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    Operation Speed Up!

    in Open Discussion

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    Incremental backup has succefully finished on all the servers in Stage I and Stage II. So, we have added more servers into the list.

     

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    # Stage III (37)

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    server102

    server103

    server105

    server106

    server107

    server108

    server14

    server15

    server16

    server44

    server49

    server51

    server54

    server56

    server60

    server65

    server66

    server67

    server69

    server70

    server73

    server76

    server77

    server78

    server8

    server80

    server81

    server382

    server83

    server385

    server386

    server387

    server90

    server94

    server97

    server98

    server99

     

    More updates forthcoming.

    Server 40 Issue

    in Server 40

    Posted

    Restoration process will be finished very soon. Only a few number of accounts are remaining. Please post a trouble ticket if someone is experiencing any technical issues. But, if it is regarding an older data, still hold on.. please wait for the restoration to be complete.

    Operation Speed Up!

    in Open Discussion

    Posted

    An update: (sorry for the delay)

     

    Incremental backup will run on the following servers in this week end.

     

    # Stage I (10 servers)

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    server100

    server114

    server11

    server20

    server63

    server75

    server84

    server89

    server92

    uk1

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    # Stage II (16 servers)

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    server6

    server12

    server19

    server21

    server32

    server39

    server45

    server46

    server50

    server59

    server101

    server104

    server109

    server110

    server111

    server112

     

    This will be the second run on the servers in Stage 1. We are all excited about this and we will be watching very closely on the success of this first stage of servers.

     

    Will update you all after the first day of weekly backups (SATURDAY).

    Operation Speed Up!

    in Open Discussion

    Posted

    Yes borfast, it is possible in Linux also... and we don't need any 3rd party software if in case we would switch to it. :) With almost double the space used by an incremental backup 3 or 4 different snaps can be kept. Who knows there won't be another great announcement from Bill. ;)

    Operation Speed Up!

    in Open Discussion

    Posted

    Just a follow up to the wonderful description of the new Backup system from our Head Guru.

     

    The weekly backup system will be switched to uncompressed, incremental backup from the conventional compressed one. As Head Guru has already explained, a major share of the load caused during backup runs is caused by the compression of data. Ofcourse, it takes only half the disk space an incremental backup would take. But, the high load during the data compression often causes the backup process to fail and we struggle to make it up to date. Incremental backup will need more disk space, almost double the space needed by compressed backup. The first time when it runs high loads can be expected since it takes a full backup, but not so high as in previous case since there's no compression. From the very next run, only new accounts and additional bytes in existing accounts will be trasferred. That means, if you have modified a file after the last incremental backup, it will sync only the changes you made, next time when it runs. Any files that were deleted after the last backup will be removed from the backup folders. The basic construct used for the transfer is rsync, which is well known for its efficiency and flexibility. We will introduce it on the 10 servers given above. Depending on the feedbacks, we will go ahead and implement it on other servers.

     

    P'ps, CVS style of backup is the perfect backup system. But, it is not feasible at this stage on our shared servers. But, once if we make our backups the most reliable and up to date than it ever been, I guess Bill will think what's next.. :dance:

     

    :)

    Promotion Announcement

    in Support Announcements

    Posted

    Thanks to all... Bill, I would like to sincerely thank you for this great offer. I am looking forward to my new responsibilities. I am sure that this is a more responsible position and will do my best to discharge the duties. Once again, thank you all folks..!! :)

    Linux

    in Operating Systems

    Posted

    I would suggest Ubuntu for beginners. It's built up on Debian architecture and provides a very good GUI, methods for easy installations/upgrades, good support, a large number of reliable free software and more. They release a new version in every six months. Knoppix is good as well. You can order your free CD of Ubuntuhere. :)

     

    Still, personally I would prefer to stick on to my CentOS-3.5 :blink:

    Car Game In Ms Excel

    in Fun and Games

    Posted

    Hi,

     

    Some of you may be aware of an Easter Egg in MS Excel. An easter egg is something that programmers do for fun when they are bored with their usual works. And there's such a stuff in MS Excel which is a cool car game. Just try out the following steps:

     

    1. Open Excel 2000.

    2. Go to File, Save as Web Page.

    3, Then click Publish.

    4. Check the checkbox that says "Add Interactively With".

    5. Click Publish.

    6. Close Excel.

    7. Open IE.

    8. Click File, Open, Browse.

    9. Go to where you saved it and click open.

    10.Now you should be looking at a spreadsheet.

    11. Go to all the way to row 2000.

    12. Click column A and drag all the way to column ZZ.

    13. Hit Tab and it should take you back to A.

    14. Hold Tab all the way to column WC. (Press shift Tab in case you move back).

    15. When you get there make sure WC is a white box and all the others are blue or green..

    16. Hold Ctrl+alt+shift and left click on the "four puzzle pieces" thing (The

    MS Excel Logo) on the upper left hand corner..

     

    Enjoy...!!!

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