Articles from ADMIN Issue 11
In the second part of this workshop on RADOS and Ceph, we cover the inner workings of RADOS and how to avoid pitfalls.
Torn between the challenges of daily IT operations and ambitious projects, admins must allocate their resources wisely. One unspectacular but effective instrument that can help is the Kanban method.
Admins of small businesses who want to cover all their infrastructure requirements with a single server are the target group of small-business servers. In this article, we introduce three Linux distributions that meet this requirement.
Just as subjects must obey their king, all the computers and servers in an organization should follow the administrator's commands. With Rex, you don't even need to leave your admin throne to organize this.
Microsoft's Windows Server 2012 offers numerous improvements in Active Directory, as well as better and easier management.
Many admins are responsible for heterogeneous IT environments. Those who want use the popular Bash and GNU tools under Windows can either install the Cygwin compatibility layer or try Gow, the more slender alternative.
SUSE has officially supported Btrfs in Service Pack 2 of its Enterprise Server 11 since February 2012. Oracle followed soon after with Btrfs support in its own Linux. We explore the possibilities of this young filesystem in detail.
A lack of information about your infrastructure can result in faulty system configuration and other difficulties. Automatic discovery of all hosts and services would seem to be the best solution – but can it also prove itself in practice?
Network errors frequently affect many clients and are correspondingly urgent. With the right tools, such as specialized network testers, troubleshooting is much easier.
The programming language Go promises long-term compatibility with the recently released Version 1. Designed for system programming, it does without trendy features and is therefore interesting for anyone allergic to hype.
