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web hosting and virtual server blogHow to configure CentOS 5 to allow Plesk Sitebuilder to publish

Posted On: 15th February 2012 under linux

After choosing to adopt Parallels Plesk Sitebuilder for our customers we were required to modify our servers slightly in order for the publishing part of sitebuilder to work.

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web hosting and virtual server blogMySQL Master Master Replication

Posted On: 8th February 2012 under linux

MySQL master master replication is a great way to replicate your database on 2 different load balanced or active/standby servers. This is a great solution for high availability databases.

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web hosting and virtual server blogHow to monitor the current load of an APC 7900

Posted On: 21st December 2011 under linux

Power is now one of the biggest expenses inside the data centre and keeping an eye on your usage is always a good idea.

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web hosting and virtual server blogHow to monitor your switch with mrtg

Posted On: 19th December 2011 under linux

When you have several servers its quite often handy to have an idea about the level of bandwidth each one is using. This can easily be done by monitoring your swicth using MRTG and SNMP.

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web hosting and virtual server blogRemount in read/write mode

Posted On: 8th December 2011 under linux

So you messed up /etc/fstab and now the system wont boot. Instead you get dropped to that dreaded shell, and to make matters worse the system is read only so you can’t edit your filesystem.

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web hosting and virtual server blogFolders with 777 permissions

Posted On: 8th December 2011 under linux

Folders with 777 permissions can pose a security risk. As a sysadmin its good to know where these folders lie within your system.

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web hosting and virtual server blogMegaCLI Commands

Posted On: 8th December 2011 under linux

Here are some MegaCLI Commands I use to manage my Raid Card

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