Category Archives: Technology

Google Wave … Google Buzz … Twitter … Facebook … which tool for which use case?

This week, one of my Friends asked for a comparison between Google Wave and Google Buzz. I happily obliged, with this short assessment: A little more in-depth on the different tools for different use cases after the break:

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#brunei e-government advances the fastest in ASEAN over the period 2008 to 2010

In a UN Survey, Brunei jumped from 87th to 68th in the e-Government index rankings from 2008 to 2010. This post explores the progress we’ve made over the past 2 years and what to look forward to until 2014. Continue reading

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A model for municipal fiber networks – 100mbps @ $11/month

With the recent interest in FTTH, WBA and regulatory strategies to achiveve growth, I thought it would be a good time to blog about the results that countries and places outside of Brunei have had with deploying FTTH networks. Stockholm case … Continue reading

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Replacing an EACS drive for an EADS

So the shop somehow managed to deliver my custom PC with 2x EADS drives and 1x EACS drive. Normally, to rectify this kind of mishap would require backing up the data on the drive and restoring the data to the … Continue reading

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ZFS to the rescue

ZFS saved my data! root@opensolaris:~# zpool status -x pool: tank state: ONLINE status: One or more devices has experienced an unrecoverable error.  An attempt was made to correct the error.  Applications are unaffected. action: Determine if the device needs to … Continue reading

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Seamless upgrades with OpenSolaris & ZFS

One other benefit of using ZFS and it’s ability to take snapshots of an entire filesystems … is that I can upgrade my boot environment inside a clone of my existing system. If I have problems, I can always roll … Continue reading

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Somewhere … a Windows file server just cried a little inside

This is a screen shot of my OpenSolaris install. I created an approx. 2,000 GB storage pool out of 3x 1TB hard disk drives. You’d think it should add up to 3,000 GB of storage … but one of the … Continue reading

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ZFS – Finally back on OpenSolaris

Havoc! Let me summarise my long list of problems with my custom PC. The spec is roughly: ASUS P5KPL-AM Motherboard, with Intel Core2Duo processor 3x Western Digital 1TB hard drives, WD10EADS (SATA) 1x Western Digital WD160GB, SATAIII HDD, DVD burner … Continue reading

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FreeBSD with ZFS

So I got FreeBSD 7.1 w/ ZFS on my root file system working like a charm. I followed the instructions at www.ish.com.au, with some exceptions, which follow after the break. The cool thing? 1,860 GB of storage space. 930 GB … Continue reading

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OpenSolaris vs FreeBSD .. .which do I go for?

Dilemma! I’m setting up a home NAS … but do I return to my FreeBSD roots or shall I try something new and go with OpenSolaris? Both are Open Source, both have excellent communities etc. And most importantly? Both have … Continue reading

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