ication the OP has thought about that. There's
> only "I
> know what I'm doing, trust me" type of statements. Still, it's not our
> problem. It's well meant but unwanted advice.
>
> > But, it doesn't pay to be thin-skinned or to take technical advi
Hi,
Les Mikesell wrote on 2013-03-15 10:47:34 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Per-PC
pools]:
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
>
> >> I for one can't imagine why he wouldn't come here with his problems. After
> >> all, he received su
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Stephen Joyce wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Les Mikesell
> wrote:
>>
>> But the experience here says that
>> changing complex code requires extensive testing before trusting it.
>> It isn't a matter of not imagining this use case - it is going beyond
Adam Goryachev wrote at about 02:45:51 +1100 on Saturday, March 16, 2013:
> PS, just for the record, I also think it's not the best path, custom
> versions of software always lead to pain (in my experience), so unless
> there is some major commercial advantage, then I steer clear. If it is
> re
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> But the experience here says that
> changing complex code requires extensive testing before trusting it.
> It isn't a matter of not imagining this use case - it is going beyond
> and imagining if something goes wrong, or if you had to take o
On 16/03/13 02:27, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
> On 2013-03-15 12:08, A Braxis wrote:
>> I for one can't imagine why he wouldn't come here with his problems. After
>> all, he received such a warm reception this time. ;-D
> I am also not happy with the snarky responses lately. "I don't understand
> why y
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
> On 2013-03-15 15:27, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
>> I am also not happy with the snarky responses lately.
I understand both points of view - while this is supposed to be the
"users" list, it has become the list for just about everything
backup
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
>> I for one can't imagine why he wouldn't come here with his problems. After
>> all, he received such a warm reception this time. ;-D
>
> I am also not happy with the snarky responses lately. "I don't understand
> why you are doing this, b
On 2013-03-15 15:27, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
> I am also not happy with the snarky responses lately. "I don't understand
> why you are doing this, but I'll judge you for it." "I didn't read your
> patch, but here's why it can't possibly work, or will set your head on
> fire, or will become a time bo
On 2013-03-15 12:08, A Braxis wrote:
> I for one can't imagine why he wouldn't come here with his problems. After
> all, he received such a warm reception this time. ;-D
I am also not happy with the snarky responses lately. "I don't understand
why you are doing this, but I'll judge you for it." "I
On Thu, 14 Mar 2013, Holger Parplies wrote:
> The OP can decide for himself, and I
> wish him the best of luck. I'm confident he won't come here with his
problems
> if he runs into any.
I for one can't imagine why he wouldn't come here with his problems. After
all, he received such a warm recepti
Hi,
backu...@kosowsky.org wrote on 2013-03-14 23:05:42 -0400 [Re: [BackupPC-users]
Per-PC pools]:
> [...]
> Beats me how this would work without also changing all the things
> referencing the location of the pc tree (remember the super sensitive
> OP specifically talked about us
Holger Parplies wrote at about 03:46:42 +0100 on Friday, March 15, 2013:
> Hi,
>
> Les Mikesell wrote on 2013-03-14 13:18:53 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Per-PC
> pools]:
> > I'm still somewhat curious about why you dismissed virtual machines,
> > which seem to
Stephen Joyce wrote at about 11:02:59 -0400 on Wednesday, March 13, 2013:
> I never said anything about "philosophy." Those are your words and
> "philosophical" arguments.
>
> Thank you for your input, but I've already considered your other
> suggestions.
My bad... you are right... you cited
Hi,
Les Mikesell wrote on 2013-03-14 13:18:53 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Per-PC
pools]:
> I'm still somewhat curious about why you dismissed virtual machines,
> which seem to me like a more obvious way to divvy up some
> partly-shared resources - and would offer a cleaner
Stephen Joyce wrote at about 13:32:30 -0400 on Thursday, March 14, 2013:
> Les,
>
> No need to apologize. I just felt that the arguments made by
> backu...@kosowsky.org were both specious and unnecessarily abrasive,
> especially since I didn't solicit them.
>
OMG - grow a pair... if you do
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Stephen Joyce wrote:
>
> I've been using BackupPC since 2005 and currently have 6 BPC servers backing
> up several dozen TBs. While I'm sure there are readers here who pre-date
> that, I don't consider myself a novice.
I'm still somewhat curious about why you dis
Les,
No need to apologize. I just felt that the arguments made by
backu...@kosowsky.org were both specious and unnecessarily abrasive,
especially since I didn't solicit them.
I've been using BackupPC since 2005 and currently have 6 BPC servers
backing up several dozen TBs. While I'm sure there ar
Holger Parplies wrote at about 15:51:19 +0100 on Wednesday, March 13, 2013:
> Hi,
>
> backu...@kosowsky.org wrote on 2013-03-13 10:11:17 -0400 [Re:
> [BackupPC-users] Per-PC pools]:
> > Stephen Joyce wrote at about 07:52:11 -0400 on Wednesday, March 13, 2013:
> &g
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Stephen Joyce wrote:
> Thank you for your input, but I've already considered your other
> suggestions.
>
> As a reminder to other gentle readers, and to avoid further "philosophical"
> tirades about my "foolish" idea, my original question posed was "Has anyone
>
; the existing ones
simply need to be made aware of the additional locations on which to
operate.
~Stephen
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Holger Parplies wrote:
> Hi,
>
> backu...@kosowsky.org wrote on 2013-03-13 10:11:17 -0400 [Re:
> [BackupPC-users] Per-PC pools]:
> > Steph
I never said anything about "philosophy." Those are your words and
"philosophical" arguments.
Thank you for your input, but I've already considered your other
suggestions.
As a reminder to other gentle readers, and to avoid further "philosophical"
tirades about my "foolish" idea, my original ques
Hi,
backu...@kosowsky.org wrote on 2013-03-13 10:11:17 -0400 [Re: [BackupPC-users]
Per-PC pools]:
> Stephen Joyce wrote at about 07:52:11 -0400 on Wednesday, March 13, 2013:
> > I'm in a situation where I find myself desiring per-pc pools.[1]
> > [...]
>
> I read wh
Stephen Joyce wrote at about 07:52:11 -0400 on Wednesday, March 13, 2013:
> I'm in a situation where I find myself desiring per-pc pools.[1]
>
> It's been a while since I've dipped my toes into the BackupPC's code, but
> I've done a bit of preliminary research into this, and think I've
> iden
Hi,
On 3/13/13 12:52 PM, Stephen Joyce wrote:
> I'm in a situation where I find myself desiring per-pc pools.[1]
> [...]
> The storage to backup this data is also usually funded
> by individual faculty accounts (sometimes grants) and as such should be
> dedicated to that faculty's PC(s).
I would
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Stephen Joyce wrote:
> I'm in a situation where I find myself desiring per-pc pools.[1]
>
> It's been a while since I've dipped my toes into the BackupPC's code, but
> I've done a bit of preliminary research into this, and think I've identified
> the places where c
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