I’ve been looking a lot at the Asus EEE and I’m quite convinced that I will get myself one for Christmas this year. It is really small enough to carry around everywhere and since it is based on x86 you can basically run any operating system you like on it. If you use google a […]
Linuxhaxor has a list of some very basic security tips for Linux but they are mostly applicable to all platforms. They are indeed basic but I’ve seen many places where people do not care about these.
Here are a few sysadmin related links:
There is a new Ruby and sysadmin related book available, Practical Ruby for System Administration. The last few years Ruby has really sailed up as a good alternative to Perl and Python. Personally I must say I prefer Python over Perl but with all the hype around Ruby I […]
Esoteric Curio has a great article about PostgreSQL and ZFS.
However, I’m impatient. So, I’m going to make it work myself. Using the power of ZFS, I’m going to snap my PITR slave and clone it into a “disposable” “point-in-time” copy. This is really useful for running heavy reports.
