[osol-discuss] job interview help!

2010-03-11 Thread Rosie
hi guys, I have a job interview next week and have been asked to make a presentation on the following topic The computerised Library System at a university runs on a number of servers, two of which are essential to the service. These two standalone servers provide different parts of the servi

Re: [osol-discuss] job interview help!

2010-03-11 Thread Fredrich Maney
I feel like I'm doing someone's homework assignment for them. Wait, I am - and for free at that! There are quite a few more questions that need to be asked before a proper solution can be fully fleshed out, for example: - how far apart are the two data centers? are they both "live" or is one for

Re: [osol-discuss] job interview help!

2010-03-12 Thread Mike DeMarco
> everything else on the SAN. Don't forget to minimize > and harden the > build as much as possible before you patch, and patch > (including > firmware) before you let users of any type on it. Can you explain the logic behind minimize and harden before you patch? I have always fully patched them

Re: [osol-discuss] job interview help!

2010-03-12 Thread Mike Gerdts
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Mike DeMarco wrote: >> everything else on the SAN. Don't forget to minimize >> and harden the >> build as much as possible before you patch, and patch >> (including >> firmware) before you let users of any type on it. > > Can you explain the logic behind minimize a

Re: [osol-discuss] job interview help!

2010-03-12 Thread Mike DeMarco
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Mike DeMarco > wrote: > >> everything else on the SAN. Don't forget to > minimize > >> and harden the > >> build as much as possible before you patch, and > patch > >> (including > >> firmware) before you let users of any type on it. > > > > Can you explain the l

Re: [osol-discuss] job interview help!

2010-03-12 Thread Fredrich Maney
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Mike DeMarco wrote: >> everything else on the SAN. Don't forget to minimize >> and harden the >> build as much as possible before you patch, and patch >> (including >> firmware) before you let users of any type on it. > > Can you explain the logic behind minimize a

Re: [osol-discuss] job interview help!

2010-03-12 Thread Mike DeMarco
Yes but to Mike Gerdts point if you go applying patches after you have hardened then you are applying holes to your hardened system through the patches that you may or may not discover. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discus

Re: [osol-discuss] job interview help!

2010-03-12 Thread Fredrich Maney
Ibelieve he said that you need to reharden after patching. I don't disagree with that at all. On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Mike DeMarco wrote: > Yes but to Mike Gerdts point if you go applying patches after you have > hardened then you are applying holes to your hardened system through the

Re: [osol-discuss] job interview help!

2010-03-15 Thread Bayard Bell
If you're doing cross-building question, a significant question is the network failover model: is service provision dependent on providing consistent service access at the IP or network name level? If it's currently tied to an IP address, does your network topology support address failover?

Re: [osol-discuss] job interview help!

2010-03-15 Thread ken mays
Rosie,   Not really an 'OpenSolaris/Solaris' question. Also, you may want to consolidate down to an Oracle/Solaris 10 architecture - removing MySql /SyBase overhead maintenance.   ~ Ken --- On Mon, 3/15/10, Bayard Bell wrote: From: Bayard Bell Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] job