Blog: How the Oracle Linux Update Channels Are StructuredEvery Oracle Linux distribution release is freely available as ISO installation images from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.
Security updates and critical bug fixes (errata) released in between update releases are published on the Unbreakable Linux
Network (ULN) and our public yum repository. Lenz Grimmer describes these and other ins and outs of the Oracle Linux distribution
cycle.
posted Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:47:58 +0000
ACE Director: Bjoern Rost, co-founder of Portrix SystemsBjoern is the co-founder of Portrix Systems, a service provider and consulting company focused on servers, storage, Solaris,
RAC, and virtualization. He has spoken at several conferences and user group meetings including OpenWorld, UKOUG, COLLABORATE
and DOAG. He also serves as the European Chair of IOUG's RAC special interest group. Congratulations, Bjoern! So glad to have
you with us.
posted Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:55:51 +0000
Tech Article: Preventing Silent Data Corruption in Oracle LinuxLinux, like any OS, is vulnerable to silent data corruption. It can be caused by a faulty component or sysadmin error. It's
nearly impossible to detect. But it's not impossible to prevent. EMC, Emulex, and Oracle partnered up on an end-to-end solution.
posted Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:22:10 +0000
Blog: How to Treat an NFS File As a Block Storage DeviceMore about the dm-nfs kernel module, courtesy of Lenz Grimmer. If you want to work with block-based shared storage devices
such as ocfs2, but you don't have iSCSI or SAN storage, you can use NFS, instead. Just create an NFS file that will contain
the block-based shared storage device. In fact, you can create several shared storage devices that way. And use the "dm nfs"
utility to create a device map. Lenz Grimmer expands on Wim's original blog.
posted Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:39:22 +0000
Blog: How to Set Up a Global Heartbeat with OCFS2Wim explains how to set up a global heartbeat on your site with OCFS2. In case you don't know, a heartbeat is how one file
system lets others file systems know it is alive. When you have lots of devices sending each other heartbeats, the overhead
becomes a problem. A global heartbeat in essence lets several devices share a single "beat."
posted Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:28:11 +0000
Blog: How to Create Block-Based Shared Storage with NFS File SystemIf you want to work with block-based shared storage devices such as ocfs2. But you don't have iSCSI or SAN storage. You can
use NFS, instead. Yes, you can create an NFS file that will contain the block-based shared storage device. In fact, you can
create several shared storage devices that way. And use the "dm nfs" utility to create a device map. Wim explains how.
posted Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:46:38 +0000