next bglug meeting – 25 oct at 1900 (7p) – @collexion hackerspace
Topic is yet TBD – but the time and place are set: 25 Oct 1900 Collexion hackerspace Come join us!
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next bglug meeting: topic ‘raspberry pi’; speaker jordan keyes; 1900 (7p) 20 september @collexion hackerspace
After several months, the Bluegrass Linux User Group (see also G+ page) is resuming regular meetings in conjunction With Collexion – a hackerspace in Lexington KY. Our first (next) topic is “The Raspberry Pi“, presented by Jordan Keyes (creator of twil.tv (also on youtube: http://youtube.com/twildottv)), at 1845 (6:45p) at Collexion. We’ll plan to “start” at…
automatically returning a host to the unprovisioned server pool in hpsa
In conjunction with the customized PXE process I wrote about previously, it could be highly desirable to be able to return a server to the unprovisioned server pool in HP’s Server Automation. This is a specifically-Linux procedure: though I’m sure something similar can be done with Windows*. run an ad-hoc script against a target server that…
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not enough cpus
I found an interesting reference that indicates that for x86, the maximum number of CPUs the Linux kernel can handle is 255. I’d presume that it’s the same for Windows. I’m curious – right now this is a rather large limit: but it won’t be for long! 16 core CPUs are available from AMDÂ today. I…
symlinks and nfs
I recently discovered an interesting “feature” of symbolic links in conjunction with NFS mounts: they don’t work! For example, let’s say you have the following NFS export: /media/files Inside of that export, you have the following path: /media/files/isos/osmedia/linux/ubuntu In *this* directory, you have a symlink called ‘current‘, which points to a different location: current ->…
storage strategies – part 4
Last time I talked about storage robustifiers. In the context of a couple applications with which I am familiar, I want to discuss ways to approach balancing storage types and allocations. Storage Overview Core requirements of any modern server, from a storage standpoint, are the following: RAM swap Base OS storage OS/application log storage Application…