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Monitoring and Managing Linux Software RAID article
I just posted my article Monitoring and managing Linux software RAID from the April '04 issue of SysAdmin magazine to my website. While some of the information has been made obsolete by the incredible mdadm utility, there is still some useful stuff in there.
$ read more →Preparing for the Sun cluster 3.2 certification
I recently passed the Sun Certified System Administrator For Sun Cluster 3.2 exam, and thought I would share my thoughts on the exam in case others are interested in taking it. When I decided to take the exam, I had limited experience with Sun Cluster 3.X, and didn't have money for a training course. To prepare for the certification exam, I first read the following documents cover to cover (I didn't read the entire developer's guide, just parts of it to better undertand how data services actually work): Sun cluster 3.2 concepts guide Sun cluster 3.2 system administration guide Sun quorum server reference manual Sun cluster 3.2 data service for Oracle guide Sun cluster 3.2 data service for Oracle RAC guide Sun cluster 3.2 data service developer's guide In addition to the documents listed above, it is also important to understand how Solaris Volume Manager and Veritas Volume Manager work in clustered environments. While I can't go into test specifics due to the agreement I signed when I took the exam, you should fair pretty well if you read through the documents listed above, and understand each of the items listed in the Sun cluster certification objectives…
$ read more →Veritas volume manager recovery features article
I just posted my article Veritas volume manager recovery features to my website. If your are interested in learning about several techniques that can be used to protect servers running VxVM, you might be interested in the article.
$ read more →Observing I/O behavior with the DTraceToolkit article
I just posted my article observing I/O behavior with the DTraceToolkit to my website. If your interested in learning more about how to analyze I/O behavior on Solaris 10 and Nevada hosts, you might be interested in the article. I would like to thank Brendan Gregg for proofreading the article for me.
$ read more →Getting to know the Solaris iSCSI stack article
I have an article titled getting to know the Solaris iSCSI stack in the August issue of SysAdmin magazine. If you are interested in learning more about iSCSI and the Solaris iSCSI stack, you might be interested in this article. I would like to thank Adam Leventhal for proofreading the article for me. Adam is a super sharp cat, and definitely one of the coolest kernel egineers I have ever met!!
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