RE: Ping Stu: KnowBe4

2011-04-11 Thread Clark, Tommy R
I used Firebug in Firefox to see what was happening. I went back and looked at my add-ons in Firefox. I did not see anything that would block advertising. It probably was not Websense because it would have returned quickly with a blocked page response. Maybe it could have been a firewall rule. I

RE: Q about multi-site SQL cluster

2011-04-11 Thread Ken Schaefer
You can just fail the resources over to node 2. As long as nodes 3 4 can communicate with node 2, then node 2 remains the owner. The problem you have is if comms is cut between Site1 and Site2. Then you have two nodes at each end - which side should pick a node to seize control of the

RE: Q about multi-site SQL cluster

2011-04-11 Thread Ken Schaefer
Also +1 to Brian's comments. Do you really need a stretched cluster? Mirroring can provide auto-failover at the SQL Server level. Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Monday, 11 April 2011 9:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE:

RE: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5

2011-04-11 Thread Holstrom, Don
With the huge sizes hard drives can reach, is RAID5 still better than, say, mirrored drives? Or some other way. Our consultants want RAID5 for every server... From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 6:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5

2011-04-11 Thread Terry Dickson
In my opinion Raid 5 on Everything is just wrong. You have to use the appropriate Raid Level for you specific needs. I had a consultant several years ago that said Raid 5 was the absolute best for their application. As a matter of fact they said it was best in all occasions. I then setup

Windows NLB on windows 2008 R2?

2011-04-11 Thread Leedy, Andy
I created a unicast Windows Network Load Balance between two 2008 R2 servers. Two of the NICs are on the same LAN subnet as our domain and the other two are connected together via crossover cable on a 10.x.x.x subnet for heartbeat. Everything seems fine except when I reboot one of the

RE: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5

2011-04-11 Thread Ken Schaefer
RAID1 you lose 50% of disk space RAID5 you lose 1/n (n = number of drives) of disk space. (33% for 3 drives, 25% for 4 drives, 10% for 10 drives, 5% for 20 drives etc.) The larger the number of spindles in your RAID5 array, the less space you lose. RAID1 performs better though. Both arrays can

Re: Q about multi-site SQL cluster

2011-04-11 Thread Mike Leone
On 4/11/2011 9:22 AM, Ken Schaefer wrote: Also +1 to Brian's comments. Do you really need a stretched cluster? Mirroring can provide auto-failover at the SQL Server level. He tells me we will have asynchronous mirroring between the sites. (it's SAN replication, between HP SANs .. or will be,

RE: Windows NLB on windows 2008 R2?

2011-04-11 Thread Brian Desmond
This shouldn't be a cross-over cable. It's not just for heartbeat at all. This should be a second port on a standard server VLAN. You can do Unicast NLB on Windows 2008 R2 with a single NIC, also. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 From: Leedy,

RE: Q about multi-site SQL cluster

2011-04-11 Thread Ken Schaefer
SQL Server Mirroring has an asych mode too: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc917680.aspx Also, SQL Server Mirror can be brought online automatically. SAN sync to a geo stretched cluster will probably be very expensive. Usually SAN sync is to an offline DB, with the cluster at the

RE: Windows NLB on windows 2008 R2?

2011-04-11 Thread Leedy, Andy
Single NIC... that's sound simpler. I tried rebuilding the NLB with a single NIC, but now I get this warning... Running NLB Manager on a system with all networks bound to NLB might not work as expected. If all interfaces are set to run NLB in unicast mode, NLB will fail to connect to hosts.

RE: Windows NLB on windows 2008 R2?

2011-04-11 Thread Leedy, Andy
Actually, I checked and both NICs are plugged into the same VLAN. I thought they were on a crossover cable, but I was thinking about a cluster I'm also working on. Any ways, the issue is the same. The NLB NIC still says Unidentified network and when I reboot the server, the primary NIC fails

RE: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5

2011-04-11 Thread Crawford, Scott
Theoretically, you could lose half your drives without failure with RAID1...but they need to be the right half. From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 9:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5 RAID1 you lose 50% of disk

RE: Hot folder for text files?

