Preparing the Dell R720 for ZFS
I have obtained a Dell R720 containing 10 x 400GB SSDs. The drives are connected to a RAID controller (H710P) which cannot do JBOD / IT mode. This means the drives are effectively hidden from ZFS, which is never good. In this post: FreeBSD 12.0 ZFS Dell R720 SAS 9207-8i This post describes past work […]
In Other BSDs for 2019/10/05
There’s been a lot of BUG meetings lately; I think it’s time to form some more. Fixing up KA9Q-unix, or “neck deep in 30 year old codebases..” Packet radio! ZFS performance really does degrade as you approach quota limits. How To Set Up Buildbot on FreeBSD. (via) Next ChiBUG meeting: October 8th. I’ll post a …
FreeBSD 12.1-BETA3 Available
The third BETA build for the FreeBSD 12.1 release cycle is now available. ISO images for the amd64, armv6, armv7, arm64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpcspe, and sparc64 architectures are available on most of our FreeBSD mirror sites.
In Other BSDs for 2019/09/28
Note there’s several BUG meetings coming up. KnoxBUG meets Monday, talking about home labs. Pure sh bible. POSIX sh, not bashisms, for once. (via) ZFS is not a universal filesystem that is always good for all workloads. Neither is HAMMER. It’s interesting to think of the edge cases. Taking NetBSD kernel bug roast to the …
FreeBSD 12.1-BETA2 Available
The second BETA build for the FreeBSD 12.1 release cycle is now available. ISO images for the amd64, armv6, armv7, arm64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpcspe, and sparc64 architectures are available on most of our FreeBSD mirror sites.
In Other BSDs for 2019/09/21
Whee! Ori Bernstein will be giving the October talk at NYCBUG. EuroBSDCon 2019 is happening right now. It might be streamed, though I haven’t yet found a link for that. (via) BSD Pizza Night: 2019/09/26, 7–9PM, Portland, Oregon, USA. Pinebook Pro, coming soon. Good for ARM development, but not a normal workstation. (via) The return …
FreeBSD 12.1-BETA1 Available
The first BETA build for the FreeBSD 12.1 release cycle is now available. ISO images for the amd64, armv6, armv7, arm64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpcspe, and sparc64 architectures are available on most of our FreeBSD mirror sites.
BSD Now 316: git commit FreeBSD
This week’s BSD Now has lots of material to work with, but the part they talk about that’s new to me: Homura.
scripts for monitoring vulns in FreeBSD jails
I have scripts for monitoring vulns in FreeBSD jails. They use third-party scripts. All I wrote was the Nagios part of the solution. I was preparing slides for my Why I prefer thick jails over thin jails talk at EuroBSDCon 2019. There is still time to register and attend. I was explaining my scripts and […]
In Other BSDs for 2019/08/31
I have a number of BSD user group notifications here – please tell me if you have a group and I’m not regularly posting about it. NYCBUG meeting on the 4th: Setting up a convenient working environment, with Ivan Ivanov. I’ll post a reminder. ChiBUG is meeting on the 17th. RSVP on the mailing list …
In Other BSDs for 2019/08/24
Incidentally, my employer, REDCOM, uses FreeBSD as a base for its main product, is deployed in rough areas and in high-security government locations, and is one of the few electronics manufacturers still working entirely in the U.S.. REDCOM also has jobs to fill in New York, where I work. Please, apply if you see a …
A CVE fixed but still hidden
Here’s something I haven’t see before: at the time of me typing this, there are commits in DragonFly, FreeBSD, and I assume NetBSD (haven’t found the commit), but the 2019-5612 CVE entry is still shown as reserved and not public. Thi…