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Apache 2.4: The Major Enhancements
It’s the first major Apache web server update since the 2.2 release in 2005. A key focus in the 2.4 release is improved performance which is delivered by way of multiple innovations.
Filed in: Reviews
MySQL: How Triggers act in Replication
Supposed you have a table that being updated by MySQL triggers and the DB is a master of replication, how do the triggers act in the environment? Here we might have a list of questions:
Q1, Will the definition sql of the triggers be replicated?
Q2, Will the data manipulation sqls triggered by triggers [...]
Filed in: Databases
Configure CISCO VPN client on Ubuntu
If you have ever tried the official Cisco VPN client, you might have known that it has a few major flaws and is not a good choice for you daily work. The solution came in the form of Maurice Massar’s vpnc – a relatively little-known and fairly unassuming application which does exactly as [...]
Filed in: Applications
In Memoriam: 17 Tech Pioneers Who Died in 2011
Along with Steve Jobs and Dennis Ritchie, 2011 marked the passing of many computer visionaries and technology pioneers.
The computing industry came of age in the 1950s, and many of the individuals who laid the groundwork for modern computing, smart electronics and the Internet are now in their 80s.
Filed in: Reviews
Resize root partition for a running EBS EC2 Instance
Posted by joseph on December 24, 2011 · 2 Comments
As long as you are all right with a little downtime of the EC2 instance (in a few minutes), it is possible to extend the root partition on a running EBS boot EC2 instance, without needing to start a new instance.
Filed in: System Tuning
vmtouch: File system cache diagnostics and control
From the topic above, you may have remembered one of our former post “what data is cached by operation system“. This is a similar tool as Fincore, but it’s more powerful. It’s written in C and supports UNIX and unix-like systems.
Filed in: System Tuning
Lucene and Solr 3.5 Released
The Lucene project management committee has announced the availability of Apache Lucene 3.5.0 and Apache Solr 3.5.0. Lucene is a high-performance, full-featured text search library. Solr is a standalone search server that uses Lucene at its core for indexing and search.
Filed in: Reviews
GSLB: How DNS-based one works
GSLB is short for Global Server Load Balancing, and is a tried and tested way of improving the availability and speed of Internet-based services. GSLB enables distribution of traffic across multiple sites, manages disaster recovery, and ensures that applications are consistently accessible.
Filed in: Networking
Check Virtualization type for a running Linux
Are you running VPS as a hosting solution? And do you want to know what kind of virtualization is it running on? Is it OpenVZ, V-server, Xen or UML, and how can I confirm this?
Filed in: Virtualization
Nagios: Disable notifications from command line
With the commands below, Nagios can be controlled in command line mode. It’s helpful for your automation work.
To disable notifications
Filed in: Reviews
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