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- Geek Sheet: Bare-metal backup and recovery
- Geek Sheet: Bare-metal backup and recoveryrsync? Anyone? Bueler?rsync -auvPz //* /path to destination backup/rsync is for directoriesnot for system images.RE: Geek Sheet: Bare-metal backup and recoveryI also think rsync is a better solution. When hardware fails you are unlikely to be able to get exact replacements (unless you've squirreled...
- Tags: Backups, backup, Geek Sheet, Bare-metal backup, Bare-metal, recovery, rsync
- Discussion threads 2008-05-07
- Drive failure? Yagotta try Knoppix first
- Drive failure? Yagotta try Knoppix firstYou're better off keeping that USB drive FAT32because as your story indicates, it's not as if NTFS is giving you any additional security anyway. Even if you plug it into another WinXP machine all you have to do is claim ownership of the files and...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Knoppix Linux, NTFS, Drive Failure, security, Yagotta, Microsoft Windows, Linux, rsync
- Discussion threads 2006-06-19
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- MobaSSH (6)
- MobaSSH is a free SSH server for Windows, compatible with any ssh client (OpenSSH client, Putty). MobaSSH comes with an easy to use installer and some useful GNU utilities for monitoring and managing a remote computer silently. It also allows you to transfer files securely with scp/sftp. MobaSSH is packaged...
- Tags: SSH, Mobatek, MobaSSH, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-04-21
- Free alternatives to commercial software
- Free alternatives to commercial softwareFoxit reader as a replacement for Adobewww.foxitsoftware.comAny alternative to Real for Vista 64?Amazon uses Real to preview tracks but I won't install that in Windows. Any alternative?RE: Free alternatives . . .I have a couple . . .ZipGenius - an Excellent Winzip Alternative that handles just...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, CCleaner, Free Alternative, commercial software, software, Audacity, AVG
- Discussion threads 2007-11-21
- TCP Testing - Preventing Global Internet Warming
- Do the new TCP congestion control algorithms and other changes have unfairness that could lead to congestion collapse? Testing multiple flows using applications rsync and ftp shows some unfairness exists when the bottleneck queue is large; but the new algorithms are no more unfair than standard TCP. The Transmission Control...
- Tags: Ireland, Internet, Congestion, TCP, Tcp/Ip, Networking
- White papers 2007-09-01
- Google's new storage service
- Google's new storage serviceGoogleIt appears that Google's marketing team is actually Sun's marketing team moonlighting at Google. The advantage to Google is that they pay less for the same level of ineffectivness."In order to improve overall services..."That was the opening line Google sent to customers who PURCHASED video content...
- Tags: Backups, Google Inc., storage, backup, GDRIVE
- Discussion threads 2007-08-15
- Torvalds: Solaris could nudge Linux to GPL 3
- Torvalds: Solaris could nudge Linux to GPL 3Either way...If Sun were to go with GPL v3 for Solaris that OS would take off. Although Solaris is far behind Linux in hardware support but that would change quickly. If they are smart, Sun knows this. I predict GPL'd Solaris before the...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Linus, Linux, Sun Solaris, GPL 3, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPL
- Discussion threads 2007-06-12
- What Google Gears means for SaaS developers
- What Google Gears means for SaaS developersGoogle Gears Architectural ContradictionsWhat Google Gears essentially proves is that in order to obtain increasing richness in your apps, you have to locate more and more functionality on the client. Google Gears makes browser based apps architecturally resemble regular rich client apps, in that...
- Tags: Web browsers, Backups, software-as-a-service, Google Gears, rich client app, Google Inc., client app, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2007-06-04
- Friday Rant - Why is ActiveSync so rubbish?
- Friday Rant - Why is ActiveSync so rubbish?Adrian, have you tried rsync? It is commmand line, but works great.Somebody needs to put a GUI on it for normal users though. But, for nerds like you, . . . .Rant RantThis can't be a real rant. Windows, and Windows Mobile must...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Friday Rant, Microsoft ActiveSync, mobile
- Discussion threads 2007-06-03
- Windows Home Server versus Linux or BSD
- Windows Home Server versus Linux or BSDLinux server for home use?[i]By the nature of *nix aren't you running a server theoretically.It's just a matter of starting or enabling i.e. apt-get a few services or packages all w/o a reboot.[/i]I have one machine that is used as a server/desktop for backups,...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Nothing, Microsoft Windows Home Server, server, Linux, Linux server, Microsoft Windows, BSD
- Discussion threads 2007-05-18
- Jumbo Store: Providing Efficient Incremental Upload and Versioning for a Utility Rendering Service
- The paper has developed a new storage system called the Jumbo Store JS based on encoding directory tree snapshots as graphs called HDAGs whose nodes are small variable-length chunks of data and whose edges are hash pointers. The paper stores or transmits each node only once and encodes using landmark-based...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Upload, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-05-03
- SolutionBase: Backup Linux reliably with rsync and tar
- If you want to have a successful disaster recovery plan in place, you've got to start with backups. There are several utilities you can use to back up Linux servers, but one of the most basic ways is by using some common built-in utilities such as rsync and tar. Jack...
