Useful Links

Consensus Algorithms

• Paxos made simple - simple
• Raft - Understandable Distributed Consensus - nice visualisation

Solaris

• SMF manifest repository - Blastwave
• My Little SMF FAQ - name says it all
• Solaris Internals - ZFS, DTrace, performance, you name it. Excellent site and an excellent book
• DTrace Tools from Brendan Gregg
• PCA - Patch Check Advanced - sweet Solaris patching tool
• Blastwave - Software Stack for Solaris™ and OpenSolaris™
• OpenCSW - OpenCSW aims to produce an easy to use open source software distribution installable on top of Solaris and Solaris-based systems
• Filibeto.org - a lot of good Sun stuff including Sun System Handbook and mirror of Sun Documentation Center

Tools

• Shell Check - find bugs in your scripts
• Regex - debug regular expressions
• Securityheaders - analyze HTTP response headers