Category Archives: Mission Critical Computing

Quick & Dirty Disaster Recovery: eSATA + iSCSI + RAID-1 + BackupPC

Scripts & ideas for a sneaker-net based Disaster Recovery solution using BackupPC, iSCSI RAID Array(s) and hot-plug capable eSATA drive docks.

Is your network playing nice?

Get stuck with odd performance in your iSCSI SAN? Try the obvious!

Linux: Configure “bridge at boot” for NIC(s) in Fedora 13

Sometimes, for instance when having a limited number of Network Interface Cards (NICs) on a system that will be used for a Linux hosted platform virtualization solution (and you’re running Fedora 13), the easiest approach to giving each of the guests “direct” access to a network is to configure the physical devices as bridges on…

Can PeeCees (PC) ever be used for mission critical workloads?

Heresy! I think PCs are ready to host truly mission-critical workloads today…