The 3550 WRR (weighted round robin) scheduler algorithm utilises four configurable queues at each interface of the switch. Let’s consider just FastEthernet ports for simplicity in this post. For each queue, the following important parameters could be configured: Read more…
Computed cost
Each interface has an associated cost. It is computed as follows: Read more…
Google has an Operating System – watch out Bill Gates!
Google Chromim OS is a large step towards Google taking on Microsoft in the Operating System market. Google’s OS is a paradigm shift in the OS market, using the internet as your PC.
Hexxah has a release of the Chromium OS which can be installed on and booted from a USB flash drive.
Download it from: http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/
Permanently delete data from your computer with a “Government Wipe” standard of removal. This is to be recommended, especially is you resell your computer. Read more…
An aide-memoir, cum cliff-notes:
VTP version 3 differs from earlier VTP versions in that it does not directly handle VLANs. VTP version 3 is a protocol that is only responsible for distributing a list of opaque databases (somewhat like like LDAP!) over an administrative domain. When enabled, VTP version 3 provides these enhancements to previous VTP versions: Read more…
Oracle Finalises deal to acquire Sun
An announcement on their website (http://www.oracle.com/us/sun/index.htm ) states:
“we plan to engineer and deliver open and integrated systems—from applications to disk—where all the pieces fit and work together out of the box.”
(Note the use of small “o” in “Open”)
“A big part of the Internet is built on LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP/Perl/Python). Now Oracle is trying to buy Sun, which owns MySQL. Read more…
