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On This Week's Show:

Daylight Savings TimeDon't miss this week's live broadcast! This Tuesday night at 7pm Eastern.  [Click Here] for your local show time.

  • Important Note:  Our studio clocks spring forward this week.  If your clocks do not, please note that Category5.TV will be live one hour earlier than usual in your area.
  • Have a question for Robbie?  Use the Interact section of Category5.tv to get your answers during the show!
In the meantime, check out the latest broadcast below, or visit the Episode Index to catch previous episodes.
Episode 96 - Redundant Data Storage 1
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Recorded Live July 21, 2009.
  • Special Feature:  Beginning the quest to find an affordable but scalable redundant storage solution between RAID, Drobo, ZFS, FreeNAS and unRAID.
  • Christy Burton joins us as co-host.

Topics Covered:

  • Introducing Christy to the new studio.
  • Viewer testimonials.
  • Viewer Comment:  The Ubuntu community is always there to help.
  • Ubuntu: a free operating system.
  • Viewer Question:  I was having trouble with the sound in Ubuntu Linux.  After turning off the integrated sound in my BIOS, everything worked.
  • Viewer Question:  What is the best way to download streaming videos?
  • Saving Flash videos from web sites the 'easy way' in Linux.
  • Viewer Question:  What are the pros and cons of running Ubuntu Linux on a 64-bit machine?
  • Viewer Comment:  A viewer had asked about creating a link to a wine app.  Do you know about the ability to just add a launcher by right-clicking on the menu item?
  • Viewer Question:  How can I help test the upcoming release of Ubuntu and submit bug reports?
  • Feature:  Preparing Robbie for a redundant data storage solution.  What way should he go?
  • The difference between backups and redundant storage.
  • Christy's Question:  Do you get a warning if a redundant hard drive has a problem?
  • The chat room has a laugh at Robbie's expense; the Death Star.
  • Viewer Comment:  Back In Time is great for Ubuntu.
  • Viewer Question:  What about RAID-5?
  • Viewer Comment:  I use DropBox for backup.
  • Basic advantages and disadvantages of the Drobo.
  • Thinking about unRAID as an alternative to the Drobo.
  • Viewer Comment:  You should just build your own network attached storage device.
  • Viewer Question:  I've got a dead HP machine.  Can I install the XP on a different computer?  Can I just use any XP install CD?
  • Viewer Question:  What is the picture on your mug?
  • Viewer Comment:  The white balance is way off.
  • Viewer Question:  I'm having trouble copying files across my network from Ubuntu 9.04 to Windows Vista.  I receive a random timeout error.  Nothing has changed in my hardware configuration.  Solutions?
  • Viewer Question:  I recently found Category5 Technology TV on Miro.  I saw the feature about Back In Time.  Will that allow me to backup my Joomla web site?
  • Robbie demonstrates JoomlaPack; an outstanding backup system for your Joomla-based web sites.
  • Christy's Question:  Are there security concerns when using JoomlaPack?
  • Viewer Comment:  I converted some recent episodes into Sansa Fuze format.  I'd be happy to share them with you if you like.
  • Viewer Question:  Are you interested in trying UbuntuOne?
  • Viewer Question:  I need to reset the alsa settings to the default to make my sound work.  How do I do this?

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Nelson Mandela indeed celebrated his 91st birthday on Saturday, July 18th, 2009.

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