MUMBAI, India — Social networking site Facebook is opening an operations office in India, its first in Asia, to help manage rapid growth in the number of users
The office, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, will have advertising and developer support teams, the company said Monday. It will supplement Facebook's other centers in Palo Alto, California; Dublin, Ireland; and Austin, Texas.
The move is part of a push to create support centers across time zones, with round-the-clock, multi-lingual support, the company said.
"We expect our new office in Hyderabad to tap into the region's strong pool of talented people who understand operations and technology, and help us more effectively serve the needs of our users, advertisers and developers around the world," Don Faul, director of global online operations, said in a statement.
Facebook has seen its number of users rocket to over 400 million since it was founded in 2004. It has about 8 million users in India. - AP
Friday, July 9, 2010
DFA, Manila still un-organize?
Nagpunta ako ng DFA kanina sa macapagal to get my passport, i was there around 3:00pm. Imagine dinatnan ko mga tao nakapila sa releasing sa labas at sa tirik na tirik na araw. Sobrang pahirap ginagawa ng bagong system sa DFA. Sana nireview muna nila lahat ng maigi ang proseso. Alam naman nila na ang magiging transaction nila ay libo libo araw-araw. Dapat malaki ang space na kinuha dahil sa volume ng tao. Oo. Sa totoo lang bumilis kasi automated na. Pero yung Service Level Agreement hindi naman nasususnod. Sana ginaya nila ang bansang japan. Sa Japan yung mismong Government employee pa mag aasikaso ng mga papeles mo para mapadali. Kanina nag timer ako sa cellphone ko simula ng makaupo ako hanggang makuha ko bago kong passport. Eksakto 2 hours and 14minutes. Yung katabi ko umiiyak naman kasi 7am pa daw sya sa DFA nawala naman ang passport nya hindi daw makita sa loob for release. Tapos sabi ng empleyado ng DFA umuwi na sya at bumalik nalang sa lunes. Ngayon nung kukunin na nung babae yung resibo para ma claim nya pag balik nya sa lunes. Nawala naman yung resibo. Hayyyyy!!!! Sana maayos na ng DFA ang system nila para EveryBody Happy na. Hindi ako nagblog para mang inis o mang asar lang. Gusto ko lang sana maging maayos ang sistema. Eh halos kanina dami naiinis, may nagmumura, may naiyak. Para tuloy magkakaway ang mga tao. Ito pa nung inabutan ko mga tao sa labas na nakapila sa tirik na araw...naisip ko para silang chitcharon hahaha binilad mga tao sa araw...tapos papasukin mo sa sobrang lamig naman tiyak sakit aabutin ng mga tao. Sana ang blogged na ito ay makarating sa pamunuan ng DFA at sa atin bagong Pangulo ng Bansa. Sana ma review ulit ang system at pagkatapos lakihan mga spaces na pag iintayan ng mga tao at damihan ang empleyado ng DFA na magseserve sa mga tao at higit sa lahat masunod sana yung Service Level Agreement o SLA nyo sa mga tao. At maging magalang po.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Naisip ko lang...
"Pano mo kukuhanin kung wala naman sayo....."
"Maaring kunin sayo ito anuman oras kaya dapat pangalagaan mo..."
"Dapat ka bang mag usisa kung hindi naman sayo may pakialam..."
"Huwag mong hahawakan kung hindi naman para sayo..."
"Hindi dapat magsimula ang tapos na..."
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Broken
Broken by Seether
I wanted you to know I love the way you laugh
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain away
I keep your photograph; I know it serves me well
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain
�cause I�m broken when I�m open
And I don�t feel like I am strong enough
�cause I�m broken when I�m lonesome
And I don�t feel light when you�re gone away
The worst is over now and we can breathe again
I wanna hold you high, you steal my pain away
There�s so much left to learn, and no one left to fight
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain
�cause I�m broken when I�m open
And I don�t feel like I am strong enough
�cause I�m broken when I�m lonesome
And I don�t feel right when you�re gone away
�cause I�m broken when I�m open
And I don�t feel like I am strong enough
�cause I�m broken when I�m lonesome
And I don�t feel light when you�re gone away
I wanted you to know I love the way you laugh
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain away
I keep your photograph; I know it serves me well
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain
�cause I�m broken when I�m open
And I don�t feel like I am strong enough
�cause I�m broken when I�m lonesome
And I don�t feel light when you�re gone away
The worst is over now and we can breathe again
I wanna hold you high, you steal my pain away
There�s so much left to learn, and no one left to fight
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain
�cause I�m broken when I�m open
And I don�t feel like I am strong enough
�cause I�m broken when I�m lonesome
And I don�t feel right when you�re gone away
�cause I�m broken when I�m open
And I don�t feel like I am strong enough
�cause I�m broken when I�m lonesome
And I don�t feel light when you�re gone away
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Facebook Open Office in ASIA
This is Good. Facebook Open is FIRST Office in ASIA located in India. Sayang hindi pa sa Pilipinas.
