Archive for September, 2002

LDAP and Jaguar

Friday, September 27th, 2002

Okay, getting started on the LDAP front. I’ve got an external firewire drive with OSX 10.2 installed on it. I’m using this to boot an iMac (so the current configuration doesn’t get munged, you see) so I can test out Open Directory authentication. Here’s what I’ve learned so far:

Apple has their own […]

Clusta what? Clusta who?

Thursday, September 26th, 2002

What is UP with all the half-finished clustering solutions for Linux floating around? You’d think will all of the “What if we made a Beowulf out of THOSE?” people running wild for the past three years, there’d be at least one polished, ready-to-go clustering system. But no. There are about as many […]

KVM and Video Bandwidth

Thursday, September 26th, 2002

Okay, so it turns out that the KVM video bandwidth thing isn’t as much of an issue as I thought. We ordered a SV211K, which is a basic KVM switch, which claims to do 1920×1440. I assume at 75 Hz. That’s plenty.

Attempting to Organize

Thursday, September 26th, 2002

Where did all these CDs come from?!?!

Activity!

Wednesday, September 25th, 2002

A flurry of work came my way. First, on Monday, my new G4 finally showed up. It’s beautiful and makes me very happy. I am basking in the healthy glow of these Studio Displays and thrilling to the gentle whir of the CPU. Also, I can check my hair in the […]