Comments for "All is Vanity" http://walt.therices.org Life and Technology from Inner-City Philly Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:41:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Promise VessRAID 1840i by Jason http://walt.therices.org/index.php/2011/01/promise-vessraid-1840i/comment-page-1/#comment-11328 Jason Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:41:41 +0000 http://walt.therices.org/?p=206#comment-11328 Just purchased the 1840i. Having some real issues this this unit and active directory setup. I would agree with everthing in this article and the comments made by others. I also have a Vtrack which was easy to set up in a SAS configuration connected to multiple servers, but this thing is a bear to get set up in a NAS configuration. haven't tried ISCSI yet on this box, but that wasn't what I bought it for. Working with tech support on trying to get it resolved usingh the 3.06 firmware update but still they are having to send me up to the next level of support. Seriously considering putting it back in the box and sending it back if they don't get this resolved soon. Just purchased the 1840i. Having some real issues this this unit and active directory setup. I would agree with everthing in this article and the comments made by others. I also have a Vtrack which was easy to set up in a SAS configuration connected to multiple servers, but this thing is a bear to get set up in a NAS configuration. haven’t tried ISCSI yet on this box, but that wasn’t what I bought it for. Working with tech support on trying to get it resolved usingh the 3.06 firmware update but still they are having to send me up to the next level of support. Seriously considering putting it back in the box and sending it back if they don’t get this resolved soon.

]]> Comment on Corporate Inbreeding by Jessica http://walt.therices.org/index.php/2009/03/corporate-inbreeding/comment-page-1/#comment-10727 Jessica Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:10:14 +0000 http://walt.therices.org/?p=144#comment-10727 Because most of the people who can vote to make a difference don't inform themselves about polices and political failures. Therefore their ignorance leads them to either: vote for an incompetent politician or don't go vote to make a change. Sadly enough it’s usually the majority who persist on complaining when they aren't going to do nothing about it. Because most of the people who can vote to make a difference don’t inform themselves about polices and political failures. Therefore their ignorance leads them to either: vote for an incompetent politician or don’t go vote to make a change. Sadly enough it’s usually the majority who persist on complaining when they aren’t going to do nothing about it.

]]> Comment on Promise VessRAID 1840i by admin http://walt.therices.org/index.php/2011/01/promise-vessraid-1840i/comment-page-1/#comment-10606 admin Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:28:20 +0000 http://walt.therices.org/?p=206#comment-10606 I got these units just before Promise required them to be purchased with drives, which is robbery, quite honestly. You add some good points to the review, thank you. I got these units just before Promise required them to be purchased with drives, which is robbery, quite honestly. You add some good points to the review, thank you.

]]> Comment on Promise VessRAID 1840i by PaulR http://walt.therices.org/index.php/2011/01/promise-vessraid-1840i/comment-page-1/#comment-10605 PaulR Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:44:27 +0000 http://walt.therices.org/?p=206#comment-10605 Thanks for a good overview. I've been extremely happy with the Vtrak M300i and needed to buy a couple more units. I'd settled on the VessRAID 1840i but wanted to see a review or two before clicking the submit button on an order. Google brought me here, and so far it's confirmed what I've always believed about our Promise arrays-- good price, great hardware. My only complaint with VessRAID is they wll only replicate with other devices on the same subnet. (confirmed by Promise support) The sales guys tried to up-sell us on the Enterprise products, at 5x the price. We said No Thanks and built a transparent layer 2 bridge between our two main facilities so these units could talk with each other. IMO, any device that already communicates via TCP/IP should NOT be crippled to a single subnet. That made me grumble. The other nit to pick, is Promise forces us to buy 8x SATA disks, which we do not want or use. As a service provider, we buy disks by the case at a LOT cheaper price-- plus WE get to control the brand of the disk (we like Seagate Constellations and Cheetahs). One of the arrays we bought will be filled with 15k SAS Cheetahs-- so we have 8 SATA disks laying on the shelf we don't need. Total waste of money. Too bad Promise took our options away. Thanks for a good overview. I’ve been extremely happy with the Vtrak M300i and needed to buy a couple more units. I’d settled on the VessRAID 1840i but wanted to see a review or two before clicking the submit button on an order.

Google brought me here, and so far it’s confirmed what I’ve always believed about our Promise arrays– good price, great hardware. My only complaint with VessRAID is they wll only replicate with other devices on the same subnet. (confirmed by Promise support)

The sales guys tried to up-sell us on the Enterprise products, at 5x the price. We said No Thanks and built a transparent layer 2 bridge between our two main facilities so these units could talk with each other. IMO, any device that already communicates via TCP/IP should NOT be crippled to a single subnet. That made me grumble.

