Quick ZFS links update

Quick ZFS links update. Following up from my last mention of ZFS There is the opensolaris welcome page The place where you can read what it is There are lists of docs And a pdf slide presentation from Jeff Bonwick that should make it difficult to keep your jaw from dropping open. Completely assuming of… Continue reading Quick ZFS links update

Moving forward with microformats

Moving forward with microformats. If I were near Sandy, Utah, I'd love to attend the Asterisk users group meeting that Phil Windley mentions today. It would be fascinating to learn more about what people are doing with that open source PBX. Phil's announcement was interesting for another reason too. He's using microformats to transmit structured… Continue reading Moving forward with microformats

Paul Thurrott on Google Pack

Paul Thurrott on Google Pack: “This bizarre collection of applications, each with its own distinct user interface, level of quality, and method of updating, actually does more to credit Microsoft's integration strategy than it does to prove the notion that Google knows anything about creating software.” [Scripting News]

So what tools do you use?

So what tools do you use?. So a bit back I asked what tools that SBSers should have on hand and here are some answers… [E-Bitz – SBS MVP the Official Blog of the SBS “Diva”]

RAID-Z

RAID-Z. The original promise of RAID (Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks) was that it would provide fast, reliable storage using cheap disks. The key point was cheap; yet somehow we ended up here. Why? RAID-5 (and other data/parity schemes such as RAID-4, RAID-6, even-odd, and Row Diagonal Parity) never quite delivered on the RAID promise… Continue reading RAID-Z

Update on release of Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality.

Update on release of Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality.. Just in case you're wondering, my Apress book on starting/running/growing a micro-ISV ships tomorrow from the printer to Amazon etc., so it should be actually for sale somewhere between 1/9 and 1/16, depending on how those physical bits get moved around. – I'll also be launching… Continue reading Update on release of Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality.