Monday 5 September 2011

linux 3.0.0.1 loaded

Linux Mint Debian Edition 64bit
kernel 3.0.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Sat Aug 27 16:21:11 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
GNOME 3.0.2
NVIDIA drivers 280.13

Tuesday 17 May 2011

Witcher 2 and RHEL 6

Servers were busy and refused to connect few times but hey... download in progress.

Witcher 2 is apparently the most expensive Polish production so far.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher_2:_Assassins_of_Kings

As well just got my hands on 30day evo of RHEL 6...



Saturday 30 April 2011

Firefox4 under LMDE 64bit

Today I've downloaded Firefox 4 and it's working witout any issues so far on my LMDE 64bit install.



Sunday 17 April 2011

Wednesday 30 March 2011

Windows 7 with ZFS on top - NexentaStor and Widows 2008 R2 as VMs

This entry isn't in any way a performance oriented test , rather please treat it as a simple proof-of-concept DIY.

1) Software used in the set-up :

Host system / CIFS Client – Windows 7 Professional 64bit SP1

Virtualization software – VMware Server 2.0.2 (I absolutely adore this piece of software for home use, works with Windows and Ubuntu , stopped my distro-hopping and re-install addiction)

VM iSCSI Initiator – Windows Server 2008 R2 Evaluation Copy

VM ZFS iSCSI Target / CIFS – NexentaStor Enterprise Edition 3.0.4 45day trial

Benchmark tool - ATTO Disk Benchmark

Detailed list of a hardware - http://marcinrozanski.blogspot.com/2011/01/hardinfo-051-system-report.html , some of the hard-drives have changed so I've attached a screen dump of my Device Manager plus my quite complicated partition set-up.


LDME
stands for LinuxMintDebianEdition, my favourite (at the moment :-) ) GNU/Linux distro, 64bit Debian Testing based rolling distribution with all the codecs universe may need - http://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php .


Disk0 – 150GB WD Raptor with Perpex see-through window – LMDE Swap Partition and Windows 7 “Program Files” space plus I've added here second page file for Windows 7 as the SSD was quickly running out of space. Home to all VMs.

Disk12TB Hitachi backup drive , copy of the data from other drives - solved in various ways

Disk2 -160GB WD VelociRaptor - LMDE /boot and main / partition

Disk3 – 2TB Hitachi data drive, media, current data , ISOs

Disk4 – 32GB Mtron SSD – Windows 7 install , 4GB free space :-) , only OS and drivers


2) VMs properties

Windows Server 2008 R2

Simple clean install without any configuration changes.



NexnetaStor

I've used three HDDs , 5GB each with default / auto partitioning configuration, the other two I've left for CIFS / iSCSI ZFS space. It's not tuned or tweaked in any way, clean install with GUI-only super quick single volume NAS/SAN configuration and some additional “show” commands to present CLI.


3) NexentaStor installation – for detailed process please refer to the official manual.

NexentaStor License screen



OS installation's destination choice.


3) Post install initial configuration

4) iSCSI initiator connected , "show volumes" in CLI


5) ATTO Benchmark against NexnetaStor's iSCSI target from Windows 2k8R2 VM.



6) ATTO Benchmark against NexnetaStor's CIFS volume from Windows 7 host OS.

Friday 21 January 2011

12 x glxgears , Windows Server 2008 R2 in Virtual Box OSE


New Os loaded - Linux Mint Debian Edition
Please have a look at the HardInfo output in this post.

