A common misconception is that TCP guarantees delivery of the data. What TCP actually guarantees is that it will deliver the data to the receiving host’s TCP stack or report an error to the sending application. Unfortunately, the error report does not indicate how much data was actually delivered. There is also a significant difference [...]

The stcp_statistics package has been updated to correct a problem.

The ftScalable Storage Array is a modern, RAID-based disk storage subsystem used by the Stratus VOS/OpenVOS, Windows, Linux, and VMware product lines. It is highly-configurable with a daunting array of options. If you want to optimize the performance of your ftScalable Storage Array to maximize throughput and minimize latency, read on to learn some simple guidelines. While this post is aimed at VOS customers, most of the information is applicable to all operating systems.

Your application just detected a critical condition, you can write a message to an application log or even the syserr_log but how do you notify someone right now that the application needs attention? The obvious answer to send an E-mail or SMS message to someone or maybe several someones BUT OpenVOS does not have any [...]