Archive for October, 2010
How to create many ifcfg-ethN files in one shot
I had a quick task to create 254 ifcfg-eth1:N configuration files for a Linux installation and certainly spending the whole day doing that manually wasn’t part of my plan. Here is a quick and dirty one-liner I used for that:
Questions from Yandex
I have prepared a translation of all questions from the second round of the competition organized by Yandex and would like to invite everyone to test your knowledge. Keep in mind, that those who participated in the game had only four minutes to answer each question. Btw, if you’re looking for a proficient Linux SA, […]
Orphaned Dtrace, Fishworks and ZFS
First it was Bryan Cantrill and then Adam Leventhal who followed. After that the exodus had continued by Jeff Bonwick and Mike Shapiro both leaving Oracle. But today another big name from Sun Microsystems has closed the Oracle’s door – Brendan Gregg is leaving today and all we have been left with is a new […]
In: Oracle, Solaris, Sun
Game over
As expected I’ve miserably failed in the second round and had to rush home from disturbing and drizzling railway station’s environment. My only hope is to receive the list of all questions since the ones I’ve seen looked very interesting and I’d love to answer them just for myself.
Challenge goes on…
Yes! I did it and have made my way into the second round of Linux competition presented and organized by Yandex. Unfortunately, due to an upcoming trip to Nizhniy Novgorod I have serious doubts I would be able to participate since my train will bring me back to Moscow five minutes after of the start […]
How to replace a PCIE card in Sun Cluster
I’ve just returned from a quick trip to Nizhniy Novgorod where I had to replace a PCIE card, it was an ethernet adapter (e1000g). Not a big deal, sure, but the tricky part lied in the fact that this card was a part of Sun Cluster setup so I had deliberately chosen a slippery path […]