Comments for Greg Albrecht http://gregalbrecht.com If it has an IP, I've touched it. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:40:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on drobo is the bane of my existence by Anna Persson http://gregalbrecht.com/2008/07/02/drobo-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-344 Anna Persson Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:40:16 +0000 http://undef.wordpress.com/?p=127#comment-344 I have had my drobo 2 for 6 months, and it have given me nothing but problems. It is slow and you can never relay on it. I have four 2td hdd loaded in full of important data and now all my data may be lost. The drobo really sucks hard. I wich I had never bought the device. Yours Anna I have had my drobo 2 for 6 months, and it have given me nothing but problems. It is slow and you can never relay on it. I have four 2td hdd loaded in full of important data and now all my data may be lost.

The drobo really sucks hard. I wich I had never bought the device.

Yours Anna

]]> Comment on mime-type disparity in python 2.6.4’s guess_type() by David http://gregalbrecht.com/2009/12/29/mimetypes-python/#comment-337 David Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:23:58 +0000 http://gregalbrecht.com/?p=405#comment-337 I know this is a bit old, but the "file" utility does not give a mime-type by default. Use file --mime-type and you're likely to see something much closer to what python shows. I know this is a bit old, but the “file” utility does not give a mime-type by default. Use file –mime-type and you’re likely to see something much closer to what python shows.

]]> Comment on How to manually detect MTU by ADSLGeek http://gregalbrecht.com/2008/06/10/detecting-mtu/#comment-332 ADSLGeek Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:55:03 +0000 http://undef.wordpress.com/?p=80#comment-332 Really nice post, I was trying to work out a simple way for my site to scan for MTU, so this is a godsend! Thanks so much! Cheers, ADSLgeek Really nice post, I was trying to work out a simple way for my site to scan for MTU, so this is a godsend!

Thanks so much!
Cheers,
ADSLgeek

]]> Comment on drobo is the bane of my existence by captain http://gregalbrecht.com/2008/07/02/drobo-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-330 captain Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:42:51 +0000 http://undef.wordpress.com/?p=127#comment-330 Comment on drobo is the bane of my existence by captain http://gregalbrecht.com/2008/07/02/drobo-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-329 captain Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:42:16 +0000 http://undef.wordpress.com/?p=127#comment-329 Thanks for posting this. I went to drobo's website to find out if my notorious Seagate 1.5TB drives would work in a drobo. After being given ZERO ways to contact drobo, or to read their paranoia fora I went web hunting. It looks like drobo owners are as frustrated as I have been with Netgear ReadyNAS, which has given me FIVE YEARS of anguish, lost data, lost sleep.... I sure wish there were an option for RELIABLE DATA STORAGE out there in an affordable, easy to implement form. It's looking like the most reliable solution is to build my own Linux boxes with SATA RAID controllers. That also gives the extra benefit that if the computer or disk controller goes out, the drives can go into another machine for a fraction of the cost of a replacement Drobo/NAS. Thanks for steering me away from Drobo! I was way too close to wasting yet more money I can't afford in this Depression. ;-) Thanks for posting this. I went to drobo’s website to find out if my notorious Seagate 1.5TB drives would work in a drobo. After being given ZERO ways to contact drobo, or to read their paranoia fora I went web hunting. It looks like drobo owners are as frustrated as I have been with Netgear ReadyNAS, which has given me FIVE YEARS of anguish, lost data, lost sleep…. I sure wish there were an option for RELIABLE DATA STORAGE out there in an affordable, easy to implement form. It’s looking like the most reliable solution is to build my own Linux boxes with SATA RAID controllers. That also gives the extra benefit that if the computer or disk controller goes out, the drives can go into another machine for a fraction of the cost of a replacement Drobo/NAS.

Thanks for steering me away from Drobo! I was way too close to wasting yet more money I can’t afford in this Depression.

;-)

]]> Comment on drobo is the bane of my existence by Case Larsen http://gregalbrecht.com/2008/07/02/drobo-is-the-bane-of-my-existence/#comment-322 Case Larsen Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:15:24 +0000 http://undef.wordpress.com/?p=127#comment-322 I wanted to find out how well DroboPro supported iSCSI since i'd like to just pool all my disks or their backup targets into a single drobo over GB LAN. The knowledge base says that iSCSI can't be connected to by more than one computer at a time? If i could only read the user discussion forum, then i could see other peoples' experience with iSCSI. But since i can't get useful user feedback, the next easier thing is to buy an iSCSI enabled NAS like netgear or QNAP. I wanted to find out how well DroboPro supported iSCSI since i’d like to just pool all my disks or their backup targets into a single drobo over GB LAN.

The knowledge base says that iSCSI can’t be connected to by more than one computer at a time? If i could only read the user discussion forum, then i could see other peoples’ experience with iSCSI.

But since i can’t get useful user feedback, the next easier thing is to buy an iSCSI enabled NAS like netgear or QNAP.

]]> Comment on How to consume tcptrace with Splunk 4.0 by Maximiliano Gonzalez http://gregalbrecht.com/2009/07/24/tcptrace-splunk/#comment-321 Maximiliano Gonzalez Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:59:21 +0000 http://gregalbrecht.com/?p=284#comment-321 Great post! Only one thing! I have to change the regexp for get the host1 and host2 fields success, removing the question marks inside each of the capturing groups, so instead of: FORMAT = ...(?[^\r\n]\d+)... I write FORMAT = ...([^\r\n]\d+)... Thanks! Great post!

Only one thing! I have to change the regexp for get the host1 and host2 fields success, removing the question marks inside each of the capturing groups, so instead of:

FORMAT = …(?[^\r\n]\d+)…

I write

FORMAT = …([^\r\n]\d+)…

Thanks!

]]> Comment on How to get California Highway Patrol Computer Aided Dispatch Updates via Twitter by Matt http://gregalbrecht.com/2009/07/16/chpcad/#comment-320 Matt Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:15:28 +0000 http://gregalbrecht.com/?p=278#comment-320 looks like it's not updating anymore... last update was Sept 15th looks like it’s not updating anymore… last update was Sept 15th

]]> Comment on tinyurls are the future of the web (for now) by david carasso http://gregalbrecht.com/2009/07/08/tinyurls-are-the-future-of-the-web-for-now/#comment-316 david carasso Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:29:03 +0000 http://gregalbrecht.com/?p=236#comment-316 you sure as heck are relying on these services to do the right thing. Do they have any SLA ? you sure as heck are relying on these services to do the right thing. Do they have any SLA ?

]]> Comment on How to force a remote host to clear its arp cache by Darryl http://gregalbrecht.com/2008/04/14/arp-cache/#comment-309 Darryl Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:50:58 +0000 http://undef.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-309 Found via Google. Very useful. Thanks. Found via Google. Very useful. Thanks.

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