Custom Reports from SQL work best for us as ASP .NET files (Start Me Up)

Where was I? Oh yes – querying our database like a madman with mojo. We’re talking months from now. I see it. Excel Sheet? Crystal Reports? No! –> ASP.NET See, our JobBOSS thingy works on the ie shell – so running an asp page works like butter to integrate. Although i’ve never really integrated butter – i think its a minority thing. Anywhile, we’re committed to raping this database for all it’s worth (intellectually) is there any other way? And in creating custom reports I’ve found that *cough* the easiest way to get these two deployed the fastest and with the least amount of hassle to our IE7 wwwroot was to use *cough again* FrontPage 2003.

Not much getting posted!

Holy smokers i’ve not being keeping up to my blogging duties. Tsk Tsk.

Network Startup Scripts

How to use a Group Policy-based computer startup script:

This method requires you to restart the client computer after you set up the script and after you apply the Group Policy setting.

• Set up the shares. To do this, follow the steps in the Initial setup and configuration section.
• Set up the startup script. To do this, follow these steps:
  • In the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in, right-click the domain name, and then click Properties.
  • Click the Group Policy tab.
  • Click New to create a new Group Policy object (GPO), and type MRT Deployment for the name of the policy.
  • Click the new policy, and then click Edit.
  • Expand Windows Settings for Computer Configuration, and then click Scripts.
  • Double-click Logon, and then click Add.
  • The Add a Script dialog box is displayed.
  • In the Script Name box, type \\ServerName\ShareName\RunMRT.cmd.
  • Click OK, and then click Apply.
  • Restart the client computers that are members of this domain.

This is about as fast as personal computing gets. Really.

My Overclocked 920 (red) vs. Overclocked 975 (Orange). Dhrystone on top. Whetstone on bottom.

Represents Core Effeciency of Overclocked 920 (Red) vs. Overclocked 965 (Orange).  Bandwidth on top. Latency on bottom.  (AMD=Puke)

We will miss you, Mr. Barkwell

What a man. What a smile. What a spirit. 

IT – 1 , Mouse – Forfit

Many cables have been munched by mice over the many months. Little pieces chewed up. Fuckers.  Anyway – to keep a long story very short, my lucky mouse trap caught the mouse that was eating our wires.  Bastard was keeping them all behind my file cabinet and attempted to craft a warm home behind my always on (always warm) subwoofer.

Never short enough.

Sometimes you need ALOT!

Get a grip would ya!

18 Cores & 36gb of RAM

After replacing the Domain Controller – we consolidated all servers into an old DELL rack which was empty. EESH!

Friday gained us A/C – and at a balmy 35C+ this room was stupid hot.  BLAINE’S the man for hooking us up with a cool 19C.  The big thing is air is moving. BIG TIME.  Can’t wait to get stoked about this again tomorrow morning.  Speaking of tomorrow morning – it’ll be time hop on the roof to run additional Cat5e lines x8

With plans to add an additional HP 1U with 8 more cores (in July) we’ll need additional network capacity plus who the hell knows what might be added!

Nice to have everything in one rack! To the boys who manage the big stuff – i envy you!

(someday)

Many Pieces

Firewall and WAN Security is one thing.  Laying the pipes that flow the bits is another.  Building a customzed 8 Core machine is totally different.  Deploying a 2008 functional layer on top of a 2003 layer and pulling the 2003 layer out without budging the wine glasses is a joy.  Gradually designing the system is what sets this apart from that.  Minus an SQL Query to transfer UNC Path names from several thousand rows with a new UNC location – the goal is nearly complete.

The last two weeks have been near torture – enduring the ebb and flow of others who do not ever get it.

These last two weeks have seen a total data migration and new naming conventions which are yet to take you by storm.  A tighter leash on security will immediately be felt and this makes me happy. New DNS numbers and tightly allocated IP Reservations to boot! But wait – those are just some of the many pieces which tie this to that.  It’s what you string yourself out on all day.  Me too, though.

Is the new server up yet?

Uhh.. yeah.. actually – it is.  And when the craze hits you that we’re rock solid and when you think of the network and systems you will refute any ideas of a quirk in your thoughts – you’ll be the one to wonder – how does it all come about.
Funny – even I don’t know.