I’m busy to deploy a new virtualized infrastructure based on Solaris zones. A pool of physical servers will run multiple zones dedicated per applications. Each one being load-balanced or for failover. It seams that running a NFS server on a non-global zone is not supported!? :-[ From /lib/svc/method/nfs-server: # The
Happy Anniversary OpenSolaris!
33000 downloads 14000 users 100 contributors 40 communities 29 user groups 28 projects 5 distributions 1 year Happy Anniversary OpenSolaris!
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Yesterday, my best friend “Windows Update” agent notified me that updates were available on my XP home desktop. Update process was launched via a RDP session. Reboot. Nothing else! Back @ home, a nice BSoD… I had to perform two restoration points to boot XP correctly! I googled for DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.
KISS!
Even when trying to help a user/customer/friend/…, always apply the KISS (Keep It Simple & Stupid) philosophy! I just spend 30 minutes on the phone to help a guy who can’t connect on the Internet… You know the classic cry: “Internet is down!? Of course, I immediately checked lot of
OpenSSH & files security
To sync files or export data between servers, I usually use rsync on top of ssh. With public/private key pairs, you can easily automate the jobs via a cron without password issues. I also create a dedicated user who has only the required privileges to run rsync on the destination.
High-tech hardware
In my company, such as everywhere, we have some coffie machines. Depending on the model, drinks are more or less “acceptable” 😉 The machine which gives the best coffie (IMHO) is installed in the mess and produces a very high numbers of coffies per day, 24 x 7 (!) So
Moved to WordPress!
After a few years of good services, MT (MovableType) has been replaced by WordPress to handle this blog. The import feature worked perfectly (>350 articles processed). Ouf! It took more time to write my own theme to get back my old look & feel. No yet perfect but the weekend
Top Ten passwords in UK
thomas arsenal monkey charlie qwerty 123456 letmein liverpool password 123 Of course this list comes from a study in UK (Liverpool and Arsenal are in good positions) but it must be the same everywhere. I’m sure that the same list in Belgium should contain “Standard” or “Bonnen” 😉 That’s another
How to detect when you’re not yet awaked?
… when you use your PDA stylus to shake your coffee! 🙁
Dynamic default printer
In my company, the huge part of team members are using the SUN thin client solution called Sunray. (Sun Ray Software is a secure, cost effective solution that delivers a rich, virtual Windows, Linux or Solaris OS desktop to Sun Ray clients.) Why choose thin clients? This reduces the management