Would this be error 18? How large is your partition?
The quick fix for this is repartitioning so that/boot is small and the first partition on the disk, then it will work fine. I use Grub to boot SuSE 10 with VMware on my system at work (where Windows is the corporate standard). If this is not the fix, try Google - it's your friend.
Combining a single-core and a dual-core on a 2-socket motherboard?
Yes, it might be asking for trouble, but they're doing it because they can. They're nerds, that's what they do. Maybe they shoulda dumped it in liquid nitrogen or put together a cool case mod...
On a more serious note, I worked with an outsourcing provider once that charged us per CPU, using tiered pricing for 1-3, 4-8, 9-15, etc. So, we actually asked a manufacturer if we could buy some 3-way systems.
Actually, when you book with a travel agent the airlines often don't have your phone number and contact information. The agencies are (rightly) afraid of airlines contacting you directly and stelaing you as a customer. So, they buy PC software that keeps all that stuff on their desktop and puts the agency's phone number in the reservation. It's often the same for online agencies (web sites), some put all your info in the reservation, many don't.
When you fly international, the airlines will then ask for emergency contact info when you check in. They also want your passport info as they can't trust the agencies to get it right. Guess who pays the fine if you're refused entry when you arrive at customs on the other end of your flight?
Now, while I am not a history major (IANAHM), I seem to recall something about some scientists at a large scientific facility (CERN) that invented this web thingy to exchange scientific data in a timely manner. And, since necessity is the mother of invention, the journals were'nt filling the need of the consumers (scientists).
Anybody know if Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a member of the Royal Scority?
If the glucosamine and chondroitin don't work for you, there are therapies that will. Active Release Technique (ART) is great for RSI and other repetitive injuries (I'm a runner and triathlete, I've used ART to treat various problems).
The company where I work has an ART practitioner come on site 2 mornings a week to treat RSI and other problems. Several of my friends and colleagues have been rteated on site. It's a pretty cool benefit.
BTW - I don't do ART for a living, I'm a programmer, so don't consider this an advertisement.
So where I can buy the AMD server with near full redundancy?
You don't, you buy two.
Or atleast AMD computer with SINGLE memoryspace atleast 1TB in size?
Two thoughts on this. 1. It's really, really expensive. 2. The mainframe assembler from the 60's or 70's is 24-bit or 31-bit addressing at most, 1TB or RAM won't help you.
Only problems outside of box, like earthquake or something similar could bring it down.
Now you put the second one 1000km away.
BTW - I've replaced IBM mainframes with clusters of 4-way Opteron servers, so I know this works. And, over time, it will work more and more.
An important point - open source is what let use chase Moore's Law and use the fastest stuff out there. If someone comes along and knocks AMD off the top, we can move there pretty rapidly. We don't need to wait for a bunch of others to port the OS, the middleware, etc.
Alan.
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We have a bunch of 4-way Itanium systems running as servers, we tried out 4-way Opteron machines about 18 months ago and they were twice as fast on our app. We've bought a couple of hundred 4-way Opteron boxes since then and we're very happy with them.
Our code is branch intensive with low cache locality. Since Itanium can't handle out-of-order execution, memory stalls kill it, hence the need for a giant cache. Intel's compiler didn't help, we mucked with it for months. For Opteron we used gcc, compile and go, took about a day to move 500K lines of C++.
Intel could only win this on hand-coded floating point.
"Some is good, more is better, and too much is just about right."
- This mantra is good for money, horsepower, disk space, but not design patterns...
When somebody starts telling me that they used 5 different patterns in their program and they're proud of it - then I know the code is crap. Most of the pattern zealots I've seen write bloated, inefficient code. Sometimes I think they scour the literature looking for some extra patterns to put in.
That said, these patterns do exist and programmers keep reinventing them. The key is knowing when to call it a pattern and go to the trouble of formalizing it versus just writing code. Alternatively, find a language that makes most of these go away.
Now of course, the room was full of Sun infrastructure weenies, so if there's something terribly obvious in records management or airline reservations or payroll processing that doesn't parallelize, we might not know about it.
Well, since I work in airline reservations systems, I'll add my $0.02 worth...
Most OLTP systems will benefit from CMT and multi-core processors. We had a test server from AMD about a month before the dual-core Opteron was announced, we did some initial testing and then put it in the production cluster and fired it up. No code changes, no recompile, no drama.
IMHO, the single-user applications, such as games and word processors, will be harder to parallelize.
We have many hundreds of Linux boxes in our data center, run by EDS. We have a cluster of about 150 4-way Opteron machines, as well as several other clusters. This is in the US.
I also need to say that our support for Linux & MySQL from the EDS team supporting us has been excellent.
