Archive for the ‘Sun BigAdmin: What's New and Recently Updated’ Category

Remote xterm

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

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A Perl script to rsh to a remote system, start an xterm and display it to your current X session.

MySQL Resources for System Administrators

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

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This topic hub aggregates information and resources about MySQL for System Administrators.

Installation Guide for Solaris Cluster 3.2 Software and Oracle 10g Release 2 Real Application Clusters

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

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Here are steps for installing the Solaris 10 11/06 OS, Solaris Cluster (formerly Sun Cluster) 3.2 software, QFS 4.5, and Oracle 10gR2 RAC.

Also provided are instructions on how to configure QFS and Solaris Volume Manager for use with Oracle 10gR2 RAC.

HPC Resources for System Administrators

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

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This BigAdmin topic page provides information on High Performance Computing (HPC) products and technologies.

MySQL Database Scale-out and Replication for High Growth Businesses

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

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This Sun BluePrints paper addresses the primary ways MySQL installations can scale to meet increasing user demands, while still providing the flexibility and ease of use that single installations offer.

LDoms Community Cookbook: Tasty Recipes for Sun Logical Domains

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

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This living document is intended to provide advanced procedures for a user experienced with Sun Logical Domains.
You are invited to contribute.

Deploying Hybrid Storage Pools With Flash Technology and Solaris ZFS

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

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By combining Flash technology and the Solaris ZFS file system, you can combine the high performance of enterprise solid-state drives (SSDs) with the low cost of high-capacity hard disks to create solutions that can help you balance system performance and cost. This Sun BluePrints article describes how.

Solaris Driver (bnx) for Broadcom NetExtreme II Devices Support Matrix

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

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Solaris Driver (bnx) for Broadcom NetExtreme II Devices Support Matrix and associated Frequently Asked Questions.

Installing Solaris 10 5/08 OS on the IBM LS42 Blade Server

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

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This tech tip describes how to install the Solaris 10 5/08 OS on the IBM LS42 blade server by creating a custom install image and performing some post-installation steps.

FAQ on ZFS and Solaris 10 10/08 OS

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

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Now Solaris 10 systems can boot from ZFS and use ZFS as their root file system. The update also includes enhancements for Solaris Containers and Logical Domains, and support for Solaris 10 as a guest OS in Xen-based environments such as Sun xVM Server. Find out more in this FAQ on sun.com.