Fight the Good Fight with SmokePing
- Nov
- 11
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>>
How’d Ya Do That?Raspberry Strudel: My Raspberry Pi in Austria
- Aug
- 22
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
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>>
Home, My Backup Data Center
- May
- 13
How to Deploy A Server
- Mar
- 26
When I write my column, I try to stick to specific hacks or tips you can
use to make life with Linux a little easier. Usually, I describe with pretty
specific detail how to accomplish a particular task including command-line
and configuration file examples. This time, however, I take a
step off this tried-and-true path of tech tips and instead talk about
more-general, high-level concepts, strategies and, frankly, personal opinions
about systems administration.
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Troubleshooting with Telnet
- Mar
- 01
Poor telnet, it used to be the cool kid on the block. It was the program all
sysadmins turned to when they needed to connect to a remote server. Telnet
just wasn’t that good at keeping a secret—all communication went over plain
text—so administrators started switching to SSH for encrypted remote shell
sessions. more>>