More Linux/Solaris FUD wars
It’s all too often that I read posts such as this one and can’t help but to think that the writer is a tad on the myopic side of things… so much so that after a paragraph or two it becomes apparent that the writer hasn’t actually used Solaris in Read More …
Crying “FUD” doesn’t always mean you’re right
…and it sure doesn’t grant you instant vindication. It appears that DaveM (Linux networking and SPARC port guru) has gotten seriously wound up in response to a blog post by Jeff Bonwick (Sun’s storage and kernel guru.) As one can see in Jeff’s post, the suject he wrote about was Read More …
Sun and Qlogic to open up the source of storage software
Sun has announced that they will be releasing several of their storage products to the OpenSolaris community! From their announcement: Sun StorageTek 5800 storage system (Honeycomb) client interfaces along with the Honeycomb software developer kit (SDK) and Honeycomb emulator/server. Honeycomb is a third-generation digital repository solution for data capture and Read More …
New ambient mix – Dreamscape 02
Well it has been about 2.5 years since my last ambient mix recording, so it was high time that I made another one. Deep ambient soundscapes along with a bit of drones, glitch, and breaks, and a side of a little very light 4/4 to round it out. All chill, Read More …
Sun Availability Suite blog
The maintainer(s) of Availability Suite (aka AVS) now have their own blog. I can’t wait to learn more about it!
The state of enterprise storage for the Little Guy
Earlier this month I spewed some vitriol over an unpleasant discovery regarding the Sun StorageTek 6140 array and its underwhelming out-of-the-box feature set (which, three weeks later, remains an unresolved issue even after contacting and working with my VAR, Sun sales rep-proper, and two Sun SEs. Sigh) (NOTE: As of Read More …
OpenSolaris gets more storage capabilities
The OpenSolaris community got a huge present today by way of Sun’s open sourcing of its StorageTek Availability Suite. This announcement by Jim Dunham goes into the details, but here’s a summary: Availability Suite is comprised of two primary components: Instant Image, which siphons data on a disk device as Read More …
Sun + Intel = A Decent Move
Sun and Intel announced a new partnership between the two companies today, with both CEOs presenting at a news conference this morning. Sun hasn’t had a Intel CPU in its product line since Sun discontinued its Pentium 4-based V60z server several years ago when the company was teething its new Read More …
Video of my sitar teacher, Alif Laila
This is a video I made (I did the editing, someone else did the recording) of Alif Laila performing Raag Zilla Kaafi. Enjoy, and check out her CDs on her website! The video is H.264 format and is 3MB in size. It plays fine in QuickTime. Watch the video
Solaris 10’s new multipath storage tool (Part 1)
Solaris 10 11/06 was released in late 2006 with a plethora of new features, and among them a new tool called mpathadm, which comes as part of the SUNWmpathadm package. Before I delve into how this specific tool works and how it helps when managing multipathed storage in Solaris, I’ll Read More …