October 2008
Box Backup - Trac
by camelBox Backup is an open source, completely automatic, on-line backup system. It has the following key features:
* All backed up data is stored on the server in files on a filesystem - no tape, archive or other special devices are required.
* The server is trusted only to make files available when they are required - all data is encrypted and can be decoded only by the original client. This makes it ideal for backing up over an untrusted network (such as the Internet), or where the server is in an uncontrolled environment.
* A backup daemon runs on systems to be backed up, and copies encrypted data to the server when it notices changes - so backups are continuous and up-to-date (although traditional snapshot backups are possible too).
* Only changes within files are sent to the server, just like rsync, minimising the bandwidth used between clients and server. This makes it particularly suitable for backing up between distant locations, or over the Internet.
* It behaves like tape - old file versions and deleted files are available.
* Old versions of files on the server are stored as changes from the current version, minimising the storage space required on the server. Files are the server are also compressed to minimise their size.
* Choice of backup behaviour - it can be optimised for document or server backup.
* It is designed to be easy and cheap to run a server. It has a portable implementation, and optional RAID implemented in userland for reliability without complex server setup or expensive hardware.
September 2008
Free File Hosting & Video Downloads, Free File Sharing, Online Friends Network - Ziddu
by camel & 1 other (via)J’ai découvert Ziddu, c’est un site qui vous permet un stockage en ligne et un Uploads illimité avec un compte gratuit et qui ne mets pas de temps d’attente entre les téléchargement pour vos visiteurs et de plus chaque fois que quelqu’un téléchargera votre fichier, vous serez payer, bien sûr pas de quoi changer de voiture ou de maison. Le paiement est de $0.001 par téléchargement et les sommes vous seront envoyés sur votre compte Paypal dès que vous aurez atteint 10 $. Je teste ce service en attendant de trouver LE service qui va bien. Ziddu vous permet de stocker et partager de manière illimités:
January 2008
Using multiple network cards in XEN 3.0
by camelXen is great. But installing more than one network card became a pain when I tried it the first time. There are some documents describing the principle but I was unable to find a real life example somewhere else. So this is a summary about how it works here now.
Using a bridge for a Dom is generally a good idea but then all packets traversing the bridge can be intercepted by any Dom that is using the same bridge. Having a single network card in a Xen landscape also means that theoretically each Dom would be able to sniff all packets traversing this single network card including packets to and from other Doms. A solution is to have more than one network card attached to Xen using a single network card for a single dom.
The scenario described here has a server with 3 network cards installed. The first card should be used to access Dom0 and some other DomNs while the second and third network card should be used to purely access Dom1 rsp. Dom2. The Dom configuration file just needs to select the appropriate bridge for each dom.
November 2006
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