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Kick Start  

Kickstack uses Puppet modules to automate the installation of OpenStack and facilitate maintenance.

Moonstruck  

The Lua scripting language is built in to a variety of programs. In this article, we provide an insight into the Lua cosmos.

Lining Them Up!  

Partition alignment changes as drives evolve, and proper alignment is necessary for maximum performance. We provide some tips to help you get things back in order.

Music Maestro  

Cloud computing is forcing admins to rethink automation because classic tools like Puppet do not provide a sufficient range of configuration options. Cloudify offers a new direction for orchestration in the cloud.

Spartan Camp  

If you believe Red Hat's marketing hype, the company has no less than revolutionized data storage with version 2.1 of its Storage Server. The facts tell a rather different story.

Strong Together  

With Windows, you can create a highly available cluster at the click of a button. The cluster will even handle fully automated, non-disruptive software upgrades.

Better Logging  

In most cases, log messages are managed by a Syslog server. The Fedora project wants to take a new approach in future releases. This change is to come from systemd's journal.