Re: How long is your rack?

[Greg Ihnen <os10rules () gmail com>]

On Aug 16, 2011, at 3:03 AM, Leigh Porter wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bryan Irvine [mailto:sparctacus () gmail com]
> > Sent: 15 August 2011 17:42
> > To: Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
> > Cc: nanog () nanog org
> > Subject: Re: How long is your rack?
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
> > <lyndon () orthanc ca> wrote:
> > > I hope someone will explain the operational relevance
> > > of this ...
> > >
> > > Sun V100         FreeBSD firewall/border gateway
> > > Sun V100         Plan 9 kernel porting test bed
> > > Sun V100         OpenBSD build/test/port box
> > > Intel 8-core     Solaris fileserver and zones host
> > > AMDx4            Random OS workstation crash box
> > > Epia-EK          Plan 9 terminal
> > > MacBook x        Snow Leopard build/test host
> > > Intel-mumble-ITX Win2K8.2 development host
> > > Supermicro XLS7A Plan 9 File server
> > > Supermicro XLS7A Plan 9 CPU/Auth server
> > > Sun V100         Oracle (blech) new-Solaris test/porting box
> > > Sun V100         crashbox for *BSD firewall failover tests
> > > Sun V100         *BSD ham radio stuff, plus Plan9 terminal
> > >                 kernal testing.
> >
> > OK, you've piqued my interest.  What use have you found for Plan 9?
>
> How do you guys find time for all this? I used to have a couple of racks of boxes in the basement, then I got 
> married, had three kids and started a Theology PhD program.. Now anything I do at home is purely practical.
>
> I took on some ideas for backup though, so I am sorting out a backblaze account and using Randy's fantastic sync 
> thing that he mentioned. I really do not want 18 months of research to vanish.
>
>
> --
> Leigh Porter

One thing about Backblaze is they don't have redundant sites. They have only one facility so if a giant meteor takes it 
out your data is gone. Amazon's S3 is the way to go for data that matters.


Greg