Facebook opens office in India, first in Asia
Sunday, March 7, 2010
EARTH LIFE GETTING SHORTER OR PREPARING FOR SOMETHING?
I was alarmed when i read a news from NASA that our Earth Life is Getting Shorter. Almost Everyday there are Earthquake Reported. Dito sa Pinas almost Every Week there are reported small Quakes. Totoo ba yung 2012 na mayan calendar? There are several forum worldwide having this kind of topic. Sa totoo lang hindi naman tayo dapat matakot kasi Earth is design to this...kaso lang marami tayong tanong sa buhay ngayon. Lahat naman ng tao mamatay di ba? Question pa is...Ang Earth ba ay naghahanda na sa isang pagkaluto kaya bumubukas na ang mga biyak ng lupa? Saan ito naghahanda? There are also report from NASA that some areas are melting its huge ice mountain in some regions...
Here's the Report of NASA: http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/NESPilotBlog/posts/post_1267719988825.html
Is it true that is EARTH is not yet COOK. According to scientist our EARTH SOIL is not yet Cook kung baka sa kanin hilaw pa. ang sample ng soil from IRAQ and other (some) area in Middle East are a bit cook na. Meaning sa mga lupang ito sagana ang food at malalaki ang bunga ng Vegtables and Fruits. If you have relative in IRAQ and other nearby areas ay makakapagsabi na malalaki ang tubo ng bunga dito. Sa ganitong paraan naka design ang Earth. Plan ba ng Diyos ikalat na ito sa buong lupa? papaano ang mga tao nakatungtong sa lupa? What will happen to them? Who will use EARTH in the future?
Mayan Forum: http://www.cogwriter.com/end-mayan-calendar-2012.htm
Pareho ba ito ng Millenium Bug? Hoax lang?
Thanks
-dwight
Coolest Toys for 2010
Coolest Toys for 2010.
Toy Fair 2010: The Coolest Toys
Judging by the toys featured at the American International Toy Fair, the industry isn't ready just yet to place huge bets on an economic recovery.Toymakers are sticking with many of the trends that worked last year and are keeping prices low. One big theme is toys that take advantage of the falling prices of tech components.
More from CNBC.com Toy Fair 2010: The Coolest Toys |
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| Fisher-Price |
Manufacturer: Mattel's (MAT) Fisher-Price
Price: $79.99
Available: July 2010
The iXL handheld strives to be the iPhone for the pre-school set. The portable device contains six applications, including an interactive story book, a game player, and a photo album. It is PC- and Mac-compatible with an SD card slot for expanded memory. Although additional software isn't needed for play, there will be other software titles available for $24.99 each. Mattel CEO Robert Eckert said it's his personal pick as the hottest toy for the 2010 holiday season.
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| TechnoSource |
Rubik Slide
Manufacturer: TechnoSource
Price: $17.99
Available: Fall 2010
One way toy makers are playing it safe is to develop new versions of favorite brands. With the Rubik's Cube celebrating its 30th anniversary, TechnoSource is coming out with Rubik's Slide. The product has the tactile experience of the original cube, but offers more than 10,000 puzzles and two types of play.
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| Hasbro |
Manufacturer: Hasbro's (HAS) Playskool
Price: $29.99
Available: Fall 2010
As for the preschool set, sometimes the best way to a parent's heart is to remind them of the toys they played with as a child. Hasbro's Playskool is reviving its Weebles brand in their original egg shape. And, yes, that means the Weebles (pictured here) can wobble, but not fall down. Alphie, an educational toy from the ‘80s, also is back. This time around the toy robot is more lifelike, with a LCD screen that is able to depict facial expressions. Alphie will cost $39.99, and like the Weebles, it will be available in the fall.
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| Fisher-Price |
Manufacturer: Fisher-Price
Price: Bigfoot - $99.99, Stinky - $59.99
Available: Summer
One clear trend is that toys continue to pack more and more technology into them to provide kids with more interactive play. Bigfoot, which can entertain preschoolers with more than 80 actions and phrases, will be supported with a marketing campaign that includes tracking Big Foot sightings at zoos around the country.
Matchbox's Stinky the Garbarge Truck is a follow-up to the popular Rocky the Robot Truck from last holiday season. Just like a regular garbage truck, Stinky can drive around, but this guy has a personality. He talks, tells jokes, eats cars, and sings. But don't worry, he doesn't actually smell.