HardInfo (0.5.1) System Report

Computer

Summary
Computer
Processor4x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6700 @ 2.66GHz
Memory8199MB (554MB used)
Operating SystemLinux Mint Debian Edition
Date/TimeFri 21 Jan 2011 19:48:20 GMT
Display
Resolution4480x1080 pixels
OpenGL RendererGeForce GTS 250/PCI/SSE2
X11 VendorThe X.Org Foundation
Multimedia
Audio AdapterHDA-Intel - HDA Intel
Audio AdapterUSB-Audio - USB Device 0x46d
Input Devices
Macintosh mouse button emulation
Microsoft Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse® 1.00
Wireless Keyboard/Mouse
Wireless Keyboard/Mouse
Power Button
Power Button
PC Speaker
UVC Camera (046d:0802)
HDA Digital PCBeep
Printers (CUPS)
Deskjet-F2200-seriesDefault
Print_to_PDF
Operating System
Version
KernelLinux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64)
Compiled#1 SMP Wed Jan 12 03:40:32 UTC 2011
C LibraryGNU C Library version 2.11.2 (stable)
Default C CompilerGNU C Compiler version 4.4.5 (Debian 4.4.5-8)
DistributionLinux Mint Debian Edition
Current Session
Computer Namemint
Desktop EnvironmentGNOME 2.30.2
Misc
Uptime1 hour, 36 minutes
Load Average0.01, 1.71, 3.54
Kernel Modules
Loaded Modules
parport_pcPC-style parallel port driver
scoBluetooth SCO ver 0.6
ppdev
bridge
stp
bnepBluetooth BNEP ver 1.3
rfcommBluetooth RFCOMM ver 1.11
acpi_cpufreqACPI Processor P-States Driver
l2capBluetooth L2CAP ver 2.14
lp
cpufreq_powersaveCPUfreq policy governor 'powersave'
bluetoothBluetooth Core ver 2.15
rfkillRF switch support
cpufreq_userspaceCPUfreq policy governor 'userspace'
cpufreq_stats'cpufreq_stats' - A driver to export cpufreq stats through sysfs filesystem
parport
cpufreq_conservative'cpufreq_conservative' - A dynamic cpufreq governor for Low Latency Frequency Transition capable processors optimised for use in a battery environment
vboxnetadpOracle VM VirtualBox Network Adapter Driver
vboxnetfltOracle VM VirtualBox Network Filter Driver
vboxdrvOracle VM VirtualBox Support Driver
binfmt_misc
ext3Second Extended Filesystem with journaling extensions
jbd
fuseFilesystem in Userspace
hwmon_vidhwmon-vid driver
coretempIntel Core temperature monitor
loop
snd_hda_codec_realtekRealtek HD-audio codec
snd_hda_intelIntel HDA driver
snd_usb_audioUSB Audio
snd_hda_codecHDA codec core
snd_pcm_ossPCM OSS emulation for ALSA.
snd_mixer_ossMixer OSS emulation for ALSA.
snd_pcmMidlevel PCM code for ALSA.
snd_usb_libUSB Audio/MIDI helper module
snd_hwdepHardware dependent layer
snd_seq_midiAdvanced Linux Sound Architecture sequencer MIDI synth.
snd_rawmidiMidlevel RawMidi code for ALSA.
snd_seq_midi_eventMIDI byte <-> sequencer event coder
uvcvideoUSB Video Class driver
snd_seqAdvanced Linux Sound Architecture sequencer.
videodevDevice registrar for Video4Linux drivers v2
v4l1_compatv4l(1) compatibility layer for v4l2 drivers.
snd_timerALSA timer interface
snd_seq_deviceALSA sequencer device management
v4l2_compat_ioctl32
psmousePS/2 mouse driver
i2c_i801I801 SMBus driver
evdevInput driver event char devices
sndAdvanced Linux Sound Architecture driver for soundcards.
serio_rawRaw serio driver
nvidia
joydevJoystick device interfaces
pcspkrPC Speaker beeper driver
