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File systems of the Mac's past, present and maybe future: Over the past couple of years, the usurpation of the current Mac's HFS+ file system by Sun's ZFS has been predicted. Sometimes that message has been delivered (incorrectly) by Sun top brass. While Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Server supports ZFS, there's no expectation that it will...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, File System, Reimer, Ext3, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-03-27

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Proof that Linux is for geeks with too much time on their hands!: Proof that Linux is for geeks with too much time on their hands!No LVM stuff required for WindowsAlso, all you need to do for windows is mount the image destination (could be a local USB drive) and run "partimage". The GUI does the rest.For restores, just do "partimage" and path...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Acronis, LINUX IS, GUI, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2008-05-07
Geek Sheet: Bare-metal backup and recovery: Tired of the same old punditry and OS wars? Want to read something practical you can actually use and apply to your real job? Or perhaps you need some light reading material to help you get some sleep on the plane between consulting engagements – either way, welcome to the...; Tags: Recovery, Network File System, File System, Photovoltaics, Backup, Volume, Partition, Machine, System Rescue CD, LVM, Volume Group, Linux, Manufacturing, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-05-07
Reiser FS: The open source file system fallout: Reiser FS: The open source file system falloutI think M$ has something to do with this crimeWhen M$ FUD campaign failed, they might have contracted some mobsteres to frame Reiser.RE: Reiser FS: The open source file system falloutFrom the article: 'grinded to a halt'? WTF kind of grammar is that?...; Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, JFS, Reiser FS, open-source file system fallout, fallout; Discussion threads 2008-04-29
Reiser FS: The open source file system fallout: Yesterday, the Open Source community took an emotional hit when veteran Linux programmer Hans Reiser was convicted of first degree murder in the suspicious disappearing of his wife, Nina. While I won't go into the details of the case, as this has been covered extensively in the press, I would...; Tags: File System, ReiserFS, Zetabyte File System, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-04-29

Reiser found guilty of first degree murder: Software developer Hans Reiser was found guilty today of first degree murder in the death of his wife in late 2006, a conviction that carries up to 25 years in prison and a possible death sentence for the Reiser4 file system. [Techmeme] The verdict, delivered...; Tags: File System, Ts'o, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Verdict in Hans Reiser murder case -- and fate of Reiser4 -- imminent: The fate of the Reiser4 file system for Linux may well depend on a verdict rendered by a California jury this week. As an Alameda County jury continues to deliberate the fate of Hans Reiser, the designer of the Reiser File System for Linux who is accused of murdering...; Tags: Developer, Ubuntu, Linux Kernel, File System, Verdict, Reiser4, Reiser, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Drobo DroboShare network adapter: If you have already plunked down $500 for a Drobo and have other PCs on your network that you'd also like to backup to your Drobo, the $200 DroboShare companion piece is a no-brainer. It's near perfect for small offices in need of a dead simple backup solution, but home...; Tags: Ethernet, Network-attached storage (NAS), NETWORKING, Network technology, Storage, adapter, network adapter, network, Drobo DroboShare; Product reviews 2008-04-15
Parted Magic LiveUSB: Optimized at approximately 40MB, the Parted Magic OS employs core programs of VisParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while featuring other useful programs (e.g. Partition Image, TestDisk, fdisk, sfdisk, dd, ddrescue) and an excellent set of documentation to benefit the user. An extensive collection of fileystem tools...; Tags: Partedmagic, Productivity; Software downloads 2008-03-04
Parted Magic PXE: Optimized at approximately 40MB, the Parted Magic OS employs core programs of VisParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while featuring other useful programs (e.g. Partition Image, TestDisk, fdisk, sfdisk, dd, ddrescue, etc.) and an excellent set of documentation to benefit the user. An extensive collection of fileystem...; Tags: Partedmagic, Productivity; Software downloads 2008-03-04
