Interesting Tech Note for Linux – Testing the read speed of a hard disk
Tue, Jan 31st 2012 5:13a Victor Toal I look at IBM’s support feeds every day to see what interesting new info comes down the fire hose … this was a first one: Linux drive performance testing! I work with allot of Linux and AIX so this is interesting stuff, I just did not think I would see it in an IBM support feed.
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Problem
How can I test to see if all drives are reading at the same speed?
Cause
One reason that hard disks fall out of RAID arrays is a difference in r [read] Keywords: ibm
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Java: it’s your fault! Connections on AIX
Wed, Jan 25th 2012 4:13p Victor Toal Just a quick one during my lunch hour …. ran into an issue yesterday at my current client that shows once more that when you do not work with a specific OS for a while, you really loose your touch for the small details.
The Saga of WAS, AIX and the damn Java Cache
We installed iFixes yesterday and that all went well. However the syncing of the nodes (kicked off from the Dmgr console) took forever, and then one of the app clusters on one of the nodes would not restart (it eventually did [read] Keywords: agent
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IBM Moderators can not use SPNEGO to Automatically Login to Moderate Content in Connections – United States
Tue, Jan 24th 2012 7:13a Victor Toal http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21577480&myns=swglotus&mynp=OCSSYGQH&mync=E
This technote just came out but we actually had this issue early last month where we noticed it. My current client uses SPNEGO for single sign-on (works GREAT btw) and since moderation is a new feature to Cnnections we did not really notice it in the beginning. After all, if something is new, you are not – yet – aware of what the standard behavior is supposed to be. We have a sing [read] Keywords: connections
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Linux Security Alert: X.org Server Allows Anyone to Unlock Computer
Sun, Jan 22nd 2012 8:13a Victor Toal https://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/biz-enterprise/538089-xorg-server-allows-anyone-to-unlock-computer
I had not heard of this one yet but I am going to my servers right now and checking for the latest security patches … if your servers do not run x.org server then you have nothing to fear. While you are at it, check your workstations too …..
Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Linux, security [read] Keywords: enterprise
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Linux: NGINX Webserver growing in the market
Fri, Jan 20th 2012 8:12a Victor Toal NGINX takes 2nd place in Web Servers from Microsoft IIS | ZDNet.
I came across this one a short while ago. I have not used NGINX myself yet though one of my hosted servers uses it though I have no control over it (cpanel access only) . I have been playing with the idea of configuring some “unusual” systems at home and I think I am going to take a look at how NGINX might integrate with some IBM/Lotus products. I have seen it used as a proxy server (or several servers) in front of IB [read] Keywords: connections
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Blatant Plagiarism …. by me – Worst Tech Predictions ever
Wed, Jan 18th 2012 4:12p Victor Toal I read this one over at Scientific American (written by David Pogue – I love his articles) and just had to plagiarize it .. it is to good!
“Everyone’s always asking me when Apple will come out with a cell phone. My answer is, ‘Probably never.’”—David Pogue, The New York Times, 2006Image: Wikimedia Commons/Linux insidev2
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In my Scientific American column this month, I pondered why it’s so hard to predict the future of tech [read] Keywords: ibm
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Technotics launches new web site – announces new cloud services
Wed, Jan 18th 2012 8:13a Victor Toal http://www.andypedisich.com/blogs/andysblog.nsf/dx/technotics-launches-new-web-site-announces-new-cloud-services.htm
I read this post early this morning in the train on my way to work.
HIGH TIME Andy and Rob did this!
Both Andy and Rob are well known in the Lotus/IBM community for their expertiese, experience, vision and skill. I think with this new offering Technotics is hitting the nerve of the Shakespearian question many clients face: “To go, or not to go.” What I particularly li [read] Keywords: ibm
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Websphere Technote: Application Server does not start – OSGi permission issue
Wed, Jan 18th 2012 5:12a Victor Toal http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21578438&myns=swgws&mynp=OCSSEQTP&mync=R
This one just came in via a feed. I ran into this recently during my first forray into WAS 8 … The errors kicking in were a great way to develop my shaky WAS confidence. I solved it because i deal with Linux allot and access rights/file rights are a commkn problem when a team use different/personal IDs when installing systems instead of a common account. Both are acceptable as long as everybo [read] Keywords: domino
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