Can data centralization create euphoria?
If Philip K. Dick can ask if androids dream of electric sheep I feel I’m entitled, right or wrong, to ask the above question – well at least on this blog anyways. I mentioned in some previous blogs that I’ve been using Windows Home Server (WHS) for about a year and a half now. My WHS system has allowed me to centralize all my family photos, music, videos, documents, etc… It was a time consuming process and involved a great deal of data discovery and de-duplication. Fortunately I have access to some internally developed tools that helped streamline the effort. All said and done, data centralized and all backed up, I’m definitely, in the words of Mike Tyson, “ekthtatic” about the results. So this is how a SAN admin feels. Sweeeeeet. After that enduring adventure (probably a hundred hours or so), I needed some time away from WHS to simply enjoy it’s simplicity and focused purpose. A techie’s “tinker-free” vacation of sorts. I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. – Edga
