List all installed RPMs by size
rpm -q -a –qf “%10{SIZE}\t%{NAME}\n” | sort -k1,1n
Category Archives: Work
ipv6 is starting to see some actual usage
brandon-mbpro:~ brandon$ host more.net more.net has address 198.209.253.10 more.net has IPv6 address 2610:e0:1:50:198:209:253:168 more.net mail is handled by 5 smtp.more.net. MARK – this is the 1st time I have seen a hostname resolve to an ipv6 address out in the Continue reading ipv6 is starting to see some actual usage
Sometimes things that are alright just look so wrong.
ZFS in practice – verifying transparent compression –
I had read about the transparent compression that zfs offers. I wanted to verify it so I did, and sent my results off. As we all know no experiment is valid unless verifiable. I wanted be sure that the transparent Continue reading ZFS in practice – verifying transparent compression –
Stateless Linux How To:
Stateless Linux sounds like a great idea for those of us that have many systems with similar configurations to manage. If you have never heard of the idea RTFM. I have stateless linux almost working here at my house. Here Continue reading Stateless Linux How To:
Who needs an ipkvm?
I figured out how to remotely power cycle the two poweredge 850’s I have remotely. I used dells ipmitool rpms and a little help from the internet. 1. Install the rpms 2. load the needed modules modprobe ipmi_si modprobe ipmi_devintf Continue reading Who needs an ipkvm?
I made a liboggz installer for OS 10.5
Here. This includes the oggzrip utility. Maybe later I’ll give instructions for compiling things you intend to turn into packages. If I feel like it that is; biatches.
Go splunk yourself.
Splunk is google for logfiles. Even the free license is all I would ever need with syslog configured properly on each server.
Remember to look into latencytop
It seems like a quick way to diagnose system performance problems. Link.
Remember to use iperf
To measure bandwidth between two points. Link.