Re: Storable problem on Intel Mac Mini

2006-05-12 Thread Joel Rees
On 2006.5.12, at 10:01 AM, Mike Schienle wrote: Hi all - I just installed an Intel Mac Mini as a replacement for a dual 1.8 GHz G5 at my colocation place a couple days ago. Can I ask a silly question in public, or would off-list be more appropriate?

Re: Storable problem on Intel Mac Mini

2006-05-12 Thread Manfred Bergmann
Am 12.05.2006 um 13:05 schrieb Joel Rees: On 2006.5.12, at 10:01 AM, Mike Schienle wrote: Hi all - I just installed an Intel Mac Mini as a replacement for a dual 1.8 GHz G5 at my colocation place a couple days ago. Can I ask a silly question in public, or would off-list be more appr

Re: Storable problem on Intel Mac Mini

2006-05-12 Thread Chris Devers
On Fri, 12 May 2006, Joel Rees wrote: > On 2006.5.12, at 10:01 AM, Mike Schienle wrote: > > > I just installed an Intel Mac Mini as a replacement for a dual 1.8 > > GHz G5 at my colocation place a couple days ago. > > Can I ask a silly question in public, or would off-list be more > appropriat

Re: Storable problem on Intel Mac Mini

2006-05-12 Thread Mike Schienle
On Fri, May 12, 2006 7:05 am, Joel Rees wrote: > > On 2006.5.12, at 10:01 AM, Mike Schienle wrote: > >> >> Hi all - >> >> I just installed an Intel Mac Mini as a replacement for a dual 1.8 GHz >> G5 at >> my colocation place a couple days ago. > > Can I ask a silly question in public, or would off

Re: Storable problem on Intel Mac Mini

2006-05-12 Thread Mike Schienle
On Fri, May 12, 2006 7:40 am, Mike Schienle wrote: > > On Fri, May 12, 2006 7:05 am, Joel Rees wrote: >> >> On 2006.5.12, at 10:01 AM, Mike Schienle wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi all - >>> >>> I just installed an Intel Mac Mini as a replacement for a dual 1.8 GHz >>> G5 at >>> my colocation place a couple

Re: Storable problem on Intel Mac Mini

2006-05-12 Thread Ken Williams
On May 12, 2006, at 6:05 AM, Joel Rees wrote: On 2006.5.12, at 10:01 AM, Mike Schienle wrote: Hi all - I just installed an Intel Mac Mini as a replacement for a dual 1.8 GHz G5 at my colocation place a couple days ago. Can I ask a silly question in public, or would off-list be more

Re: Storable problem on Intel Mac Mini

2006-05-12 Thread Joel Rees
On 2006.5.12, at 08:54 PM, Mike Schienle wrote: On Fri, May 12, 2006 7:40 am, Mike Schienle wrote: On Fri, May 12, 2006 7:05 am, Joel Rees wrote: On 2006.5.12, at 10:01 AM, Mike Schienle wrote: Hi all - I just installed an Intel Mac Mini as a replacement for a dual 1.8 GHz G5 at my col

Re: Storable problem on Intel Mac Mini

2006-05-12 Thread Joseph Alotta
My instant reaction to that would have been putting a stripped-down whitebox running OpenBSD as a logging firewall between the G5 and the 'net, to check for attacks on the mail and ftp subsystems. Can you tell me what a whitebox is? I have my personal web site on my old clamshell iBook, and

Re: Storable problem on Intel Mac Mini

2006-05-12 Thread Mike Schienle
On Fri, May 12, 2006 10:03 pm, Joel Rees wrote: > > On 2006.5.12, at 08:54 PM, Mike Schienle wrote: >> >> On Fri, May 12, 2006 7:40 am, Mike Schienle wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, May 12, 2006 7:05 am, Joel Rees wrote: On 2006.5.12, at 10:01 AM, Mike Schienle wrote: > > Hi all - > >

Re: Storable problem on Intel Mac Mini

2006-05-12 Thread Chris Devers
On Fri, 12 May 2006, Joseph Alotta wrote: > > My instant reaction to that would have been putting a stripped-down > > whitebox running OpenBSD as a logging firewall between the G5 and > > the 'net, to check for attacks on the mail and ftp subsystems. > > Can you tell me what a whitebox is? Gen

Re: Storable problem on Intel Mac Mini

2006-05-12 Thread Joseph Alotta
I have my personal web site on my old clamshell iBook, and it runs a dynamic DNS client every ten minutes via cron. That basically keeps the disk spinning constantly. Burned out a drive last year, and I'm worried it will burn out a drive this year. So I'm thinking of putting the client on a RAM

Re: Storable problem on Intel Mac Mini

2006-05-12 Thread Chris Devers
On Fri, 12 May 2006, Joseph Alotta wrote: > Why wouldn't it work to put the client code and perl on the USB > keydrive and then every ten minutes, your system will get it from > there instead of from your hard drive? I realize the USB keydrive is > slower to load, but does that matter here? I