How to measure file transfer times?
Greetings /r/linuxadmin,I am trying to find a way to measure the speed or throughput of file transfers. I am trying to compare the throughput of CIFS and NFS transfers but I can not find any way of...
View ArticleGood online course?
Hey guys?Could anyone recommend a good linux server online class? I've seen ads for www.linuxacademy.com , but it looks kind of suspicious. submitted by Onlythefinestwilldo [link][3 comments]
View ArticleWhat do you use for remote server consoles?
I've got a cage full of Linux servers in a co-location facility. I'd like to be able to interact with the consoles of those servers remotely (for example if the kernel panics, or ssh stops responding)....
View ArticleH-1B Limits Reached In Record 5 Days; Senate Proposes Massive Increase (in...
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View ArticleShould I patch my kernel?
Was talking about patching a machine today and one of my coworkers mentioned that the kernel shouldn't be patched as you have to create a new grub entry and it would take up a lot of space. Everything...
View ArticleHow to speed up package updates using apt-fast (Debian & Ubuntu)
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View ArticleCentralized, stupid, server statuses
I am working on deploying large numbers (hundreds) of systems (Ubuntu 12.04) automatically. Each of them goes through various phases while being brought up (eg: image start, network up, base...
View ArticleLinux server monitoring solution?
I'm a new sysadmin at a small business. I'm not unfamiliar with Linux, but I'm no pro. We have a Linux server that I would like to setup some kind of monitoring solution for. Perhaps similar to LogMeIn...
View ArticleUbuntu LTS Patch Mgmt?
Hello All,I recently joined a company that uses Ubuntu Server for the OS in their stack; I've come from mainly a EL background and used spacewalk to patch boxes before. I know spacewalk debian support...
View ArticleTrying to run a centOS web load balancer, how do I make my system download...
Hello,So here is my situation, I am trying to build a small web balancer for college, I have 3 boxes and I am going to install CentOS 5.6 on them.the problem is there is no internet on our lab, so I...
View ArticleMy Ubuntu server shut down gracefully this afternoon... for no reason that I...
Can't figure this one out, been an admin for a long time.The system did a graceful shutdown with no-one logged in, no shutdown command issued, no power button pressed, nothing unusual in munin system...
View ArticleConfused about messages in NTP log?
I think my SUSE NTP config isn't quite right. I get the following constantly in my log but I am unclear as to why it's syncing to itself. Can anyone explain why and if it's needed? Thanks!25 Apr...
View Article13 Reasons to deploy with Ubuntu Server
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View ArticlePostfix/Amavis Mail Server with virtual users - can I move spam to IMAP...
Hi there,As a complete mail noob, I've set up a simple mail server which uses Postfix, virtual mail users, IMAP, SASL, Amavis/ClamAv/SpamAssassin. So far the setup works great - a few hiccups along the...
View ArticleCentOS 6.4 HTTPD VirtualHosts
When I access the server via the internal IP, I can get it to pull up the index page. But when I try to access it via my domain name, or my public IP (my router is forwarding all requests on port 80 to...
View ArticleIs there a web front end for arbitrary RRD files?
Hey /r/linuxadmin,I am creating RRD files with standalone software and I am looking for a web front end to help manage them. Some features I am looking for are graph creation, (pick colors, durations,...
View ArticleHow to build Linux ha resources for xen to enable vm based fail over?
Hey everyone, I'm trying to setup a 2 host highly available xen cluster using lvm backed by iscsi on a third host, I've gotten manual migrations working perfectly and I have heartbeat setup and seeing...
View Articleimporting database into mysql master-slave
i've tried to google for this but coming up with various answers. Does anyone know if you have to stop replication if your importing new database from sql file? One of my dev's is saying that you have...
View ArticleLearning Linux and Scripting for a Networking person
Like the title says, I'm a networking person. In school I learned basic programming in Java, Php, c#, and VB. I also learned the basics of Linux. The problem is since leaving school I have not had to...
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