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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
lvm Chooses Red Hat Solutions as Strategic Platform for the Future: With about three million customers, Landwirtschaftlicher Versicherungsverein Munster A.G., or LVM, is one of the largest insurance companies in Germany. The tradition of Linux within the company reaches back to the year 2000, when a combination of strategic considerations led to the company developing its own Linux version. The company...; Tags: Red Hat Inc., LVM, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software; Case studies

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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
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
Liquid Player (exe): Liquid Player implements the LVM, a virtual machine that sits on top of Windows. Programs that run in the LVM have access to many advanced features, such as consoles, 2D/3D graphics, audio, SQL databases, XML, Internet access, and much more! To run you must open any Liquid Executable File. This...; Tags: Liquid Player, Microsoft Windows, XML, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Enterprise Software, Data Management; Software downloads 2008-02-04

Liquid Studio (exe): Liquid Studio is a powerful development suite that creates programs for the Liquid Virtual Machine LVM. Programs are written in Echoes, a modern object-oriented BASIC-like programming language. The Liquid Virtual Machine included with Liquid Studio and available as a separate download has access to many advanced features, such as consoles,...; Tags: Liquid Studio, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Internet, Programming Languages, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Software downloads 2008-01-25
Solaris vs AIX (2): Solaris vs AIX (2)umm, dead wrong on everything, I thinkYes Solaris/Sparc does support partitioning, has for years. But ldoms are ldums - put in to sell to people who think this stuff is critical but not conceptually part of Unix.Containers are - they're an upgrade on the users/groups business.Basically one...; Tags: Operating systems, Servers, IBM AIX, Unix, virtualization, Sun Solaris, IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-10-18
Solaris vs AIX: It's the technology: From a technical perspective, of course, the right way to compare AIX to Solaris is to look at the technology. That might seem like it should be a lot of work but a long article by IBM's Shiv Dutta: AIX 5L Version 5.3: What's in it for you? on...; Tags: Disk, IBM AIX, IBM AIX 5L, Option, Sun Solaris, Dutta, Logical Volume, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2007-10-18
Manage storage in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5: Gain an understanding of the many storage configuration schemes some of which can be combined in Red Hat Enterprise Linux in this chapter download from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration. Chapter coverage includes: Understanding partitioning -- straightforward and necessary but for some mount points but lack the option...; Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Sams Publishing, Red Hat Inc., Storage, Chapter Coverage, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware; Book chapters 2007-09-27
HP-UX Logical Volume Manager and MirrorDisk/UX Release Notes HP-UX 11i V3: Logical Volume Manager bundle BaseLVM is the HP-UX default Volume Manager. It provides the user with flexibility in configuring and managing mass storage resources. In HP-UX 11i v3, the LVM kernel and commands are bundled with the core HP-UX product. This white paper provides information about the Logical Volume Manager...; Tags: HP-UX, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle11i, IBM Lotus Notes, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Databases, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management; White papers 2007-09-01
Comprehensive RAID performance report: Comprehensive RAID performance reportHere is one way to look at it..Good Article!This shows the fundamental problem with raid 10. Everything acts as one volume. All the IO is shared between all the drives of the redundant mirror. Thus giving you one big expensive and slow volume. ...; Tags: Processors, Storage, Testing, CPU, parity calculation, database, database application, server; Discussion threads 2007-05-04
It runs on OS X, now it runs on Ubuntu...Still no Vista: It runs on OS X, now it runs on Ubuntu...Still no VistaWhat's with the CLI ...What's the hang up with the command line? The command line is a tool just as with the interface. Some tasks are much easier to execute using the command line instead of hunting for the...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, Apple Mac OS X, Perfect Example, command line, Microsoft Windows Vista, Ubuntu, VPC 2007, CLI; Discussion threads 2007-05-02
That Linux thing - where's the vision?: I get asked, fairly often, why Im down on Linux. Im not - Im like a guy with three kids: love all of them, but find myself spending more time with one than the other two - hey, I even have the guilt that goes...; Tags: Linux, General; Blog posts 2007-04-26
Linbox Rescue Server (zip): The Linbox Rescue Server LRS is a tool to centralize hard disk images, file backups, hardware and software inventory (with Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X agents), software deployment and remote access on a single server. It can be managed from any PC through a Web-based administration interface, and disk...; Tags: Hard Drive, Disk, Server, Image, Linbox Rescue Server, Tools & Techniques, Apple Mac OS X, Management, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS; Software downloads 2007-04-25
SolutionBase: Demystifying lvm in Linux: Shuffling data around hard drives and repartitioning can be confusing in the land of Linux. In this article, Jack Wallen shows you how to manage disks with Logical Volume Management.; Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software; Download resources 2007-04-18
Consistent FlashCopy of lvm Mirrored Applications: Many applications running on AIX are mirroring their data using the Logical Volumes Manager LVM. Purpose of the mirror is to provide redundancy in order to continue with operation in case of a failure in the storage environment. The mirrors are usually allocated in physically different storage subsystems, to ensure...; Tags: Mirror, Storage Subsystem, Storage, Hardware; White papers 2007-04-04
Vizio GV47LF HDTV: Native resolution, which on HDTV spec sheets usually refers to the number of physical pixels used to create the picture, comes in two basic flat-panel LCD flavors: 1,366x768 and 1,920x1,080. The latter, known as 1080p, has become increasingly common even among relatively inexpensive models, and Vizio's GV47LF HDTV is one...; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, Vizio, GV47LF HDTV, HDTV; Product reviews 2007-02-01
Stellar Phoenix HP UNIX - Data Recovery Software (exe): Stellar Phoenix HP Unix is data recovery software that allows you to recover lost data from the JFS VxFS file system of the HP-UNIX Operating System. Data loss in HP-UX is typically caused by corrupt Super Blocks, damaged Inode structures, corrupt LVM, errors in Cylinder groups, and damaged OLT (Object...; Tags: Stellar Information Systems, Data Recovery, Phoenix Technologies, Unix, Storage Management, Databases, Operating Systems, Storage, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Software downloads 2007-01-08
Here comes the terabyte hard drive: Here comes the terabyte hard driveMy MythTV system smilesWith HD content taking up roughly 10GB per hour in uncompressed form with 5.1 audio, this is a godsend.Bring it on!Backing it up?These are fine unless it crashes and you lose your data. Backing up a terabyte of information can be...; Tags: Corporate communications, Backups, Consumer electronics, DVD, DVD-R, MB-1 TB, video; Discussion threads 2007-01-05
ZFS, HW RAID, and expensive mis-apprehensions: ZFS, HW RAID, and expensive mis-apprehensionsThe PC mentalityI'm constantly amazed at the number of PC admins who put a HW RAID controller in their specs for new kit. To give the same resilience as mirroring you need a hot spare so that's two disks wasted already (one lost in the...; Tags: SW RAID, disk, ZFS, Sun Microsystems Inc., mirroring, HW RAID; Discussion threads 2006-12-20