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- Migration From Oracle 9i on Red Hat 2.1 Advanced Server to Oracle 9i on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3.0
- The purpose of this paper is to provide a procedure for migrating a system running Oracle 9i with 9.2.0.4 patch on Red Hat 2.1 Advanced Server to RHEL 3.0 while keeping the Oracle 9i data intact. The paper assumes that all the systems in the cluster are running RedHat Advanced...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0, Server, Migration, Oracle9i, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2004-05-01
- Configuring and Managing Software RAID With Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
- Hardware-based RAID controllers have long been the preferred method for implementing RAID storage because they offload the management of RAID arrays onto a separate processor, freeing precious system CPU cycles for other tasks. However, the price/performance ratio of CPUs has decreased, making software-based RAID a viable alternative for system administrators...
- Tags: Software, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Software RAID, Red Hat Inc., Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0, RAID, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2004-03-01
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- Ubuntu a minor player? Not outside the States
- Ubuntu a minor player? Not outside the StatesAgreed, with one minor point difference . . .I believe that the reason you're seeing what you are in China is that since most Windows installations are pirated copies, they get no support. And if you're going to have no support, might...
- Tags: Operating systems, Linux/Ubuntu, Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows, Linux, minor player, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-06-17
- News to know: Windows 7. iPhone in China, CircuitCity.com, Java, Google books, Apple history
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Windows 7 to launch October 22; RTM next month Mary jo Foley: Windows 7: The incentives are...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Circuit City Stores Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Java, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- Ubuntu 9.04 to be available for download Thursday
- Â Canonical will make its much anticipated Ubuntu 9.04 upgrade available for download on Thursday. The platform --which includes a desktop, server and netbook edition -- offers faster bootups (as fast as 25 seconds, its developers say), cloud support, OpenOffice 3.0, support for Skype...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition, Linux, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, OpenOffice, Open Source, E-mail Servers, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Office Suites, Enterprise Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- News to know: VMware; IE 8; Google; 3D Web
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Facebook responds to redesign concerns; Changes are coming Mary Jo Foley: VMware picks up yet another former...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, 3D, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., VMware Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Twitter, Smart Phones, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Open Source, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-25
- News to know: RIM, Facebook TOS, Apple-Adobe, Android
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Andrew Nusca: SEC charges RIM, 4 senior execs with stock option backdating Sam Diaz: Facebook's TOS debacle: Be upset...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Facebook, Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Mobile, Dana Blankenhorn, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2009-02-18
- iPod, iPhone, iNet?
- iPod, iPhone, iNet?Ah, another of Murph's False Facts.You said "and since 4.0 was basically just a VMS port to Intel" Hmm, no, NT 4.0 was an evolution of the previous NT code basis. Yes, Cutler came from DEC, and NT has VMS influences, but there was no re-write from 3.5...
- Tags: Digital music, Linux, Digital media, Blogging, Microsoft Windows NT, Operating systems, Apple Products, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Stryon iNET
- Discussion threads 2009-02-10
- Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)
- In Part 1, I discussed the four Free Linux distributions that are best position to provide extended support and ample functionality to an end user through a protracted recession, as well as having the characteristic "safeness" or "stability" factor in terms of being able to weather...
- Tags: Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Sun Solaris 10, Red Hat Inc., Recession, Operating System, Novell OpenSuse, BSD, CentOS, Scientific Linux, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)
- Times are tough. You're a computer geek and you need to feed your PC with the latest and greatest applications. What's a frugal nerd to do? A group of industry peers was recently asked by a colleague the following question: "If an SMB...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Distribution, Recession, Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Debian, Times, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Debian Support Cycle, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- Microsoft: It's time to consummate the marriage with Citrix already
- The relationship between Microsoft and Citrix is much like that of a man who has been serially dating the same woman for 15 years, but never seems to be able to consummate the deal. He's afraid of commitment, or perhaps like that old expression goes, why...
- Tags: Citrix MetaFrame, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-13
- News to know: Windows 7; Patch preview; Office 2.0; Dell
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list Dancho Danchev:Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack Mary Jo Foley:...
- Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Office 2.0, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- VMware launches new system builder, certification programs, joins Linux Foundation
- VMware launches new system builder, certification programs, joins Linux FoundationJust FYI - VMware ESX doesn't run "on" LinuxThe hypervisor in VWware's ESX enterprise product does not run on top of Linux. The Hypervisor/OS/ kernel is created solely by VMware. There is a Linux Red Hat based "Service...
- Tags: UNIX, Virtualization, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, VMware Inc., ESX, Service Console, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-08-07
- My Sunday Afternoon: Fun with VMWare ESX 3i
- As soon as I heard the announcement from bright and bushy-tailed VMWare CEO Paul Maritz that the company was shortly going to be releasing their ESX 3i enterprise-class embedded hypervisor for free, I was absolutely thrilled. Given the pace of technology reporting, I knew that I had to get it...
- Tags: VMware Inc., VMWare ESX, Ip storage, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-27
- PlateSpin Launches PowerConvert 7.0
- PlateSpin, a recent acquisition of Novell recently announced PowerConvert 7.0, The company was quick to point out that this is the first product launch since the acquistion. Why would they go to such great lengths to mention that? They want to convince the market that PlatSpin will continue to be...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Data Center, Migration, PowerConvert, Aragorn, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Document Management, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Virtualization smackdown: Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 vs. VMWare Server 2.0 Beta 2
- Once strictly the domain of software developers and QA engineers, personal and small-business virtualization products are now becoming an attractive solution for entry-level systems consolidation and foreign OS compatibility applications. These solutions run on host operating systems which do not require the overhead or usual high entry cost of professional...
- Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Version, Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., VMware Inc., Beta, Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 xVM VirtualBox, Linux Setup, VMWare Server 2.0 Beta 2 VMWare Server 2.0, VMWare 2.0, Linux, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- News to know: Vista troubleshooting, RIM, XP SP3, Apple, SAP
- Notable headlines: XP SP3: Now on Windows Update Ed Bott: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 3: Top Troubleshooting Tools [See Gallery] David Morgenstern: Is Mac OS X Leopard, Safari 3.x too dark? Larry Dignan: Cisco third...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows Update, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Windows Vista, SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows XP, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Novell's SUSE Linux 11 to come in appliance, embedded, real-time editions
- Novell opened the kimono on its development plans for SUSE Linux Enterprise Linux 11 at Brainshare 2008 this week but let it be known the product won’t ship until 2009 or possibly 2010. In fact, the Cambridge, Mass. won’t even provide a planned ship date until the end of...
- Tags: Novell Inc., SuSE Linux, SuSE, Virtualization, Linux, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Storage, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark - XP SP2 vs. Vista SP1
- SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark - XP SP2 vs. Vista SP1XP is Faster!So in all cases except one, Windows XP with 256 MB of RAM and a much slower processor was actually faster. Wow! I want to know what the numbers would have looked like with the quad core machine...
- Tags: INTERNET, Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft
- Discussion threads 2008-03-11
- Microsoft fleshes out small-, mid-size Windows server plans
- Microsoft fleshes out small-, mid-size Windows server plansJust what we need: More versions of WindowsHow is it that I can take one copy of Solaris and run it on a uniprocessor desktop as well as a 106 processor F15K server? OS X comes in two versions: A home version "OS...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Servers, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Server, data center, server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Elk M1 Gold
- Discussion threads 2008-02-20
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