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Computerworld: Dreamworks Gets Creative with Linux Logical Volume Management

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 18, 2003

[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]

“The rise of Linux at Dreamworks SKG is comparable to an
aspiring young actress getting her big chance when the aging star
breaks a leg at the last minute. Only in this case, a Sun Solaris
Ultra One server crashed, taking with it the animation studio’s
external Web site.

“At the time of the crash four years ago, technical support was
in a fix, because restoring the server and getting the site back
online was going to take several days, according to Rick Garcia, a
senior systems analyst at Dreamworks…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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