Author: greg.porter

From our friends at xkcd.

I got a new GNU truck during the Cash for Clunkers bonanza.  (GNU is one of the main organizations that built the tools we call Linux.)  It’s a 2009 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner.  It’s the first new car I’ve ever had,… Continue Reading →

Most people use shared storage, like iSCSI, for their XenServer storage repositories to hold virtual machines.  Virtual machines *MUST* be in a shared storage repository in order to enable XenMotion and other advanced features. It is handy to have some… Continue Reading →

If there’s one things that disks do well, it’s fill up and run out of room.  My Openfiler iSCSI volumes always seem to be filling up as the virtual machines that live in them grow or I make snapshots. If… Continue Reading →

I have some lots of rack mount stuff at home that I’d like to rack.  I’ve been looking for a small, inexpensive solution, but I haven’t found any I like in my price range.  Recently my friend John Bellardo suggested… Continue Reading →

I have a Canon Pixma MX7600, a nice multifunction inkjet.  I have it connected with USB. If you Google a bit, you’ll find some crazy people trying to use the Mac OSX cups .ppd printer drivers for printers like this. … Continue Reading →

If you’re careful, perhaps.  “Real” servers have”enterprise” features, such as dedicated hardware RAID controllers.  Workstations and consumer motherboards don’t. I recently tried to run Openfiler and Citrix XenServer on some random workstations we had “laying around”, and discovered multiple issues… Continue Reading →

A default install of Openfiler 2.3 has an issue when rebooted.  On a default installation of Openfiler 2.3, clients cannot use iSCSI target disks after a reboot.  In other words, it’ll work fine until you reboot it.  This has been… Continue Reading →

I passed the VCP4 test on Nov 25th, 2009.  I didn’t actually get the VMware certification packet with my certificate until Jan 7, 2010, five weeks later. See my post on what the VCP4 test was like if you’re interested.

I passed the test on Oct 5th, 2009.  I didn’t actually get the VMware certification packet with my certificate until Jan 5, 2010, three months later. See my post on what the test was like if you’re interested.