Parted Magic LiveCD: Optimized at approximately 40MB, the Parted Magic OS employs core programs of VisParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while featuring other useful programs (e.g. Partition Image, TestDisk, fdisk, sfdisk, dd, ddrescue, etc.) and an excellent set of documentation to benefit the user. An extensive collection of fileystem...; Tags: LiveCD, Partedmagic; Software downloads 2008-02-27
For+Shuttleworth+it+all+comes+down+to+trust: For+Shuttleworth+it+all+comes+down+to+trustForking vs "moving on"If someone's ideas are not being accepted in a project quickly enough or completely enough, is he more likely to fork the software or to lose interest. Mr. Blankenhorn has praised forks as saving projects while Mr. Shuttleworth believes potential contributors go elsewhere.There are obviously examples...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Proprietary Software, long tail, software, developer; Discussion threads 2008-02-25
What your disk drive isn't telling you: What your disk drive isn't telling youNo safe havenIt seems that our data simply have no safe place to reside anywhere. Hard disks are unsafe, DVD's are unsafe (disk rot).....Come on, industry, give us a safe, reliable and enduring storage medium. How hard can it be?Greetz, Pjotr.Broken main page link,...; Tags: Storage, HARD DISKS, disk, disk drive, SCSI, RAID, file system; Discussion threads 2008-02-18
Review: Microsoft's Hyper-V puts VMWare and Linux on notice: After his last foray into the "Linux guy reviews a Microsoft product" space, Jason Perlow is back -- this time to take a look at Microsoft's Hyper-V, the hypervisor-based virtualization solution built into the newly released Windows Server 2008. Although Hyper-V is still in beta and isn't slated to ship...; Tags: Hypervisor, Disadvantage, Operating System, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Xen, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, News, VMWare ESX, Hyper-V, Jason Perlow, Virtualization, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Hardware, Software, Storage, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-02-14
Why is my computer slowing down?: Why is my computer slowing down?Not exactly ....With NTFS only the metadata is written to the journal, not the file data. So technically it's not the same type of journaling as with ext3 which writes the metadata and the file contents. Now Reiserfs is a metadata only journaling system, but...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Nothing, file system, Microsoft Windows, fragmentation, computer, NTFS, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-01-22
Malware found on new hard drives: Malware found on new hard drivesThe moral isDon't outsource components that run business and other important things to countries such as China that do this type of thing. Once it is found out their contract should be pulled and no business should deal with these companies. There should...; Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, malware, new Hard Drive, hard drive, USB flash drive; Discussion threads 2007-11-13
Performance of Large Journaling File Systems: Linux file system sizes have grown rapidly over the last few years with a size of several terabytes being common. This is especially true in the mainframe area for applications like database systems or large backup volumes for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM). Such large file systems are related to...; Tags: Performance, File System, IBM Corp.; White papers 2007-11-01
Ubuntu 7.10 (Ubuntu 7.10 - Installation walk-through): Ubuntu 7.10 (Ubuntu 7.10 - Installation walk-through)That was a very exciting walkthroughHoever, it seemed very similar to a windows installation. Is there an easter egg in a linux installation that allows for a game to come up?RE: Ubuntu 7.10 (Ubuntu 7.10 - Installation walk-through)Umbuntu is a very ...; Tags: Linux, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Umbuntu, Ubuntu 7.10, Ubuntu; Discussion threads 2007-10-19
openSUSE 10.3 RC1 Debuts: openSUSE 10.3 RC1 DebutsNice...been running the betas and I gotta say that someone at Novell is doing an excellent job! It boots faster runs faster and is much slicker than anything else I have seen yet to date. I will be updating to the RC1 tonight for some more testing....; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, KDE, Linux, GNOME, openSUSE, distro; Discussion threads 2007-09-21
Parted Magic PXE (8): Optimized at approximately 30MB, the Parted Magic PXE OS employs core programs of GParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while featuring other useful programs (e.g. Partition Image, TestDisk, fdisk, sfdisk, dd, and ddrescue) and an excellent set of documentation to benefit the user. An extensive collection of...; Tags: FAT32, NTFS, benefit, tool; Software downloads 2007-08-21