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| Stan Honda, AFP, Getty Images |
Manufacturer: Innovation First
Price: Between $11.99 and $17.99
Available: Now
Hexbug offers several different lines of micro robotic creatures. These critters are not only cute, in a geeky kind of way. They have already built a strong following. Fans sometimes take the original creature and customize them. Part of their appeal is that you can see their inner workings as they behave like the animals and insects they represent.
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| Lego |
Manufacturer: Lego
Price: Ranges $9.99 to $34.99
Available: Fall
In 2009, two of the biggest trends dominating the toy industry were the popularity of construction toys such as classic Lego building blocks, which saw sales rise more than 30 percent in the U.S., and a return to family-friendly board games. Both of these trends offer families cheap entertainment.
This year, Lego brings the trends together with 10 games. For each, players construct the game board before play. While the concept is appealing, Lego will meet strong competition. Both Mega Brands and Hasbro also have brick-based games. Hasbro brings the idea to popular games such as Monopoly. Last year, Hasbro marketed a build-your-own version Candyland.
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| Bandai |
Manufacturer: Bandai
Price: $5.99 to $39.99
Available: Fall
Bandai is continuing to develop and extend its Harumika fashion line. New this year are mannequins with arms and legs that allow kids to create pants and other fashions. There also will be accessories such as handbags and even puppies to tote along.
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| Fisher-Price |
Manufacturer: Fisher-Price
Price: $69.99
Available: October 2010
It's a moonwalking Mickey that is sure to be popular among his many fans. Dance Star Mickey talks and can groove to five different song styles including soul, disco, techno and a Latin beat.
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| BossaNova |
Manufacturer: BossaNova
Price: Prime-8 - $79.99, Penbo- $59.99
Available: Fall 2010
BossaNova is a spinoff from the Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, so there's a lot of technology packed into these toys. Prime-8 is a gorilla that responses to loud noises and has several different moods. Penbo, a Penguish-speaking penguin, is more nurturing, as seen by the way she interacts with her baby. She loves to play games including hide-and-seek.
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| Fisher Price |
Price: $12.99
Available: Fall 2010
These plush toys have three modes of play, including one where multiple Sing-a-ma-jigs harmonize with one another. With their low-price, different songs and personalities, these toys could be the next hot collectible.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Police: Angry parents torch school in Philippines
Imagine, nasunog yung school because of the Rice Ration para sa mga bata. Dapat ma imbestigahan maigi yan mga nangyari sa mga teacher and parents. They should not be bias sa pagbibigay ng bigas o baga naman tinatago ng mga teacher yung bigas for there own. Mahirap na nga mga bata ganon pa mangyayari. Sobra na ang hirap ng Pilipinas.
See the news below:
Press Release from AP.
MANILA, Philippines – A group of parents torched a school in the central Philippines after complaining their children weren't given the food promised by a government program aimed at boosting school attendance, police said Tuesday.
The gutted walls were all that remained of the one-story Gaib Elementary School in Masbate island province, said provincial police chief Ed Benigay. No one was hurt because the school was empty when it burned down overnight, he said.
"It was done by some disgruntled parents who reportedly got mad at some teachers over perceived discrimination in the school's nourishment program," he said.
He said the parents accused the teachers of not giving their children enough rice. Under the government's "Food for School" program that seeks to encourage school attendance, each student in impoverished areas is supposed to be given 2.2 pounds (a kilogram) of rice every day.
The arson left nearly 150 students aged 5-10 without a classroom, Benigay said, adding that important records also were lost.
Police said no arrests have been made but they will file charges soon.
See the news below:
Press Release from AP.
MANILA, Philippines – A group of parents torched a school in the central Philippines after complaining their children weren't given the food promised by a government program aimed at boosting school attendance, police said Tuesday.
The gutted walls were all that remained of the one-story Gaib Elementary School in Masbate island province, said provincial police chief Ed Benigay. No one was hurt because the school was empty when it burned down overnight, he said.
"It was done by some disgruntled parents who reportedly got mad at some teachers over perceived discrimination in the school's nourishment program," he said.
He said the parents accused the teachers of not giving their children enough rice. Under the government's "Food for School" program that seeks to encourage school attendance, each student in impoverished areas is supposed to be given 2.2 pounds (a kilogram) of rice every day.
The arson left nearly 150 students aged 5-10 without a classroom, Benigay said, adding that important records also were lost.
Police said no arrests have been made but they will file charges soon.
End of Times
Guys, i don't know what is going on. Almost every week there are reported Quake. Time will end na ba? I attached herein the NASA quoated report from Washington USA press release. Meaning tama ba ang mayan calendar? Life will end on year 2012?
Actual Report from Yahoo Website:
WASHINGTON (AFP) - – The powerful earthquake that shook Chile on Saturday probably shifted the Earth's axis and made days slightly shorter, a NASA scientist said.