buttonACPI Button Driver
soundcoreCore sound module
snd_page_allocMemory allocator for ALSA system.
asus_atk0110
i2c_coreI2C-Bus main module
processorACPI Processor Driver
ext4Fourth Extended Filesystem
mbcacheMeta block cache (for extended attributes)
jbd2
crc16CRC16 calculations
btrfs
zlib_deflate
crc32cCRC32c (Castagnoli) calculations wrapper for lib/crc32c
libcrc32cCRC32c (Castagnoli) calculations
sgSCSI generic (sg) driver
sr_modSCSI cdrom (sr) driver
cdrom
ata_genericlow-level driver for generic ATA
pata_marvellSCSI low-level driver for Marvell ATA in legacy mode
usbhidUSB HID core driver
sd_modSCSI disk (sd) driver
hid
crc_t10difT10 DIF CRC calculation
uhci_hcdUSB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
firewire_ohciDriver for PCI OHCI IEEE1394 controllers
firewire_coreCore IEEE1394 transaction logic
ahciAHCI SATA low-level driver
crc_itu_tCRC ITU-T V.41 calculations
libataLibrary module for ATA devices
scsi_modSCSI core
ehci_hcdUSB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
atl1eAtheros 1000M Ethernet Network Driver
thermalACPI Thermal Zone Driver
thermal_sysGeneric thermal management sysfs support
usbcore
nls_base
Available Languages
en_GB.utf8English locale for Britain
Filesystems
Mounted File Systems
/dev/sda2/11.84 % (129.1 GiB of 146.5 GiB)
tmpfs/lib/init/rw0.00 % (3.9 GiB of 3.9 GiB)
udev/dev0.01 % (3.9 GiB of 3.9 GiB)
tmpfs/dev/shm0.19 % (3.9 GiB of 3.9 GiB)
/dev/sdd1/raid20.01 % (1862.8 GiB of 1863.0 GiB)
/dev/sdc1/raid119.66 % (1496.7 GiB of 1863.0 GiB)
/dev/sda1/boot15.82 % (166.2 MiB of 197.5 MiB)
/dev/sdb2/data10.73 % (105.2 GiB of 117.8 GiB)
Display
Display
Resolution4480x1080 pixels
VendorThe X.Org Foundation
Version1.7.7
Monitors
Monitor 01280x1024 pixels
Monitor 11920x1080 pixels
Monitor 21280x1024 pixels
Extensions
BIG-REQUESTS
DAMAGE
DPMS
DRI2
GLX
Generic Event Extension
MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
MIT-SHM
NV-CONTROL
NV-GLX
RECORD
RENDER
SECURITY
SHAPE
SYNC
X-Resource
XC-MISC
XFIXES
XFree86-DGA
XFree86-VidModeExtension
XINERAMA
XInputExtension
XKEYBOARD
XTEST
XVideo
OpenGL
VendorNVIDIA Corporation
RendererGeForce GTS 250/PCI/SSE2
Version3.3.0 NVIDIA 260.19.29
Direct RenderingYes
Environment Variables
Environment Variables
GDM_KEYBOARD_LAYOUTgb
GNOME_KEYRING_PID2016
XDG_SESSION_COOKIE3c57545fd9007fcac1f08fcd00001118-1295635419.51517-516507347
DESKTOP_SESSIONdefault
GTK_MODULEScanberra-gtk-module
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL/tmp/keyring-g1yFWe
WINDOWPATH7
GDM_LANGen_GB.utf8
PATH/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
DISPLAY:0.0
LANGen_GB.utf8
SHELL/bin/bash
GDMSESSIONdefault
XDG_DATA_DIRS/usr/share/gnome:/usr/share/gdm/:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/
SSH_AUTH_SOCK/tmp/keyring-g1yFWe/ssh
SSH_AGENT_PID2076
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESSunix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-nyiq2ddVzI,guid=ac1dee9c6d57b770299542740000078a
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_IDthis-is-deprecated
SESSION_MANAGERlocal/mint:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/2043,unix/mint:/tmp/.ICE-unix/2043

