oVirt Virtualization Cluster – UPS with LiFePO4 Batteries and Automatic Shutdown

Preface

We had oVirt virtualization cluster runnning for quite a while (on HP ProLiant hardware), and it (along with 2 other servers) was powered with APC SmartUPS 3000 with additional battery pack. Some time ago I noticed that battery level indicator was never 100% at UPS (while 100% at add-on battery pack). APC software indicated . . . → Read More: oVirt Virtualization Cluster – UPS with LiFePO4 Batteries and Automatic Shutdown

RAID L1/5/10 Benchmarks for oVirt/KVM Virtualization Servers

Preface

One day we finally decide to install a virtualization cluster. Although we had just several Linux and 2 Windows servers, managing all that staff scattered across different boxes becomes too cumbersome and time consuming, so move and run them under KVM (kernel virtual machine) on 2 physical servers was a logical solution. . . . → Read More: RAID L1/5/10 Benchmarks for oVirt/KVM Virtualization Servers

Revitalization of the Old Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 11 Laptop

Preface

I have an old laptop – Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 11, manufactured between 2011-2013, which I use about 6 weeks in a year. With recent OS it becomes a slowpoke, even with 500GB 7200RPM hard drive. so I run into dilemma – what to do next, replace or upgrade. Basically laptop is very . . . → Read More: Revitalization of the Old Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 11 Laptop

Linux Tips & Tricks

[2025-11-01] FreeCAD Realthunder Link Branch AppImage Launch Failure on SuSE 16.0 Linux

There is experimental branch of FreeCAD (stable and beta) with new features not available in the main branch. Recently I encountered AppImage launch failure problem:

an@linp:~> /home/andrei/bin/FreeCAD-Link-Tip-Linux-x86_64-py3.11-20251015.AppImage /tmp/.mount_FreeCAAkDGJL FreeCAD 0.22.0, Libs: 2025.1020.0devR14555 (Git shallow) Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. #0 /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x41090) [0x7fab2dc47090] . . . → Read More: Linux Tips & Tricks