Tuesday
2
September
2008

ZFS Nuts and Bolts

  • Posted by esproul at 14:17:06  //   // 
  • ZFS

Today I gave a technical presentation at the $DAYJOB about ZFS. ZFS rocks my world. As a sysadmin, I use it literally every day, and have been since it debuted in Solaris 10 more than 2 years ago. It makes data storage simple yet powerful. I wanted to share what I’ve learned, and why I think ZFS is so cool.

Slides

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Thursday
24
July
2008

Cyber-this, Cyber-That

  • Posted by esproul at 16:07:31  //   // 

Ed Felten’s latest post on his “Freedom to Tinker” blog, entitled What’s the Cyber in Cyber-Security?, looks at the roots of the prefix “cyber” that has become ubiquitous in the public mind. I love finding out the origins of terms that we all take for granted and about which we don’t usually think in depth. Thanks, Ed.

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Wednesday
9
January
2008

Welcome to the Future

  • Posted by esproul at 06:22:28  //   // 

Where’s my jetpack?

Happy 2008. We’re a little behind, you know. We’re supposed to be going to Jupiter by 2010. As it stands, we might make it to Mars in my lifetime. Apparently we’re too busy with all the other pressing matters before us.

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