Devices

Processor
Processors
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6700 @ 2.66GHz1603.00MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6700 @ 2.66GHz1603.00MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6700 @ 2.66GHz1603.00MHz
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6700 @ 2.66GHz1603.00MHz
Memory
Memory
Total Memory8199900 kB
Free Memory6352796 kB
Buffers50488 kB
Cached1293736 kB
Cached Swap0 kB
Active679148 kB
Inactive1028632 kB
Active(anon)363972 kB
Inactive(anon)22932 kB
Active(file)315176 kB
Inactive(file)1005700 kB
Unevictable0 kB
Mlocked0 kB
Virtual Memory0 kB
Free Virtual Memory0 kB
Dirty60 kB
Writeback0 kB
AnonPages363548 kB
Mapped119352 kB
Shmem23356 kB
Slab57616 kB
SReclaimable39004 kB
SUnreclaim18612 kB
KernelStack2528 kB
PageTables25596 kB
NFS_Unstable0 kB
Bounce0 kB
WritebackTmp0 kB
CommitLimit4099948 kB
Committed_AS1539508 kB
VmallocTotal34359738367 kB
VmallocUsed355380 kB
VmallocChunk34359366140 kB
HardwareCorrupted0 kB
HugePages_Total0
HugePages_Free0
HugePages_Rsvd0
HugePages_Surp0
Hugepagesize2048 kB
DirectMap4k337344 kB
DirectMap2M8050688 kB
PCI Devices
PCI Devices
Host bridgeIntel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller
PCI bridgeIntel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port
PCI bridgeIntel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port
USB ControllerIntel Corporation 82801JI
USB ControllerIntel Corporation 82801JI
USB ControllerIntel Corporation 82801JI
USB ControllerIntel Corporation 82801JI
Audio deviceIntel Corporation 82801JI
PCI bridgeIntel Corporation 82801JI
PCI bridgeIntel Corporation 82801JI
PCI bridgeIntel Corporation 82801JI
USB ControllerIntel Corporation 82801JI
USB ControllerIntel Corporation 82801JI
USB ControllerIntel Corporation 82801JI
USB ControllerIntel Corporation 82801JI
PCI bridgeIntel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge
ISA bridgeIntel Corporation 82801JIR
SATA controllerIntel Corporation 82801JI
SMBusIntel Corporation 82801JI
VGA compatible controllernVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce GTS 250]
VGA compatible controllernVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 8400 GS]
Ethernet controllerAtheros Communications AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet
IDE interfaceMarvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II Controller
FireWire (IEEE 1394)Agere Systems FW322/323