Richard Gross, a research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, calculated that the planet's axis would have shifted by eight centimeters (three inches) during the 8.8 magnitude quake, NASA said in a statement.
Earth days are 24 hours long because that's the amount of time it takes the planet to make one full rotation on its axis, so shifting the axis would affect rotation.
If, indeed, the planet's axis did shift by eight centimeters during the Chilean quake, days would have shortened by 1.26 microseconds, Gross calculated. A microsecond is one-millionth of a second, so no need to adjust watches just yet.
The Chilean quake shifted the Earth's axis by even more than the 9.1-magnitude temblor off Indonesia that set off the deadly tsunami in Asia in 2004, Gross worked out.
That's partly because the faultline responsible for the earthquake in Chile "dips into Earth at a slightly steeper angle than does the fault responsible for the 2004 Sumatran earthquake" and is more effective at moving Earth's mass vertically and shifting the planet's axis.
The 2004 quake in Asia caused the Earth to move by around seven centimeters and chopped an estimated 6.8 microseconds off the length of a day, NASA said.
Actual Report from Yahoo Website:
WASHINGTON (AFP) - – The powerful earthquake that shook Chile on Saturday probably shifted the Earth's axis and made days slightly shorter, a NASA scientist said.
Richard Gross, a research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, calculated that the planet's axis would have shifted by eight centimeters (three inches) during the 8.8 magnitude quake, NASA said in a statement.
Earth days are 24 hours long because that's the amount of time it takes the planet to make one full rotation on its axis, so shifting the axis would affect rotation.
If, indeed, the planet's axis did shift by eight centimeters during the Chilean quake, days would have shortened by 1.26 microseconds, Gross calculated. A microsecond is one-millionth of a second, so no need to adjust watches just yet.
The Chilean quake shifted the Earth's axis by even more than the 9.1-magnitude temblor off Indonesia that set off the deadly tsunami in Asia in 2004, Gross worked out.
That's partly because the faultline responsible for the earthquake in Chile "dips into Earth at a slightly steeper angle than does the fault responsible for the 2004 Sumatran earthquake" and is more effective at moving Earth's mass vertically and shifting the planet's axis.
The 2004 quake in Asia caused the Earth to move by around seven centimeters and chopped an estimated 6.8 microseconds off the length of a day, NASA said.
Missing Extra in Skype?
Do You Experience Missing "Extra" button in Skype? I search almost 2 days but there is no answer to my question. It might be a bug of SKYPE Application. Because in EXTRA you can add-on some 3rd party application in SKYPE Messenger like changing your picture, voice recording, online calendars etc.
The Answer is: Remove totally the SKYPE Messenger installed in your PC then restart. Then Install it again. Go to www.skype.com to obtain new copy of SKYPE Messenger. Enjoy.!!! Your EXTRA is now working..
The Answer is: Remove totally the SKYPE Messenger installed in your PC then restart. Then Install it again. Go to www.skype.com to obtain new copy of SKYPE Messenger. Enjoy.!!! Your EXTRA is now working..
I am Here in NAGA Airport!!!
Hi i am here at NAGA airport. I have lots of memory about NAGA. I've been last night sa isang Music Bar. Its a nice place may 2 lcd screen tabi ng MOCHA BLENDS. Good Beers 90 lang per bucket ng san mig.
10 Common Mistakes in Backing Up Computer Data
1: Not making system state backups often enough
In Windows environments, system state backups have a shelf life. For domain controllers, the shelf life is equal to the maximum tombstone age (60 days by default). After that, the backup becomes null and void. Even for non domain controllers, the age of the backup is an issue.
Each computer on a Windows network has a corresponding computer account in the Active Directory. Like a user account, the computer account has an associated password. The difference is that the password is assigned, and periodically changed, by Windows. If you try to restore a system state backup that is too old, the computer account password that is stored in the backup will no longer match the password that is bound to the computer account in the Active Directory, so the machine won’t be able to participate in the domain. There are workarounds, but it is usually easier to just make frequent system state backups of your servers.
2: Failing to adequately test backups
We all know that we should test our backups once in a while, but testing often seems to be one of those tasks that either falls by the wayside or that isn’t done thoroughly. Remember that making the backup is only the first step -if you can’t restore from them, you’re dead in the water. You need to ensure that those backups will work if and when you need them.
3: Not using an application-aware backup application
For some applications, a file-level backup is insufficient. A classic example of this is Microsoft Exchange, which requires an Exchange-aware backup application. Failure to use such a backup application causes the data that has been backed up to be in an inconsistent (and often unrestorable) state. It is therefore important to know which applications reside on your servers and to make note of any special application-specific backup requirements.
