Monthly Archives: July 2006

National sysadmin day

Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 by dmc

http://www.sysadminday.com/ – feel free to donate to my paypal account, details available on application

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new shiny toys but it isn’t all sunny for Sun

Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 by dmc

Our rack (well, half rack) of the new Sun T2000 servers has arrived. There is something rather cool about seeing prtdiag reporting 32 processors in a 2u machine Location CPU Freq Implementation Mask ———— —– ——– ——————- —– MB/CMP0/P0 0 … Continue reading →

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NHS targets?

Posted on Friday, July 21, 2006 by dmc

A while ago I got a letter from my doctor saying I was due a visit to the asthma clinic for my routine check up (basically, I blow in a machine and assuming I don’t die I pass for another … Continue reading →

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Yay :)

Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 by dmc

Considering I wasn’t even going to bother putting in for promotion this year I was pleasantly surprised to find a letter from personnel congratulating me on my promotion \o/ Wooo Of course, it’s still not clear what the move to … Continue reading →

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More account oddities at savastore.com

Posted on Friday, July 7, 2006 by dmc

Well, I got into work yesterday and just before I rang savastore.com I attempted to login to my account. Wierd – my new password now works and I can see my new order (and the old ones have disappeared). Assuming … Continue reading →

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Wanted: simple NAS

Posted on Wednesday, July 5, 2006 by dmc

For a while now, I’ve been on the lookout for a simple network attached storage solution that would allow me to a) backup our laptops and b) share stuff around the house. Of course, I don’t just want a NAS … Continue reading →

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