Monthly Archives: October 2011

Bacula backup application, I like it

I have been playing with backup software to determine a good way of backing up my servers; other than the unorigional tar and scp method I have been using until now. I did investigate TSM server/client (tested with a version … Continue reading

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ntfs disks under linux are slow

I never really noticed before, but external disks formatted as ntfs are really slow to access under linux. I got a new 2TB external disk to use for backups as all my 1TB disks were around 90% full (I was … Continue reading

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More expense, another burst pipe

What a morning. Sleep interrupted by my pager, all that was sorted. Then I got up this morning, and realised I had to interrupt someone elses day, an urgent call to a plumber; there is not supposed to be water … Continue reading

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