RieserFS is a journalling filesystem that is excellent when dealing with small files under 4K in size. When used with tail-packing it is 10-15x faster then ext2/ext3. ReiserFS was first included in Linux kernel 2.4.1 and even used as default filesystem in SUSE Enterprise Linux and others. What many may not know is that [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Down Time'
When Open Source kills
May 27th, 2009 · 4 Comments
us-to-invade-asia-over-google-traffic-snafoo
May 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Google slowdown causes blogger hysteria
Official Google Blog: This is your pilot speaking. Now, about that holding pattern…
Ok, so I checked out my RSS feeds and went over to google blog to see what the hoopla was about today after slowdown. Yes, I had pings from folks asking me if google was down for [...]
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dv camera + computer + vlan + dvgrab = cheap video surveillance
May 6th, 2009 · 2 Comments
In the day and age of high definition many are upgrading their video recording gear to the latest harddrive or flash based hi def video cameras. Unlike auto dealerships consumer electronics retailers don’t offer trade in options for your old stuff. In the green / renewable mindset we can put these no longer used video [...]
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Cloud computing scenario’s for database servers
February 17th, 2009 · No Comments
We’ve been investigating the possibilities of using cloud computing for our clients. Especially Amazon EC2 has the potential to be be really effective in offering flexible, pay-as-you-go computing. From my own perspective I have been looking at how to use cloud computing in combination with MySQL and I must say that I’m a bit sceptical [...]
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Why is there a system change freeze – especially on black monday and black friday?
December 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
When I started working in systems, one of my first client was a major bank. Yes, this was back in the mainframe batch processing days. They never did any system updates when they ran the month end, quarter end and especially year end.
I always thought that they just weren’t confident in their system folks and [...]
Server and backup woes
November 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Looking back it seems like most posts on this blog are helpful tips and not reports of problems we encountered. Not that we don’t have any problems but we mostly report our solutions instead of the actual problems. Of course now and again a problem comes along that doesn’t have a solution ready to copy-paste [...]
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Amazon Down Time slashdoted
June 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Any host or system admin hates the words “its not working” or “its down”. When I see a big site take a hit or is town there are two reactions that I generally have:
Site Down – those poor bastards (system admins) their life must suck right now
Site Down – SEE!!! It happens to them [...]
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