@MattSpeller said:

@travisdh1 said:

@MattSpeller said:

@wirestyle22 said:

@MattSpeller said:

@gjacobse Form factor and how quiet the chassis is are large factors. One day I'll have a rack in my home but that day will not be soon.

Oh that's a conversation we can have. If you guys were making a network closet at home how would you cool it?

I would cool it ambiently and save money on my heating bills. Nothing says "I work in IT" like a server rack in your living room.

Or a 13U rack under your desk at home. Man, I gotta remember to check out Northeast Factory Direct, bet I could pickup one for cheap.

13U is almost the perfect height for an ottoman. Just saying.

https://wiki.eth0.nl/index.php/LackRack

@MattSpeller said:

@wirestyle22 said:

@MattSpeller said:

@gjacobse Form factor and how quiet the chassis is are large factors. One day I'll have a rack in my home but that day will not be soon.

Oh that's a conversation we can have. If you guys were making a network closet at home how would you cool it?

I would cool it ambiently and save money on my heating bills. Nothing says "I work in IT" like a server rack in your living room.

The only place I would put it in my living room would be sort of behind my TV which the lights and stuff would distract I think. First world problems

@MattSpeller said:

@gjacobse Form factor and how quiet the chassis is are large factors. One day I'll have a rack in my home but that day will not be soon.

Oh that's a conversation we can have. If you guys were making a network closet at home how would you cool it?

@scottalanmiller said:

If I am going to put in twelve drives, I want a server chassis.

I just bought a Coolermaster Cosmos 2 for my home media server. It's the biggest case I've ever seen in my life and weighs almost 50 lbs by itself.

http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Cosmos-II-RC-1200-KKN1/dp/B006P88VNE/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1454693502&sr=1-1&keywords=cosmos+2

@MattSpeller said:

@wirestyle22 said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@johnhooks said:

Out of curiosity whats the advantage to a ReadyNAS vs building your own NAS with that box?

To a business, the big thing is support.

To a consumer, the big thing is "small, cheap chassis." A ReadyNAS is offered in a very nice little desktop unit with hot swap bays. It would be great if someone was making business class little chassis like that that we could build SAM-SD Minis out of, but I have not seen one yet. HP Proliant Micro is a good start, but not ideal for that. Smaller, two bay and ARM based would be really sweet.

This is the best DIY NAS case I've seen but it's not cheap: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IAELTAI/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00IAELTAI&linkCode=as2&tag=diy-nas-20&linkId=FXJXCIGCRY5WCZUT

grumbling about the CDN$ intensifies

Price: $149.99 + $100.04 Shipping & Import Fees Deposit to Canada

I want you all to think of this situation like you're talking to your daughter and trying to convince her to dump her boyfriend who rides a motorcycle, wears a leather jacket and seems high all the time. Her answer will always be "...but I love him". That's my answer.

....but I love it

@scottalanmiller said:

@johnhooks said:

Out of curiosity whats the advantage to a ReadyNAS vs building your own NAS with that box?

To a business, the big thing is support.

To a consumer, the big thing is "small, cheap chassis." A ReadyNAS is offered in a very nice little desktop unit with hot swap bays. It would be great if someone was making business class little chassis like that that we could build SAM-SD Minis out of, but I have not seen one yet. HP Proliant Micro is a good start, but not ideal for that. Smaller, two bay and ARM based would be really sweet.

This is the best DIY NAS case I've seen but it's not cheap: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IAELTAI/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00IAELTAI&linkCode=as2&tag=diy-nas-20&linkId=FXJXCIGCRY5WCZUT

@Dashrender said:

@wirestyle22 said:

@Dashrender said:

@wirestyle22 said:

@wrx7m said:

Can you log in to your spam filter/log and search for mail coming from that person who claims they are sending email to the correct address?

In my Barracuda SVF 300 I can see all the messages coming in that are to non-existent email addresses. In fact, I have had this problem before and had to show a department manager that they were sending it to a person who got married and since changed their last name and, of course, the email address had to be updated.

It's showing her e-mails coming it at 0 KB but all other e-mails coming from that domain are fine including secure e-mails.

Are they actually being received, or are they being rejected?

It shows the attempt. Apparently they fixed it but they didn't tell me what they did. shrug

PEBKAC error

I'm sure

@gjacobse said:

So picked up the old firewall I put in at my previous office. It ran on a Dell PE 2900 1U box. They retired it this month.

So now I have a driveless box here I'm wondering what to do with. I only had / have $100 in it,.. but if I use it now, I'll have to find drives.

My brother suggested a NAS - but @scottalanmiller and I have talked about this in detail, and I plan to do a build out of a 4 bay ReadyNAS.

Is my data worth that much - why yes... yes it is. Photos and such, and then I can maybe pull backups from my Dad as well.

