At the Red Hat Summit, you’ll network with hundreds of people like you. Not to mention managers looking to hire people like you. Think I’m kidding? It happened to this guy. You know how some cruises promise you’ll meet the love of your life? We’re all for romance but what good is it on an empty stomach?
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Contributed by D. John Shakshober
Linux customers often ask how iSCSI performs relative to Fiber Channel. The attached study analyzes the throughput of the Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 4 iSCSI software initiator w/ 2 1-Gbit nics using an EqualLogic’s PS 3800XV and compares it to a single 2Gbit Fiber Channel Qlogic card running low-level I/O workloads and also running an industry standard Oracle 10g OLTP workload.
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We might be a bit busy these days, but we’re still keeping one eyeball on the tech topics that fascinate.
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Last time, we talked about installing Sugar so that you could emulate the OLPC environment on your system. Now it’s time to explore how activities work on the XO.
This is the story of the little green laptop that could. Meet the faces behind the One Laptop per Child initiative and see what they do every day in the Cambridge, MA office. Sit in on a brainstorming session. And find out what you can do to help.
Troubleshooting boot problems can be a very frustrating and challenging process. Sometimes their repair requires the Linux rescue environment, but what can be done if rescue media is not handy? If the system gets past BIOS and loads the GRUB boot loader, often there is much that can be done to get it up and running again.
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Contributed by Andrew Ryan
Release Found: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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This article introduces Conga, a new application released as part of Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5. Walk through setting up your cluster and storage systems properly. Preview some of the major features of this new clustering and storage management tool.
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March 14th is the birthday of physicist Albert Einstein. Happy birthday, Einstein. We couldn’t be more thrilled for Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5 to share your special day.
Just as Einstein had rewrote the base laws of physics, we hope Enteprise Linux 5 will change how CIOs and IT managers reduce cost while improving operational flexibility. At the heart of the OS is the 2.6.18 kernel, and v.5 also includes virtualization technology, support for multi core processors, SELinux enhancements, and improved networking and interoperability. And if that’s not enough, check out this massive list of applications certified to run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. There’s something here for everyone.
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