[osol-discuss] small jbod tower?

2011-01-16 Thread Gaikokujin Kyofusho
I am trying to find an 8bay (minimum) storage tower that doesn't take up a ton of space *and* doesn't cost a fortune. The best option would be a minimally sized self contained box like a via box I read about (but can't find for sale) http://www.mswhs.com/2009/10/via-nsd-7800-review/ The

Re: [osol-discuss] small jbod tower?

2011-01-16 Thread Gary Driggs
You didn't specify SATA or SAS (or speed if the latter) and what kind of external connector (SAS or eSATA). I've built my chassis for Nexentastor with LSI HBAs and Promise chassis with mini SAS connectors (SFF-8088) and both 6G/s 3.5 SAS drives SATA drives. But they only have rack-mount in 8

Re: [osol-discuss] small jbod tower?

2011-01-16 Thread Gaikokujin Kyofusho
oops sorry. I am looking for a SATA device, not SAS; with an eSATA external connector (one if possible, instead of two cables). The TR8XB you linked to does look interesting but is a bit out of my price range as I have found the TR8M for about $300 (would like to get below $300 if it is just a

Re: [osol-discuss] Working with Cron under Solaris 10

2011-01-16 Thread Ron Halstead
Cron only reads the crontab file when it starts. Man cron and search for 'examines'. As you found out, sending a HUP doesn't work. Since cron runs as a SMF controlled service in Solaris 10, killing the process will cause SMF to restart it. The crontab file will then be read and changes, if any,

Re: [osol-discuss] can you help about process?

2011-01-16 Thread Ron Halstead
Solaris 10 does not include top. It can be downloaded from sunfreeware.com. Solaris 11 has top in /bin/top (32 bit) and /usr/bin/amd64/top (64 bit). pkg search top in Solaris 11 will show you the locations. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Working with Cron under Solaris 10

2011-01-16 Thread Chris Ridd
On 16 Jan 2011, at 21:13, Ron Halstead wrote: Cron only reads the crontab file when it starts. Man cron and search for 'examines'. *And* when the crontab/at commands are run. --- cron only examines crontab or at command files during its own process initialization phase and

Re: [osol-discuss] can you help about process?

2011-01-16 Thread Tim Bell
Ron Halstead rdhalst...@gmail.com wrote: Solaris 10 does not include top. It can be downloaded from sunfreeware.com. Solaris 11 has top in /bin/top (32 bit) and /usr/bin/amd64/top (64 bit). pkg search top in Solaris 11 will show you the locations. See also: man -s 1M prstat HTH (Hope