create a bootable USB key from a DBAN .iso image
For whatever reason dban only ships an ISO image. If you want to boot from USB key the process of creating one is fairly trivial.
Author Archive: Damon, Lee
The impact of small files on backup process
The following was written by my student, Timothy Trindle. I asked him to prove or disprove a few conjectures and assertions about how NFS + default OnTap filesystem configurations suffered when massive numbers of very small files are involved. Tim devised the tests and executed them with minimal need for guidence from me. The following…
A decision has to be made
I have been nursing along two FBSD 8.x file servers for several years. A few years ago we de-emphasized commodity servers running FBSD in favor of NetApp filers but they were/are still needed for the labs that use them. Recently, a third lab has decided to replace an old/failing Solaris 10 box with a new…
Early bird registration for 2014 Cascadia IT Conference
The discount rate for casitconf'14 expires in 7 days. Have you signed up yet? http://casitconf.org Please spread the reminder!
Registration is open for the 2014 Cascadia IT Conference
The 2014 Cascadia IT Conference schedule has been published. We’re ready to welcome people to another great conference. Join us for two days of training and technical presentations on lots of IT-related topics. If you do any kind of IT support this is a great conference for you. Head on over to the registration page to sign…
2013 LISA lightning talks signups are now open
The LISA conference has a lot of interesting, informative, and invigorating content. Now it's time to add some illumination to it as well! The lightning talks are a great chance for last-minute thoughts to be presented in a public forum. The talks will be from 16:00 to 17:30 on Wednesday the 6th of November,…
2014 Cascadia IT Conference Call for Proposals
Please consider submitting a tutorial or talk (or both) proposal for the 2014 CasITConf. It will be 7 & 8 MAR, 2014 at the Deca in Seattle (same place as this year's conference). https://casitconf.org/casitconf14/call-for-proposals/ Please tell anyone else you think might be interested.
casitconf’13 discount rate extended a few days
An impressive number of registrations over the past few days has prompted us to extend early bird pricing through Monday, March 4th. Save as much as $75 over at-the-door pricing by registering before 11:59pm Monday evening! If you’re visiting Seattle from out of town, don’t forget to make your hotel reservations by phone and be…
casitconf’13 early-bird registration ends on the 28th
The early-bird discount ends next Thursday. Are you registered yet? Now is an excellent time do do so!
Registration for casitconf’13 is open
The moment you've all been waiting for is here! Registration for the 2013 Cascadia IT Conference is now open! The schedules for tutorials and technical sessions are posted. Full descriptions of all the tech talks will be posted in the next few days. Please share the news with anyone you think might be interested.