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TechTips: Volume 9 - Smooth the Solaris Upgrade Process
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It's been several months since I've sent out a new issue of Techtips, primarily because there wasn't a topic that was screaming at me. This installment is going to drift a little away from my normal themes and drift near the realm of a sales pitch. Fear not, I'm not turning to the "dark side" but I thought this was important enough that folks need to hear about it.
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TechTips: Volume 8 - Putting unused EPROM entries to good use
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I read a tip the other day that I thought I'd pass on. One gripe that I often hear is that there is no way to retrieve the serial number of a running Sun system. You can get hostid, MAC address and lots of other information; just not the serial number.
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TechTips: Volume 7 - N1 - What is it, and what can it do for me today?
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If you've been paying attention to many of the announcements coming from Sun these days, you've probably heard of Sun's N1 vision. As busy system administrators that's probably as much information as you've had time to gather. In this release of TechTips, as the title indicates, I'm going to try to explain: what N1 is, where it's going and what it can do for you today.
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TechTips: Volume 3.1 - Solaris 8 File System Insights - Part 3
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In our last article, we discussed SAMFS as a file system alternative to UFS. I spoke to the unique way that SAMFS handles file system meta-data and how we can use that to our advantage. I'd like to take this concept a little further by discussing QFS, a another piece of the StorEdge Performance Suite.
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TechTips: Volume 5 - Solaris 8 File System Insights - Part 2
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Last issue we talked about how Solaris handles file system buffering and how we can improve database performance by overriding a default UFS setting. This month I’d like to address how the Solaris file system is evolving and how it can impact your data center.
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TechTips: Volume 4 - Solaris 8 File System Insights - Part 1
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Other then making sure that space is available we, as administrators, often give very little thought to the file system. In most cases UFS works very well without need for intervention. Because of its inherent reliability it often gets overlooked during day to day administration.
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TechTips: Volume 3.1 - Network Failover with Solaris 8
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For this article I'm going to continue my theme of introducing features in Solaris 8 that you might not be aware of. Included with the 10/00 release of Solaris 8, (MU2 for those of you who've been paying attention), are some handy configuration options to the ifconfig command collectively known as IP Multipathing.
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TechTips: Volume 3 - Running Solaris 8? Your Backup Window is Larger than you Think.
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Backups - as system administrators they can be our salvation as well as our nemesis. Though often something of an afterthought, a well planned backup/recovery practice can save your skin; or career path.
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TechTips: Volume 2 - Sun Patch and Version Levels is My System Current?
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Sun has been delivering robust operating environments for many years but Solaris version and patch levels can be very confusing at times. As new product offerings, such as the Sunfire line of midframe servers, are released having the right operating system release has become increasingly important.
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TechTips: Volume 1 - SAN vs NAS what's the difference?
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When researching storage options it's sometimes difficult to know who to believe. Every hardware manufacturer claims to have the best technology for your particular application. More often than not, the claim has more to do with what they "have on the truck" then what is right for your data.
SAN (storage area networks) and NAS (network attached storage) are frequently touted as competitive technologies, when in fact they are quite complementary. Before you can make informed decisions about the technologies available you have to understand your data and the applications that need to access it.
Data access can be broken down into two separate classes; block level and file level.
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