Printers
Printers (CUPS)
Deskjet-F2200-seriesDefault
Print_to_PDF

Sensors
Cooling Fans
Temperatures
temp137.00°C
temp137.00°C
temp137.00°C
temp137.00°C
Voltage Values
Input Devices
Input Devices
Macintosh mouse button emulation
Microsoft Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse® 1.00
Wireless Keyboard/Mouse
Wireless Keyboard/Mouse
Power Button
Power Button
PC Speaker
UVC Camera (046d:0802)
HDA Digital PCBeep

DMI
BIOS
Date02/23/2009
VendorAmerican Megatrends Inc. (www.ami.com)
Version2102
Board
NameP5Q-PRO
VendorASUSTeK Computer INC. (SEAGATE, www.seagate.com)
Resources
I/O Ports
0000-001f dma1
0020-0021 pic1
0040-0043 timer0
0050-0053 timer1
0060-0060 keyboard
0064-0064 keyboard
0070-0071 rtc0
0080-008f dma page reg
00a0-00a1 pic2
00c0-00df dma2
00f0-00ff fpu
0290-029f pnp 00:06
03c0-03df vga+
03f8-03ff serial
0400-041f Intel Corporation 82801JI
04d0-04d1 pnp 00:07
0500-053f Intel Corporation 82801JIR
0800-087f Intel Corporation 82801JIR
0800-087f pnp 00:07
0800-0803 ACPI PM1a_EVT_BLK
0804-0805 ACPI PM1a_CNT_BLK
0808-080b ACPI PM_TMR
0810-0815 ACPI CPU throttle
0820-082f ACPI GPE0_BLK
0850-0850 ACPI PM2_CNT_BLK
0cf8-0cff PCI conf1
1000-1fff PCI Bus 0000:05
9400-941f Intel Corporation 82801JI
9400-941f AHCI SATA low-level driver
9480-9483 Intel Corporation 82801JI
9480-9483 AHCI SATA low-level driver
9800-9807 Intel Corporation 82801JI
9800-9807 AHCI SATA low-level driver
9880-9883 Intel Corporation 82801JI
9880-9883 AHCI SATA low-level driver
9c00-9c07 Intel Corporation 82801JI
9c00-9c07 AHCI SATA low-level driver
a080-a09f Intel Corporation 82801JI
a080-a09f USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
a400-a41f Intel Corporation 82801JI
a400-a41f USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
a480-a49f Intel Corporation 82801JI
a480-a49f USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
a800-a81f Intel Corporation 82801JI
a800-a81f USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
a880-a89f Intel Corporation 82801JI
a880-a89f USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
ac00-ac1f Intel Corporation 82801JI
ac00-ac1f USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
b000-bfff PCI Bus 0000:01
bc00-bc7f nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce GTS 250]
c000-cfff PCI Bus 0000:02
cc00-cc7f nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 8400 GS]
d000-dfff PCI Bus 0000:03
dc00-dc7f Atheros Communications AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet
dc00-dc7f ATL1E
e000-efff PCI Bus 0000:04
e400-e40f Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II Controller
e400-e40f SCSI low-level driver for Marvell ATA in legacy mode
e480-e483 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II Controller
e480-e483 SCSI low-level driver for Marvell ATA in legacy mode
e800-e807 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II Controller
e800-e807 SCSI low-level driver for Marvell ATA in legacy mode
e880-e883 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II Controller
e880-e883 SCSI low-level driver for Marvell ATA in legacy mode
ec00-ec07 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II Controller
ec00-ec07 SCSI low-level driver for Marvell ATA in legacy mode
Memory
00000000-0000ffff reserved
00010000-0009cbff System RAM
0009cc00-0009ffff reserved
000c0000-000cffff pnp 00:0e
000e4000-000fffff reserved
00100000-bff6ffff System RAM
01000000-01301cb4 Kernel code
01301cb5-014dae6f Kernel data
01579000-0168a413 Kernel bss
bff70000-bff7dfff ACPI Tables
bff7e000-bffcffff ACPI Non-volatile Storage
bffd0000-bfffffff reserved
c0000000-cfffffff PCI Bus 0000:01
c0000000-cfffffff nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce GTS 250]
d0000000-dfffffff PCI Bus 0000:02
d0000000-dfffffff nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 8400 GS]
e0000000-efffffff PCI MMCONFIG 0 [00-ff]
e0000000-efffffff pnp 00:0d
f0000000-f03fffff PCI Bus 0000:05
f0400000-f05fffff PCI Bus 0000:04
f0600000-f07fffff PCI Bus 0000:03
f4f00000-f4ffffff PCI Bus 0000:05
f5ff8000-f5ffbfff Intel Corporation 82801JI
f5ff8000-f5ffbfff ICH HD audio
f5ffe800-f5ffefff Intel Corporation 82801JI
f5ffe800-f5ffefff AHCI SATA low-level driver
f5fff400-f5fff4ff Intel Corporation 82801JI
f5fff800-f5fffbff Intel Corporation 82801JI
f5fff800-f5fffbff USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
f5fffc00-f5ffffff Intel Corporation 82801JI
f5fffc00-f5ffffff USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
f6000000-f9ffffff PCI Bus 0000:01
f6000000-f7ffffff nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce GTS 250]
f8fe0000-f8ffffff nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce GTS 250]
f9000000-f9ffffff nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce GTS 250]
f9000000-f9ffffff nvidia
fa000000-fe8fffff PCI Bus 0000:02
fa000000-fbffffff nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 8400 GS]
fd000000-fdffffff nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 8400 GS]
fd000000-fdffffff nvidia
fe8e0000-fe8fffff nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 8400 GS]
fe900000-fe9fffff PCI Bus 0000:03
fe9c0000-fe9fffff Atheros Communications AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet
fe9c0000-fe9fffff ATL1E
fea00000-feafffff PCI Bus 0000:04
feaffc00-feafffff Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II Controller
feb00000-febfffff PCI Bus 0000:06
febff000-febfffff Agere Systems FW322/323
febff000-febfffff Driver for PCI OHCI IEEE1394 controllers
fec00000-fec00fff IOAPIC 0
fed00000-fed003ff HPET 0
fed08000-fed08fff pnp 00:07
fed14000-fed19fff pnp 00:01
fed1c000-fed1ffff pnp 00:07
fed20000-fed3ffff pnp 00:07
fed50000-fed8ffff pnp 00:07
fee00000-fee00fff Local APIC
fee00000-fee00fff reserved
fee00000-fee00fff pnp 00:0c
ffc00000-ffefffff pnp 00:0a
fff00000-ffffffff reserved
100000000-23fffffff System RAM
DMA
4cascade

Benchmarks

CPU Blowfish
CPU Blowfish
This Machine1603 MHz3.214
Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.50GHz(null)26.1876862
PowerPC 740/750 (280.00MHz)(null)172.816713
CPU CryptoHash
CPU CryptoHash
This Machine1603 MHz341.274
CPU Fibonacci
CPU Fibonacci
This Machine1603 MHz3.556
Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.50GHz(null)8.1375674
PowerPC 740/750 (280.00MHz)(null)58.07682
CPU N-Queens
CPU N-Queens
This Machine1603 MHz19.474
FPU FFT
FPU FFT
This Machine1603 MHz1.549
FPU Raytracing
FPU Raytracing
This Machine1603 MHz21.117
Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.50GHz(null)40.8816714
PowerPC 740/750 (280.00MHz)(null)161.312647