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The Next Ubuntu coming…

The next version of Ubuntu is coming soon

VMark on 16 cores: AMD vs Intel

At least AMD has released its Quad-Core Opteron CPU and we also have a comparison in term of VMark.

It seems that 16 cores AMD Opteron 8360 SE @2.5 Ghz have a better overall score than 16 cores Intel X7350 @3.0 Ghz (both on DELL Platform R900 and R905).

The VMark Results are here.

((enjoy))

VMware Virtual SMP: the more not always is the better

An interesting post from vmware.com performance blog about the scheduler of VMware ESX and the so called “Simultaneous scheduling”.

It’s an ineresting proof of the fact that adding more vCPU to a VM not always take you the expected benefit.

As an aside note, in this post there are interesting considerations about the scalability in term of [...]

Neo FreeRunner and OpenMoko: a new phone era?

The Neo FreeRunner is going live for production in these days and will be distributed in Europe in the next weeks. I’m very happy about this!

There is an enthusiastic post on the OpenMoko Announce list from Sean Moss-Pultz, the title is “Let us impact the material world”, it’s really worth reading.

I wish a [...]

SAN Migration and Linux Storage Device issues

The scenario is the following:

- SAN migration from an old EMC Clariion CX-500 to a new CX3-40

- 2 Linux RedHat 3.0 AS and Oracle RAC 9.2 with OCFS 1.x

The goal is to migrate all the Oracle Data partition (1 LUN in this case) to the new SAN using EMC SAN Copy.

All the host will be [...]

SAN Migration and VMware issues

The scenario is the following:

- SAN migration from an old EMC Clariion CX-500 to a new CX3-40

- Several Vmware ESX 3.x nodes all with 2 HBAs

The goal is to migrate all the VMware LUNs to the new SAN using EMC SAN Copy.

All the host will be powered off (yes we can live with this…).

The main [...]