Siebel on Sun Solaris: More Performance with Less mprotect() Calls

By default each transaction in Siebel CRM application makes a large number of serialized mprotect() calls, which in turn may degrade the performance of Siebel. When the load is very high on Siebel enterprise servers, the mprotect() calls are serialized by the operating system kernel resulting in high number of context switches and low CPU utilization.If the application exhibits these pathological conditions, performance thus scalability of the application...

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My First Bug Report in Open Source Arena

.. is against Firefox.Complete bug report with reproducible steps is at:378847 – Preserve form and search history as soon as the data is enteredPerhaps I should fix it. It is the right time to start building the Firefox web browser on my own, I guess._____________Technorati Tags:Firefox | open source | opensource | ...

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Similarities between {Garfield, [Dilbert}, Seinfeld]

First, the fact: I'm a big fan of Jim Davis' comic strip, Garfield, Scott Adams' comic, Dilbert, and the sitcom Seinfeld.Garfield Vs DilbertRecently I've been reading Dilbert comic strips from mid 90s; and I couldn't help but notice some striking similarities in the way both Jon Arbuckle (Garfield's owner) and Dilbert (Dogbert's owner) crave to get a date or how they ruin their date, when they have one. There are similarities in the sarcastic comments...

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My Favorite Music VII

It's been exactly one year since I had my last post of this series, My Favorite Music VI. I guess it is the time for few more favorite songs. Click on the links to open up the videos in YouTube video player.2001: A Space Odyssey - Overture2001: A Space Odyssey - Blue DanubeAC/DC - Back In BlackAnita Ward - Ring My BellAnjali - Stinging SitarsBananarama - Cruel SummerBangles - Walk Like An EgyptianBee Gees - How Deep Is Your LoveBelinda Carlisle -...

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Solaris tip: Retrieving the package name for a file

Q: Given a file name {with absolute path}, how do we retrieve the package name which the file belongs to?There are at least two simple ways: Look into /var/sadm/install/contents file, or Run /usr/sbin/pkgchk with -l, -p as options and the absolute path as argumenteg.,To find out what package /usr/sbin/fcinfo belongs to:# grep /usr/sbin/fcinfo /var/sadm/install/contents | awk '{ print $10 }' | sort -uSUNWfcprt Or# pkgchk -l -p /usr/sbin/fcinfoPathname:...

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