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Enabling jumbo frames
Jumbo frames are what you need on a dedicated storage (NFS, iSCSI, DRBD) network. Since the packets are bigger, fewer packets are needed to send the same data. This results in faster transfers and les...
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Manipulating swap space with ZFS
Let’s assume your OpenSolaris workstation doesn’t have enough swap space configured. In the old pre-ZFS days this was solvable by creating a swap file using mkfile(1M) . With ZFS, things are a bit dif...
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Auto-logout idle users
Users not properly logging out of systems can result in sessions that will never be terminated. To make sure the sessions will at some point be terminated, a TMOUT variable can be set in /etc/profile...
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Finally, things are looking up
My extensive experience in the Linux and UNIX world of computing is paying off. My research for Microsoft will include (secretly) implementing Open Source software and ideas in upcoming releases for t...
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International women's day
Well today seems to be International Women’s day... Of course everyone should celebrate this :) I celebrate today, by showing you a classic image that has been around on the ‘Net for several years now...
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Stopping referrer spam (Part 2)
Let’s add a little more data to my previous article on stopping referrer spam . It’s the current list of blocked IP addresses. Currently the list blocks 245 addresses. RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{R...