Tag Archive: Linux

SELinux: httpd_sys_rw_content_t vs. httpd_sys_content_rw_t

SELinux file context (fcontext) confusion: httpd_sys_rw_content_t and httpd_sys_content_rw_t – They’re the same but (not really) different.

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…

Linux: Using multipath to improve performance for your iSCSI array

Configuring Fedora 13 for Device Mapper Multipath with an EqualLogic PS series RAID array

EqualLogic storage (iSCSI) on Fedora 13

Short summary of configuring your Linux (Fedora 13) host to configure, access and use a Volume (LUN) hosted on an EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI array.

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

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

Scaling up your virtualization solution on 8-socket HP ProLiant Servers

Some of the things we’ve learned while testing the KVM based virtualization solution in RHEL 5.4 on an 8-socket HP ProLiant server.

“GFS2 rindex not found” when running gfs2-grow from gfs2-utils-3.0.6 in Fedora 12

GFS2 file system can’t grow due to rindex not found” error with version 3.0.6 of gfs2-utils. Updated .rpm for Fedora 12 is linked.

KVM/Qemu and caching of I/O

A feeble(ish) attempt at documenting the ‘cache’ properties for the Kernel Virtual Machine when managed by libvirtd.

Getting ready for an industry conference

I wound up with more work on my plate this week in order to get ready for a large conference this summer where I need to talk about scalability, performance and virtualization of large scale-up platforms.