[osol-discuss] Re: Roadmap Solaris

2006-09-13 Thread Mika Borner
>Well the next update to Solaris 10 has apparently been labelled 11/06 so that would indicate November. That release will include Trusted Extensions. Thanks. But I was looking more for a roadmap ahead of that... I have once seen a (old) roadmap in a a presentation from Sun. Mika # mv Disclaimer.

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: AMD buys ATI....

2006-09-13 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
On 9/13/06, W. Wayne Liauh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is the first step of a long (upcoming) journey of Dell's AMD-powered PCs: http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/dimen_c521?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs Perhaps someone at Sun will try to sell Mr. Michael the "vision" of Sol

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Oracle on ZFS

2006-09-13 Thread Robin McDonald
Many people feel the same way as you about ASM, If it bothers you that much please srvctl stop asm –n NODEID and give QFS or Veritas filesystem - vxfs a try when using oracle :) Rgds Robin This message posted from opensolaris.org __

[osol-discuss] Re: Oracle on ZFS

2006-09-13 Thread Robin McDonald
> > 1. So from an oracle perspective ZFS makes > updates/deletes fast but > full table scans are >slow - this is bad :( > > I'm by no means a database expert. But haven't the > full table scans > improved in the last years? Maybe in this particular Yes full table scans have improved greatly since

[osol-discuss] lets enjoy, sing, dance and play for a better Hyderabad!!!!

2006-09-13 Thread sudhakar
Hi!!! Did your heart ever feel for the kids sleeping at paradise x roads or the beggars falling on you for the sake of alms …. We all boast our Hyderabad is a happening place and if we see the other side of the coin we can see that it is equally happening with respect to these beggars and kids

[osol-discuss] LOSUG Lives! Next meeting 18th October 2006 !!!

2006-09-13 Thread Sean Sprague
Hello All, Just a brief note to say that the London OpenSolaris User Group (LOSUG) has been revived from its rather catatonic state, and that the next meeting will take place on 18th October 2006; where the preso focus will be on Security. For more details, please visit: http://www.opensolari

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: AMD buys ATI....

2006-09-13 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
> > But Solaris still doesn't work on AM2 type > motherboards. (Or does it?) > It certainly does, and I've ordered one myself: > http://store.sun.com/CMTemplate/CEServlet?process=SunS > tore&cmdViewProduct_CP&catid=131490 > > > > > James C. McPherson > -- > Solaris kernel software engineer, s

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: AMD buys ATI....

2006-09-13 Thread James Dickens
On 9/13/06, W. Wayne Liauh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is the first step of a long (upcoming) journey of Dell's AMD-powered PCs: http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/dimen_c521?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs Perhaps someone at Sun will try to sell Mr. Michael the "vision" of Sol

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: AMD buys ATI....

2006-09-13 Thread James C. McPherson
W. Wayne Liauh wrote: > This is the first step of a long (upcoming) journey of Dell's AMD-powered PCs: > http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/dimen_c521?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs > Perhaps someone at Sun will try to sell Mr. Michael the "vision" of Solaris-based business desktop

[osol-discuss] Re: AMD buys ATI....

2006-09-13 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
This is the first step of a long (upcoming) journey of Dell's AMD-powered PCs: http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/dimen_c521?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs Perhaps someone at Sun will try to sell Mr. Michael the "vision" of Solaris-based business desktops? But Solaris still doesn't

[osol-discuss] Re: backup software?

2006-09-13 Thread Patrick
thanks guys! i'll be sure and give it a whirl tonight. :) opensolaris.org rocks!! This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Re: Roadmap Solaris

2006-09-13 Thread Andrew Pattison
Well the next update to Solaris 10 has apparently been labelled 11/06 so that would indicate November. That release will include Trusted Extensions. Cheers Andrew. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list openso

Re: [osol-discuss] Project proposal: DMA Memory Infrastructure project

2006-09-13 Thread Artem Kachitchkine
Eric Lowe wrote: I propose a virtual memory project, DMA Memory Infrastructure (DMI for short). This project will provide infrastructure to: - Allocate physical memory in contiguous [1], large page [1], or small page-size chunks within device address constraints - Lock and unlock the allocate

Re: [osol-discuss] Project proposal: DMA Memory Infrastructure project

2006-09-13 Thread Jasse Jansson
On Sep 13, 2006, at 8:32 PM, Eric Lowe wrote: I propose a virtual memory project, DMA Memory Infrastructure (DMI for short). This project will provide infrastructure to: - Allocate physical memory in contiguous [1], large page [1], or small page-size chunks within device address constraints

Re: [osol-discuss] backup software?

