Recently I have decided to try out well regarded Asterisk Now distribution. I’ve used 1.0.1 version. I was thinking that it will be well integrated, user friendly Linux distribution for getting your PBX up. Initially I was happy with what I have found. It’s Asterisk part was just working. Then I have actually started...
Read more →I was bitching about tape backups at one place, now I am moving another place from DVD based backups to tapes. They ( the second place ) doesn’t use much storage so we can use older and cheaper tape drives from eBay. I’ve paid £20 for 7 drives! These are not all the latest...
Read more →My current arrangement for backup is Dell PowerVault 122T SDLT and Backup Exec 10 on Windows 2000 Server, at least at one place. The only thing which I can say about it is … unreliable. Tape library has mechanical problems, build in tape drive has tape errors more often than 3 girls combined periods....
Read more →Virtualization Due to server hardware refresh coming at work, I am investigating routes which we can take, one of the new ones is going virtual. It has couple of advantages like High Availability, and Fail Over which are very important these days ( users complain if their services are not available 100% ) So...
Read more →Grr, hate the Intenet criminals, had to delete old copy of my blog because there was a crack in it. Welcome to an upgraded wordpress!
Read more →Before Xmas, I have decided to learn a bit of Persian language. You know, just to occupy my brain with something other than technology. Today I’ve found to really great website which teaches you the language for free! Persian language lessons archive 1 Watch out Malcolm! I will bug you very soon !
Read more →Started toying with picasaweb ( just because of quite good integration with great photo manager f-spot ) and I have posted pictures from New Years party as well as from visit to Tropical Island near Berlin.
Read more →So it looks London is not as power perfect as I initially anticipated. Today I had no electricity at my place for about 10 hours. The best part is that when I was coming back home, I have asked one of the workers, when it may be fixed and he said that they still...
Read more →I’m back from week long vacation on Madeira Island. I really enjoyed the stay on that rock in the Atlantic Ocean. It has loads of hiking opportunities and amazing views ( if it is not cloudy or raining ). Driving there is an amazing experience which I really recommend if you like to sit...
Read more →This was suppose to be a long post describing the differences and similarities of Linux distributions to other software… But I just want to say that you should have a look at Mac OS and Ubuntu, I’ve notice they are bloody similar in their current market and … ambitions. They are both good on...
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