06.09.04
Linux
system backup for Windows network admins
What you do to back up your computers depends on the value of your
data and how far you're willing to go. You can hold users responsible
for their own backups. Alternatively, you can create and store backups
on floppy disks, CDs, tape drives, and so on. You can back up part
or all of the data, even in real time.
This article is excerpted from the recently published book Linux Transfer
for Windows Network Admins.
You can configure a Redundant Array of Independent or Inexpensive
Disks (RAID) to help you protect your data in real time. You can store
important data on portable, writable media such as floppy disks and
writable CDs. You can create and store backup data on remote computers
on your network. You can even store the computers or portable media
in remote physical locations.
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Accel
plans to grab major chunk of Linux business
Chennai, June 8. (PTI) Accel ICIM Systems & Services Ltd today said
it was gearing up to capture a major share of business arising from
companies converting their software systems to Linux operating systems.
"India is becoming aggressively adopting Linux systems and Accel
ICIM plans to be ahead in capturing the wave of Linux adoption in
the country," said S V Sriram, its president and COO, addressing a
news conference here.
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Intel,
IBM Make Workstation Push with Linux Laptop
For years, true workstation users—folks tied at the hip to Unix—really
didn't have an acceptable mobile solution.
They had the option of buying huge, luggable products from companies
such as Dolch. In weight and size, they were more like the original
suitcase class of portable computers of the late '80s, but regular
laptops were simply too underpowered for their use.
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CPU-based
security for Win XP, Red Hat Linux coming
Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 2 and the next version of Red
Hat's Enterprise Linux 3 will support new CPU-based security protections
designed to stop incoming malicious executable code from being triggered.
The improved security feature has been included in 64-bit CPUs from
Advanced Micro Devices since last year, but operating system makers
haven't yet built support for the technology into their code, says
Jeff Lowe, desktop marketing manager at Sunnyvale, California-based
AMD. That will change when Windows XP SP2 is released later this year
and when Red Hat's new enterprise Linux OS ships in August.
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Database
developers and administrators gain tool for Linux enterprises
Database tool vendor AquaFold today announced the availability of
its latest version of Aqua Data Studio. The software gives database
administrators a single interface to all major relational databases
and allows them to service heterogeneous database environments, a
growing concern for database developers and administrators managing
enterprise systems today.
"AquaFold's customer base is about 10 - 15 percent Linux," says
president Niels Gron. He adds, "We enable companies to migrate among
operating systems on their own terms -- database administrators can
use our tool across all platforms and move a department or group of
departments to Linux, using a single common interface."
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Rob
Enderle On Mac vs. Linux
It's time to fire up the old Enderle Crusher. Rob Enderle, fresh from
being humiliated in our heads-up debate, has penned a new piece concerning
Apple. Titled "Linux vs. Apple: An Uncomfortable Battle," Mr. Enderle's
goal is to look at how and why Apple and Linux are competing with
each other in today's market. The problem, as usual, is that many
of his premises are wrong. For instance, he makes a big point of saying
that Apple's software sales subsidize the company's hardware.
Both Red Hat and Novell are sending messages that they are designing
new user interfaces based on the Mac OS. While their stated target
is Microsoft, the collateral damage from the developments, much like
it was with Sun, will probably be Apple. Apple has been subsidizing
its relatively expensive hardware with software, so the cost disadvantage
that Sun enjoyed would seem to be dramatically less for Apple. But
that might not be the case. While much is said about the success of
the Mac OS X , the speculation remains that the majority of Apple's
installed base has stayed with its older hardware and has not migrated
to the new operating system.
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