How long is your rack?

Tue Aug 16 10:55:48 UTC 2011

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

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> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bryan Irvine [mailto:sparctacus at gmail.com]
>> Sent: 15 August 2011 17:42
>> To: Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
>> Cc: nanog at nanog.org
>> Subject: Re: How long is your rack?
>> 
>> On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
>> <lyndon at 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