2006-09-13 Thread Scott Rotondo
Darren J Moffat wrote: Patrick wrote: just wondering if there is any free software to back-up and keep up-to-date certain folders on my hard drive to external hard drive? basically i need to be able to plug in my external USB HD and be able to tell which files have changed and which files are

[osol-discuss] Project proposal: DMA Memory Infrastructure project

2006-09-13 Thread Eric Lowe
I propose a virtual memory project, DMA Memory Infrastructure (DMI for short). This project will provide infrastructure to: - Allocate physical memory in contiguous [1], large page [1], or small page-size chunks within device address constraints - Lock and unlock the allocated memory pages and

Re: [osol-discuss] Community Proposal: Gardeners

2006-09-13 Thread Eric Boutilier
On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Eric Boutilier wrote: Thanks, Dan. You have seconds. I'll contact you offline to get you set up. Correction, I jumped the gun. As this is a community (not project) proposal, we need a Governing Board member(s) to weigh in before we can move ahead. Eric On Mon, 11 Sep 20

Re: [osol-discuss] How to get the OpenSolaris Code?

2006-09-13 Thread Darren J Moffat
Steffen Wendzel wrote: Hi, is there a way to get the OpenSolaris Code? I don't want to download every file by hand from the webinterface? Is there something like anonymous cvs access? http://opensolaris.org/os/downloads/ For example if you are interested in the ON consolidation which covers

Re: [osol-discuss] How to get the OpenSolaris Code?

2006-09-13 Thread Stephen Hahn
* Steffen Wendzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-09-13 10:23]: > is there a way to get the OpenSolaris Code? I don't want to download > every file by hand from the webinterface? Is there something like > anonymous cvs access? Pulling through the browser would indeed be painful. For the ON consolid

[osol-discuss] How to get the OpenSolaris Code?

2006-09-13 Thread Steffen Wendzel
Hi, is there a way to get the OpenSolaris Code? I don't want to download every file by hand from the webinterface? Is there something like anonymous cvs access? regards steffen This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailin

Re: [osol-discuss] Community Proposal: Gardeners

2006-09-13 Thread Eric Boutilier
Thanks, Dan. You have seconds. I'll contact you offline to get you set up. On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Dan Price wrote: I would like to propose a new community called "Gardeners" based on some recent discussions on opensolaris-code. [1,2] The mission of the community is simple: raise the overall code

Re: [osol-discuss] Performance Engineer needed

2006-09-13 Thread Shantnu Sharma
Hello Harold, Thanks for your interest in Open Solaris. If I may please bring to your attention that this is not the right forum for posting job notices. Folks subscribe to this email list to talk about open solaris development, not for this kind of information. Best Regards Shantnu Haro

[osol-discuss] Performance Engineer needed

2006-09-13 Thread Harold Cohen
Hi,We're seeking a Performance Enginner for a major company in Boston, MA.   This is a full time position paying approximately 100k, depending on experience, and involves "characterizing" the performance of very high end servers. Enclosed is a description of the position.Thanks for your help.Harol

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Oracle on ZFS

2006-09-13 Thread James C. McPherson
Robin McDonald wrote: So basically you raise 3 excellent points ... [snip] 2. ASM is a tool that runs on most OS oracle supports so to get the best performance out of it you must do some tuning which is OS & storage dependent. ASM is basically a "free" (once you've paid for your oracle licence)

[osol-discuss] Re: Oracle on ZFS

2006-09-13 Thread Mika Borner
> 1. So from an oracle perspective ZFS makes updates/deletes fast but full table scans are >slow - this is bad :( I'm by no means a database expert. But haven't the full table scans improved in the last years? Maybe in this particular case there is a performance hit, where read-ahead might perfor

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Sun Studio 11 questions

2006-09-13 Thread Ian Collins
Nergal Dimitri wrote: >I guess it gives an performance increase by compiling for a specific CPU-set ? > > Yes. >But is this increment large enough to bother compiling to a specific >architecture rather than generic? > > > Like any performance optimisation, I can only suggest you suck it and