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Linux Create A Bootable USB Pen

March 11, 2010March 11, 2010in CentOS, Fedora Linux, RedHat and Friends, Storage last updated March 11, 2010

How do I create a bootable USB pen drive to start my CentOS / Fedora Linux? How do I create a bootable USB flash pen for installation of Linux, and for creation of rescue and other special-purpose boot disks using command line options?

Linux Create Software RAID 1 (Mirror) Array

February 2, 2010February 2, 2010in File system, Linux, Storage last updated February 2, 2010

How do I create Software RAID 1 arrays on Linux systems without using GUI tools or installer options? How do I setup RAID 1 array under Linux systems?

Redhat / CentOS Install Memcached Caching System

October 19, 2009in CentOS, Linux, Monitoring, Networking, RedHat and Friends, SELinux, Storage last updated October 19, 2009

How do I install memcached a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load under CentOS / RHEL / Fedora / Redhat Linux?

Samba Restrict File Sharing To Particular Users or Network Addresses

October 16, 2009in AIX, CentOS, FreeBSD, Linux, Networking, RedHat and Friends, Samba (SMB/CIFS), Security, Solaris-Unix, Storage, Suse, UNIX last updated October 16, 2009

All my local Linux user accounts will be able to log in to my Samba server and access share. How do I restrict access to particular users or network subnet such as 192.168.2.1/24?

Solaris UNIX Configure Disk Quota For UFS File System

August 29, 2009August 29, 2009in File system, Hardware, Monitoring, Security, Solaris-Unix, Storage, UNIX last updated August 29, 2009

How do I configure file system quotas to control how much available storage space can be used on a given UFS file system (such as /export/home) under Solaris UNIX operating systems?

Linux Disable / Remove All NFS Services

August 16, 2009May 3, 2017in CentOS, FAQ, Linux, Networking, RedHat and Friends, Security, Storage last updated May 3, 2017

NFS was not designed with security in mind, and has a number of weaknesses, both in terms of the protocol itself and because any NFS installation must expose several daemons, running on both servers and clients, to network attack. I use my CentOS based server only to server web pages and nothing else. How do I disable NFS services under RHEL / CentOS / Fedora Linux?

FreeBSD Check The Health of Adaptec RAID Array

June 26, 2009June 26, 2009in FreeBSD, Hardware, Storage last updated June 26, 2009

I‘ve Adaptec RAID 1 set via 5405 PCI card. I know how to get check the health of Adaptec RAID array under Linux, but how do I find information about my RAID card, RAID status, disk failure and other information via command line?

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