Comments for Blue Jazz Consulting http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com Austin-based Ruby on Rails, Architecture, and Technical Leadership for Startups Sat, 17 May 2008 22:03:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 Comment on Make your visitors feel special by thomas marban http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2008/03/25/make-your-visitors-feel-special/#comment-30193 thomas marban Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:19:13 +0000 http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2008/03/25/make-your-visitors-feel-special/#comment-30193 thanks for the feature! thanks for the feature!

]]> Comment on Soap4r and Rails by RAILroading » Blog Archive » links for 2008-02-13 http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/04/18/soap4r-and-rails/#comment-26367 RAILroading » Blog Archive » links for 2008-02-13 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:08:15 +0000 http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/04/18/soap4r-and-rails/#comment-26367 [...] Soap4r and Rails | Blue Jazz Consulting - Austin-based Ruby on Rails, Architecture, and Technical Le... (tags: soap rails) [...] […] Soap4r and Rails | Blue Jazz Consulting - Austin-based Ruby on Rails, Architecture, and Technical Le… (tags: soap rails) […]

]]> Comment on Startups on Rails by Dan Croak http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/09/04/startups-on-rails/#comment-8085 Dan Croak Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:14:37 +0000 http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/09/04/startups-on-rails/#comment-8085 Well said. Well said.

]]> Comment on Friday Dream Projects Week 7: Audio Compression Edition by Techdirt gets it wrong about mp3 music quality http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/09/01/friday-dream-projects-week-7-audio-compression-edition/#comment-5621 Techdirt gets it wrong about mp3 music quality Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:44:38 +0000 http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/09/01/friday-dream-projects-week-7-audio-compression-edition/#comment-5621 [...] The reason I even mention this article is that this was a subject of a recent post on this blog. Techdirt doesn’t get the issue, since the issue isn’t about the mp3 format, it is about the dynamic range of the music (aka audio compression, not to be confused with data compression that mp3s are known for). [...] […] The reason I even mention this article is that this was a subject of a recent post on this blog. Techdirt doesn’t get the issue, since the issue isn’t about the mp3 format, it is about the dynamic range of the music (aka audio compression, not to be confused with data compression that mp3s are known for). […]

]]> Comment on Friday Dream Projects Week 2: Linux Edition by Andrew Mitry http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/07/20/friday-dream-projects-week-2-linux-edition/#comment-2135 Andrew Mitry Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:36:03 +0000 http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/07/20/friday-dream-projects-week-2-linux-edition/#comment-2135 Good point on having quality drive controllers, 3ware has worked great for us. Good point on having quality drive controllers, 3ware has worked great for us.

]]> Comment on Friday Dream Projects Week 2: Linux Edition by James http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/07/20/friday-dream-projects-week-2-linux-edition/#comment-2134 James Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:23:58 +0000 http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/07/20/friday-dream-projects-week-2-linux-edition/#comment-2134 Andrew, I can sympathize - I had a software RAID 1 fail as well, but it was due to a bad hardware controller (fried both drives at once), not due to the software RAID itself. Since then, I make sure to invest in reliable drive controllers first. The Slashdot article I mentioned talked about the downside of hardware RAID, as well as the upside, and is a great reference for making an informed decision either way. And, as you mentioned, RAID 1 is not a backup solution, only a n availability solution. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Andrew,

I can sympathize - I had a software RAID 1 fail as well, but it was due to a bad hardware controller (fried both drives at once), not due to the software RAID itself. Since then, I make sure to invest in reliable drive controllers first. The Slashdot article I mentioned talked about the downside of hardware RAID, as well as the upside, and is a great reference for making an informed decision either way.

And, as you mentioned, RAID 1 is not a backup solution, only a n availability solution.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

]]> Comment on Friday Dream Projects Week 2: Linux Edition by Andrew Mitry http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/07/20/friday-dream-projects-week-2-linux-edition/#comment-2133 Andrew Mitry Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:19:37 +0000 http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/07/20/friday-dream-projects-week-2-linux-edition/#comment-2133 I have had a software RAID 1 mirror that I was running on CentOS fail on me. Unfortunately we did not have proper backups so we decided to try to restore. One drive had completely failed and the other was only slightly corrupted, but the data was in such a logical mess that even hard drive recovery experts couldn't get the data out. I definitely think it is worth the extra investment in hardware raid, simply to reduce complexity. I have had a software RAID 1 mirror that I was running on CentOS fail on me. Unfortunately we did not have proper backups so we decided to try to restore. One drive had completely failed and the other was only slightly corrupted, but the data was in such a logical mess that even hard drive recovery experts couldn’t get the data out. I definitely think it is worth the extra investment in hardware raid, simply to reduce complexity.

]]> Comment on I couldn’t have said it better… by Nick Airdo http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/05/22/i-couldnt-have-said-it-better/#comment-1079 Nick Airdo Sat, 26 May 2007 16:49:15 +0000 http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/05/22/i-couldnt-have-said-it-better/#comment-1079 That's the truth! As an ex-java bean/servlet developer I can now laugh at the enormous complexities of it all. All that architecture purity comes at the cost of taking 4x longer to develop apps. That’s the truth! As an ex-java bean/servlet developer I can now laugh at the enormous complexities of it all. All that architecture purity comes at the cost of taking 4x longer to develop apps.

]]> Comment on Soap4r and Rails by James http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/04/18/soap4r-and-rails/#comment-1075 James Fri, 25 May 2007 14:29:38 +0000 http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/04/18/soap4r-and-rails/#comment-1075 Bob, Without more information it may be hard to determine the problem. Just make sure that you have read all of the links that I referenced in my post, and be sure that you apply my fix only if you are running rails from under vendor, rather than as a gem. Bob,

Without more information it may be hard to determine the problem. Just make sure that you have read all of the links that I referenced in my post, and be sure that you apply my fix only if you are running rails from under vendor, rather than as a gem.

]]> Comment on Soap4r and Rails by Bob http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/04/18/soap4r-and-rails/#comment-1073 Bob Thu, 24 May 2007 20:50:06 +0000 http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/04/18/soap4r-and-rails/#comment-1073 I'm trying your fix, but I still get the same error, when running inside rails. Standalone works fine. Any guesses? Thanks! I’m trying your fix, but I still get the same error, when running inside rails. Standalone works fine. Any guesses?

Thanks!

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