I was disappointed by the comments earlier this week, doubly so as I'm an Australian. I thought my countrymen would have smarter things to say about Linux...
I love the idea to open the source. So, how many open source developers out there would want to work on it? What about those outside the US?
IANAA (I Am Not An American), but would gladly contribute to something that might actually help global security. A great many US citizens couldn't get a security clearance to work on the closed source code. How would you feel about foreign citizens writing code for your security?
That said, even just opening the source for outside review would really help security.
To be lazy and NOT send in your product registration card!
I mean, seriously. How else would they know who bought it and how to get a name from that serial number? I guess maybe if the store kept your credit card info on file or something and associated it with the serial number, but how often would that happen?
Lesson learned, if you want to print hundreds of forged checks or counterfeit bills, pay for the printer in cash!
Actually, if you're going to do anything illegal, cash is king. Just print some up and, well,....
Anyway, police officer friend of mine once who said that if you're going to do something illegal, do it big, do it once and don't tell anybody.
That "once" part of it is key, you could print up a bunch of cash one afternoon, enough to pay for the next printer (with cash, of course), then dispose of the printer.
My parents have Encyclopedia Britannica on the shelf at home and I'm pretty sure they got the info right on Alexander Hamilton. The article was probably fresh when these aging tomes were written.
I see no reference to President Nixon in these volumes, nor later ones. While Wikipedia may lack some details, I turn to it regularly. I imagine that an Encyclopedia written this century is a rare find.
While it's easy to say that we shouldn't tax this or tax that, I'm reminded of Ron Kirk, when he was mayor of Dallas, who quipped, "when you are sitting at home in your virtual world and you have a short circuit and a fire breaks out, do you want us to send a virtual fire truck or a real big red fire truck?" My house was hit by lightning last year and the city of Southlake was kind enough to send a real fire engine, not just email a JPG or something.
IMHO - we need an overhaul of the tax system, I don't believe that it can be efficient to have dozens of different entities with the power to levy taxes. There's a cost to society, although it does keep all those lawyers and accountants employed.
Probably, they'll be thinking about the 12c they're getting from me for each one -- 10 for the outgoing, 2 for the incoming. Crap. Well, it's better than the $1.50 (or so) every time my wife decides to call 411. Drives me nuts when she does that...
Very interesting. Could Google have partnered with the phone company to get their slice of your 12 cents? Anybody know of other companies that moght have already offered services like this?
I'm not so worried about them having my travel details for the month of June, I think I flew to Tulsa for a meeting. I would also happily email them a summary of all my trips to the supermarket, gym, driving to & from work.
Better yet, what if everybody emailed them everything? For every trip? Would a DDoS work?
Sometimes it's better to take the opposite approach. If someone closes a road with a gate and a padlock - don't knock it down, put an extra lock on it. Or two.
I've read the press releases, but you probably haven't - Sabre's CIO is a "she" not a "he", maybe you're thinking "CTO". Anyway, I'm the architect of the project using 64-bit MySQL and the press releases were about this project, I helped write them (imagine that!). If you want to know more about it, you can probably downlod the presentation from the MySQL user conference (I wrote that too). Please don't believe everything you read in the press, journalists don't get all the facts right.
Sabre had to fund a MySQL port to 64 bits, and a new "stored procedures" feature
Actually, that would be a "no" on both counts. The systems don't use stored procedures and MySQL was already 64 bit when we started, we just downloaded it and went. We now have commercial support, but not to get specific features. Check out some of our presentations fromthe MySQL user conference and other forums.
I wonder if they evolved logic to counter the slashdot effect. 1. Scan slashdot.org for new stories every five minute. 2. Scan new story for links. 3. Cache those pages.
That would be the "suicide algorithm". As the server goes up in flames from the Slashdot-effect it brought upon itself, it would become the first cyber recipient of a Darwin Award.
Well, I've seen MySQL running on Itanium, we have a whole cluster of them at work, in production since December. MySQL supports it and we get the binaries directly from them, so I don't see any obstacle to getting it via HP.
Initial thought - why not just email all the passwords to me?
I'm experimenting with SE Linux so that access can be controlled. In effect, you distribute only the privileges that each person needs, none of them are root. I'm not an expert on this approach, but it looks very promising. I'd love to hear from people with real-world experience.
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Boots to a fun error message?
/boot is small and the first partition on the disk, then it will work fine. I use Grub to boot SuSE 10 with VMware on my system at work (where Windows is the corporate standard). If this is not the fix, try Google - it's your friend.
Would this be error 18? How large is your partition?
The quick fix for this is repartitioning so that
Alan.
Combining a single-core and a dual-core on a 2-socket motherboard?
Yes, it might be asking for trouble, but they're doing it because they can. They're nerds, that's what they do. Maybe they shoulda dumped it in liquid nitrogen or put together a cool case mod...
