df112 · Director, Database & Systems Engineering

Ah, the old draggable Compaq. I later had a dedicated Sniffer on a Dolch. That was a pretty serious machine, and I saved the company a ton of money troubleshooting all kinds of problems on our midrange, token-ring and early ethernet networks.

As always, thanks for another interesting Wednesday read. The IOT thing is just a head shaker, except it's been like this so long we probably shouldn't be surprised, just wary. Hadn't seen the bit about MongoDB, thanks.

Interesting post, thanks ian0x0r​. I wasn't involved when ours was set up. Always interesting to see how all the bits fit together.

Good post, thanks. Been really interesting to see the move to virtualization get eclipsed by containerization/microservices. In the Dev Ops world it's already happened. For traditional IT it's starting, but it takes time to modify everything to work in a world of containerization and microservices. Especially for COTS…

These are great. Thanks!

As always, thanks for a bunch of very interesting links sqlrockstar​. Always look forward to these.

Good post. Thanks. You've hit the nail on the head. The problem I've seen more and more is that you have isolated bits of this, especially in areas where the IT team is always working on some sort of business automation or improvement on a pretty much permanent basis, but the other groups within IT tend to just be more…

Good post by the way mbleib​. Thanks for the series. Definitely a lot that goes in to HCI and a lot of variables that you need to take into account to make sure that what you end up selecting is actually optimal for your environment.

I was wondering the same thing.

Really enjoying this series. Thanks for the post.

One of the problems I keep running into involves what is commonly called data governance or a data glossary. Just exactly what does the data mean (or *not* mean, which can be more important). There is also a lot of what is called data is actually pretty much garbage because it wasn't properly vetted or can't be verified in…

Thanks for bringing a lot of clarity to what can be a very confusing subject. I've really enjoyed this series. Thanks!

I might have to try the address error trick - hadn't heard of that one before. A while back I had a bit of fun doing the same thing you suggested with junk mail - i.e. stuffing any BRE envelopes I received in my junk mail (Citicorp sent me one a day) with ads and junk mail from other folks. Finally tired of the game since…

Excellent series adatole​. I've used the web reporting a bit, now I've got some more tools to add to my stash that will no doubt be useful at some point in the future. Thanks.

As always adatole​, thanks for a great summary. Love the series so far and look forward to seeing all the explanations and dialogue for the upcoming words in theDecember Writing Challenge 2019​ .

Can't believe I forgot to check out my favorite weekly post until now. Thanks again another batch of interesting (and creepy) links. Love the wiring - beautiful work.

Woo hoo! New mission! It's our favorite thing! And rocking prizes to boot. This is awesome. Thanks!!!

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Congrats to Tweetz. It was a hard fought battle but at the end the truncated mind reader won. Personally, I think it's probably a good thing we can't read even the first140 chars of other folks thoughts, but that's just me.

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How about "The Thwack Pack"

We're a school, so Cyber Monday doesn't hit us except in terms of bandwidth, and we're fine in that regard. We do have other times of year (registration) where load goes through the roof. We're constantly working to improve that - we mostly use DPA, SAM and NCM to help keep things in line.

Thanks for the post. Good write up. I totally agree that we're heading in the right direction, having things on autopilot can free you up to do more important tasks, but the danger is (just like in the modern aircraft cockpit) is that you become so dependent on the automation that you never develop the tools to do it on…

Thanks for some more interesting links. I started reading them yesterday and didn't make it back until today to say thanks. Some good ones obviously. The Bezos thing was one of the more surprising ones I've seen lately, given he is reputed to be somewhat geeky. Mom always said be careful who you make friends with.....

Thanks for another installment of great links to read. Let's see, Facebook and cryptocurrency. What could possibly go wrong? Re; the London Underground - I understand the privacy angle, but it is free wifi for pete's sake. So they should pay for me to stream/download/whatever I want for nothing but not receive any benefit…

Good post. Totally agree. After watching dozens of silver bullets whiz by after the years, only to to see them turn out to be only silver plated at best, it gets old having to talk the new guys off the cliff before they jump into the next big thing with both feet. 

I wondered how you got the handle. I was very into amateur radio in high school but life got in the way and I'd honestly forgotten about it. Mostly Heathkit and stuff I found in QST- couldn't afford the Collins or Hallicrafters stuff my friends had.

Excellent post j.piscaer​. The longer we do this stuff (and the more people that get involved, since they bring their own favorite toolset) the more it tends to happen. Prune early and often and make sure you don't end up managing the tools instead of the work.

Had the same thing happen in our fairly new data center back in '96, except the perpetrator was our CIO. We had one of those orange fire sensor covers taped over it for a few days until the hinged plastic lid was installed.

This is great. Can't wait to see how the battle for the final four plays out.