I just couldn't wait any longer, and decided to try something with ZFS. And what do you know? I've found a very useful advice from Ben Rockwood, which allows us use regular files created with mkfile as virtual disks for ZFS. VERY useful, especially … [Continue reading] about Basic ZFS example
Passing command line parameters to DTrace scripts
When you're writing a DTrace script, often you'd like to pass some parameter in command line. Such an easy task might be really hard unless you read a docs.sun.com section about DTrace scripting, particularly a section about command line parameters … [Continue reading] about Passing command line parameters to DTrace scripts
Solaris 10 zones: part one – a working example
Many of you have already heard about Solaris 10 zones - it's a virtualization technology which allows you to create isolated and secure environments for running applications. For end-users these environments look just like separate abstract machines … [Continue reading] about Solaris 10 zones: part one – a working example
inetadm – changing service properties
Today I've met a problem which I easily solved with the help of inetadm, and here's the entry explaining what happened. When trying to FTP some files off my laptop, I've noticed FTP client failing to parse the ls -l output due to Russian weekdays … [Continue reading] about inetadm – changing service properties
DTrace: Aggregations
Quite often it is more important for you to see the whole picture, rather than to know each case when a particular probe fires. For instance, observing a process which consumes a lot of CPU time according to prstat, we ask ourselves: what is this … [Continue reading] about DTrace: Aggregations