Kernel

Ceph: The Distributed File System Creature from the Object Lagoon | Linux Magazine

http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7744/1.html detailed article about CEPTH – [client] parts of Cepth were recently accepted into the mainline linux kernel

[ENG ]Xen vs. KVM security architecture comparison [from forum.opennet.ru - "Qubes - новая безопасная операционная система на базе Linux ..."]

http://www.opennet.ru/openforum/vsluhforumID3/65661.html#23 Notes (exert) from Joanna Rutkowska recent paper comparing KVN and XEN architectures from security and design standpoint

ArchitectNotes – Varnish [what's wrong with caching things in memory]

http://varnish-cache.org/wiki/ArchitectNotes excellent notes about app design, and what can happen if an app tries to implement its own memory management

ipt_NETFLOW - Форумы NAG.RU

http://forum.nag.ru/forum/index.php?s=8b3a4967a6e80673cbe5518c91520d10&showtopic=53979&pid=482449&st=20&#entry482449 pieces of info about how to compile and use ipt_netflow kernel module on centos 5

Red Hat Knowledgebase: How can I make Network interface names persistent accross reboots in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5?

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-17338 writing udev rules for ethernet inteffaces

Slides from Linux Kernel Networking Miniconf 2009 [Index of /netconf2009_slides]

http://vger.kernel.org/netconf2009_slides/ Notes performance of the recent linux kernels on Nehalem hadrware, linux kernel bridges, DCCP protocol, visualization (cgroups), configuration protocol, etc.

CCIE in 3 months - Is it possible?: Get your hands dirty with Linux on an ASR1000

http://ccie-in-3-months.blogspot.com/2010/02/get-your-hands-dirty-with-linux-on.html internal details about Cisco ASR1000 “platform” router, including hardware details (/proc/cpuinfo, dmesg)

[What linux file system does google use?] Answer: [Jfs-discussion] benchmark results

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.btrfs/4311/focus=4342 Currently ext2, will move to ext4 . Read the discussion for more info

CFQ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFQ notes about Linux IO Scheduler - CFQ [Completely Fair Queue] . Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noop_scheduler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticipatory_scheduling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadline_scheduler

btrfs Wiki

http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page BTRFS is a new ZFS-like linux file system, it is present in the recent kernels with “experimental” status.