4: Shipping backup tapes offsite too quickly
One of the companies I used to work for used a courier service to ship backup tapes offsite. Each morning at 8:00, the previous night’s backup tapes were transported to an offsite storage facility. One morning, we had a server failure at about 9:30. Unfortunately, we couldn’t perform an immediate restoration because the tape had been shipped offsite. It was almost 4:00 before the tape could be located and returned to us. By that time, the server had been down all day. While you should keep backups off site, consider waiting until the end of the business day to remove the previous night’s tapes from the building.
5: Having a single point of failure
Always remember that your backups are your safety net. If a server fails, your backups are the primary (and sometimes the only) mechanism for returning the server to a functional state. Because backups are so critically important, you should construct your backup architecture in a way that avoids (at least as much as possible) having a single point of failure. If possible, have a backup for your backups. You never want to find yourself in a situation in which you did not get a backup the night before and you are just praying that the server doesn’t fail that day because you have nothing to fall back on.
6: Forgetting to plan for the future
Years ago, I managed the IT department for a large organization. While I was on vacation, some of my staff decided to surprise me by cleaning out a storage room that had become badly cluttered. In doing so, they threw out some obsolete computer equipment.
While this initially seemed harmless, some of the old equipment was in the storage room for a reason. Each quarter, the organization made a special backup that was kept as a permanent archive. Over time, though, backup technology changed. Although the company had decided at one point to switch to a newer tape format, I had kept the organization’s old tape drives and an old computer that had a copy of the backup software installed on it, just in case we should ever have to read any of the data from an archive tape. The lesson to be learned is that although change is inevitable, you should always make sure that you have the necessary hardware and software to read your oldest backup tapes.
7: Not considering the consequences of using backup security mechanisms
For most organizations, IT security is a high priority. But sometimes, security can be a bad thing. I have seen real-world situations in which a backup could not be restored because nobody knew the password that had been used on the backup tape. I also once saw a situation in which an organization used hardware-level encryption and then upgraded to a new tape drive that didn’t support the previously used encryption (which meant that old backups could not be restored).
There is no denying that it is important to secure your backups, but it is equally important to consider the consequences of your security measures. If you find yourself having to restore a backup after a major system failure, the last thing you need is an ill-conceived security mechanism standing in the way of the recovery.
8: Backing up only data
I once had someone tell me that I should be backing up only my data, as opposed to performing full backups that included the server’s operating system and applications. His rationale was that data-only backups complete more quickly and consume fewer tapes. While these are valid points, I completely disagree with the overall philosophy.
If an organization has a server failure and needs to perform a full recovery, it is usually possible to reinstall the operating system and the applications and then restore any data. However, time is of the essence when trying to recover from a crash. It is much faster to restore everything from backup than it is to manually install an operating system and a set of applications. More important, it is often difficult to manually configure a server so that it matches its pervious configuration. Backing up the entire server ensures that its configuration will be exactly as it was before the crash.
9: Relying solely on a disk-to-disk backup solution
Disk-to-disk backup solutions offer many advantages over traditional tape backups. Even so, a disk-to-disk backup solution should not be an organization’s only backup, because the backup server is prone to the same risks as the servers it protects. A hurricane, lightning strike, fire, or flood could wipe out your backup server along with your other servers. For this reason, it is important to dump the contents of your disk based backups to tape on a frequent basis.
10: Using a tape rotation scheme that’s too short
One organization I worked for used a two-week tape rotation. This seemed to work fairly well, but we found out the hard way that two weeks just weren’t enough. The organization had an Exchange server fail because of corruption within the information store. When we tried to restore a backup, we found that we had backed up corrupt data. The corruption had existed for some time and had grown progressively worse. Every one of the backup tapes contained corrupt data, so the server could not be restored. This is a perfect argument for periodically testing your backups, but it also underscores the importance of using a long rotation scheme or at least keeping some of your backup tapes as long-term archives.
In Windows environments, system state backups have a shelf life. For domain controllers, the shelf life is equal to the maximum tombstone age (60 days by default). After that, the backup becomes null and void. Even for non domain controllers, the age of the backup is an issue.
Each computer on a Windows network has a corresponding computer account in the Active Directory. Like a user account, the computer account has an associated password. The difference is that the password is assigned, and periodically changed, by Windows. If you try to restore a system state backup that is too old, the computer account password that is stored in the backup will no longer match the password that is bound to the computer account in the Active Directory, so the machine won’t be able to participate in the domain. There are workarounds, but it is usually easier to just make frequent system state backups of your servers.
2: Failing to adequately test backups
We all know that we should test our backups once in a while, but testing often seems to be one of those tasks that either falls by the wayside or that isn’t done thoroughly. Remember that making the backup is only the first step -if you can’t restore from them, you’re dead in the water. You need to ensure that those backups will work if and when you need them.