On a more serious note, I worked with an outsourcing provider once that charged us per CPU, using tiered pricing for 1-3, 4-8, 9-15, etc. So, we actually asked a manufacturer if we could buy some 3-way systems.
Alan.
Actually, when you book with a travel agent the airlines often don't have your phone number and contact information. The agencies are (rightly) afraid of airlines contacting you directly and stelaing you as a customer. So, they buy PC software that keeps all that stuff on their desktop and puts the agency's phone number in the reservation. It's often the same for online agencies (web sites), some put all your info in the reservation, many don't.
When you fly international, the airlines will then ask for emergency contact info when you check in. They also want your passport info as they can't trust the agencies to get it right. Guess who pays the fine if you're refused entry when you arrive at customs on the other end of your flight?
Now, while I am not a history major (IANAHM), I seem to recall something about some scientists at a large scientific facility (CERN) that invented this web thingy to exchange scientific data in a timely manner. And, since necessity is the mother of invention, the journals were'nt filling the need of the consumers (scientists).
Anybody know if Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a member of the Royal Scority?
Alan.
If the glucosamine and chondroitin don't work for you, there are therapies that will. Active Release Technique (ART) is great for RSI and other repetitive injuries (I'm a runner and triathlete, I've used ART to treat various problems).
The company where I work has an ART practitioner come on site 2 mornings a week to treat RSI and other problems. Several of my friends and colleagues have been rteated on site. It's a pretty cool benefit.
BTW - I don't do ART for a living, I'm a programmer, so don't consider this an advertisement.
Alan.
So where I can buy the AMD server with near full redundancy?
You don't, you buy two.
Or atleast AMD computer with SINGLE memoryspace atleast 1TB in size?
Two thoughts on this. 1. It's really, really expensive. 2. The mainframe assembler from the 60's or 70's is 24-bit or 31-bit addressing at most, 1TB or RAM won't help you.
Only problems outside of box, like earthquake or something similar could bring it down.
Now you put the second one 1000km away.
BTW - I've replaced IBM mainframes with clusters of 4-way Opteron servers, so I know this works. And, over time, it will work more and more.
Alan.
Vlad,
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We went from HP rx5670, 4x1.5GHz Itanium 6MB cache to HP DL585 4x2.2GHz Opteron.
Out of ordeer execution is just speculation on why Opteron is faster, but it was definitely 2x on our app.
I've talked about this publicly, here's one link and a quick search on Google might find more details on what I've been up to
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRo
An important point - open source is what let use chase Moore's Law and use the fastest stuff out there. If someone comes along and knocks AMD off the top, we can move there pretty rapidly. We don't need to wait for a bunch of others to port the OS, the middleware, etc.
Alan.
We have a bunch of 4-way Itanium systems running as servers, we tried out 4-way Opteron machines about 18 months ago and they were twice as fast on our app. We've bought a couple of hundred 4-way Opteron boxes since then and we're very happy with them.
Our code is branch intensive with low cache locality. Since Itanium can't handle out-of-order execution, memory stalls kill it, hence the need for a giant cache. Intel's compiler didn't help, we mucked with it for months. For Opteron we used gcc, compile and go, took about a day to move 500K lines of C++.
Intel could only win this on hand-coded floating point.
Alan.
"Some is good, more is better, and too much is just about right."
- This mantra is good for money, horsepower, disk space, but not design patterns...
When somebody starts telling me that they used 5 different patterns in their program and they're proud of it - then I know the code is crap. Most of the pattern zealots I've seen write bloated, inefficient code. Sometimes I think they scour the literature looking for some extra patterns to put in.
That said, these patterns do exist and programmers keep reinventing them. The key is knowing when to call it a pattern and go to the trouble of formalizing it versus just writing code. Alternatively, find a language that makes most of these go away.
Now of course, the room was full of Sun infrastructure weenies, so if there's something terribly obvious in records management or airline reservations or payroll processing that doesn't parallelize, we might not know about it.
Well, since I work in airline reservations systems, I'll add my $0.02 worth...
Most OLTP systems will benefit from CMT and multi-core processors. We had a test server from AMD about a month before the dual-core Opteron was announced, we did some initial testing and then put it in the production cluster and fired it up. No code changes, no recompile, no drama.
IMHO, the single-user applications, such as games and word processors, will be harder to parallelize.
Alan.
AMD dual-core will plug into the same socket. Voltage regulator might need to change if you have an earlier (130nm) Opteron.
Dunno about Intel.
Alan.
We have many hundreds of Linux boxes in our data center, run by EDS. We have a cluster of about 150 4-way Opteron machines, as well as several other clusters. This is in the US.
