I suppose this could be tagged “obvious” but I thought I’d warm up a bit with a simple post about where to find Solaris 10 for download. Believe it or not, you can go find the official site at www.solaris.com and there are prominent “Get It Now!” and “downloads” links on the front page that [...]
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I finally got around to upgrading my Solaris box to 8/07 (Update 4). I guess the most significant comment I could make is that it was almost entirely uneventful. I had to check my SAMBA config because the services run slightly different in this update. Still very easy and quick.
I chose to download the [...]
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I was pretty intrigued by the short bit Scoble wrote about Drobo today after Gizmodo posted their story. Data Robotics has come up with an almost idiot-proof external storage array. To hit the highlights, it connects to a Mac or PC with USB 2.0 (480 Mbps theoretical maximum) and requires no special software - Drobo [...]
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Using my Gigabit switch, I was able to transfer 1.25GB in 51 seconds by copying a file from my MacBook to my Solaris box. That’s 200Mbps if I convert the terms. I’ve heard of people getting close to 400Mbps on Gigabit networks, so I’m going to try and see what I can do to speed [...]
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I’ve been itching to write more about Solaris 10 and ZFS now that I’ve got it working on my budget server. Unfortunately, I’ve been out of town this last week and haven’t had a chance to write much. Before I write up the full install and setup process, I thought I’d give you a little [...]
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