Just wanted to know if there were any more of you out there who would consider themselves as such
I have been in flight simulation since 1998- I am on the cutting edge of technology. I have built a lot of computers. Should Apple ever go out of business, my home PC will be Linux or FreeBSD based. With lots of Unix background, both of these led me to Apple (OSX is built on FreeBSD). I refuse to have an MS computer in my houseMy job for past 20 years has been in technology. Have spent time in multi national banks as well as global pharma players. Personally am a Linux, OpenSource, C/C++, Python enthusiast. Love Opensource. I use Debian linux on all my computers including my 2019 Dell XPS 15 core-i9 / 64gb which i use for complex number crunching for projects I indulge in for AI/ML algorithms.
I ran Linux on my home system since the mid-90s and recently switched to Mac, only because many of the distributions didn't support the NVME SSD drives.My job for past 20 years has been in technology. Have spent time in multi national banks as well as global pharma players. Personally am a Linux, OpenSource, C/C++, Python enthusiast. Love Opensource. I use Debian linux on all my computers including my 2019 Dell XPS 15 core-i9 / 64gb which i use for complex number crunching for projects I indulge in for AI/ML algorithms.
I am right there with you, but stupidly started a masters in IT. It should be over in December, which can't come soon enough.I have worked in IT for 30 years and am currently North West Europe IT Systems Administrator for a multi national company with 80,000 employees. By the time I finish work I am sick to death of computers so I do not consider myself an enthusiast; in fact I am gradually becoming something of a Luddite.
I'm at about 23 years and rather on the same path. I used to have a bunch of pcs that I'd load with Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and so on. I've run windows two. These days my primary home computer is a mac, I have a Chromebook and there is one Windows computer.I have worked in IT for 30 years and am currently North West Europe IT Systems Administrator for a multi national company with 80,000 employees. By the time I finish work I am sick to death of computers so I do not consider myself an enthusiast; in fact I am gradually becoming something of a Luddite.
What brand NAS is that? We use Synology here at work. I have fallen into the role of Backup King here (as well as being Senior Lead Tech). I manage the backup jobs on 17 full flight simulators, each with at least an 8 computer network. The jobs are automatic (full backups on 1st and 15th, incrementals on M W F, we use ShadowProtect), but once a month I have to verify each and every backup- each verification takes at least 20 minutes. Of course, you can run more than one job at a time. On the 2nd of every month another backup occurs to a different folder on the NAS. These are then moved (by me) to external hard drives that are kept in a fireproof safe. May be a bit of overkill, but it only takes one disaster to make one rethink that opinion. I reckon I spend over 30 hours a month dealing with backup related activities. I am the only one willing to do it, so that helps to add a little job security.
By verify I hope you mean restore. I've been in IT for 23+ years and the amount of times I've seen companies do backups but NEVER once practice recovering from them before an emergency are too numerous to count. I'm hoping your fireproof safe is not on prem.What brand NAS is that? We use Synology here at work. I have fallen into the role of Backup King here (as well as being Senior Lead Tech). I manage the backup jobs on 17 full flight simulators, each with at least an 8 computer network. The jobs are automatic (full backups on 1st and 15th, incrementals on M W F, we use ShadowProtect), but once a month I have to verify each and every backup- each verification takes at least 20 minutes. Of course, you can run more than one job at a time. On the 2nd of every month another backup occurs to a different folder on the NAS. These are then moved (by me) to external hard drives that are kept in a fireproof safe. May be a bit of overkill, but it only takes one disaster to make one rethink that opinion. I reckon I spend over 30 hours a month dealing with backup related activities. I am the only one willing to do it, so that helps to add a little job security.
No, ShadowProtect has a verify option that can scan a backup to ensure that it not corrupted. I don’t know enough to say how they do it, but I verify them all, and the times I have had to restore from a backup have been flawless. The same can’t be said of the DAT backups we used to do.By verify I hope you mean restore. I've been in IT for 23+ years and the amount of times I've seen companies do backups but NEVER once practice recovering from them before an emergency are too numerous to count. I'm hoping your fireproof safe is not on prem.