Links February 2012Links February 2012
Sociological Images has an interesting article about the attempts to apply the word “Camping” to OWS and framing the issues [1]. Lester Macgurdy wrote an insightful article about “the snake”,[...]
Cooling a ThinkpadCooling a Thinkpad
Late last year I wrote about the way that modern laptops suck [1]. One of the problems that inspired that post was the excessive heat generated by my Thinkpad T61.[...]
Magic entries for BTRFS and Software RAIDMagic entries for BTRFS and Software RAID
I’ve just discovered that the magic database for the file(1) command in Debian/Unstable has no support for Linux Software RAID and that it’s support for BTRFS is lacking (no reporting[...]
Starting with BTRFSStarting with BTRFS
Based on my investigation of RAID reliability [1] I have determined that BTRFS [2] is the Linux storage technology that has the best potential to increase data integrity without costing[...]
More DRBD Performance testsMore DRBD Performance tests
I’ve previously written Some Notes on DRBD [1] and a post about DRBD Benchmarking [2]. Previously I had determined that replication protocol C gives the best performance for DRBD, that[...]
5 Principles of Backup Software5 Principles of Backup Software
Everyone agrees that backups are generally a good thing. But it seems that there is a lot less agreement about how backups should work. Here is a list of 5[...]
Reliability of RAIDReliability of RAID
ZDNet has an insightful article by Robin Harris predicting the demise of RAID-6 due to the probability of read errors [1]. Basically as drives get larger the probability of hitting[...]
A Computer Conference on a Cruise ShipA Computer Conference on a Cruise Ship
After LCA [1] there was a discussion about possible locations for future conferences, most of the messages in the discussion were jokes or suggestions that don’t seriously apply to LCA.[...]
Links January 2012Links January 2012
Cops in Tennessee routinely steal cash from citizens [1]. They are ordered to do so and in some cases their salary is paid from the cash that they take. So[...]
SE Linux Status in Debian 2012-01SE Linux Status in Debian 2012-01
Since my last SE Linux in Debian status report [1] there have been some significant changes. Policy Last year I reported that the policy wasn’t very usable, on the 18th[...]