8 Oct
2012
8 Oct
'12
11:22 a.m.
On 10/08/2012 12:20 PM, David Riley wrote:
Absolutely. My wife thinks I'm nuts for putting in the time and effort
to figure out how to run a bundle of Ethernet and fiber cables through
the walls of our nearly 100-year-old house ("Don't we have wireless?").
She's obviously never had to move big files over a wireless network. ;)
I consider RAID as an availability measure - but how
many installations
have you seen that have spare disks on-hand and procedures to monitor
and replace them? (I am sure the serious ones do. Elsewhere, every
cowboy sysadmin configures RAID on day 1... but where are the disks? :)
I do. But then some people think I'm crazy for running grownup
equipment with grownup procedures "at home".
Granted "at home" in this case means a 14,000 square foot building
where a few dozen web sites and 100+ email accounts and lists are
hosted, as well as my "put dinner on the table" work, but still...if
it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. It was totally worth figuring out how to bend a
10-foot length of 2"
PVC conduit to go into the ceiling of our 6-foot basement, though (fun
fact: 2" PVC conduit can bend nearly 90 degrees if you work hard enough
at it). I'm not sorry at all, though; all our wiring goes neatly into
the basement where the big switch is, and I have full gigabit wiring to
my office on the second floor (and OM-3 fiber for when 10 gig is more
within my range).
I mean, I work from home, so there's that. She does see the ultimate
value in having good equipment, at least. :-)
Sounds good to me!
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA