November 2020 - Tales from the Datacenter v2.0

Install Oracle Linux 8 on a Raspberry Pi

Posted on November 14, 2020 by admin — 2 Comments ↓

First, lets chat about Oracle Linux on ARM! Having a single Enterprise Operating System on all Linux systems has several advantages, like using the same tools across all servers and access to the same commercial support for your systems. The Continue reading Install Oracle Linux 8 on a Raspberry Pi→

Storage Performance Part 3: UEK vs a standard kernel February 17, 2021
This post is a bit off the original plan, mainly due to timing. Short version on the timing, my Dell 7750 notebook (The one with a Xeon processor, 128G ram, and NVME storage…) had to get replaced. Dell was good Continue reading Storage Performance Part 3: UEK vs a standard kernel→ The post Storage Performance […]
Raspberry PI Storage Performance: Part 2 U3 vs U3 Cards, they are all no equal February 16, 2021
In the previous post in this short series, I shared a benchmark between MicroSD card and a USB Drive. In this review we look at two different MicroSD cards, both with a U3 rating. The U3 rated card was Continue reading Raspberry PI Storage Performance: Part 2 U3 vs U3 Cards, they are all […]
Raspberry PI Storage Performance: Part 1 USB vs SD Card February 15, 2021
Recently I saw some discussion about storage performance on Raspberry PIs, with the focus being on performance between the MicroSD card vs. USB performance for the storage. This short series of BLOGs will compare several performance options for the Raspberry, Continue reading Raspberry PI Storage Performance: Part 1 USB vs SD Card→ The post Raspberry […]
Centos and the bomb that IBM Red Hat dropped December 11, 2020
If you know me, you likely know where this is headed. But before we get there, lets chat a little bit about the bomb that IBM RedHat dropped on the Linux community the other day. As soon as the news Continue reading Centos and the bomb that IBM Red Hat dropped→ The post Centos and […]
Install Oracle Linux 8 on a Raspberry Pi November 14, 2020
First, lets chat about Oracle Linux on ARM! Having a single Enterprise Operating System on all Linux systems has several advantages, like using the same tools across all servers and access to the same commercial support for your systems. The Continue reading Install Oracle Linux 8 on a Raspberry Pi→ The post Install Oracle Linux […]
New OCI Video is up August 4, 2020
I did this video for work, but it is a good review on some of the advantages of OCI, and I think it’s worth the few minutes to watch. The post New OCI Video is up appeared first on Tales from the Datacenter v2.0. New OCI Video is up was first posted on August 4, […]
How to graph historical data in OEM13c March 10, 2020
Once of the many overlooked abilities of OEM is the ability to view and graph historical data from the targets. With OEM, as a general rule, if it has a metric, you can not only build alerts, but you can Continue reading How to graph historical data in OEM13c→ The post How to graph historical […]
How to automatically load ssh keys when Windows 10 boots using putty pagent December 31, 2019
As more and more people move to the cloud, they start to use ssh keys to authenticate to their cloud instances. This is great, as keys are generally considered more secure than passwords. But, with many new users to ssh, Continue reading How to automatically load ssh keys when Windows 10 boots using putty pagent→ […]
An easier way to move a WordPress Site December 29, 2019
Recently you may have noticed a few outages on my sites, and some slow loading times, so it became time to move TFD ( And the other sites I host) to a new hosting company. Since I run on WordPress, Continue reading An easier way to move a WordPress Site→ The post An easier way […]
A better way to send emails from Linux November 23, 2019
I have been recently working on a few interesting projects, one which requires sending emails from servers with some attached files, while using Office365 email. While trying to make things easier I started to look for a better way to Continue reading A better way to send emails from Linux→ The post A better way […]