Posts tagged with: design

Links of interest for 14 Nov 2008 - 1 Dec 2008: Replacing high-end Unix with enterprise Linux? Not so fast - It's nice to see some people are actually looking at the merits of Solaris 10 and it's Containers (aka zones with provisioning) in comparison to a Linux/VMware alternative. Ubuntu vs. OpenSolaris vs. FreeBSD Benchmarks - Interesting benchmarking of these 3 popular operating systems, and believe it or not OpenSolaris (or Slow-aris as it was once coined) does pretty well. Code Instructions: Java Performance - A good read if you still have doubts about Java's performance. Java is much much... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 10 Apr 2008 - 29 Apr 2008: easySMF at OpenSolaris.org - Cool. A web based tool for easy SMF manifest creation. Simply enter the various bits of information, generate the XML file and import it into SMF. Much quicker and easier than writing it all out by hand. Sun: Trying to do the right thing - It's nice to see someone actually seeing things from Sun's point of view, without actually being a Sun employee. Well done. Sun looks to free up the rest of Java - Nice one. Ultimate HTML Color HEX Code List by... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 27 Nov 2007 - 11 Jan 2008: 2008 Technology of the Year Awards: Storage - And the award for Best Filesystem goes to... ZFS, naturally. No other filesystem has been as innovative, with such wide spread adoption, recently. Official ZFS on OS X Page - Your source for bleeding edge ZFS on OS X from one of the ZFS developers at Apple. 2008 Technology of the Year Awards: Platforms - And the award for the Most Innovative Server OS goes to... well, Solaris 10 of course. Who else? shimmer - A great alternative to port knocking,... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 9 July 2007 - 18 July 2007: Ethernet Autonegotiation Best Practices (Blueprint) - I wish more network admins would read this guide. There is no need to force interfaces. Doing so only opens you up for more work and more problems. With auto-neg enabled, EVERYTHING should work out the box. The Solaris Fingerprint Database (Blueprint) - A very useful guide on verifying binaries on a Solaris using using the Solaris Fingerprint Database Creating Icons - Great tutorial on creating icons using GIMP Installing Solaris 10 11/06 Trusted Extensions on a Laptop Computer - A great document... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 29 May 2007 - 7 July 2007: Sun eyes supercomputing glory - If Sun can get this out before IBM's BlueGene/P, we may be in for a good supercomputer battle. GNU Free Software License Gets Upgrade to Meet Modern Demands - Germany adopts "anti-hacker" law; critics say it breeds insecurity - Hmmm, I know some security experts who won't be allowed to do their work in Germany now. Grade Your Website: 31 Free Online Tests - Some really useful tools here. Imitation (from IBM) is the sincerest form of flattery - A great summary of ... Continue reading ►