3: Not using an application-aware backup application
For some applications, a file-level backup is insufficient. A classic example of this is Microsoft Exchange, which requires an Exchange-aware backup application. Failure to use such a backup application causes the data that has been backed up to be in an inconsistent (and often unrestorable) state. It is therefore important to know which applications reside on your servers and to make note of any special application-specific backup requirements.
4: Shipping backup tapes offsite too quickly
One of the companies I used to work for used a courier service to ship backup tapes offsite. Each morning at 8:00, the previous night’s backup tapes were transported to an offsite storage facility. One morning, we had a server failure at about 9:30. Unfortunately, we couldn’t perform an immediate restoration because the tape had been shipped offsite. It was almost 4:00 before the tape could be located and returned to us. By that time, the server had been down all day. While you should keep backups off site, consider waiting until the end of the business day to remove the previous night’s tapes from the building.
5: Having a single point of failure
Always remember that your backups are your safety net. If a server fails, your backups are the primary (and sometimes the only) mechanism for returning the server to a functional state. Because backups are so critically important, you should construct your backup architecture in a way that avoids (at least as much as possible) having a single point of failure. If possible, have a backup for your backups. You never want to find yourself in a situation in which you did not get a backup the night before and you are just praying that the server doesn’t fail that day because you have nothing to fall back on.
6: Forgetting to plan for the future
Years ago, I managed the IT department for a large organization. While I was on vacation, some of my staff decided to surprise me by cleaning out a storage room that had become badly cluttered. In doing so, they threw out some obsolete computer equipment.
While this initially seemed harmless, some of the old equipment was in the storage room for a reason. Each quarter, the organization made a special backup that was kept as a permanent archive. Over time, though, backup technology changed. Although the company had decided at one point to switch to a newer tape format, I had kept the organization’s old tape drives and an old computer that had a copy of the backup software installed on it, just in case we should ever have to read any of the data from an archive tape. The lesson to be learned is that although change is inevitable, you should always make sure that you have the necessary hardware and software to read your oldest backup tapes.
7: Not considering the consequences of using backup security mechanisms
For most organizations, IT security is a high priority. But sometimes, security can be a bad thing. I have seen real-world situations in which a backup could not be restored because nobody knew the password that had been used on the backup tape. I also once saw a situation in which an organization used hardware-level encryption and then upgraded to a new tape drive that didn’t support the previously used encryption (which meant that old backups could not be restored).
There is no denying that it is important to secure your backups, but it is equally important to consider the consequences of your security measures. If you find yourself having to restore a backup after a major system failure, the last thing you need is an ill-conceived security mechanism standing in the way of the recovery.
8: Backing up only data
I once had someone tell me that I should be backing up only my data, as opposed to performing full backups that included the server’s operating system and applications. His rationale was that data-only backups complete more quickly and consume fewer tapes. While these are valid points, I completely disagree with the overall philosophy.
If an organization has a server failure and needs to perform a full recovery, it is usually possible to reinstall the operating system and the applications and then restore any data. However, time is of the essence when trying to recover from a crash. It is much faster to restore everything from backup than it is to manually install an operating system and a set of applications. More important, it is often difficult to manually configure a server so that it matches its pervious configuration. Backing up the entire server ensures that its configuration will be exactly as it was before the crash.
9: Relying solely on a disk-to-disk backup solution
Disk-to-disk backup solutions offer many advantages over traditional tape backups. Even so, a disk-to-disk backup solution should not be an organization’s only backup, because the backup server is prone to the same risks as the servers it protects. A hurricane, lightning strike, fire, or flood could wipe out your backup server along with your other servers. For this reason, it is important to dump the contents of your disk based backups to tape on a frequent basis.
10: Using a tape rotation scheme that’s too short
One organization I worked for used a two-week tape rotation. This seemed to work fairly well, but we found out the hard way that two weeks just weren’t enough. The organization had an Exchange server fail because of corruption within the information store. When we tried to restore a backup, we found that we had backed up corrupt data. The corruption had existed for some time and had grown progressively worse. Every one of the backup tapes contained corrupt data, so the server could not be restored. This is a perfect argument for periodically testing your backups, but it also underscores the importance of using a long rotation scheme or at least keeping some of your backup tapes as long-term archives.
Pinoy Got Talent
Lufet talaga ng Pinoy...Mr. Jovit Baldivino, 16, sings Journey’s "Faithfully" during the "Pilipinas Got Talent" Batangas auditions.
