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Q's Place, Q's Space

Thanks BareOS

January 24, 2021

Oh dear…. Sep 10, 2020 21:58:46.815 [0x7fe6d5396f80] ERROR - SQLITE3:(nil), 11, database corruption at line 65066 of [bf8c1b2b7a]Sep 10, 2020 21:58:46.815 [0x7fe6d5396f80] ERROR - SQLITE3:(nil), 11, statement aborts at 10: [select max(max(metadata_items.changed_at),max(metadata_items.resources_changed_at)) from metadata_items] database ... Read More

Computing, Software

Why Proxmox and Docker are Perfect for Modern Sysadmins

March 4, 2018

I am an old school sysadmin. I still believe that operating systems should be installed with the minimum possible options, that services should only have the packages they actually need, and that separation matters. Historically, each service got its own machine. That approach was clean, predictable, and easy to debug. When something broke, ... Read More

Computing, Software, Storage

Compiling Minio for Arm

December 20, 2017

I’ve been experimenting with Minio, which is a rather nifty S3 storage server; specifically I wanted to user a few minio servers in HA/cluster and erasure across them all. To do this requires 4-16 servers all running minio, as this is a test I decided to use Scaleway who provide hardware cloud computing for a very reasonable price. ... Read More

Computing, Travel

Supercomputing 2017: Manchester to Denver via Man Flu

November 14, 2017

I was lucky enough to be sent out to Supercomputing 2017, held this year in Denver. Supercomputing, or SC, is the main High Performance Computing event of the year. If you work anywhere near serious compute, storage, or interconnects, this is where the industry gathers to compare notes, show off, and occasionally attempt to redesign reality. ... Read More