Jun 25
Yes, it’s been a while. Over 18 months ago, I started converting an old CX300 to a CX3-20c. (Set the wayback machine and see The Great Conversion ) Shortly after I started this, I got wrapped up in work, got laid off, found new work in the wrong state, spent 12 months commuting from Virginia …
Dec 07
Tonight I have started the process of converting my own CX300 to a CX3-20c. (yay! upgrading from SERIOUSLY out-of-date hardware to MODERATELY out-of-date hardware, right?) Why? Because it’s there. Since EMC doesn’t offer free training to sub-sub-sub-contractors such as myself, it falls to me to learn what I can where I can. Besides. It’s fun. …
Oct 25
Oh 50micron.com….how I’ve neglected you. But it’s been for good reason. You see, the little nothing company that I quite literally started in my basement is growing up… A few dozen customers and suddenly I’m finding that the electricity and heat problems in my basement were *NOT* going to tolerate a second tray of disks, …
Oct 18
Downtime last night – This time (almost) planned. In my constant effort to stay no more than a couple of steps behind current technology, I have started aquiring Dell 1850’s to replace my 2650’s. I decided to go with the 1850’s because they are smaller form-factor, which means that they’ll fit in my cramped little …
Feb 21
I did not stay up way too late upgrading (playing with) the new CX. I did not accidentally plug my new CX into a consumer-grade UPS but accidentally plug it into the SURGE outlet and not the BATT outlet. I did not plug it into the same wall circuit that the aux AC is on. …
Feb 18
There comes a time in every geek’s life…. A look of wonder crossing his face…. A new toy, a new project, a new endeavour…. A beloved wife saying something along the lines of “You bring that damned thing in here and I swear to god…” This is one of those times. Over the course of …
Aug 25
This may be a more well-known reference than I earlier thought. I grew up watching Happy-Days. The show was great until the episode where Fonzi jumped the shark-tank. After that it pretty much went down-hill quickly. Hence the term “Jumped the shark” or “Jumping the shark” has come to mean any single event that marks …
May 29
Ok – So I’m going to put the question out here. Has anyone heard of a decent fibrechannel target mode package? I’ve been doing some research and have found a number of open NAS appliances, but only a few (and none of them open) that do target-mode. Open-E – seems to be about the most …
Mar 31
A couple of years ago, I picked up an old Clariiion FC5300 wholesale (free) from a junk-pile at one of my customers. I played with it, it was nice, but I couldn’t figure out why I should use it when I had 73+G drives available to me. I started the FC@Home project then. Because I …
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