Servers, Meetings, Security, Backups, Migrations

… and that’s just this week

This week leads in with a few phone calls on more anti-spam solutions, looking at appliances as a serious option, which would mean some serious cash laid out, possibly spread out along 3 companies, but not sure of the ease of management yet, but there are 2 more hosted solutions I can get elsewhere, so more calls, more long phone calls - but I think I may need to get a new Vonage box, as it seems folks can no-longer hear me, but I can hear them, doing another test once I get into the office today, but it’s  been over a year since I got the original phone box, and I think its dead.

Backups/Meetings/Network goodies are all on the docket this week, should be the MacBook Pro’s real first major work week, it saw some useage this week at the beach for thanksgiving, but this week its real-world, work situations, so we shall see how it all plays out, got Parallels installed, and copied my XP image from the iMac, so its running, and the bluetooth link is setup so if I am out and about, I can get online in some form or another.

Another server migration is in the works, as well as some de-commissions coming,  some servers which have been in use for over 3 years are about to be put down, they are still working great, but - they are getting harder to update, and even with a clean slate install, the catch 22 is the hardware is dated, newer, faster, more solid hardware is ready to go live.

But all things considered, I am doing good - tired, and yes, up to my old tricks of being awake at 3.30am, but hey - I think that’s just part of who I am, and honestly, I have been taking it easy, trying to keep things mellow, and get some things done, got a upset email on turkey day, but it’s the holidays, so I try not to take things too personally as everyone deals with the holidays differently, for some it’s the first holiday season while away at school, others its a fresh sting that the divorce is indeed final, and for many, it reminds them of who isn’t here any longer. So in the coming weeks, if someone is just straight-out-in-your-face-rude, cut them some slack, consider the blessings you have, and that they may simply be reacting to the things in their life, the old saying is still true, hurting people - hurt people.

So that’s what I have on my head here at 3.30am, I am going to go crash out, tomorrow it’s office from about 2pm till late, some updates to billing I want to do as well, and some customers I need to catch up with in regards to their accounts (security) the joys of being a webhosting company, who knows, maybe it’s time to kick this all up a notch, get a small business loan, get a building, a massive line, and bring it all back local… who knows - it’d sure be nice.