2011-04-11 Thread Terry Dickson
You should be able to do that with Batch and Print Pro http://www.traction-software.co.uk/batchprint/ -Original Message- From: Evan Brastow [mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com] Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 12:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Hot folder for text files? Dumb

Raid 10 vs Raid 0+1 RE: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5

2011-04-11 Thread Matthew W. Ross
I have a question about Raid 10 vs Raid 0+1... I understand the fundamental differences between the two: One is a raid 1 of two raid 0s, and the other is a raid 0 of two raid 1s... Obviously, the raid 10 allows any two disks to die, which I see as an advantage. Is there some kind of speed

Re: Hot folder for text files?

2011-04-11 Thread Sam Cayze
I wrote a script that emails a new file that appears in a folder, I'm sure we could tweak it to print the file instead. Back in the office Tuesday. Ping me if interested. Sam On Apr 11, 2011 12:30 PM, Evan Brastow ebras...@automatedemblem.com wrote: Dumb question, but I'm striking out on

Re: Hot folder for text files?

2011-04-11 Thread Bob Hartung
Do the text files that have already been printed remain in the directory or are they deleted? -- Bob Hartung Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com _ From: Evan Brastow

Re: Raid 10 vs Raid 0+1 RE: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5

2011-04-11 Thread Sean Martin
I've honestly never seen any in-depth comparisons on the performance differences between RAID 0+1 and RAID 10. This article provides a clear explanation on the fault tolerant differences between the two (RAID 10 allowing for a greater combination of drive failures).

RE: Test

2011-04-11 Thread Ziots, Edward
Good send. Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com] Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 4:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Test Did I get

Re: Windows NLB on windows 2008 R2?

2011-04-11 Thread Ben N
I find it is just easier to use the 1 nic on each server. Simpler is better. It works well. -BenN On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Leedy, Andy ale...@butlerschein.comwrote: Actually, I checked and both NICs are plugged into the same VLAN. I thought they were on a crossover cable, but I was

Re: Test

2011-04-11 Thread Ben N
first On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.com wrote: Did I get unsubbed? No emails for two days! BF ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions

Re: Test

2011-04-11 Thread John Cook
Test failed - please reenter your 25 character key and try again! John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families From: Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Mon Apr 11 16:23:01 2011

Re: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast

2011-04-11 Thread Jon Harris
May be OT but I am interested in this as well. Thank you for asking. Jon On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote: Now since Comcast has been digital, the old analog tuner card in my 5+ year old XP Media Center pc won’t tune in even the ‘free’ cable channels.

RE: Windows NLB on windows 2008 R2?

2011-04-11 Thread Brian Desmond
Yeah you can ignore the warning. I'm not sure why it still has that message. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 From: Leedy, Andy [mailto:ale...@butlerschein.com] Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 12:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE:

Re: Hot folder for text files?

2011-04-11 Thread Sam Cayze
Either can be done easily... trivial. I usually move mine to a subfolder called 'processed'. Sam On Apr 11, 2011 1:17 PM, Bob Hartung bhart...@wiscoind.com wrote: Do the text files that have already been printed remain in the directory or are they deleted? -- Bob Hartung

Re: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast

2011-04-11 Thread Sam Cayze
I have the $12 basic cable package, and my ancient tuner card works fine still (last time I checked) Is that the cable package you are curious about... I can check what card I have later if interested. Sam On Apr 11, 2011 7:33 AM, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote: Now since Comcast has

RE: Test

2011-04-11 Thread Bob Fronk
Would you settle for my Credit Card number? Seems it became public the other day anyway. I did a lot of shopping in Pennsylvania while I was at 36,000 feet and nowhere near PA. By sending my test email, I am now receiving emails from the list. I guess Lyris didn’t like me for some reason.

RE: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast

2011-04-11 Thread Terry Dickson
There are several USB options available that say they work with Digital Cable. I do not have Comcast and have not tried any of them, but I am getting ready to purchase one for the Digital Cable in my area. -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April

Re: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast

2011-04-11 Thread Christopher Bodnar
I don't have ComCast, but in regards to a tuner card I can recommend this: Hauppauge 1229 WinTV-HVR-2250 Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP Technical Support III Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone:

RE: Deleting messages older than 60 days

2011-04-11 Thread James Hill
Yes, yes we are :) -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, 7 April 2011 9:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Deleting messages older than 60 days Retention policies will do what you want. However, frankly, I wouldn't do it for

Re: USB hard drives

2011-04-11 Thread Jon Harris
What cost level you looking at sub $100 or more than $100. Sam's Club had some WD pocket 1TB drives for about $119 USB 2 with case. I saw the larger WD 1TB for just under $100. The $500 GB ones were about $90. You could put one together for about $90 purchasing either Seagate or WD drives and

RE: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast

2011-04-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
Thanks … my ancient tuner card quit working when they converted to all digital signals … not even my ‘cable ready’ TVs from only 5 or 6 years ago will tune in any cable stations now. Had to get digital cable boxes ( besides the main cable box) to use with other TVs , like in the bedroom, too.

