 2-3 years old now. About all we do on them, > really, is listen to music, and play MMOs... > > If a computer crashed, I'd have to build from scratch. > > >>> "Steven M. Caesare" <scaes...@caesare.com> 9/3/2009 10:15 AM >>> > What do you do for file storage? Local C: drives and backups? If so, to > what? > > -sc > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] > > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 12:16 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: SPAM Solution > > > > I have a computer room, with 3 desktops connecting through a router > to > > my cable modem. My daughter connects from her room, through wireless > > to the same router. That's as complicated as I get at home, unless I > > fire up my Ubuntu box, which I'm using for learning purposes, but > even > > then, I unplug the third computer to do that. > > > > Unfortunately, that room is the hottest room in the house to begin > > with, doesn't get the same flow through the AC duct as the rest of > the > > house, so my cooling bill is pretty outrageous in the summer. > > > > That's not saying that I wouldn't like to do some other stuff, like > > poke around with virtualization, etc., but I don't have the budget to > > go out and buy hardware for it, and don't really have space for it > > either. > > > > >>> "Steven M. Caesare" <scaes...@caesare.com> 9/3/2009 8:00 AM >>> > > Meh... I had ESXi running at home before we decided to go in on the > > business. > > > > At a cost of "free", and with the flexibility you get, I don't see > why > > you would NOT do it on a home net, unless you had some specific > > hardware > > you needed that ESXi choked on. > > > > And the home net _IS_ for play/non-work use. Music streaming, photo > > library, home movie streaming, interweb access, IP phone service, > > online > > Netflix/dish network, Exchange server, hobby mailing list servers, > > etc... > > > > Doesn't just about everybody have a home net these days? I'd only > > expect > > the nerds like us here to actually run a domain and have an IIS > server, > > but we're also the audience that would likely then benefit from > having > > a > > virtual infrastructure too... > > > > Last time I needed to move a server to a newer hardware platform it > was > > just a file copy.... mmmm.... > > > > -sc > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] > > > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 10:49 AM > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > > Subject: RE: SPAM Solution > > > > > > Key words for you Steven, were "business startup". When I'm at > home, > > > work is the farthest from my mind, if at all possible. I play at > > home, > > > work at work... > > > > > > >>> "Steven M. Caesare" <scaes...@caesare.com> 9/3/2009 7:32 AM >>> > > > Really? > > > > > > I have four ESXi hosts, one pair handling my home network, and > > another > > > pair handling the production, dev, and test VM's, along with VPN > and > > > SharePoint servers for a business startup I'm involved with. > > > > > > I'd bet lotsa' folks here have ESXi at home... > > > > > > -sc > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] > > > > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 10:25 AM > > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > > > Subject: Re: SPAM Solution > > > > > > > > You, sir, have just gone to the top of the geek list, for having > > ESXi > > > > and VMs installed at home... > > > > > > > > >>> tony patton <tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com> 9/3/2009 12:21 > AM > > > >>> > > > > +1 for untangle, i have it running in a vm on esxi at home, > really > > > like > > > > it > > > > and pretty easy to set up. > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > Tony Patton > > > > Desktop Operations Cavan > > > > Ext 8078 > > > > Direct Dial 049 435 2878 > > > > email: tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: > > > > Roger Wright <rhw...@gmail.com> > > > > To: > > > > "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > > > > Date: > > > > 03/09/2009 02:59 > > > > Subject: > > > > Re: SPAM Solution > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think Sunbelt's Ninja/VIPRE is a great choice for an in-house > > > > Exchange-based solution and should be in your short list of > > products > > > > for > > > > consideration. > > > > > > > > Another option for an "in the cloud" solution is Postini by > Google > > > > Message > > > > Security. Last fall I switched two networks to it at just > > > $3/user/year > > > > for inbound filtering. It's been nearly perfect but I don't know > > if > > > > they > > > > still offer that same minimal service at that price. > > > > > > > > You might want to check out UnTangle > > (http://www.untangle.com/home). > > > > It's > > > > not too difficult to install and will probably meet your client's > > > needs > > > > for the cost of a spare PC. > > > > > > > > > > > > Roger Wright > > > > ___ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Matt Plahtinsky > > > <cbusitl...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > I have a client that is really tight on money. I need to > implement > > a > > > > Anti-SPAM solution. In the past I have worked with 3 different > > > > products > > > > Barracuda, GFI, and xWall. My favorite by far is Barracuda b/c > of > > > the > > > > ability to easily sort through the logs to tighten the rules. 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