Open Systems
Per Wikipedia, “Open Systems are computer systems that provide some combination of interoperability, portability, and open software standards. (It can also refer to specific installations that are configured to allow unrestricted access by people and/or other computers; this article does not discuss that meaning).” On these pages, these are articles that relate to Open Systems and Data Storage, particularly encompassing UNIX and Linux.
Introduction
My hardware experience is predominantly on SPARC and Intel hardware platforms though I’ve had light experience with PA-RISC and HP’s Power chipset. My greatest accomplishment here was to provide a configuration framework that provided consistency in a shared filesystem that had the same look and feel across platforms but managed executable binaries per platform. The user profile also played into this framework in that platform oddities were compensated in the enterprise-wide shared profile but featured the ability for the end user to customize their environment.
My practical OS experience is on Solaris (1.4.x to 2.10) and Linux/Redhat (Enterprise 3 through 6 (professionally), Fedora Core through current (at the moment - Fedora 33) at home. On the Linux front, I’ve used at various times other distros such as Ubuntu, SuSE, Linux Mint, Linux Cinnamon.
I have recently worked with Raspberry Pi as a mini server to see how viable that platform is for the comparitively cheap price fulfilling low performing system needs.
When I was in junior high, all the students were given some sort of IQ test. The counselor told me that my results indicated that I was a 3 dimensional thinker. That certainly flattered me. To work with any type of architecture, requires 3 dimensional thinking. I enjoy most doing architectural work. To design various interelated components, both hardware and software, to work together to service a client community is akin to a conductor directing an orchestra. This section contains articles on various subjects related to computing architecture.
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