…have processed over 9.57 zebibyte (10^21=2^70) of data (9 570 000 000 000 000 000 000 bytes) accordingly to last research from few years ago. If all these zeros and ones were written in books a pile or rather tower … Continue reading →

When configuring network settings for an ubuntu server, you simply edit the /etc/network/interfaces with the correct information. If you make changes there, then you need to add the DNS manually, in the /etc/resolv.conf file. Nice and easy right? Canonical has … Continue reading →

Oracle’s decision to suspend test cases and bug history in MySQL could undermine the whole Open Source ecosystem as Enterprise users become wary of poorly supported applications. The issue stems back to a recent discovery that the latest MySQL release … Continue reading →

The Open Graph Protocol is a set of metadata declarations that enable your web pages to be better interpreted by Facebook and other social platforms. The full implementation can get quite indepth, depending on your content, and how you want … Continue reading →

ForLinux have recently been through and passed its third ISO re-assessment. But what does does this mean for the servers which we host? To start with we have the following in place which directly the effects the way we work … Continue reading →

If you are running a server its always a nice, and usually a good, idea to find out whats using your bandwidth to identify slowness or to find out who on your network is consuming the most. IFTOP Iftop is … Continue reading →

The importance of regularly backing up your data cannot be over emphasised or repeated often enough. Whilst all businesses are at risk from data loss, surveys continually indicate it’s the small businesses that are most at risk, with around 50% … Continue reading →

ssh keeps track of the systems it is connected to, and is able to tell you if a particular system has changed. It is a security feature – informing you about the change of a fingerprint of the system you … Continue reading →

1. View all emails in the mailqueue, with destination and mail ID exim -bp 2. If you have emails older than a day in the mail queue which don’t look like they’ll ever be delivered you can remove these; exiqgrep … Continue reading →

Recently I’ve had chance to learn that there is a fairly simple way to migrate MSSQL database to MySQL – I’ve run the test myself and succeeded – so if you fancy MySQL, go for it, but read what I’ve … Continue reading →