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2010-03-20T10:33:58+00:00

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User:Iptinnok

2010-03-20T05:13:10+00:00

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User:Azdustdevil

2010-03-20T03:29:30+00:00

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False Democrat Memo Makes Politics Irritating

2010-03-20T03:09:50+00:00

When both Politico and The Atlantic are duped by a hoax, you know it's malicious and unfun.

User:Nakproductions

2010-03-19T19:27:13+00:00

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Buy Green Zone Director Paul Greengrass a Tri-Pod Already!

2010-03-19T18:45:21+00:00

Director Paul Greengrass makes me sick...literally.

What Will Future Generations Care About (If There Are Future Generations)?

2010-03-19T18:40:25+00:00

Is there anything more important that Sandra Bullock and Jessie James or March Madness? Arguably yes: the Large Hadron Collider.

Victoria Cross Medals Are On Display In Australia

2010-03-19T18:30:09+00:00

People across Australia are being given the rare opportunity to see a display of nine Victoria Cross Medals in an exhibition that with travel across the country.

Michelle "Bombshell" McGee's Web Of Deception About To Unravel

2010-03-19T18:15:10+00:00

Michelle McGee sold her story for fame, but the trail of lies and deception she's left will come back to haunt her.

The Hour of the Witch

2010-03-19T17:30:50+00:00

Quadruple Witching, is it that old black magic?

Obama Fist Bumps Are Germ-Safe Greetings

2010-03-19T16:17:16+00:00

Or: when a handshake is better than a kiss.

Gallery3:Modules:shadowbox

2010-03-19T15:24:24+00:00

Screenshots:

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	== Screenshots ==		== Screenshots ==
-	~~The code it inserts into your page inside~~ the ~~HEAD element:~~	+	Module would add required information to the page for initial setup.
		+	In order to enable Shadowbox feature you would need to add

-	~~[[Image:G3_Module_ShadowBox_01~~.~~gif]]~~	+	<code>
		+	$ (document). ready( function() {
		+	try {
		+	Shadowbox.setup("a.g-fullsize-link", {player: 'img'});
		+	} catch (e) {
		+	}
		+	}
		+	</code>

	== Download ==		== Download ==

Gallery3:Themes:greydragon

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FAQ:

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		+	== FAQ ==
		+
		+	<ul><li><b>Q:</b> <i>How to change font?</i>
		+	<p><b>A:</b> In theme's folder locate <b>/css/screen.css</b> and change <b>font-family</b> rule for <b>BODY</b> tag.</p></li></ul>

	== Wish List ==		== Wish List ==

The End of Social Gaming As We Know It?

2010-03-19T14:10:56+00:00

Things are starting to get exciting out in San Francisco, and I feel fine.

Google Calendar's Smart Rescheduler

2010-03-19T14:05:43+00:00

Google Calendar has a new feature in Labs called Smart Rescheduler to help reschedule events.

Mustafa Davis Shares Compelling Stories Using Film

2010-03-19T12:51:06+00:00

These are real life characters, I simply turned my camera towards them and the story told itself.

A Great Musician Dies in Japan

2010-03-19T12:06:51+00:00

Nujabes (Jun Seba) claimed as deceased today, though he died in February.

Gallery3:Modules:imageblockex

2010-03-19T05:53:09+00:00

Description:

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	== Description ==		== Description ==
-	Random Image generator for the sidebar.	+	Random Image generator for the sidebar from available RSS feeds.<br />
		+	To support "Random RSS Feed" install [http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:Modules:rss_extra RSS Extra] module.<br />
	Discuss it [http://gallery.menalto.com/node/94049 here]		Discuss it [http://gallery.menalto.com/node/94049 here]

User:Serge D

2010-03-19T05:51:01+00:00

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	* G3 Theme: Grey Dragon Wind - http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:Themes:greydragon_w		* G3 Theme: Grey Dragon Wind - http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:Themes:greydragon_w
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-	* G3 Module: ShadowBox support - http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:Modules:shadowbox	+	* G3 Module: Module: ShadowBox support - http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:Modules:shadowbox
	* G3 Module: Sidebar Block: ClustrMaps - http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:Modules:clustrmaps		* G3 Module: Sidebar Block: ClustrMaps - http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:Modules:clustrmaps
	* G3 Module: Sidebar Block: Gallery Stats - http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:Modules:gallerystats		* G3 Module: Sidebar Block: Gallery Stats - http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:Modules:gallerystats
	* G3 Module: Sidebar Block: Random Image Ex - http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:Modules:imageblockex		* G3 Module: Sidebar Block: Random Image Ex - http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:Modules:imageblockex
		+	* G3 Module: Module: RSS Feeds Extra - http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:Modules:rss_extra

