Archive for February, 2010
More on Benchmarking OSs
by Mark on Feb.15, 2010, under performance
Intrigued by my recent benchmarking exercise I decided to take a look at the various operating systems’ performance on a common virtualisation platform. (continue reading…)
JumpStart, sysidcfg, and the mystery of enabling network/nis/client
by Mark on Feb.11, 2010, under solaris
Came across an intriguing problem today. Whilst trying to develop a generic Solaris PXE boot solution for x86 Solaris installs I was having a problem with enabling NIS post install. (continue reading…)
Benchmarking Linux, Solaris and Windows on HP hardware
by Mark on Feb.01, 2010, under performance
A short while ago I got the opportunity to compare the performance of a number of operating systems on the same piece of hardware.
The server in question was a HP DL580G5, but with four 6-core Intel Dunnington CPUs in, each running at 2.66ghz. (continue reading…)
Choosing an Operating System
by Mark on Feb.01, 2010, under general
When it comes to picking what Operating System to use for your project, how do you go about picking the ‘right’ one?