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Letter to the President of the Republic of the Philippines
Mahal po naming pangulo,
gumising na kayo Mawalang galang na po may sasabihin lang ako
Alam ko na kung saan ang pugad ng mga aswang
Ito'y matatagpuan sa loob ng malacanang
Pinamumunuan ng mga tikbalang at bampira
At manananggal na may naglalakihang mga tiyan
Ang perang dapat ay sa bayan, saan napupunta
Para magkaalaman na tara kapkapan ng bulsa
Kami po'y busog na sa inyong mga pangako
Umaasang matutupad kaso mukhang malabo
Pagkat lihiman ng lihiman pilit pinipiringan
Ang aminig mga mata para kami ay magmukhang mga
Walang alam, para mapagtakpan,
ang mga baho ng ating pamahalaan
Kaya sana naman, itaguyod nyo ang
inyong pamamahala sa tamang paraan
Ito ang aking liham na laging pinipilas
kaya hanggang ngayon nakalubog ang pilipinas
Araw araw naghihintay at umaasa
tanong ko lng po pangulo marunong ba kayong bumasa???
Pawis na parang nabuhusan ng timba
Sulat lang ng sulat hanggang maubusan ng tinta
Para maiparating sa mahal na pangulo natin
Ang ating hinaing "Ang sakit na ng ulo namin"
Mga pulitiko paramihan po ng kurakot
Kung sino manalo papahiran ko ng kulangot
Kaban ng bayan ninakawan ng ama ng bayan
Nakasanayan na nasa Casino ang tambayan
Tama na nga yan di niyo namamalayan
Kapwa magkababayan na ang nagpapatayan
Subukan mang tigilan ang suntukan at barilan
Di parin matatahimik ang Sulu at ang Basilan
Putukan at palitan ng gulo at ang alitan
Sino dapat pagalitan sa bulok nasa pagitan
Ng digmaan, kudeta, rebelyon at giyera
At ang tanging dahilan ay ang relihiyon at pera
Ito ang aking liham na laging pinipilas
kaya hanggang ngayon nakalubog ang pilipinas
Araw araw naghihintay at umaasa
tanong ko lng po pangulo marunong ba kayong bumasa???
Mahal na pangulo bakit mahal ang mga bilihin
Di mo na nanaisin na tumira dito sa bayan natin
Ang kinain ng mayaman tinatapon sa basura
Pinupulot ng mahirap mapuno lang ang sikmura
Balahurang nahalal halos kaban ng bayan isinugal
Isinambulat sa Senado at sa dyaryo binulgar
Napahiya't ayaw umamain na sila'y nagnakaw din
Di lang sa pagkain pati sa pera ay matakaw din
At pagdating sa lupain sila ay mga buakaw din
Lahat ay inaangkin kahit ano ay gagawin
Mga sakim, ganid sa ginto di makuntento sa milyon
Bilyon ang gusto kahit ang bayan ay baon
Sa utang at sa kangkungan pupulutin
Tanong ko lang sa inyo mahal niyo ba ang bayan natin
Mahal na pangulo paano na ang pilipinas
Lantarang pagnanakaw araw araw di lilipas
Nagmamahal,
People of the republic of the philippines
gumising na kayo Mawalang galang na po may sasabihin lang ako
Alam ko na kung saan ang pugad ng mga aswang
Ito'y matatagpuan sa loob ng malacanang
Pinamumunuan ng mga tikbalang at bampira
At manananggal na may naglalakihang mga tiyan
Ang perang dapat ay sa bayan, saan napupunta
Para magkaalaman na tara kapkapan ng bulsa
Kami po'y busog na sa inyong mga pangako
Umaasang matutupad kaso mukhang malabo
Pagkat lihiman ng lihiman pilit pinipiringan
Ang aminig mga mata para kami ay magmukhang mga
Walang alam, para mapagtakpan,
ang mga baho ng ating pamahalaan
Kaya sana naman, itaguyod nyo ang
inyong pamamahala sa tamang paraan
Ito ang aking liham na laging pinipilas
kaya hanggang ngayon nakalubog ang pilipinas
Araw araw naghihintay at umaasa
tanong ko lng po pangulo marunong ba kayong bumasa???
Pawis na parang nabuhusan ng timba
Sulat lang ng sulat hanggang maubusan ng tinta
Para maiparating sa mahal na pangulo natin
Ang ating hinaing "Ang sakit na ng ulo namin"
Mga pulitiko paramihan po ng kurakot
Kung sino manalo papahiran ko ng kulangot
Kaban ng bayan ninakawan ng ama ng bayan
Nakasanayan na nasa Casino ang tambayan
Tama na nga yan di niyo namamalayan
Kapwa magkababayan na ang nagpapatayan
Subukan mang tigilan ang suntukan at barilan
Di parin matatahimik ang Sulu at ang Basilan
Putukan at palitan ng gulo at ang alitan
Sino dapat pagalitan sa bulok nasa pagitan
Ng digmaan, kudeta, rebelyon at giyera
At ang tanging dahilan ay ang relihiyon at pera
Ito ang aking liham na laging pinipilas
kaya hanggang ngayon nakalubog ang pilipinas
Araw araw naghihintay at umaasa
tanong ko lng po pangulo marunong ba kayong bumasa???
