A framework for database connection pooling, a technique to help database-intensive applications scale and run faster by sharing database connections.
SourceLabs includes DBCP in its Self Support Suite for Linux and Open Source Java
A LInux utility for getting information (including performance) about hard drives and changing there configuration.
The following options are allowed:
-d: enables/disables DMA transfers.
-X: fine tuning for the DMA transfers.
-A: for look ahead when reading disk blocks.
-c: enable IDE 32 bit support.
-C: very important for laptops (power management features)