I posted on my developerWorks blog about an experience I had sharing an OSA port in Layer 2 mode. Thrilling stuff. What's more thrilling is the context of where I had my OSA-port-sharing experience: my large-scale Linux on System z cloning experiment. One of these days I'll get around to writing that up.
Tag: virtualisation
I've been doing a lot of mucking around with KVM with libvirt (I keep promising an update here, don't I). In my desktop virtualisation requirements I had a need for presenting VLAN traffic to guests: simple enough, and I've done it before. You can do what I usually do, and configure all your VLANs against … Continue reading Network virtualisation
...and the winner is: KVM! Why? Because as you read this, some of you will be thinking I'm talking about a keyboard-video-mouse switch, while some of you will be thinking I'm talking about Linux kernel-based virtualisation (still others are probably thinking of something else... what I don't know, but I reckon I can be sure that the … Continue reading The “Technology With The Worst Name Ever” Award
I've been away from SHARE for far too long. It's really great to hear positive things about Linux on zSeries again, rather than the crap I have to put up with at home. In Australia, there is no evangelism of zSeries. There's an attitude bordering on arrogance that seems to say "we're not going to explain zSeries … Continue reading Rebooting my belief system
Crossed Wires 