July solar generation

New totals!
8097 watts max
8.04mwh generated for a total of 1080 for this month.

solaris partitioning and some random info

The network management ports on solaris servers are usually 100mb full connections.

The network management gui is quite useful for updating the ILOM/bios/firmware and is a good place to find the serial number.

As of Solaris 10 U8 10/09 the partitioning I'm using is:
12gb /
12gb /var
256 mb for metadata slice
and then I put everthing else in the /opt slice because that's where I store my localzones and downloads.
I set up swap equal to twice the memory installed

The solaris default install that comes on the hardware is set up with very little swap and about the same / as I set up, but nothing set aside for /var or /opt. They leave a good deal of space unallocated though so it's always easy to add more partitions.

Using the install option of turning off network services really helps lock down a new solaris server. I've found that to be quite useful.

New SCiB battery is really impressive.

http://www.scib.jp/en/

They claim 6000+ cycles without harm and 90% recharge in 5 minutes.
Nominal Voltage 12V
Nominal Capacity 4.0Ah
Max. Charging Current 8.4A
Max. Discharging Current 8.0A (continuous)
25A (within0.3s)
Size Approx. 145 x 109 x 48mm
Weight Approx. 1.0kg

Damn...that's impressive.

New lower 1BOG solar prices!

1BoG has negotiated new even lower discounts for solar installations in Denver. 15% lower than the the price I paid last year. That is too awesome, although I certainly wish I could get that deal retroactively.

Or at least get a monitor for my system.

Power bill.

My power bill for June was $19.22. I used 0 electricity and 0 gas. That's $19.22 just for being connected to their service and the idiotic fees they charge.

I think I can live with $20 power bills for 6 months out of the year.