reliability

Explain: Five Nines ( 99.999% ) Computer / Network Uptime Concept

by Vivek Gite on September 9, 2008 · 3 comments

Q. Some service provider guarantees 99.999% uptime for their service. Can you explain meaning of five nines?

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FreeBSD: Get / Read Hard Disk Temperature Using smartd Tools

by Vivek Gite on October 17, 2007 · 0 comments

How do I read my hard disk temperature using smartool under FreeBSD operating system?

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What are the different RAID levels for Linux / UNIX and Windows Server?

by Vivek Gite on July 5, 2007 · 5 comments

Q. What are the different RAID levels? Which one is recommended for file server and database server?

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What is the difference between UDP and TCP internet protocols?

by Vivek Gite on May 15, 2007 · 46 comments

Q. Can you explain the difference between UDP and TCP internet protocol (IP) traffic and its usage with an example? A. Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP)is a transportation protocol that is one of the core protocols of the Internet protocol suite. Both TCP and UDP work at transport layer TCP/IP model [...]

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