Syndicated from a previously public website – Raju Alluri’s public posts at Sun Microsystems
Just a quick log of certain things I have done previous weekend
- Helped installation of Solaris 10 at my engineering college (S.R.K.R.)
- Delivered a short lecture on DTrace and Zones. Students seem to be very interested in the real life usages of these features
- Some quick facts about the OpenSolaris initiative and how it helps students
BTW, I was very impressed by the kind of questions students asked, when I introduced the features like DTrace and Zones. Just a sample:
- Tell me the performance hit on the system when I partition it into multiple zones
- How can I use the DTrace feature on multiple, yet related processes
- How long does it take to boot a zone
These are 3rd year engineering students, just completing their operating systems course. I am impressed by the curiosity in their questions.
Eyes might have widened when I talk about the performance numbers of the DTrace and Zones. It is always a good feeling answering such questions with pride!