On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 01:51:35PM +0100, Alvin wrote:
>> Again, not trying to make excuse, and not sure I understand the
>> problem correctly, but that sounds like an overstatement. It seems
>> like the -virtual kernel flavor is missing some modules (including
>> those for NFS*v4*), but you could
Jordan Erickson wrote:
> Etienne Goyer wrote:
> *snip*
>>> Is LTSP not heavily dependant on NFS?
>> Yes, as the read-only root file system. Security is not critical in
>> this use-case.
>
> Actually, since Ubuntu 8.04 (or earlier?), The LTSP client filesystem
> uses NBD by default.
>
> http://en
Etienne Goyer wrote:
*snip*
>
>> Is LTSP not heavily dependant on NFS?
>
> Yes, as the read-only root file system. Security is not critical in
> this use-case.
Actually, since Ubuntu 8.04 (or earlier?), The LTSP client filesystem
uses NBD by default.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_block_
On Thu, 28 Jan 2010, Etienne Goyer wrote:
> Alvin wrote:
> > I know. It's still the most useful filesystem around, and we want to
> > use the best tools for the job. LVM is not as flexible as ZFS.
>
> The main objection I have against ZFS is that it does not have any
> recovery tool (or so I heard
Alvin wrote:
> I know. It's still the most useful filesystem around, and we want to
> use the best tools for the job. LVM is not as flexible as ZFS.
The main objection I have against ZFS is that it does not have any
recovery tool (or so I heard; correct me if I am wrong). As such, I
would not tru
On 28.01.2010 14:01, Alvin wrote:
> - The product has been proven to be reliable
> - Searches are a lot faster (last time I checked).
Well, I must admit that netatalk is one of most reliable services I have
ever seen on UNIX. To be honest, I find it strange that someone is using
anything else.
On Wednesday 27 January 2010 20:17:00 Joe McDonagh wrote:
> Alvin wrote:
> > A lot of questions in the annual user survey concern cloud computing. I
> > administer some small businesses and use Ubuntu in most of them. Maybe my
> > biggest client will one day use a personal cloud, and I applaud the
On Wednesday 27 January 2010 23:15:37 Dustin Kirkland wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Alvin wrote:
> ...
>
> > This is a real-life scenario. Is it common? I don't know. It's not free
> > of struggles as you can see. So, this is a plea for quality. Cloud
> > Computing might be very impor
On Thursday 28 January 2010 09:31:00 Etienne Goyer wrote:
> > Alvin wrote:
> >> Why not Ubuntu?
> >> - ZFS (does not need much explanation)
>
> Not looking to make excuse, but just so you know, ZFS on Linux is
> unlikely to happen due to licensing issue:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z
On Thursday 28 January 2010 11:58:31 Etienne Goyer wrote:
> Ante Karamatić wrote:
> > On 15.12.2009 13:40, Alvin wrote:
> >>- Helios, A commercial application to provide file and print sharing
> >>for
> >>
> >> Macintosh.
> >
> > Is there something wrong with netatalk? It's an open source
Ante Karamatić wrote:
> On 15.12.2009 13:40, Alvin wrote:
>
>>- Helios, A commercial application to provide file and print sharing for
>> Macintosh.
>
> Is there something wrong with netatalk? It's an open source application
> that provides file and print sharing. For OSX, AFP is deprecated
On 15.12.2009 13:40, Alvin wrote:
>- Helios, A commercial application to provide file and print sharing for
> Macintosh.
Is there something wrong with netatalk? It's an open source application
that provides file and print sharing. For OSX, AFP is deprecated anyway
(and printing works much b
> Alvin wrote:
>> Why not Ubuntu?
>> - ZFS (does not need much explanation)
Not looking to make excuse, but just so you know, ZFS on Linux is
unlikely to happen due to licensing issue:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS#Linux
>> These run Jaunty because of the above bugs and because of
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Alvin wrote:
...
> This is a real-life scenario. Is it common? I don't know. It's not free of
> struggles as you can see. So, this is a plea for quality. Cloud Computing
> might be very important, but please don't lose sight of the little guys who
> just want some
Alvin wrote:
> A lot of questions in the annual user survey concern cloud computing. I
> administer some small businesses and use Ubuntu in most of them. Maybe my
> biggest client will one day use a personal cloud, and I applaud the efforts,
> but I can 't help but notice that other things are l
A lot of questions in the annual user survey concern cloud computing. I
administer some small businesses and use Ubuntu in most of them. Maybe my
biggest client will one day use a personal cloud, and I applaud the efforts,
but I can 't help but notice that other things are left in the cold.
The
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