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Category Archives: Sun
Wiping Transcend V15 USB stick
Having purchased a Transcend V15 16GB USB stick for a router-on-a-stick project, I was horrified to find out that it came preinstalled with some proprietary Antivirus software which only works under Windows, to make matters worse, the USB stick reports … Continue reading
Building a 52TB SAS-2 ZFS array
Storage can be very expensive, especially if you want a lot of it, want flexibility and expandability, but it doesn’t have to be! I’m currently in the process of putting together a new storage system, but because we’re strapped for … Continue reading
Posted in OpenSolaris, Storage
Tagged dell, l2arc, lsi, OpenSolaris, raidz2, sas, sas2, sc847, slog, Solaris, ssd, supermicro, zfs
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OpenSolaris – The Illumos Project
Cross-posted from opensolaris.org A number of the community leaders from the OpenSolaris community have been working quietly together on a new effort called Illumos, and we’re just about ready to fully disclose our work to, and invite the general participation … Continue reading
Oracle Solaris support for non-Oracle x86 systems
Again contrary to what has been said in the past, Oracle now supports Solaris on non-Oracle x86 systems as long as it’s listed as certified in the Solaris Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). You can find more information on http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/solaris/non-sun-x86-081976.html, including … Continue reading
Dell and HP to certify and resell Oracle Solaris, Oracle Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM
Finally some good news from Oracle, and a speck of hope that OpenSolaris will continue on the same path as before. On July 29th Oracle announced in a press release that HP and Dell will certify and resell Oracle Solaris, … Continue reading
Solaris Storage in Video
This master index of Solaris storage videos will be updated periodically as new videos are added and missing old ones (that are still worth a look) recovered. http://blogs.sun.com/storage/entry/solaris_storage_in_video
Sun Unified Storage Simulator 2010.Q3
It’s now available from the Sun^H^H^HOracle website, I’ve previously had little luck with the older release and upgrading it didn’t work either. Oracle seems to have discontinued the VMware version so you’re stuck with VirtualBox. You’ll need an Oracle account … Continue reading
OpenSolaris IPS
<rant> Why is IPS so slow? I’m trying to do image-update a fresh install of b131 to b134 which is about 784MB in 90054 files, I get between 20 and 100Kb/sec, so far it’s taken two hours to download 661MB … Continue reading
No more free Sun patches
Oracle has done it, without a paid support contract you cannot get ANY Sun patches, not even critical security patches. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-61-203648-1. I don’t believe this is the correct way to do business, sure they stand to make a bit more … Continue reading
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A Tribute to Sun Microsystems
For more than 27 years, Sun has led the way in network computing innovation. And while oftentimes taking the road less traveled, our journey has delivered some of the most revolutionary — and evolutionary — ideas, business practices, and products. … Continue reading