I pre-ordered Pro OpenSolaris by Harry Foxwell and Christine Tran many moons ago and it finally arrived last week. Weighing in at just under 16 ounces, I'm...
I pre-ordered Pro OpenSolaris by Harry Foxwell and Christine Tran many moons ago and it finally arrived last week. Weighing in at just under 16 ounces, I'm looking forward to reading this one during my upcoming travels. Unlike the much chunkier (and therefore travel restricted) OpenSolaris Bible, Pro OpenSolaris assumes you already have some knowledge of "similar operating system" features such as GNOME, networking and the shell. Therefore, if you already have experience with...
I pre-ordered Pro OpenSolaris by Harry Foxwell and Christine Tran many moons ago and it finally arrived last week. Weighing in at just under 16 ounces, I'm looking forward to reading this one during...
Last year I wrote an entry on Accessing Windows Sharesfrom OpenSolaris. This is the other way around - setting up OpenSolarisas a CIFS server so I could browse...
Last year I wrote an entry on Accessing Windows Sharesfrom OpenSolaris. This is the other way around - setting up OpenSolarisas a CIFS server so I could browse its shares from Windows. To begin, install the CIFS server packages: bleonard@opensolaris:~$ pfexec pkg install SUNWsmbskrPHASE ITEMSIndexing Packages 554/554DOWNLOAD PKGS FILES XFER (MB)Completed 1/1 6/6 0.42/0.42PHASE ACTIONSInstall Phase 17/17Reading Existing Index 9/9Indexing Packages 1/1bleonard@opensolaris:~$...
Last year I wrote an entry on Accessing Windows Sharesfrom OpenSolaris. This is the other way around - setting up OpenSolarisas a CIFS server so I could browse its shares from Windows. To begin,...
How many times a day do you type a command in which you inadvertently forget to prepend with pfexec? For example: bleonard@opensolaris:~$ zfs set compression=on...
How many times a day do you type a command in which you inadvertently forget to prepend with pfexec? For example: bleonard@opensolaris:~$ zfs set compression=on rpoolcannot set property for 'rpool': permission denied Rather than reentering or editing the previous command, you can quickly re-run it using: pfexec !! !! is the bash shortcut for running the previous command.
How many times a day do you type a command in which you inadvertently forget to prepend with pfexec? For example: bleonard@opensolaris:~$ zfs set compression=on rpoolcannot set property for 'rpool':...
This may sound counterintuitive, but turning on ZFS compression not only saves space, but also improves performance. This is because the time it takes to...
This may sound counterintuitive, but turning on ZFS compression not only saves space, but also improves performance. This is because the time it takes to compress and decompress the data is quicker than then time it takes to read and write the uncompressed data to disk (at least on newer laptops with multi-core chips). To turn on compression simply run: pfexec zfs set compression=on rpool All the child datasets of rpool will inherit this setting. For...
This may sound counterintuitive, but turning on ZFS compression not only saves space, but also improves performance. This is because the time it takes to compress and decompress the data is...
You can have a demo of the Drupal contact management platform up and running in a few simple steps. First, if you don't have it installed already, install the...
You can have a demo of the Drupal contact management platform up and running in a few simple steps. First, if you don't have it installed already, install the Sun Web Stack. The Sun Web Stack team maintains their own webstack repository, which at the time of this writing contains 34 additional packages. The package we're intersted in is drupal-demo. Before it can be installed we need to add the webstack repository to OpenSolaris: pfexec pkg set-authority -O...
You can have a demo of the Drupal contact management platform up and running in a few simple steps. First, if you don't have it installed already, install the Sun Web Stack. The Sun Web Stack team...
In das neue Release von MySQL (version 5.4) sind ettliche Verbesserungen, u.A. beigetragen von Google, eingeflossen, die die bisher doch eher beschraenkte...
In das neue Release von MySQL (version 5.4) sind ettliche Verbesserungen, u.A. beigetragen von Google, eingeflossen, die die bisher doch eher beschraenkte Skalierbarkeit deutlich verbessern. Die Verbesserungen sind erheblich, wie man auf einem Graphen von Allan Packer sieht: Damit wird MySQL nun auch auf CMT-Platformen einsetzbar. Allerdings bleibt die absolute Leistung dieser Software auf CMT immer noch weit hinter den Leistungen z.B. auf der neuen, natuerlich auch gut 2...
In das neue Release von MySQL (version 5.4) sind ettliche Verbesserungen, u.A. beigetragen von Google, eingeflossen, die die bisher doch eher beschraenkte Skalierbarkeit deutlich verbessern. Die...
If you're looking for information on administering OpenSolaris, be sure to bookmark the System Administration Information page. The site has all kinds of...
If you're looking for information on administering OpenSolaris, be sure to bookmark the System Administration Information page. The site has all kinds of resources dedicated to administering OpenSolaris. One gem in particular is the OpenSolaris System Adminstration Tasks List. The site's a wiki, so feel free to contribute.
If you're looking for information on administering OpenSolaris, be sure to bookmark the System Administration Information page. The site has all kinds of resources dedicated to...
Sun Microsystems is happy to announce the OpenSolaris Apps of SteelChallenge. If you're a student, developer, system administrator, orsomeone who just likes to...
Sun Microsystems is happy to announce the OpenSolaris Apps of SteelChallenge. If you're a student, developer, system administrator, orsomeone who just likes to develop packages, use your talents andparticipate for a chance to win a Toshiba OpenSolaris laptop! Submit the best package that meets the criteria within the stated time frame and win a Toshiba OpenSolaris Laptop. Your package will also be showcased at the OpenSolaris Install Lounge at CommunityOne West, on June...
Sun Microsystems is happy to announce the OpenSolaris Apps of SteelChallenge. If you're a student, developer, system administrator, orsomeone who just likes to develop packages, use your talents...
Die neuen Intel Xeon X5570 Systeme sind da! Und wer sich die SPECint-Werte der neuen CPU ansieht erwartet sicher viel von ihnen. Zurecht, wie die ersten...
Die neuen Intel Xeon X5570 Systeme sind da! Und wer sich die SPECint-Werte der neuen CPU ansieht erwartet sicher viel von ihnen. Zurecht, wie die ersten Anwendungsbenchmarks zeigen. Das Dual-Socket System Sun X4270 stellt einen neuen Weltrekord beim SAP SD 2-Tier Benchmark unter Verwendung von Unicode auf. Die Verwendung von Solaris 10 und Oracle macht es dabei moeglich, gleichartige Systeme von HP mit Windows und SQL Server auf die nachfolgenden Plaetze zu verweisen. ...
Die neuen Intel Xeon X5570 Systeme sind da! Und wer sich die SPECint-Werte der neuen CPU ansieht erwartet sicher viel von ihnen. Zurecht, wie die ersten Anwendungsbenchmarks zeigen. Das ...
