Posts made by Jstear

@DustinB3403 I meant to reply to SAM, as I don't think he liked the fact it was 75 pages.

Limiting the Length of a SYDI Report

It doesn't have to be that many pages, you can filter out what you want, don't want.

For existing systems, check out SYDI

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/555846

Check out the kb from Microsoft.

@aaronstuder I didn't post the book itself due to the T&C's. Seems that it is against them.

•Any purchase of an eBook file entitles the purchaser to a copy of that file, which may be shared between any device(s) owned by and registered to that purchaser.

• All products listed and sold via this application are copyright ownership of Packt Publishing Ltd, and making illegal copies of your ebook files will be considered a breach of copyright, against which legal action will be taken.

Another free Docker book at the same link. The books are only free for 24 hours.

@MattSpeller said in Tape drive alternative besides online backup for offsite backup:

@Dashrender said in Tape drive alternative besides online backup for offsite backup:

@Mike-Davis said in Tape drive alternative besides online backup for offsite backup:

@Dashrender said in Tape drive alternative besides online backup for offsite backup:

I suppose USB flash drives could be OK for Off-site. I'd get 5, one for each business day of the week. Then at work (hopefully) you would only loose one day if the current drive failed.

I'm doing grandfather - father - son backups, which is why the cost of them matter. I'll need like 15 just to get started.

@travisdh1 What software are you using?

@Breffni-Potter Site to site is out because that's "online" as far as they are concerned...

That's a tape mentality - do you need to maintain it? With the speed of USB 3 sticks, just do a full backup to a stick every day/night.

I never thought I would do this, but someone has to stand up for the tapes

Tape is cryptolocker proof.
Tape is "oops I brushed past the server and broke the USB stick off" proof
Tape media is really affordable per GB
Tape is designed to work with offsite storage for DR
... other tape goodness that someone else will remind me of I'm sure

Tapes aren't drop proof like a USB drive though.

@gjacobse said in Portable Mesh Network Project:

One 'option' is to use OLD technology. But of course what happens when the unit fails? The old Linksys W54 series Routers and APs would work fine.

Reversing that mentality, what happens if it doesn't fail. For all you know, it could last another 10 years. I say if you have the equipment, take a shot at it. You really have nothing to lose over what you have in place at this point.

Cost is obviously your biggest issue here. What kind of budget are you working with for the project?

@gjacobse I've never done a project like this, but I don't see why the open-mesh solution wouldn't work. They have outdoor enclosures for their products, which should be enough to shield out mother nature, I'd assume.

@gjacobse said in Portable Mesh Network Project:

I am looking at Open Mesh

The link is broke, but it appears correct in the quote.

@thwr said in Is it bashing to ask what other were thinking:

@Jstear said in Is it bashing to ask what other were thinking:

@thwr said in Is it bashing to ask what other were thinking:

@Jstear said in Is it bashing to ask what other were thinking:

@Minion-Queen said in Is it bashing to ask what other were thinking:

@Dashrender said in Is it bashing to ask what other were thinking:

@DustinB3403 said in Is it bashing to ask what other were thinking:

@Jstear And now David is deleting my replies.

Awesome, so I can't even approach the OP publicly to let them know that other conversations are going on.

David can eat a bag of *****

SW can't allow people to post links that steal their conversations to other forums.. they need to keep everyone there.

This always has to be done via PM. No matter what forum you are talking about they don't want things to leave the community.

I once had a post removed from Experts Exchange due to posting an answer and sourcing another forum, from where I found the resolution. They can do this, as it is in there Terms of Use of using the site.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/terms.jsp
You shall not engage in any of the following activities, which are strictly prohibited under the Code of Conduct:
Posting links in open questions that encourage Members to use competing sites.

I would expect at least some education in IT. We all (should have) learned about correct source citation. Stating an information's source is not only valid but important IMHO.

I agree, but they didn't like it.

Doesn't speak for EE. I've always posted links to sources over at SW for example.

I found the message I was sent.

"Links to competing sites: A "competing site" is one that exists solely as a Q&A forum
Exactly. Think StackOverflow as a perfect example of a competitor. Something like Microsoft's forums; however, would be fine as they are not really a competitor. Basically just use common sense. No one is going to berate you for posting a genuinely useful link, but do bear in mind that EE doesn't want to loose business by directing all its clients to competitor sites

@thwr said in Is it bashing to ask what other were thinking:

@Jstear said in Is it bashing to ask what other were thinking:

@Minion-Queen said in Is it bashing to ask what other were thinking:

@Dashrender said in Is it bashing to ask what other were thinking:

@DustinB3403 said in Is it bashing to ask what other were thinking:

@Jstear And now David is deleting my replies.

Awesome, so I can't even approach the OP publicly to let them know that other conversations are going on.

David can eat a bag of *****

SW can't allow people to post links that steal their conversations to other forums.. they need to keep everyone there.

This always has to be done via PM. No matter what forum you are talking about they don't want things to leave the community.

I once had a post removed from Experts Exchange due to posting an answer and sourcing another forum, from where I found the resolution. They can do this, as it is in there Terms of Use of using the site.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/terms.jsp
You shall not engage in any of the following activities, which are strictly prohibited under the Code of Conduct:
Posting links in open questions that encourage Members to use competing sites.

I would expect at least some education in IT. We all (should have) learned about correct source citation. Stating an information's source is not only valid but important IMHO.

I agree, but they didn't like it.

@Minion-Queen said in Is it bashing to ask what other were thinking:

@Dashrender said in Is it bashing to ask what other were thinking:

@DustinB3403 said in Is it bashing to ask what other were thinking:

@Jstear And now David is deleting my replies.

Awesome, so I can't even approach the OP publicly to let them know that other conversations are going on.

David can eat a bag of *****

SW can't allow people to post links that steal their conversations to other forums.. they need to keep everyone there.

This always has to be done via PM. No matter what forum you are talking about they don't want things to leave the community.

I once had a post removed from Experts Exchange due to posting an answer and sourcing another forum, from where I found the resolution. They can do this, as it is in there Terms of Use of using the site.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/terms.jsp
You shall not engage in any of the following activities, which are strictly prohibited under the Code of Conduct:
Posting links in open questions that encourage Members to use competing sites.

@DustinB3403 I can't say I disagree, it was a bad topic as a whole, touchy subject.

@DustinB3403 Honestly, it was rude and unfriendly. I see no issues with that deletion.

@DustinB3403 If you have a problem about posts getting deleted for no reason/questionably over there, let me know. Discussions go into most deletions.

The post I made the comment on, you called the guy dense and I took it as you demeaning the guy for making a mistake. I'll have to find the other posts to make you aware, maybe they aren't meant to be taken the way I'm taking them. I'm just letting you know how I see it as a newcomer to this community. I would say the same if it were coming from any other community.

@DustinB3403 I haven't read the OP, nor know the OP, but I think a lot of times people get thrown into these roles and get told they need X, when in reality they need Y. The issue with this is they honestly have no idea what they need and have don't even think about licensing, especially when they see "FREE".