Greg Burd gburd

If you prefer VirtualBox or aren't running OS X, here are some instructions and a script to help you get started with SmartOS under VirtualBox. If you use VirtualBox, skip the first section and read the section on how to get the Node.js SmartMachine up and running.

Running SmartOS under vmware Fusion

Start by downloading the latest live image
When you run the new VM wizard, select "Continue without disk" on the first screen of the wizard.
Select Sun Solaris / Solaris 10 64-bit on the next screen.
You're going to get dumped to a config screen when the live image starts up, choose DHCP for the networking and defaults for everything else.
Pretty much the first thing you're going to want to do is figure out how to SSH into the box once it boots and creates its storage pools, because trying to do stuff in the virtual console is miserable. There's no cut and paste

This gist has been moved to https://gist.github.com/3375528

(Github had some wonkiness and I couldn't update the gist files)

	-module(bench).

	-export([run_suite/3, run/1]).

	run_suite(Name, Passes, Messages) ->
	Results = run_suite1(Passes, Messages, []),
	Avg = lists:sum(Results) / Passes,
	StdDev = math:sqrt(lists:sum([math:pow(X - Avg, 2) \|\| X <- Results]) / Passes),
	Summary = [{avg, Avg}, {stddev, StdDev}, {min, lists:min(Results)},
	{max, lists:max(Results)}],

	#!/bin/bash

	# Get temp dir
	tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)

	# Generate test
	cat > ${tmpdir}/ListenToSignal.java <<EOF
	import sun.misc.Signal;
	import sun.misc.SignalHandler;
	public class ListenToSignal {

	Latency Comparison Numbers Time Light Distance Approximate Light Distance
	-------------------------- ---- -------------- --------------------------
	L1 cache reference 0.5 ns 0.15 m Diagonal across your smartphone
	Branch mispredict 5 ns 1.5 m Height of Natalie Portman
	L2 cache reference 7 ns 2.1 m Height of Shaq
	Mutex lock/unlock 25 ns 7.5 m Height of a school flag pole
	Main memory reference 100 ns 30 m Half a Manhattan city block (North/South)
	Compress 1K bytes with Zippy 3,000 ns 900 m Width of Central Park
	Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network 10,000 ns 3,000 m Width of Manhattan
	Read 4K randomly from SSD* 150,000 ns 45,000 m NYC to Hempstead on Long Island

	;; based on core.logic 0.8-alpha2 or core.logic master branch

	(ns sudoku
	(:refer-clojure :exclude [==])
	(:use clojure.core.logic))

	(defn get-square [rows x y]
	(for [x (range x (+ x 3))
	y (range y (+ y 3))]
	(get-in rows [x y])))

	# 1. Install from NetInst CD, via Ethernet, minimal set of packages, use syslinux boot loader!

	# 2. Initialize Pacman, hit random keys during init
	pacman-key --init
	pacman-key --populate archlinux

	# 3. Install X and Awesome WM
	pacman -Sy xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-utils xorg-server-utils xterm awesome xf86-video-vesa

	# 4. Install nvidia drivers

	#!/bin/bash
	# A simple script to backup an organization's GitHub repositories.

	#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	# NOTES:
	#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	# * User @jimklimov (and probably some others called out in the long comment
	# thread below) have modified this script to make it more robust and keep
	# up with various changes in the GitHub API and response format at:
	# https://github.com/jimklimov/github-scripts

	#!/bin/sh
	# Configuration file for my roaming profile. Disables external monitors.

	xrandr --output HDMI1 --off

	Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
	----------------------------------
	L1 cache reference 0.5 ns
	Branch mispredict 5 ns
	L2 cache reference 7 ns 14x L1 cache
	Mutex lock/unlock 25 ns
	Main memory reference 100 ns 20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
	Compress 1K bytes with Zippy 3,000 ns 3 us
	Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network 10,000 ns 10 us
	Read 4K randomly from SSD* 150,000 ns 150 us ~1GB/sec SSD