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Nagios plugin sample for Xen Enterprise

Sample Nagios plugin script for counting the number of running VMs on a Xen Enterprise 4 Hypervisor.

23Sep2008 | chrisdag | 0 comments | Continued
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nerds under glass

nerds under glass, originally uploaded by ChrisDag.

Chris Dwan & I doing some onsite work for a client. Reflection via Qualstar tape library robot.

16Sep2008 | chrisdag | 0 comments | Continued
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UniCluster Express & Amazon EC2 Webinar

I did a project for Univa UD where I documented the steps required to get their product integrated into the Amazon EC2 elastic compute cloud. That is the whitepaper referred to in the marketing materials below.
I’ve agreed to participate in a webinar and answer questions about the project, click on through for the full event [...]

10Sep2008 | chrisdag | 0 comments | Continued
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Life in the trenches …

storage + batteries + serial console, originally uploaded by ChrisDag.
I spend a lot of time in server rooms these days.

2Sep2008 | chrisdag | 0 comments | Continued
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88 Terabyte volume

88 Terabyte volume (mine is bigger than yours …)
Originally uploaded by ChrisDag

Big storage is pretty easy these days.
It’s harder when you want single-namespace or single volumes that are upwards of 100 terabytes in size.
It’s even harder when you try to do it with reasonably priced middle-tier products rather than the high end stuff that costs [...]

2Sep2008 | chrisdag | 0 comments | Continued
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Illumina/Solexa pipeline w/ Grid Engine

Illumina/Solexa pipeline w/ Grid Engine
Originally uploaded by ChrisDag

From the trenches @ BioTeam …
Illumina (www.illumina.com) is one of a few companies involved in the “next generation” DNA Sequencing race. Each company has has technology that wildly decreases the cost and time involved in large scale genome analysis. Everyone in this space wants to be the first [...]

2Sep2008 | chrisdag | 1 comment | Continued