Sun Fire V890: pretty, but with a nasty flaw (Kilala.nl (Cailin Coilleach)) by Cailin Coilleach

Oy vey! One of the folks on the Sun Fire V890 must've been mesjoge! Why else would you decided to make such a weird design decision?!

What's up? I'll tell you what's up!

For some reason the design team decided to throw out the RJ45 console port that's been a Sun standard for nigh on ten years. And what did they replace it with? A DB25 port commonly seen in the Mesozoic Era! Good lord! This left me stranded without the proper cable for this morning's installation (thankfully I could borrow one). However, it also requires us to get completely new and different cables for our Cyclades console server!

Bad Sun! How could you make such a silly decision?!



Posted in: db25 , serial port , sun , sun fire v890 , v890

Sun's Solaris Express image for Parallels Desktop (Kilala.nl (Cailin Coilleach)) by Cailin Coilleach

Ever since Apple switched to Intel processors in their systems and Parallels came out with their Parallels Desktop software it's been possible to run Windows, Linux and other Unices inside virtual machines on your Mac. That's totally great, since it allows you to run various test systems without needing additional hardware!

A lot of people also got Solaris 10 to run in PD, although some ran into a little bit of trouble. Well, not anymore! Sun has created a pre-installed Solaris Express image for use with Parallels Desktop. This allows you to immediately get up and running with Solaris, without even having to go through any of the normal installation hoops.

I know what I'll be doing when I get my Macbook in ;)

Thanks to Ben Rockwood for pointing out this little gem.

Posted in: mac os x , parallels desktop , solaris express , sun

SmugBlog: Don MacAskill » Blog Archive » Server Analysis - Sun victory! [ma.gnolia] (Put together quickly (Haligan)) by MichaelBiven

SmugMug CEO walks through the pros and cons of the different server vendors they looked at and why they picked Sun.

Tags: smugmug, don macaskill, server, vendors, Sun

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SmugBlog: Don MacAskill » Blog Archive » Server Analysis - Sun victory! [ma.gnolia] (Put together quickly (Haligan)) by MichaelBiven

SmugMug CEO walks through the pros and cons of the different server vendors they looked at and why they picked Sun.

Tags: smugmug, don macaskill, Sun, server, vendors

Posted in: don macaskill , server , smugmug , sun , vendors