Gallery3:Modules:rss extra

2010-03-19T05:50:00+00:00

Created page with '{{ModuleInfo |author=Serge D |link=http://codex.gallery2.org/images/5/51/Rss_extra.zip |description=version 1}} == RSS Feed Extra == Adds support for new RSS Feeds: random == D…'

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{{ModuleInfo
|author=Serge D
|link=http://codex.gallery2.org/images/5/51/Rss_extra.zip
|description=version 1}}

== RSS Feed Extra ==
Adds support for new RSS Feeds: random

== Description ==
Adds support for new RSS Feeds: random
Discuss it [http://gallery.menalto.com/node/95073 here]

== Installation ==
Unpack content in <b>modules</b> folder.<br/>
Activate the module: Login -> Admin -> Modules. Check the box next to the module. Click update at the bottom of the page.<br/>

[[Category:Gallery 3:Modules|rss_extra]]

File:Rss extra.zip

2010-03-19T05:45:57+00:00

uploaded "[[File:Rss extra.zip]]"

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File:Imageblockex.zip

2010-03-19T05:42:43+00:00

uploaded a new version of "[[File:Imageblockex.zip]]"

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Gallery3:Modules:imageblockex

2010-03-19T05:41:04+00:00

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	\|link=http://codex.gallery2.org/images/8/84/Imageblockex.zip		\|link=http://codex.gallery2.org/images/8/84/Imageblockex.zip
-	\|description=version 5}}	+	\|description=version 6}}
	== Image Block ==		== Image Block ==
	Display a random image in the sidebar		Display a random image in the sidebar

Upset Stomachs Abound On Day One

2010-03-19T03:12:22+00:00

One day in the books for the 2010 NCAA Tournament, and numerous records are falling by the wayside as top seeds get shown the door.

Fox News Interviewer Broadsides The President

2010-03-19T02:55:42+00:00

Bret Baier showed everyone how rude someone can be to the President. How can he get away with this?

Skype Offers Free Wi-Fi at Paid Hotspots March 20-21

2010-03-19T02:29:12+00:00

Skype's latest product, Skype Access, offers free promotional wifi access this coming weekend.

MIX10: Mobile and Web Developers Gather for Windows Phone 7 Preview

2010-03-19T02:25:29+00:00

Windows Phone 7 Series developers receive love at Microsoft's MIX10 conference in Las Vegas.

Ginni Thomas' Nonprofit Group Stumbles Out Of The Gate

2010-03-19T02:10:34+00:00

Things were going so well until they forgot to register.

User:Danielgarza4

2010-03-19T02:05:39+00:00

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Will Andronikou Fix Pompey's Money Problems?

2010-03-19T01:22:14+00:00

The soon-to-be-relegated Portsmouth Football Club hopes that successful administration can pull them out of the fires of debt before season's end.

Missouri Bill Would Make Abortion Doctors Nosier

2010-03-18T23:44:45+00:00

And it doesn't seem to have any real purpose.

MIX10 Sessions Ready App Developers for Windows Phone 7

2010-03-18T23:29:19+00:00

Microsoft hopes to make it easier for developers to get noticed in the crowded mobile application marketplace

Commute Time Key Factor in Employee Retention

2010-03-18T22:54:47+00:00

Long commutes take their toll on employees, resulting in packing boxes and leaving the job

Hey Mr. President, How About Jobs?

2010-03-18T22:23:30+00:00

Despite a focus on healthcare and charged up messaging on jobs, American's are asking President Obama when they can get back to work

Pearson's Video Mentor: Reaching Out to Social Media

2010-03-18T21:16:41+00:00

Pearson education's Video Mentor is a 2 hour video plus book, a fairly simplified certification instruction manual.

Philly Flying Lower After Leighton Injury

2010-03-18T20:39:41+00:00

Philadelphia loses another goaltender to injury, and their contingency plan leaves a lot to be desired.

Breaking: Jesse James Asks Wife Sandra Bullock To Forgive Him

2010-03-18T18:46:05+00:00

Jesse James admits he is a cheating piece of crap, begs Sandra Bullock and his children to forgive. Good luck with that, I know I won't.

Tonight's the Night Real Housewives of NYC Fans

2010-03-18T18:19:45+00:00

The ladies of The Real Housewives of New York City are ready to entertain us tonight, 10pm on Bravo Channel.

Singer/Songwriter Alex Chilton Dead At 59

2010-03-18T17:08:36+00:00

Children by the million scream for Alex Chilton. RIP.

