Articles from ADMIN Issue 42
Google develops a software tool that is a genuine alternative to Gzip, with improved website compression rates that save bandwidth for server operators.
Ansible is a simple and sensible automation solution, except for the time needed to create new roles and playbooks. The DebOps collection of Ansible playbooks for Debian-based Linux systems solves this problem.
More and more companies are outsourcing their applications to containers. We look at storage management and how storage of persistent data can be leveraged within containers.
The Yesod web framework includes a Haskell compiler on top of the standard web technologies, such as HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, with aggressive optimization and function checks for correctness.
Bug trackers are the least thing that can be deployed to combat chaos in daily IT work. The free Phabricator software provides this service and many others.
Creating Python modules with Fortran OpenMP code makes all available cores accessible to Python functions.
Proxmox has been working for years on their virtualization manager that does not require a cloud. We look at the improved reliability and new features in version 5.0.
Don't equate compliance through certification with security, because compliance and security are not the same. We look at automated compliance testing with InSpec for the secure operation of enterprise IT.
Several sophisticated command-line tools can help you manage and troubleshoot HPC (or other) systems.
Not all PC settings – traditionally optimized for magnetic hard disks – are suitable for solid state drives. We show you how to configure Windows 10 for optimal operation with SSDs.
