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@hobbit666 said:

Supervising a printer doing a 2608 page print job

2608 pages? That's gotta crash at least twice right?

@JaredBusch http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/06/apple-says-iphone-error-53-is-to-protect-customers-security

@scottalanmiller said:

A backup vendor asking if "big commercial databases" run from USB drives or FTP. Seriously?

http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1432565-the-best-storage-for-big-databases

Here is the OP before the vendor takes it away:

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Greetings for all!

Please tell which modern storage devices/solutions you are using (or just feel a most convenient) for big databases, especially commercial-level DBs with at least several thousands of daily transactions?

Fast external drives (USB 3.0, eSATA)
NAS units
Local FTP/SFTP/FTPS servers
Internet-connected storages (clouds, distant FTPs)
Dedicated storage vaults
Other device types

It is also very interesting why you are using or suggesting a particular storage. Your answers are very important for our team, to develop better, faster backup practices for big databases.

Thanks for sharing your opinions!

Best regards,

Nataliya (Handy Backup Team)

Your reply is brutal :')

@coliver said:

@scottalanmiller said:

And don't forget the Meraki line. It's not hobby, it's solid SMB, but it isn't on par with Ubiquiti which leaves Cisco, again, in the "it's not bad, it just fails to be good enough to ever discuss" category.

I scoffed a bit at this... Having used Meraki and moved to a Ubiquiti router in the past this is just silly to say they are on par. Ubiquiti blew the Meraki out of the water in performance and usability.

Thats what SAM said? That it isn't on par..?

@scottalanmiller said:

@hobbit666 said:

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@NattNatt said:

Your reply is brutal :')

Needs to be, that post was ridiculous.

What does "running an enterprise database from USB drive" or "running a database off of FTP" even mean? I mean... WTF!!!

Don't you know Scott this is the new "industry standard" for running mulit $$$$$ companies on. Means if the server fails you can drive home and plug it into your home PC and continue running the company

Ah, they changed their question...

I meant several thousands to millions transactions per minute, with a full backup of a database performed at least once a day.

In addition, I apologize for inconveniences. This topic is not about database storage but about database backup storage.

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So now they are looking at 3.6 million times as large of a database (thousands per day to millions per minute)... and backups, not storage. LOL. Not really related to the original question at all.

"Take my apologies" - I'm guessing she's not a Native English speaker either...sounds like she's used google translate...

But yeah, still none of the above lol...who backs-up to a USB drive for vital information?? o.O

@coliver said:

@NattNatt Oh... man I ... a word when I read his remark. Sorry.

hah no worries no-ones perfect

@nadnerB said:

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@Minion-Queen said:

Early morning meetings.... I am not awake enough for this yet.

Is anyone EVER awake enough for an early morning meeting? They should be banned...

I second this motion.

Motion carried. Meeting adjourned.

*Until later in the day.

meh, just refreshed the page and it loaded...so either there was an issue and it's fixed, or my PC hates the thought of being restarted so sorted itself out

@dafyre said:

@nadnerB said:

@NattNatt said:

@nadnerB said:

@dafyre said:

@NattNatt said:

@Minion-Queen said:

Early morning meetings.... I am not awake enough for this yet.

Is anyone EVER awake enough for an early morning meeting? They should be banned...

I second this motion.

Motion carried. Meeting adjourned.

*Until later in the day.

... when it gets past to the sub-committee for a pre-meeting of the committee about the feasibility of early morning meetings.

That meeting starts tomorrow morning at 6:45am.

Well, the feasibility of that depends on the time zone

Yeah we used to have 10 minutes...if someones not active for 10 minutes they've either fallen asleep, busy doing something else, or not at their desk...

@johnhooks said:

Holy eff. Has anyone else tried to get favorites out of Edge into Chrome?

Never attempted to use edge...

Company now uses all Cat6 - but I miss Cat 5e, was easier to run and terminate, easier to bend etc too...

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@scottalanmiller said:

It honestly feels really weird that going to the CIO would even be in question at that point. Would the CIO really want shielding like that in the organization? Hopefully not, hopefully he trusting everyone to report up when they see something.

I assume the CIO employed the IT Director? That can make it tricky, because it can sound like you're implying that he was an idiot for recruiting an idiot. You need to tread carefully here.

Not really? You employ someone based on what their credentials etc are...the whole point of a probation period is to check if they are actually fit for the job? And in this case it sounds like this guy really isn't fit for the job...

They go of what he said. He told us he was very strict with security and giving rights. The CIO has the ultimate say but we are part of the process of hiring our boss was well.

Yeah that's what I was meaning - I included that in Credentials, sorry for not clarifying more

And yeah, Like SAM said, he lied to you in the interview, and has now undermined any existing security policies...surely this in itself is enough to say bye bye to him?

@MattSpeller said:

@NattNatt said:

Company now uses all Cat6 - but I miss Cat 5e, was easier to run and terminate, easier to bend etc too...

You won't miss 5e in a couple years when 10gig switching is dirt cheap

No doubt...but we'll no doubt have re-run ALL the cables at least 3 times before then...

@nadnerB said:

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@nadnerB said:

45C right now. Glad I'm not working outside.

Where the hell do you work? The sun?!

Near this city:

Hah fair enough! My sister has recently moved near to Perth - she got married at the start of January to an Aussie! Wellington Mill (?) I think?

@MattSpeller said:

@NattNatt said:

@MattSpeller said:

@NattNatt said:

Company now uses all Cat6 - but I miss Cat 5e, was easier to run and terminate, easier to bend etc too...

You won't miss 5e in a couple years when 10gig switching is dirt cheap

No doubt...but we'll no doubt have re-run ALL the cables at least 3 times before then...

Hahaha I was going to say "or you'll have moved by then"

Apparently the boss is trying to procure the building that's opposite us, and plans to bridge across into that too...If we get it, it'll be awesome...but the company who own it are fairly massive, so we shall see....

@dafyre said:

ROFL. Your users start tomorrow? At my last job, they started two weeks ago.

Well, technically they started Monday, but they've been on induction this week...

@MattSpeller said:

@NattNatt No worries there, just string cat6 through a couple windows, give it a tug to get the droop out

That works with fibre too right?

Guess what?

gonna play some GTA V online :')

For a change

@scottalanmiller said:

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@JaredBusch said:

That is just a silly thing to say. PoE and PoE+ require, per the IEEE standard, category 5, but is still allowed to be ran on category 3 for lower wattage workloads.

I haven't installed many PoE+ cameras and have only had those running less than a year. Do you have a number of PoE+ cameras running on CAT5? Longer runs? I'm wondering why the camera company I was dealing made such a big deal about 23 guage CAT6 for their cameras. Maybe because it had a heater?

You mean a heater as in a heating unit? I guess? A quality cat5e cable will tolerate temperatures from -4 to 167 degrees Fahrenheit. Keep in mind I run a lot of cabling for my company but I am by no means a cabling guru. Maybe they know something I don't. shrug

He means a heater in the camera enclosure.

Whats the point in that? I'm guessing reduce fog/ice etc?