The Enlightened Billionaire

2010-03-18T16:53:17+00:00

Watch Warren Buffett rock the house

SXSW 2010: Putty Hill

2010-03-18T16:21:29+00:00

Matthew Porterfield's film Putty Farm has a North American premiere at SXSW.

Zach Galifianakis Interviews Ben Stiller on New Between Two Ferns

2010-03-18T16:00:41+00:00

A new episode of Between Two Ferns premieres with Zach Galifianakis interviewing Ben Stiller.

Blog Focus on Kindle for Mac OS X Release

2010-03-18T15:36:23+00:00

Bloggers react to the release of Amazon Kindle for Mac OS X.

Jesse James' Mistress Michelle McGee Paid Close to $30,000 For Her Story

2010-03-18T15:13:34+00:00

The woman who just destroyed Sandra Bullock's marriage was paid almost $30,000 for sharing intimate details of her affair with Jesse James.

Apple Developing Social Networking App for iPhone

2010-03-18T15:07:45+00:00

A patent reveals that Apple is in development on a social networking app called iGroups.

American Idol Results Show a Travesty

2010-03-18T13:10:55+00:00

The voters have spoken and once again, senseless tragedy has struck on American Idol with the wrong contestant going home.

Travel's Second Class Citizens: Single Parents

2010-03-18T13:02:05+00:00

Single Parents Want Their Kinds of Travel

New Perspectives for Depression Treatment

2010-03-18T12:58:17+00:00

New perspectives for depression treatment obtained from the evaluation of therapeutic studies from 1980 to 2009

Google Chrome 4.1 Released For Windows

2010-03-18T12:25:33+00:00

New features allow domain-specific privacy settings and on-the-fly auto translation

Google Denied Trademark For Nexus One Name

2010-03-18T11:53:23+00:00

Trademark for Nexus One denied by US Patent and Trademark Office.

Nexus One On Sprint 3G Network

2010-03-18T04:10:18+00:00

Sprint 3G Mobile Broadband Network will support Google's Nexus One in the near future

Snoop Dogg's Malice 'N Wonderland

2010-03-18T01:30:30+00:00

Snoop Dogg premieres trailer for Malice 'N Wonderland short film.

HBO Premieres Treme Trailer

2010-03-18T00:42:40+00:00

HBO recently premiered a new trailer for David Simon's upcoming series Treme and the consensus is pretty much universal that it looks amazing

Foursquare Experiences Huge SXSW Growth Surge

2010-03-18T00:28:04+00:00

Foursquare experiences massive growth surge following SXSWi, but can it sustain interest?

Tumblr Announces BlackBerry App

2010-03-17T23:44:35+00:00

Tumblr announces the first version of the their new BlackBerry app.

Tape is dead, long live tape or how water can ruin your weekend

2010-03-17T23:27:59+00:00

A little while ago, disaster struck. What seemed like a normal day at work, suddenly turned into a frenzy I have yet to experience anything similar to.

What happened? We realized something was wrong when we lost contact with one of our non-virtualized servers.
I couldn’t contact it at all; it had just vanished from the face of our network.

My natural reaction was to run into our server room, to check what had happened. I figured it would be a power supply failure, or NIC failure.

Boy, was I wrong.

It turns out that a plastic pipe going through the wall, providing shielding for the power cables that provide power for the outdoor unit of the cooling system, led water straight into the server room. When I entered the server room, and heard splish-splashy sounds as soon as my feet hit the floor, I immediately grabbed a bucket and held it under the aforementioned pipe. While I stood there, trying to do some damage control, several other people rushed to my assistance.

As soon as there were enough hands on deck trying to get rid of the water, I grabbed the file server and brought it downstairs for some open heart surgery.

It’s a well known fact that water and servers don’t really mix that well. Even less so when the water in question flows down the walls in your server room, right on top of your main file server. That’s right; water meet server.

Of course, the very last of our non-rack based servers was located in a straight line below the pipe. Everything else was fine; the rack servers aren’t located directly on the floor, nor is anything else. We did have a good 2cm of water on the floor, but that wasn’t enough to hit the rack servers or UPS’s.

So, what was the end result? One pretty dead server. It did try to get our hopes up, and initially it did.
At first, things looked good. I removed the HDDs and the power supplies, opened the cabinet and looked for water damage. The power supplies seemed to have gotten a bit wet, which is probably why the server went MIA in the first place. Other than that, everything looked good. I still had some hope that the data on the HDDs was undamaged. Considering that I had removed the HDDs, I tried powering on the server. Any, yay, it started up, went through the BIOS OK and generally seemed like a happy little server again.