Is hardware raid a necessity or something? You can achieve great results for cheap using Linux with ZFS (Software Raid). I know a lot of people have a lot of opinions on software raid but there is very little overhead with modern processors and it's enterprise level software. One of the beautiful aspects of software raid is you don't have to worry about the firmware of the raid controller you purchased when it dies. A lot of the time they stop manufacturing them which is a headache. At the same point I'm sure SAM has a reason for recommending that. I assume this is going to be a raid 10 with 4 drives.

@Dashrender said:

@wirestyle22 said:

@wrx7m said:

Can you log in to your spam filter/log and search for mail coming from that person who claims they are sending email to the correct address?

In my Barracuda SVF 300 I can see all the messages coming in that are to non-existent email addresses. In fact, I have had this problem before and had to show a department manager that they were sending it to a person who got married and since changed their last name and, of course, the email address had to be updated.

It's showing her e-mails coming it at 0 KB but all other e-mails coming from that domain are fine including secure e-mails.

Are they actually being received, or are they being rejected?

It shows the attempt. Apparently they fixed it but they didn't tell me what they did. shrug

@wrx7m said:

Can you log in to your spam filter/log and search for mail coming from that person who claims they are sending email to the correct address?

In my Barracuda SVF 300 I can see all the messages coming in that are to non-existent email addresses. In fact, I have had this problem before and had to show a department manager that they were sending it to a person who got married and since changed their last name and, of course, the email address had to be updated.

It's showing her e-mails coming it at 0 KB but all other e-mails coming from that domain are fine including secure e-mails.

@travisdh1 said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@travisdh1 said:

@scottalanmiller Oh, I know and understand that.

Apparently they're known for sending extortion letters, now that I've had a little bit of time to do some research on them.

I really don't mind getting rid of them or paying a reasonable license fee. What they're asking for isn't what I'd call reasonable, it's just enough that most companies would pay rather than go to court.

I'm also not sure if the Fair Use would cover those under the teaching, scholarship, or research exemptions. Probably going to have to get a lawyer involved.

Oh that sucks. Is this a school site? A professor's personal pages?

It's a page that lists different plants that are often used by herbalists, just a list along with the best information about where they originate and such. Even scientific names of all the dull things people find dull and boring. It was difficult to put together because a lot of this sort of information is still locked up in books and hasn't gotten online or in databases yet.

This is one of the reasons that I create all content myself. I have never had to deal with plant availability though and I'm sure that will be/has been an issue for you. I'd say update us but this may take you awhile to resolve if you have to get lawyers involved.

@scottalanmiller said:

@travisdh1 said:

@MattSpeller Here I was going to offer some sort of encouragement to you, but honestly, this conversation just motivated me to finally ask that librarian I know out. Hope you have a good time, however things work out!

Did you manage to book a date?

OH lawd

@scottalanmiller said:

@wirestyle22 said:

@MattSpeller said:

@wirestyle22 31

We're the same age. All it takes is finding one person out of 6+ billion. I just recently got engaged:

Although this is scientifically the worst picture I've ever taken, I think you get the picture. You find your match and you're set. I've been there believe me.

Congrats.

You look like a young version of Anslo from Keeping Up Appearances.

Only on my good days

@MattSpeller said:

@wirestyle22 31

We're the same age. All it takes is finding one person out of 6+ billion. I just recently got engaged:

Although this is scientifically the worst picture I've ever taken, I think you get the picture. You find your match and you're set. I've been there believe me.

@MattSpeller said:

@RojoLoco said:

@MattSpeller remember to let the dating part be fun... don't be afraid to walk out on a bad or mediocre one. Life is too short.

So far it's lacked any real element of fun and has more taken on the qualities of an informal job interview. Between the hairy granola munching animal hugging hippies and laser sharp career focused "fun is the enemy" ladies I can't seem to find a happy medium.

The hunt continues.

How old are you?

@dafyre said:

@wirestyle22 said:

Yeah but I can't help her. She works for a state department and their IT support there is attempting to help her. They are blaming us and I'm like wat

ROFL.

Have them take a close look at the bounce email.

There is so much blame in the IT industry it's crazy. I think a lot of IT Tech just don't want to deal with users anymore and use it as a tool to calm them or something

@dafyre said:

If that's the original movies, I actually met one of the actors who played an extra in that one, lol.

I'm just deathly afraid of having a girl which means it's 100% certain that i will. I'd give her two boys if I could avoid one girl.

Yeah but I can't help her. She works for a state department and their IT support there is attempting to help her. They are blaming us and I'm like wat

@dafyre said:

Mine ain't dimmed yet. When I get offa work, I go home, catch a few minutes of peace, and then go back to being a kid again. Living vicariously through my 4 year old, lol.

No kids yet but my fiance` is very interested in combining our genes to form some kind of super child. This is what I imagine:

The light in my eyes dimmed yesterday that's for sure. That little glint of the child you use to be.