What Are You Doing Right Now
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http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1432794-how-to-implement-windows-server-in-our-organization
First Windows server ever for the company OR the IT guy... yet it is Server 2008. Something fishy there?
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A backup vendor asking if "big commercial databases" run from USB drives or FTP. Seriously?
http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1432565-the-best-storage-for-big-databases
Here is the OP before the vendor takes it away:
Greetings for all!
Please tell which modern storage devices/solutions you are using (or just feel a most convenient) for big databases, especially commercial-level DBs with at least several thousands of daily transactions?
Fast external drives (USB 3.0, eSATA)
NAS units
Local FTP/SFTP/FTPS servers
Internet-connected storages (clouds, distant FTPs)
Dedicated storage vaults
Other device typesIt is also very interesting why you are using or suggesting a particular storage. Your answers are very important for our team, to develop better, faster backup practices for big databases.
Thanks for sharing your opinions!
Best regards,
Nataliya (Handy Backup Team)
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Clearly that "backup vendor" isn't sure what databases even are. Not something you want to find out about your backup people.
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Downloading Xen iso
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@scottalanmiller said:
@hobbit666 said:
Downloading Xen iso
XenServer?
Yeap, though it was about time to give it another go and look at XO after all the posts I see raving about it
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@scottalanmiller said:
A backup vendor asking if "big commercial databases" run from USB drives or FTP. Seriously?
http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1432565-the-best-storage-for-big-databases
Here is the OP before the vendor takes it away:
Greetings for all!
Please tell which modern storage devices/solutions you are using (or just feel a most convenient) for big databases, especially commercial-level DBs with at least several thousands of daily transactions?
Fast external drives (USB 3.0, eSATA)
NAS units
Local FTP/SFTP/FTPS servers
Internet-connected storages (clouds, distant FTPs)
Dedicated storage vaults
Other device typesIt is also very interesting why you are using or suggesting a particular storage. Your answers are very important for our team, to develop better, faster backup practices for big databases.
Thanks for sharing your opinions!
Best regards,
Nataliya (Handy Backup Team)
Your reply is brutal :')
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@NattNatt said:
Your reply is brutal :')
Needs to be, that post was ridiculous.
What does "running an enterprise database from USB drive" or "running a database off of FTP" even mean? I mean... WTF!!!
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@scottalanmiller said:
@NattNatt said:
Your reply is brutal :')
Needs to be, that post was ridiculous.
What does "running an enterprise database from USB drive" or "running a database off of FTP" even mean? I mean... WTF!!!
Don't you know Scott this is the new "industry standard" for running mulit $$$$$ companies on. Means if the server fails you can drive home and plug it into your home PC and continue running the company
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Spare server not posting so no testing XenServer today
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Time for a new lab at home.
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@mlnews said:
@hobbit666 said:
Spare server not posting so no testing XenServer today
Sad face
Need to pull the server out of the rack and have a look.
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Coffee time. Good morning, everyone.
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@Reid-Cooper Good morning.
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@Reid-Cooper Morning!
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@hobbit666 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@NattNatt said:
Your reply is brutal :')
Needs to be, that post was ridiculous.
What does "running an enterprise database from USB drive" or "running a database off of FTP" even mean? I mean... WTF!!!
Don't you know Scott this is the new "industry standard" for running mulit $$$$$ companies on. Means if the server fails you can drive home and plug it into your home PC and continue running the company
Ah, they changed their question...
I meant several thousands to millions transactions per minute, with a full backup of a database performed at least once a day.
In addition, I apologize for inconveniences. This topic is not about database storage but about database backup storage.
So now they are looking at 3.6 million times as large of a database (thousands per day to millions per minute)... and backups, not storage. LOL. Not really related to the original question at all.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@hobbit666 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@NattNatt said:
Your reply is brutal :')
Needs to be, that post was ridiculous.
What does "running an enterprise database from USB drive" or "running a database off of FTP" even mean? I mean... WTF!!!
Don't you know Scott this is the new "industry standard" for running mulit $$$$$ companies on. Means if the server fails you can drive home and plug it into your home PC and continue running the company
Ah, they changed their question...
I meant several thousands to millions transactions per minute, with a full backup of a database performed at least once a day.
In addition, I apologize for inconveniences. This topic is not about database storage but about database backup storage.
So now they are looking at 3.6 million times as large of a database (thousands per day to millions per minute)... and backups, not storage. LOL. Not really related to the original question at all.
"Take my apologies" - I'm guessing she's not a Native English speaker either...sounds like she's used google translate...
But yeah, still none of the above lol...who backs-up to a USB drive for vital information?? o.O
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@NattNatt said:
But yeah, still none of the above lol...who backs-up to a USB drive for vital information?? o.O
Or FTP! Millions of transactions per minute and then.... we'll just hook up this external drive.
Yeah, that's what enterprises do. They have armies of people walking around plugging in external USB drives to their VM hosts and hope that they know where the VM is running right now.
I know that our big IBM DB2 AIX systems were all using USB drives for backup. Nothing else would do.
