Re: [SLUG] fwd: Black Duck seminar in Sydney

2006-09-11 Thread Anth Courtney
On 9/11/06, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: why it would be of significant relevance to a Linux forum, which mostly doesn't have a software licence compliance problem anyway, I fail to see... I think it's relevant, especially for the increasing number of companies who develop commerc

Re: [SLUG] Linux or BSD for Webhosting?

2005-10-16 Thread Anth Courtney
I'd certainly recommend FreeBSD for this purpose, but if you want to do some reading (and question asking), you might want to check out the forums at http://www.webhostingtalk.com and http://www.webhostingtalk.com.au (for an Aus perspective) and see what the opinions are of people whose primary

[SLUG] pop3 + maildir for rhel3

2005-06-06 Thread Anth Courtney
Hey guys, We currently have an app which has a component which uses smtp to process incoming messages into an mbox format and then uses pop3 to retrieve these messages before firing them off to a different component of the application. It deals with a high volume of messages per second/minute. As

Re: [SLUG] temperature monitoring

2005-01-04 Thread Anth Courtney
Hello John, > If you're handy with a soldering iron, kit K145 from Ozitronics will do > what you're after: > >http://www.ozitronics.com/ > > Look under "Data Acquisition & Control". It can handle up to four > temperature sensors. I built one a few months ago; it took me about ten > minutes

[SLUG] temperature monitoring

2005-01-04 Thread Anth Courtney
have any hardware suggestions from experience? I'd prefer something external to the server (i.e not built-in temp sensors). cheers, Anth --- Anth Courtney - unix sysadmin - iTouch Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.itouch.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mail

Re: [SLUG] data recovery from raid

2004-10-07 Thread Anth Courtney
On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:29:34 +1000, Rowling, Jill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And your tape backups are ...? (silly question) Yup, especially silly q as I wasn't asking for a lecture on tape backups, but for data recovery company recommendations. I'm aware of the need for tape backups - in this ca

Re: [SLUG] data recovery from raid

2004-10-07 Thread Anth Courtney
Hey Ben, > very unusual for two drives to go at the same time. > have you gone into the raid card bios at startup and tried to switch the > drives from offline to on again. > you can with some cards software and you may get one of them up again. > might work in a desperate situation and allow data

[SLUG] data recovery from raid

2004-10-07 Thread Anth Courtney
Howzit, One of our raid arrays kicked the bucket over night - 6 drives in a raid 0+1 array, 2 of which have bitten the dust. Can anyone recommend a data recovery company anywhere in Australia who may be able (somehow) to take the disks, work some magic, and recover data from the array? Thanks in

Re: [SLUG] terminal emulator

2003-07-17 Thread Anth Courtney
Peter, > Is there a free terminal emulator available so as to allow the students > access to the Linux server from Windows workstations? putty. supports both telnet and ssh. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty -- anth "sanchez" courtney - sysadmin - pnc - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: [SLUG] TV cards and software

2003-06-19 Thread Anth Courtney
ought it to put into a dedicated HTPC, so I'm now on the lookout for an alternative because the sound isn't up a sufficient quality for everyday use. cheers, Anth -- anth courtney - sysadmin - pnc - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Next door there's an old man who lived into his nineties

Re: [SLUG] Secondary MX record - To have or not

2003-06-19 Thread Anth Courtney
eeded to be spooled / delayed unnecessarily. cheers, Anth -- anth courtney - sysadmin - pnc - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Next door there's an old man who lived into his nineties and one day passed away in his sleep. And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away. I'm

Re: [SLUG] Secondary MX record - To have or not

2003-06-19 Thread Anth Courtney
n see some merits to both sides of the > argument) Out of interest, I'd be interested in hearing some of the arguments for why they're not needed - personally, I wouldn't live without one. cheers, Anth -- anth courtney - sysadmin - pnc - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Next door the