Monthly Archives: December 2009

James’ NoSQL Feature Matrix Link

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Administrator

A wikipedia editor (SamJohnston) has reverted the useful NoSQL Feature Comparison Matrix that I added at ApacheCon Oakland. Here is the last NoSQL article version that has the detailed feature matrix. Thanks to several contributors for improving it before it … Continue reading →

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Apple Genius Bar Advice on Notebook Battery Life

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Administrator

I talked to an Apple Genius recently about improving notebook battery life. His recommendations to improve notebook battery life were: kill any runaway programs reduce screen brightness to 50% or less move any Desktop files you don’t need on the … Continue reading →

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Replacing Mac Powerbook G4 12″ Keyboard

Posted on December 5, 2009 by Administrator

The Powerbook G4 12″ that I bought from Craigslist was sweet overall (1.5 Ghz, 1.5 GB RAM, 250 GB hard drive), but the keyboard looked a little ratty. So I bought a new keyboard from a Hong Kong seller on … Continue reading →

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MD1000 and MD3000 Redundancy Matrix

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Administrator

I manage several Dell/Equallogic MD1000 storage arrays. They require careful understanding of their limited redundancy features. I find that it helps to remember this: the MD1000 is a JBOD. Period. Any data redundancy actually depends on your RAID controller. Although … Continue reading →

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Nagios check_http.c Patch to Display Result Page Snippet

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Administrator

Here’s a minor change to the nagios plugin check_http.c that shows the first 128 bytes of the page body if the -s match option is used: /* check elapsed time */ if (strlen(string_expect) && strlen(page)) { #define MAX_BUFFER_PAGE_SAMPLE 128 char … Continue reading →

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