A Redundant Array of Independent Drives (or Disks), also known as Redundant Array of Inexpensive Drives (or Disks) (RAID) is an term for data storage schemes that divide and/or replicate data among multiple hard drives. RAID can be designed to provide increased data reliability or increased I/O performance, though one goal may compromise the other. There are 10 RAID level. But which one is recommended for data safety and performance considering that hard drives are commodity priced?
The convenience and reliability that monitoring programs offer system administrators is astounding. Whether at home, commuting, or on vacation, admins can continuously monitor their networks, learning of issues long before they become catastrophes.
Nagios, the most popular open source solution for system and network monitoring, is extremely robust, but it’s also intensely complex.
I was trying to install Redhat ( RHEL 5) / CentOS 5 server on a Fujitsu Siemens ESPRIMO E5720 and got problem with the installer.
There are three ways to open any file under Gnome Linux / UNIX Desktop. gnome-open is the quickest and easiest way to open any file or url.
Companies are increasingly choosing free community-driven Linux distributions instead of commercial offerings with conventional support options from Red Hat or Novell due to dissatisfaction with the cost of support services.
I’ve already written about setting up PPTP VPN client for proprietary Microsoft Point-to-Point vpn server using Linux pptp client. Learn how to troubleshoot and resolve common PPTP network connection problems.
An updated firefox package that fixes several security issues is now available for various Linux distributions. All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to this updated package as update has been rated as having critical security impact.
