Sometimes when you login to a Solaris NFS server, there is so much going on that you can hardly get anything done. Guds takes forever, ps takes 30 seconds, and you make little progress. Fortuitously, it’s very easy to adjust your scheduling priority on the CPU so that you can get things done. Once you…
I don’t post here often, but this one is important. Make your reservations for LISA, now! Don’t miss the early registration deadline, it’s coming up soon and can save your organization significant money and increase your chances of getting to go! LISA is in Boston. Nevermind the weather, Boston is a great town and the…
As anybody who has read my column before, Oracle has gone out of their way to push my buttons. It really takes a lot to get me to come out *publicly* about a vendor, but Oracle, you do, oh you do… 1) Flash is *not* better. It just isn’t. What’s wrong with an HTML interface…
So, the day came. I needed to replace the batteries in a UPS SmartUPS 1000VA unit. Silly me, I had left it unplugged without pulling the big yellow plug in the back to disconnect the batteries for 3 years. Unfortunately, the controllers on these units are DC powered and run directly from the batteries, so…
If you’re like me, you’ve probably just adopted some VM because it was integrated with whatever jumpstart/kickstart/other automatic install system that you’ve been using. Well, recently I branched a little outside my element and needed to start researching VMs for running Windows on top of (yeah, the opposite of most of the world, I’ll grant…
There are people who insist that you should never top post. There are people who insist that you should always top post. Both sides need to just get over it already. By volume, though the world is gone to top posting. Outlook does it by default. Gmail does it by default. AOL does it by…
It’s been here for a while, but it just hit me today. I’ve got 1Tbit of networking bandwidth in 1U on my hands. 48 10/1 gbit ports (SFP+), 4 40 gbit ports (QSFP), all at full duplex and layer2/3 non-blocking. That’s an astonishing bandwidth of 1.28Tbits/sec thanks to the Fulcrum Micro chip nestled inside. at…
Oracle’s Chief Customer Officer released a survey not long ago. They asked for my input. They may wish they had not. Among my feedback items: This comment field is not nearly enough to contain the depth of my dissatisfaction. The entire support structure/contract management is stunningly incompetent. I have never before seen such incompetence in…