In most critical production servers, you will be using either RAID 5 or RAID 10. However there are several non-standard raids, which are not used except in some rare situations. It is good to know what they are. This article explains with a simple diagram how RAID 2, RAID 3, RAID 4, and RAID 6 [...]
Ramesh Natarajan
I’m happy to announce the updated 2nd Edition of my free eBook — Linux 101 Hacks. There are total of 101 hacks in this book that will help you build a strong foundation in Linux. All the hacks in this book are explained with appropriate Linux command examples that are easy to follow. In the [...]
This article is part of our on-going performance monitoring series of articles. In this article, let us focus on how to monitor network traffic and log them for later analysis using vnstat utility. vnstat is a command line utility that displays and logs network traffic of the interfaces on your systems. This depends on the [...]
Learning and exploring Linux and open source technologies requires lot of free time in hand. The best way to get free time is to eliminate unnecessary things from your life, and try to organize your life. Even if you adapt handful of ideas from this list, you’ve taken a huge step towards organizing your life [...]
How important is it for you not to lose your critical documents, pictures and videos of your kids because of a hard disk failure? If it is important, stop using the single disk external hard drive. If you are using a single disk external hard-drive, it is just a matter of time before you lose [...]
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OpenOffice works on both Linux and Windows. On Ubuntu, OpenOffice is the default office suite. On Windows, instead of spending money on Microsoft Office, download and use Openoffice. OpenOffice Calc offers pretty much most of the functionalities that are in Microsoft Excel. The following is the list of some Openoffice calc spreadsheet tips and tricks. [...]
One of the typical configuration activities you’ll perform on a Cisco Switch is to manipulate VLANs. VLAN stands for Virtual Local Area Network. In one physical cisco switch, you can create multiple VLANs that connects to different network. For example, a VLAN for 10.10.191.0 network, a VLAN for 10.10.192.0 network, and a VLAN for 10.10.193.0 [...]