RE: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast

2011-04-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
Thanks, that could be a good option. I’ve heard horror stories about ‘cablecard’ and google searches turn up a lot of older hits with complaints. Guessing they have the bugs worked out now ? Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a

RE: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast

2011-04-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
thanks Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 5:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Media Center tuner

RE: USB hard drives

2011-04-11 Thread Jacob
I use a 1TB SATA Seagate at home.. Hard drive and case was around $80. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 1:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: USB hard drives Anyone got a suggestion for a good, but inexpensive external hard

RE: USB hard drives

2011-04-11 Thread Erik Goldoff
If this doesn’t need to be ultraportable ( ie, leaving the office frequently for field use, laptop, etc ) then I agree with you, a full size external USB cabinet can be had for around $30 from MicroCenter or Fry’s , and a 500GB 7200 rpm 3.5” drive is down to the $50-$60 range, 1TB also barely

Re: Hot folder for text files?

2011-04-11 Thread Tony Patton
I did something similar before, monitored a folder and if a file was older than 5 minutes it sent an email. Had to add in a timer loop to only send 1 mail an hour as the recipient got fed up getting the alerts :-) Think I set it as a scheduled task to run at startup so it was always running. T

Re: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5

2011-04-11 Thread Rene de Haas
It also depends on what you use it for. For reading the performance difference is not as dramatic as for writing, especially as you add more disks. For writing the difference will improve with more disks, but will still be less than half of raid1. On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Ken Schaefer

Re: Laptop Backup Software?

2011-04-11 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 10 Apr 2011 at 9:51, Paul Hutchings wrote: We have the infrastructure to do it in-house and most of these folks spend considerable time at their desks so there´s little point pumping data out of the organisation to the cloud. Putting any rational security arguments aside

RE: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast

2011-04-11 Thread Brian Desmond
The Ceton solution is currently the only solution for CableCARD so that's where you're going. They have PCI and external options. If you just want OTA unencrypted, an HDHomeRun is what I have/recommend. That device can interop with all sorts of stuff (e.g. VLC Player) over the LAN too. Thanks,

RE: USB hard drives

2011-04-11 Thread Brian Desmond
Go on NewEgg and pick? That's how I've always made decisions about this caliber hardware. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 3:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

Re: USB hard drives

2011-04-11 Thread David
If for informal use, probably the cheapest will work. Fry's consistently has 500+ G for well under $100. If something more serious, I like Seagate's line for not much more. ** sent slowly via DroidX ** On Apr 11, 2011 1:58 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: Anyone got a

RE: USB hard drives

2011-04-11 Thread David
Today, Fry's was advertising a 2TB Hitachi drive for $69. ** sent slowly via DroidX ** On Apr 11, 2011 3:09 PM, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote: If this doesn’t need to be ultraportable ( ie, leaving the office frequently for field use, laptop, etc ) then I agree with you, a full size

Re: Test

2011-04-11 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Speaking of which, what's up with A_M? I haven't see anything since Friday, and that makes me a sad panda. -- ME2 On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.com wrote: Did I get unsubbed? No emails for two days! BF ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that

RE: USB hard drives

2011-04-11 Thread Brian Desmond
Go on NewEgg and pick? That's how I've always made decisions about this caliber hardware. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 3:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast

2011-04-11 Thread Brian Desmond
The Ceton solution is currently the only solution for CableCARD so that's where you're going. They have PCI and external options. If you just want OTA unencrypted, an HDHomeRun is what I have/recommend. That device can interop with all sorts of stuff (e.g. VLC Player) over the LAN too. Thanks,

RE: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast

2011-04-11 Thread Brian Desmond
The technology works. Unfortunately your cable vendor is unlikely to know WTF is going on. Make sure you tell them it's for a TIVO. They've *never* heard of an MCE. The TIVO generates sufficient truck rolls that they'll know what to do. If you have a Ceton card you need to make sure the phone