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by notmyname 15y ago
Some of the hardware choices that Backblaze has made in their pod design are interesting. Most of the concerns I have (like the difficulty of getting to drives to replace them) can be addressed by operational practices (update the swift rin
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by notmyname 15y ago
As we were developing openstack swift, we evaluated many different file systems and settled on xfs because our testing showed it to be faster than other file systems when storing many small files (where "many" is much more than the number o
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by notmyname 15y ago
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%...
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by notmyname 15y ago
how does this compare with webob ( http://docs.webob.org/en/latest/index.html )?
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by notmyname 15y ago
Completely agree. When deploying Rackspace Cloud Files (Openstack swift), we tested several SSL-terminating load balancers (throughput, not connection/sec), and we found the best performance with Zeus. Pound was the best in our tests for op
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by notmyname 15y ago
Copied from serverfault: Since you are looking for storage numbers, I'm assuming you are referring to swift, openstack's object storage system. Swift by default stores 3 replicas of the data. This means that total storage / 3 is your billab
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by notmyname 15y ago
Power consumption and cooling will, of course, be very dependent on your chosen hardware and hosting (DC). Yes, swift can handle heterogenous drive sizes. For example, you can start with 2T drives and start adding 3T drives when they become
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by notmyname 15y ago
I'm going to lean towards swift, but then again, I'm a core dev for swift and I haven't played with riak/luwak. Swift is ideal for storing static content (backups, web resources, documents). It's designed to be very scalable (both with conc
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by notmyname 15y ago
Both examples worked with Red Laser on my phone, but the "pretty-fied" one took quite a bit longer for the app to recognize.
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Rackspace Cloud Files Now Supporting Extremely Large File Sizes(rackspace.com)
1 points by notmyname 16y ago|0 comments
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Rackpace Cloud Files puts an end to request charges(rackspacecloud.com)
1 points by notmyname 16y ago|1 comments
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by notmyname 16y ago
I'm a dev for cloud files at Rackspace. This is something that we are getting with Akamai. Content will be able to be served compressed or uncompressed based on the Accept-Encoding header. So you will be able to store your uncompressed cont
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by notmyname 16y ago
since this link requires a login to see the content, try http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2096103
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Rackspace and Akamai announce partnership(rackspace.com)
2 points by notmyname 16y ago|0 comments
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by notmyname 16y ago
OpenStack is designed to be a collection of projects that together can be used as the basis of a scalable cloud deployment (public or private). Currently, there are two big projects in OpenStack: nova and swift. Nova can be compared to EC2.
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by notmyname 16y ago
I use my own domain running my own mail server (postfix, etc). I figured there is no better way to learn about running a mail server than actually doing it. My favorite thing is having a catch all email address that lets me give a unique em
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by notmyname 16y ago
Obviously, a new programmer's code will not be as good as an experienced programmer's. I think the important lesson here is to "write code". "like you just learned how to program" modifies "write", not the code. I found myself in the same p
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Rackspace Cloud Adds Managed Support Levels to the Cloud(rackspacecloud.com)
1 points by notmyname 16y ago|0 comments
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by notmyname 16y ago
One thing that is implied is a strong understanding of who the users are and what they want from the product. I'm always encouraged to hear of large, influential companies talk about these sorts of things because I hope that these practices
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by notmyname 16y ago
...that the author uses. This is much less interesting than some general survey analysis on the state of open source software for the year.
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by notmyname 16y ago
FWIW, non-block storage services (like Rackspace Cloud Files and S3) should not be vulnerable to these info leaks. I cannot speak to the S3 backend, but this sort of attack would not be possible with Cloud Files. Of course, the use case is
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by notmyname 16y ago
How do I change my password? Also, I clicked a link before entering a password, and now I can't log in. Can't reregister; can't have login with an empty password.
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by notmyname 16y ago
It's not me
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by notmyname 16y ago
Nice interface. I do see one issue, though. Click on a file in a subfolder, then click on a file in a top-level folder. Both remain highlighted. See the screenshot for an example. http://c0280441.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/Screen%20
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by notmyname 16y ago
Sounds like something that needs a manager appointed to hire a team to determine the appropriate process. Don't forget the Project Manager to keep track of scope, the Business Analyst to prioritize according to company needs, and the Integr
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by notmyname 16y ago
The confirmation email isn't a bad idea. I wouldn't mind it too much. Perhaps a simpler idea though is to make sure the users can easily delete data or routes that are sent in via email. It doesn't really solve the "spam" routes that could
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Slicehost: Boot your slices with your own custom kernel(slicehost.com)
19 points by notmyname 16y ago|14 comments
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by notmyname 16y ago
And you need to be poor to understand and effectively help the poor. And you need to be a minority to understand the problems minorities face. Yes, participating in something or belonging to a group helps one understand it, but participatin
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Securing your ssh server(rackerhacker.com)
91 points by notmyname 16y ago|46 comments
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by notmyname 16y ago
I'm curious about how he stores the hydrogen. Hydrogen is notoriously difficult to store. How does he keep the indefinite cycle going with hydrogen in a sealed chamber if the hydrogen is constantly leaching through the walls of the chamber?

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