Dec 07 2011
Merge Files in DOS
You can easily concatenate ascii or binary files with the Windows command prompt using COPY: COPY /A file1.txt+file2.txt dest.txt COPY /B file1.bin+file2.bin dest.bin Where dest is the destination filename
Archive for the tag 'Windows'
Feb 23 2011
MSA 2012i SAN Performance Windows vs Linux
I’ve noticed backups are getting slower and slower over time going from 500 to 2500MB/min throughput. I run backups on 2 dedicated RAID0 disks hosted on a iSCSI MSA array first, and duplicate them on tapes. Since I want to use the same array for a new database project, I want to measure and tune [...]
Jan 16 2011
DFS Replication, Watch out!
Based on advice from a Microsoft techie, I decided to set up DFS (Distributed File System) on a few remote sites about a year ago. Sceptical at first, The rpoduct is so disappointing that I decided to warn people who haven’t made their mind up. Here are 6 good reasons NOT to use DFS: [...]