Improve Java performance on Solaris
OpenSolaris uses a single-threaded malloc by default for all applications. The JDK that is compiled for Solaris fails to be linked against mtmalloc or the newer umem malloc implementation that is...
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Fabulously40 Architecture
For those interested in how we run Fabulously40. 1. Single server, OpenSolaris / 8Gigs RAM / Quad Xeon x5355 / 100Mbit line. 2. Static and dynamic data cached up front on varnish 3. Even though Nginx...
View ArticleZFS Boot Mirror Setup
Recently a primary boot disk went bad on our server and I got blind sided by a non-bootable secondary mirror disk. All the data was intact but I could not boot it. This required a slow re-installation...
View ArticleZFS Slow Performance Fix
Update: The following information could be beneficial to some, however my issues actually were with Caviar black drives shipping with TLER disabled. You need to pay Western Digital a premium for their...
View ArticleSolaris IPFilter optimization
Once again I have been blind sided by yet another conservative out-of-the-box setting. IPFilter is tuned way too conservative with it’s state table size. Here is how you can tell if your hitting any...
View ArticleSolaris Marketing Propaganda Fail
I just received my “Guide to Open-Source Operating Systems” comparing Solaris with Linux from Sun’s marketing department. Here are some of the facts that made me cringe due to blatant lying and half...
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