OpenSolaris Archive

  • Installing Xen (xVM) on OpenSolaris

    Installing Xen (xVM) on OpenSolaris

    I have a friend that will try to “sell” an opensource, Linux, product as solution to just about any problem in the IT world. Although I am not adverse to opensource products in the enterprise realm, IT professionals, such as myself, have become respectively reliant...

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  • OpenSolaris iSCSI Initiator

    OpenSolaris iSCSI Initiator

    As part of my testing phase during the custom SAN project, I was running into performance issues with the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator and the OpenSolaris COMSTAR iSCSI target. Although some individuals were running into significant performance issues, such as 600KB/sec writes, my problem was...

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  • OpenSolaris Link Aggregation with LACP

    OpenSolaris Link Aggregation with LACP

    So which is it? What is your favorite Linux? Transitioning from the clunky “bonding” in RedHat to the ease of configuring link aggregation in OpenSolaris – among other things – I am beginning to love OpenSolaris. Creating the Link Aggregate If your configuration was similar...

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  • Disable GUI (GDM) in OpenSolaris

    Disable GUI (GDM) in OpenSolaris

    Recently I have been working on an iSCSI target using SUN’s OpenSolaris and SUN’s iSCSI target, COMSTAR. After installing and configuring OpenSolaris I wanted to disable the GUI to save on resources. Forunately this is easy with OpenSolaris. Disable GUI To disable the GUI, type...

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