Fight the Good Fight with SmokePing
- Nov
- 11
- Posted by Shawn Powers
- Posted in Editors' Choice, networking, SysAdmin, Tech Tips
My Internet connection is unstable. I do realize ISPs generally claim
some downtime is expected, and service is not guaranteed, and countless
other excuses are common for intermittent service. I currently pay
$120/month for business-class service, however, and I expect to get
reliable Internet access on a regular basis. more>>
November 2013 Issue of Linux Journal: System Administration
- Nov
- 01
- Posted by Shawn Powers
- Posted in SysAdmin
September 2013 Issue of Linux Journal: HOW-TOs
- Sep
- 03
- Posted by Shawn Powers
- Posted in HOW-TOs, Linux Journal, SysAdmin, Web Development
Raspberry Strudel: My Raspberry Pi in Austria
- Aug
- 22
- Posted by Kyle Rankin
- Posted in Hosting, Raspberry Pi, Remote Management, SysAdmin
I remember my first colocated server rather fondly. It was a 1U Supermicro that had
been decommissioned from my employer after a few years’ service. Although it was too
old and slow for my company, the 800MHz CPU, 1GB RAM and 36GB SCSI storage was
perfect for my needs back in 2005. A friend was kind enough to allow me to colocate
the server at his facility for free. more>>
Raspberry Pi: the Perfect Home Server
- Jul
- 15
- Posted by Brian Trapp
- Posted in Raspberry Pi, SysAdmin
Ever since the announcement of the Raspberry Pi, sites all across the
Internet have offered lots of interesting and challenging uses for this
exciting device. Although all of those ideas are great, the most obvious
and perhaps least glamorous use for the Raspberry Pi (RPi) is creating
your perfect home server.
more>>
Dynamic DNS—an Object Lesson in Problem Solving
- May
- 21
- Posted by Shawn Powers
- Posted in DNS, HOW-TOs, SysAdmin
Fabric: a System Administrator’s Best Friend
- Apr
- 09
- Posted by Adrian Hannah
- Posted in Fabric, python, ssh, SysAdmin