Archive for October, 2008

  • Stupid, crappy cd-rom

    Stupid, crappy cd-rom

    I had to steal my dvd-rom off my other machine because the cd-rom on the frankenstein machine was crapping out on me.  I am now having to start from scratch on that machine because I was getting all types of errors.  Good news is the...

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  • Rough Draft config

    Rough Draft config

    I’m still waiting on my server to finish installing so I made a rough sketch of what my gluster config will look like.  I actually thought I had a spare case and a few other things but I don’t…so my motherboard is sitting on an...

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  • I’m in luck!

    I’m in luck!

    Sorry for any delay…I found an old copy of Final Fantasy X11 while I was getting a tire fixed the other day (gamestop is really close to discount tire).  Picked it up used for cheap so most of my hours awake have gone into that....

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  • Microsoft Photosynth

    Microsoft Photosynth

    I first read and experienced Photosynth about a year ago while it was in its early stages.  At that time you could view one of three stitched environments and it was a very impressive application.  Being a person who believes in “a picture is worth...

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  • GlusterFS Conclusion?

    GlusterFS Conclusion?

    Not yet… Without me having the time and the hardware to do a real world test this week I’ve been spending a lot of time reading up on my future setup.  It would appear that since GlusterFS doesn’t (at this time but Raid6 is slotted...

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  • GlusterFS Continued

    GlusterFS Continued

    I have successfully created a stripe across two computers using the GlusterFS install.  It was pretty easy to setup and configure though the documentation they have on their site needs a little revision.  At this point it’s really written towards someone with a higher level...

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  • GlusterFS

    GlusterFS

    I have been looking into a setup that would allow a networked file system similar to a raid 5 setup. My problem has been that everything I had found was complex to install and had to use custom cluster applications to use the file system....

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