Today

Ten things I have learnt today in just as many minutes:

1. NIC ports have two separate lights, but do not expect the light patterns to be the same accross different network cards
2. Don't mix 100BaseTX cables with 1000BaseTX cables
3. Don't assume network congestion is "probably just a coincidence that will resolve itself"
4. Create a syslog server so you can review the logs when your storage server goes down
5. Don't screw around with a storage server mid 100GB inter-OS transfer
6. Samba (while amazing) doesn't like NTFS
7. NTFS doesn't like Samba
8. Ethernet cable is generally blue or grey
9. Further to point 8, label all cables and switch port
10. Prior Preparation & Planning Prevent Piss Poor Performance (7 P's)
    

Regards,
Adam O'Grady