- Tags: Linux Server, Linux, Open Source, Disaster Recovery, Backups, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Download resources 2007-04-17
- BlackBerry Adds APIs To Support Cool New Third-Party Apps
- BlackBerry Adds APIs To Support Cool New Third-Party AppsDid you say, Third Party? I like PartiesBlackberry's are rightfully designated 'cool' and quite 'addictive' once you have one.I am surrounded at work by 'crackberry' users who need to get into some kind of support group.Can reading email or sending wait until...
- Tags: RSS, Web browsers, VOIP, Handhelds, RIM BlackBerry, Third-Party Apps, Maemo Mapper, N800 Internet Tablet, Web browser, API
- Discussion threads 2007-03-27
- Optimizing File Replication Over Limited-Bandwidth Networks Using Remote Differential Compression
- Remote Differential Compression RDC protocols can efficiently update files over a limited-bandwidth network when two sites have roughly similar files; no site needs to know the content of another's files a priori. This paper presents a heuristic approach to identify and transfer the file differences that is based on finding...
- Tags: Replication, File
- White papers 2006-11-08
- Distributed computing - the promise unbroken
- Distributed computing - the promise unbroken2 Questions and a couple of comments Roger...First: good article Roger so Y and :-) (sorry, to much used to Microsoft)I have a question thoughI know this comment is a point of view thing, but it's a prequel to a question.... You wrote that you...
- Tags: Network technology, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, WAN Connections, Roger, distributed computing, Linux, Murphy, server, network
- Discussion threads 2006-07-28
- Enhance overall network security with the versatility of rsync
- In the hands of a knowledgeable system administrator, rsync becomes a versatile and effective security tool. The rsync utility is, by design, a simple file copying tool. It has an advantage over other utilities, however, in that it uses a checksum comparison to determine what actually needs...
- Tags: System Administrator, TechRepublic Inc., Network, Auditing, Network Security, Tool, Security Tool, Productivity, Security
- Download resources 2006-03-15
- Playboy, Pornography, and Eclipse
- Back in October 2005, Playboy Enterprises requested permission to host a mirror for Eclipse. At that time, Webmaster Denis Roy wrote: "The Playboy 'tech nerds', as they call themselves, love Open Source. They're in the process of becoming an Eclipse Mirror Site. I got the request from Playboy...
- Tags: Playboy, Eclipse
- Blog posts 2006-03-07
- Apple plugs 20 security holes
- Security Update 2006-001 Intel is now available via Software Update. According to Apple, the 23.2MB update fixes lots of nastiness uncovered for the Mac OS in the past few weeks, including:apache_mod_phpautomount Bom Directory Services iChat IPSec LaunchServicesLibSystem loginwindow Mail rsync SafariSyndicationAccording to CNet's Joris Evers the update fixes 20 vulnerabilities,...
- Tags: Mail
- Blog posts 2006-03-02
- Apple patches 20 security holes
- Apple computer on Wednesday 3/2/2006 patched 20 security holes ranging from denial-of-service to very serious code execution flaws. Apple's security update 2006-001 fixes the following issues in OS X 10.3.9 to 10.4.5:Multiple PHP 4.4 issues in apache_mod_php. OS X File server DoS or arbitrary code execution with automount. Directory...
- Tags: OS 10.4.5, flaw, code execution, operating system
- Blog posts 2006-03-02
- Out of sync at 35,000 feet
- Out of sync at 35,000 feetSyncing is not a hardware functionI understand it should be made easier, but this is rather application logic and not hardware function. After all what hardware knows what is running on it?... and why should it?The same as car does not know what driver drives...
- Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, file system, Coda, database
- Discussion threads 2006-02-07
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