Mahal na pangulo bakit mahal ang mga bilihin
Di mo na nanaisin na tumira dito sa bayan natin
Ang kinain ng mayaman tinatapon sa basura
Pinupulot ng mahirap mapuno lang ang sikmura
Balahurang nahalal halos kaban ng bayan isinugal
Isinambulat sa Senado at sa dyaryo binulgar
Napahiya't ayaw umamain na sila'y nagnakaw din
Di lang sa pagkain pati sa pera ay matakaw din
At pagdating sa lupain sila ay mga buakaw din
Lahat ay inaangkin kahit ano ay gagawin
Mga sakim, ganid sa ginto di makuntento sa milyon
Bilyon ang gusto kahit ang bayan ay baon
Sa utang at sa kangkungan pupulutin
Tanong ko lang sa inyo mahal niyo ba ang bayan natin
Mahal na pangulo paano na ang pilipinas
Lantarang pagnanakaw araw araw di lilipas
Nagmamahal,
People of the republic of the philippines
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Be Contented on What You Have...
Hi Mga Friends,
i open my radio unit inside my car yesterday habang pauwi ako from work and tune into AM radio program at ang topic nila is regarding sa mga kaso sa partihan sa lupa ng mga magkakapatid. Naisip ko lang kasi sabi sa radio na matagal na pinag-tatalunan sa korte yung lupa at ang magpapartihan ay halos matatanda na. At yung gigil na gigil sa partihan ng lupa ay medyo bata pa. Imagine, kung kamatayan na yun ng mga papartihan ng lupa eh di wala na di ba kasi sa tagal ng kaso (karamihan may sakit na yung magkakapatid na magpapartihan..sana panggamot nalang if mabenta agad yung lupa di ba...at makatulong ng malaki dun sa maiiwan nila sa buhay if ever).
Bigla ko tuloy naisip mga magulang ko sana hindi ganun ang mangyari sa kanila (maliit lang naman na lupa pero naisip ko na baka may biglang mag react sa partihan). Last time i talked to my mom i told her na kung ano man parte ibigay sa kanya tanggapin nya na at ipagpasalamat sa DIYOS. kasi blessing yun at huwag na sya makipagtalo kung maliit o malaki and besides its not our LUPA sa totoo lang. Sa DIYOS naman ito lahat.
Pumasok nga tayo sa mundong ito na walang suot at mamatay din na walang madadala eh bakit pa tayo makikipagpatayan sa lupa. I just share this little things na naisip ko lang kasi baka kahit papaano maka help ako sa pag iisip ng mga ka tagged friends ko na mayayaman (hehehe) o nahaharap sa ganitong problema. hehehe. Tandaan natin na lahat naman ay temporary lang and we must be GOOD to others.
Sorry mga friends ha baka nakukulitan na kayo sa akin hehehe :)
Thank You again.
-Dwight
i open my radio unit inside my car yesterday habang pauwi ako from work and tune into AM radio program at ang topic nila is regarding sa mga kaso sa partihan sa lupa ng mga magkakapatid. Naisip ko lang kasi sabi sa radio na matagal na pinag-tatalunan sa korte yung lupa at ang magpapartihan ay halos matatanda na. At yung gigil na gigil sa partihan ng lupa ay medyo bata pa. Imagine, kung kamatayan na yun ng mga papartihan ng lupa eh di wala na di ba kasi sa tagal ng kaso (karamihan may sakit na yung magkakapatid na magpapartihan..sana panggamot nalang if mabenta agad yung lupa di ba...at makatulong ng malaki dun sa maiiwan nila sa buhay if ever).
Bigla ko tuloy naisip mga magulang ko sana hindi ganun ang mangyari sa kanila (maliit lang naman na lupa pero naisip ko na baka may biglang mag react sa partihan). Last time i talked to my mom i told her na kung ano man parte ibigay sa kanya tanggapin nya na at ipagpasalamat sa DIYOS. kasi blessing yun at huwag na sya makipagtalo kung maliit o malaki and besides its not our LUPA sa totoo lang. Sa DIYOS naman ito lahat.
Pumasok nga tayo sa mundong ito na walang suot at mamatay din na walang madadala eh bakit pa tayo makikipagpatayan sa lupa. I just share this little things na naisip ko lang kasi baka kahit papaano maka help ako sa pag iisip ng mga ka tagged friends ko na mayayaman (hehehe) o nahaharap sa ganitong problema. hehehe. Tandaan natin na lahat naman ay temporary lang and we must be GOOD to others.
Sorry mga friends ha baka nakukulitan na kayo sa akin hehehe :)
Thank You again.
-Dwight
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