Posts tagged with: netapp

Links of interest for 12 Oct 2008 - 14 Oct 2008: ZFS & MySQL/InnoDB Compression Update - Real world ZFS & MySQL compression testing from the guys at SmugMug. Success with OpenSolaris + ZFS + MySQL in production! - Woohooo!!!! Another happy OpenSolaris + ZFS customer. Nice one Don. NetApp faces Sun lawsuit loss - Looks like NetApp's patents are falling apart. BT's 21st Century network, er... isn't - I guess the UK will be last on the IPv6 bandwagon :-( Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder - I have my own reservations about "cloud computing", some of... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 1 Jul 2008 - 30 Jul 2008: Direct Mounting of Files - As of snv_91, you no longer need lofi to mount a filesystem image, like an ISO. You can now call mount(1M) as you would a normal filesystem. DTrace IP Provider - Cool. The first step of implementing TCP/IP DTrace providers in Solaris has made it's way into snv_93. OpenSolaris 2008.11 - A Preview For The Storage Admin - A great review of the features you can find in OpenSolaris 2008.11 from a Storage perspective, ie the stuff sysadmins want, but the other reviews never... 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 18 Oct 2007 - 7 Nov 2007: System Profiling 101 : Getting started using sys_diag v.7.04 - A very useful performance gathering script that used Dtrace, amongst other tools to gather performance information Sun sues NetApp, California style - Well, if the previous case wasn't enough to let NetApp know Sun are serious, this one probably will. Sun's ZFS is close to perfect, but widely misunderstood - How's this for a rave review of ZFS. If you've tried ZFS, read this article and get out there and play with it. It's in OS X Leopard, FreeBSD,... Continue reading ►

I think NetApp may be finding themselves in a bit of a tough spot if they're not careful. As you may know, they have filed a lawsuit against Sun claiming ZFS infringes on their patents. Jonathan Schwartz, being a reasonable man, got in contact with Dave Hitz of NetApps to discuss how they could settle this dispute. The response? NetApp want Sun to "unfree ZFS" i.e. retract all ZFS code from the free world - barn doors and horses come to mind here, and limit it to only run on computers and not storage devices - aren't storage devices computers too?. Naturally, Sun declined, but instead fired off it's own reciprocal suit. Continue reading ►