The other nit to pick, is Promise forces us to buy 8x SATA disks, which we do not want or use. As a service provider, we buy disks by the case at a LOT cheaper price– plus WE get to control the brand of the disk (we like Seagate Constellations and Cheetahs).

One of the arrays we bought will be filled with 15k SAS Cheetahs– so we have 8 SATA disks laying on the shelf we don’t need. Total waste of money. Too bad Promise took our options away.

]]> Comment on That Navy internship finally paid off… by Dave Theis http://walt.therices.org/index.php/2010/07/that-navy-internship-finally-paid-off/comment-page-1/#comment-9648 Dave Theis Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:28:39 +0000 http://walt.therices.org/?p=199#comment-9648 Awesome story!!! Everything is in God's Grand Plan!!!!! :o) Awesome story!!! Everything is in God’s Grand Plan!!!!! :o)

]]> Comment on Promise VessRAID 1840i by admin http://walt.therices.org/index.php/2011/01/promise-vessraid-1840i/comment-page-1/#comment-8684 admin Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:19:24 +0000 http://walt.therices.org/?p=206#comment-8684 Sorry, no experience with the E-series. Sorry, no experience with the E-series.

]]> Comment on Promise VessRAID 1840i by Darren http://walt.therices.org/index.php/2011/01/promise-vessraid-1840i/comment-page-1/#comment-8602 Darren Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:09:03 +0000 http://walt.therices.org/?p=206#comment-8602 Thanks for the VessRAID review. I have a couple of them in my network and they are also working well. The only thing that makes me a bit nervous is the single RAID controller. From a fault-tolerance point of view, the controller is a single point of failure. For future network storage, I am considering moving up to the E-series VTrak product because it seems a bit more robust overall and does have dual RAID controllers. Do you have any experience with these? Thanks for the VessRAID review. I have a couple of them in my network and they are also working well. The only thing that makes me a bit nervous is the single RAID controller. From a fault-tolerance point of view, the controller is a single point of failure. For future network storage, I am considering moving up to the E-series VTrak product because it seems a bit more robust overall and does have dual RAID controllers. Do you have any experience with these?

]]> Comment on Access 2007 Debugging Disabled? by Dean http://walt.therices.org/index.php/2009/07/access-2007-debugging-disabled/comment-page-1/#comment-8377 Dean Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:39:16 +0000 http://walt.therices.org/?p=161#comment-8377 Thanks. Thought I was going CRAZY. Another hour shot on Microsoft stupidity. Thanks. Thought I was going CRAZY. Another hour shot on Microsoft stupidity.

]]> Comment on Promise VessRAID 1840i by sdx http://walt.therices.org/index.php/2011/01/promise-vessraid-1840i/comment-page-1/#comment-7576 sdx Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:12:11 +0000 http://walt.therices.org/?p=206#comment-7576 We run lots of VTrak m610i and VessRAID 1840i since a couple of years back, and overall we're happy with them. They're fairly cheap and perform pretty well. Also, we never lost a unit. The only issue we have that there seems to be a memory leak in the administrative software, which makes the GUI/CLI unavailable, but the device is still processing iSCSI traffic. So, all in all, a good price/performance deal. It is still cheaper to build a storage system yourself, for instance, using solaris on supermicro chassis, but promise is far easier to manage than a full-blown solaris box. We run lots of VTrak m610i and VessRAID 1840i since a couple of years back, and overall we’re happy with them. They’re fairly cheap and perform pretty well. Also, we never lost a unit. The only issue we have that there seems to be a memory leak in the administrative software, which makes the GUI/CLI unavailable, but the device is still processing iSCSI traffic. So, all in all, a good price/performance deal. It is still cheaper to build a storage system yourself, for instance, using solaris on supermicro chassis, but promise is far easier to manage than a full-blown solaris box.

]]> Comment on Access 2007 Debugging Disabled? by Bruno http://walt.therices.org/index.php/2009/07/access-2007-debugging-disabled/comment-page-1/#comment-7406 Bruno Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:19:20 +0000 http://walt.therices.org/?p=161#comment-7406 This post was awesome! Solved my problem and let my code free from so many message boxes. Thanks a lot from Brazil! This post was awesome! Solved my problem and let my code free from so many message boxes. Thanks a lot from Brazil!

]]>