I also need to say that our support for Linux & MySQL from the EDS team supporting us has been excellent.
I was disappointed by the comments earlier this week, doubly so as I'm an Australian. I thought my countrymen would have smarter things to say about Linux...
Alan.
So, would reversible computing let me have a Blue Screen Of Life?
That would be so cool...
Alan.
I love the idea to open the source. So, how many open source developers out there would want to work on it? What about those outside the US?
IANAA (I Am Not An American), but would gladly contribute to something that might actually help global security. A great many US citizens couldn't get a security clearance to work on the closed source code. How would you feel about foreign citizens writing code for your security?
That said, even just opening the source for outside review would really help security.
Alan.
To be lazy and NOT send in your product registration card!
....
I mean, seriously. How else would they know who bought it and how to get a name from that serial number? I guess maybe if the store kept your credit card info on file or something and associated it with the serial number, but how often would that happen?
Lesson learned, if you want to print hundreds of forged checks or counterfeit bills, pay for the printer in cash!
Actually, if you're going to do anything illegal, cash is king. Just print some up and, well,
Anyway, police officer friend of mine once who said that if you're going to do something illegal, do it big, do it once and don't tell anybody.
That "once" part of it is key, you could print up a bunch of cash one afternoon, enough to pay for the next printer (with cash, of course), then dispose of the printer.
Greed will get you in the end.
Alan.
My parents have Encyclopedia Britannica on the shelf at home and I'm pretty sure they got the info right on Alexander Hamilton. The article was probably fresh when these aging tomes were written.
I see no reference to President Nixon in these volumes, nor later ones. While Wikipedia may lack some details, I turn to it regularly. I imagine that an Encyclopedia written this century is a rare find.
Alan.
While it's easy to say that we shouldn't tax this or tax that, I'm reminded of Ron Kirk, when he was mayor of Dallas, who quipped, "when you are sitting at home in your virtual world and you have a short circuit and a fire breaks out, do you want us to send a virtual fire truck or a real big red fire truck?" My house was hit by lightning last year and the city of Southlake was kind enough to send a real fire engine, not just email a JPG or something.
IMHO - we need an overhaul of the tax system, I don't believe that it can be efficient to have dozens of different entities with the power to levy taxes. There's a cost to society, although it does keep all those lawyers and accountants employed.
Probably, they'll be thinking about the 12c they're getting from me for each one -- 10 for the outgoing, 2 for the incoming. Crap. Well, it's better than the $1.50 (or so) every time my wife decides to call 411. Drives me nuts when she does that...
Very interesting. Could Google have partnered with the phone company to get their slice of your 12 cents? Anybody know of other companies that moght have already offered services like this?
Alan.
I'm not so worried about them having my travel details for the month of June, I think I flew to Tulsa for a meeting. I would also happily email them a summary of all my trips to the supermarket, gym, driving to & from work.
Better yet, what if everybody emailed them everything? For every trip? Would a DDoS work?
Sometimes it's better to take the opposite approach. If someone closes a road with a gate and a padlock - don't knock it down, put an extra lock on it. Or two.
Alan.
I've read the press releases, but you probably haven't - Sabre's CIO is a "she" not a "he", maybe you're thinking "CTO". Anyway, I'm the architect of the project using 64-bit MySQL and the press releases were about this project, I helped write them (imagine that!). If you want to know more about it, you can probably downlod the presentation from the MySQL user conference (I wrote that too). Please don't believe everything you read in the press, journalists don't get all the facts right.
Sabre had to fund a MySQL port to 64 bits, and a new "stored procedures" feature
Actually, that would be a "no" on both counts. The systems don't use stored procedures and MySQL was already 64 bit when we started, we just downloaded it and went. We now have commercial support, but not to get specific features. Check out some of our presentations fromthe MySQL user conference and other forums.
I wonder if they evolved logic to counter the slashdot effect. 1. Scan slashdot.org for new stories every five minute. 2. Scan new story for links. 3. Cache those pages.
That would be the "suicide algorithm". As the server goes up in flames from the Slashdot-effect it brought upon itself, it would become the first cyber recipient of a Darwin Award.
Alan.
When I see MYSQL running on Itanium...
Well, I've seen MySQL running on Itanium, we have a whole cluster of them at work, in production since December. MySQL supports it and we get the binaries directly from them, so I don't see any obstacle to getting it via HP.
Alan.
Initial thought - why not just email all the passwords to me?
I'm experimenting with SE Linux so that access can be controlled. In effect, you distribute only the privileges that each person needs, none of them are root. I'm not an expert on this approach, but it looks very promising. I'd love to hear from people with real-world experience.
After seeing these films, I'm going to be very keen indeed to see what these Kiwis can come up with next!
A VR sheep?