I’ve been an Oracle geek a long time, I’ve been certified since Oracle 8 days.  Recently I haven’t kept up with these like I should, so I decided to freshen my certification up before Oracle retired the upgrade exams.  I’m a… Continue Reading →

I’m an Oracle DBA and Oracle Master.  I’ve been certified since Oracle 8 (they’re on 11 now…)  I take care of a couple of databases now, but I’m not doing mainly database stuff anymore.  I like to keep up with new things… Continue Reading →

I recently updated my quick HowTo for iometer, and added a section on running iometer on a Linux host.  It’s actually pretty easy to run iometer disk benchmarks on Linux hosts.

But the fine Windows operating system you use isn’t exactly stable. Makes you wonder how many Redbox kiosks nationwide are sitting on a blue screen of death as we speak.

This is a genuine-not-staged-for-effect picture.  I walked into the mail room, there were a stack of new phone books on the floor, and this little note was on them.  I blame John Dalbey.  Could have been John Clements, too.

CIS 222 is a Cuesta College class on Unix and Linux.  It will be offered in Spring 2011 (next semester). There’s a lot to learning any operating system, especially a complicated one like Unix or Linux. One way to know… Continue Reading →

I recently completed my Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional: Enterprise Administrator certification. This certification requires you to pass 5 exams.  It turns out that if I took one more exam, 070-646 Pro: Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator, I’d qualify for… Continue Reading →

I was recently asked to prepare a brief presentation on desktop virtualization.  I’ve been through quite a few desktop virtualization projects throughout the years.   Some went off better than others.  I learned a few tidbits along the way. I thought I’d… Continue Reading →

I just completed my Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional: Enterprise Administrator certification (the highest level professional certification for Windows Server 2008 – sort of like MCSE was for 2003 or 2000.  Note that there is “no such thing” as MCSA… Continue Reading →

Rocks is a modified CentOS Linux distribution specifically made for high performance cluster computing from San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC). I don’t know of a good reason *NOT* to run Rocks if you have a cluster.  Your tax dollars pay… Continue Reading →