Monthly Archives: April 2007
Big Disks?
We’re probably going to need a large amount of disk space shortly. It’s basically somewhere to back things up so it doesn’t need to be terribly fast. I’ve been having a look around and I’ve come up with two possibilities. … Continue reading
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It’s 2am: do you know where your ZFS pools are?
No, no I don’t. wesc21-comsc# zpool list no pools available wesc21-comsc# df -h Abort (core dumped) Bollocks. I’m beginning to think this machine is cursed. The mounted ZFS filesystems are still there and apear to be functioning so I guess … Continue reading
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MySQL Backup Script – Updated
I had to move data from a large MySQL database (where large == 8GB tables). So I updated my trusty mysql backup script to backup tables inividually. The creation of 20+ GB files always seems like a bad idea. The … Continue reading
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Solaris 10 – A Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth
I’ve been playing around with Solaris 10 on my development V880 at work and generally enjoying it. ZFS is a thing of beauty and Zones have turned out to be very helpful. It’s not unusual for a researcher to come … Continue reading
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Sciency April Fool
RealCLimate.org wins the prize for most educational April Fools joke with their post on the Sheep Albedo Feedback. Of course this isn’t a million miles away from DaisyWorld.
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