Remember when software mostly worked?

A lot of you probably don't. Microsoft has been the dominant platform since I was in high school, and a bunch of you were only toddlers then. Sucks to be you.

I bring this up because once again, I find that a nine year old unix box (SGI Origin 200 in this instance) can run rings around a 2x Core2 Xeon that's only a few months old.

Why the fuck do the backups that took an HOUR, sometimes two, under Veritas 4.5 MP6 (daily incrementals) on Irix take so long that they're STILL FUCKING RUNNING 12 hours later on Win2k3 server on said shiny new PC Server with Veritas 6.0 MP4? Same tape library, same machines being backed up, same tape drive (plugged in to a FASTER SCSI controller no less). Six to twelve times as long to run. I haven't had a single successful full backup run since we migrated. I always have to go back and rerun the fucking things by hand and babysit them till they're fucking done.

For all their faults, I miss the various flavors of Unix I've hated over the last two decades.

Remember when software mostly worked?

A lot of you probably don't. Microsoft has been the dominant platform since I was in high school, and a bunch of you were only toddlers then. Sucks to be you.

I bring this up because once again, I find that a nine year old unix box (SGI Origin 200 in this instance) can run rings around a 2x Core2 Xeon that's only a few months old.

Why the fuck do the backups that took an HOUR, sometimes two, under Veritas 4.5 MP6 (daily incrementals) on Irix take so long that they're STILL FUCKING RUNNING 12 hours later on Win2k3 server on said shiny new PC Server with Veritas 6.0 MP4? Same tape library, same machines being backed up, same tape drive (plugged in to a FASTER SCSI controller no less). Six to twelve times as long to run. I haven't had a single successful full backup run since we migrated. I always have to go back and rerun the fucking things by hand and babysit them till they're fucking done.

For all their faults, I miss the various flavors of Unix I've hated over the last two decades.

Remember when software mostly worked?

A lot of you probably don't. Microsoft has been the dominant platform since I was in high school, and a bunch of you were only toddlers then. Sucks to be you.

I bring this up because once again, I find that a nine year old unix box (SGI Origin 200 in this instance) can run rings around a 2x Core2 Xeon that's only a few months old.

Why the fuck do the backups that took an HOUR, sometimes two, under Veritas 4.5 MP6 (daily incrementals) on Irix take so long that they're STILL FUCKING RUNNING 12 hours later on Win2k3 server on said shiny new PC Server with Veritas 6.0 MP4? Same tape library, same machines being backed up, same tape drive (plugged in to a FASTER SCSI controller no less). Six to twelve times as long to run. I haven't had a single successful full backup run since we migrated. I always have to go back and rerun the fucking things by hand and babysit them till they're fucking done.

For all their faults, I miss the various flavors of Unix I've hated over the last two decades.

Just when I thought the last of the snow was going to melt....

We've gone from just under 60F to just above the freezing mark. Oh, and it's windy as all heck too.

I guess that arctic front that made all my Chicago peeps curl up in front of the fire is here.

Just when I thought the last of the snow was going to melt....

We've gone from just under 60F to just above the freezing mark. Oh, and it's windy as all heck too.

I guess that arctic front that made all my Chicago peeps curl up in front of the fire is here.

Just when I thought the last of the snow was going to melt....

We've gone from just under 60F to just above the freezing mark. Oh, and it's windy as all heck too.

I guess that arctic front that made all my Chicago peeps curl up in front of the fire is here.

That was quick...

The wind is gone, and we're back up in to the mid 40s.

So much for weather.

That was quick...

The wind is gone, and we're back up in to the mid 40s.

So much for weather.

That was quick...

The wind is gone, and we're back up in to the mid 40s.

So much for weather.