I let it run for a while with no apparent errors or hiccups, so I decided to try and boot it with disks in it again. At first, the RAID controller complained that its logical drive(s) was missing, but that was expected after I had started it without the drives in it. I tried setting the logical drive to online, but then it complained about missing information. My next move was to copy the RAID/Logical Drive information from the drives to the controller, and that worked perfectly. The server rebooted, and started without problems. I let it run for a while, no problem what so ever, it seemed we caught a lucky break and could continue running.

Sadly that was not the case, as it only lasted a good 20 minutes before the server died completely, breaking the RAID as a result. The drives died, the power supply died, and our inventory is now one physical file server smaller.
Next, restore from backup. As most small companies/IT-depts. we do backups to tape. We even have a pretty decent LTO3 based changer, and we run Tivoli Storage Manager as out backup software. As this was a physical server that was due to be replaced with a VM, we decided to restore its data to a new pre-provisioned VM. That should be a breeze, right?

As anyone that has attempted to restore large amounts of data from a tape library will attest to, things can, and will, fail. Tapes can go bad, drives can go nuts and changers can decide that they don’t want to change anymore. We experienced two of the above;

Bad Tape
One of the tapes we were going to recover data from was broken, and we could not recover data from it. Thankfully TSM lets us have a copypool of tapes, so we did work around it by collecting the replacement tape from that pool.
Nutty Drive
Drive 2 in the changer decided that after the initial restore job, a small subset of critical data, it wouldn’t play ball anymore. Now, TSM only uses one drive at a time to restore data with, but it does use the other drive in the changer to prepare the next tape with. So, we were reduced to all the action happening on one drive, which of course means that the restore time was significantly increased.

In the end, we were 100% successful in recovering the data from our latest backup set. We restored nearly 1 000 000 files (which also increased the restore time by a huge amount), but the entire restore process took us close to 56 hours in total.
Of course, in hindsight this whole mess could pretty easily have been avoided, on several different levels:

The pipe should not have been able to lead water directly into the server room.
When we do risk assessments, do we identify problems like this? I for one did not see this one coming, and I’ve practically lived in that server room the last few years.
We should have installed some sort of water detection system in the server room.
This might not have prevented the server crash, but we could potentially have identified that water was present and been able to shut down the server before it fried.
Why was the server still located on the floor?
The fileserver should have been virtualized a long time ago, and plans were in place to do so. In fact, the VM that should replace it was already provisioned and semi-configured.

The most significant thing we could have done, before disaster struck, was to have a proper disaster recovery site in place. Irony has it that we got the quote on the hardware from HP, and software from Veeam, on Tuesday, two days before “the incident”. We have the DR location in place, and the lease contracts have been signed. We even have 100Mbit direct access to the DR site being installed as we speak. If this had happened a month or two from now, we would have been up and running through the whole ordeal. Of course, it could not have happened at a worse time, but when would something like this be well timed, really?

Now, we were already in the process of getting a DR site in place, so both IT and Management knew about the need for a secondary location. What surprised us though, was the sheer amount of files we had to restore from tape, and how much time it took. 56 hours is an extremely long time, especially when you are looking at restore jobs...

This means that our DR site setup, won’t be based on tape based backups. We can’t rely on tape medium as a primary medium for restore processes, it simply takes too long and is too error prone for us to base our business on. The fact of the matter is that even small businesses now have so many files and so much critical data floating around, that tape just isn’t feasible anymore. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad we had tape backups, as we don’t really have the storage space available to do disk based backups right now.

As soon as the DR site is up and running, tape is dead as far as I’m concerned.

I’ll outline our DR site setup later, when we have it in place, but I’m definitely looking into using Virtual Tape Libraries (VTL) with dedup built-in for the new setup. And of course, snapshot based VM backups using Veeam Backup and Replication to the DR location, you know, for those really critical VMs that we can’t live without.

I for one will have backups everywhere from now on.

User:Thetom

2010-03-17T23:11:34+00:00

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The Women of American Idol Trample All Over the Men

2010-03-17T22:43:45+00:00

The American Idol top 12 took the big stage last night. A great night for most of the ladies. Not so great for most of the guys!

Rough Day For Oscar Winner Sandra Bullock Amid Infidelity Rumors

2010-03-17T22:03:18+00:00

Actress and Oscar winner Sandra Bullock is having a REALLY bad day.

How to Choose the Right Keywords for Your Business

2010-03-17T21:03:26+00:00

The most undervalued and overlooked tool for online business success is choosing the right keywords your customers are searching for.