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Forensic Analysis with Redline and Volatility  

We show you how to dig deep to find hidden and covert processes, clandestine communications, and signs of misconduct on your network.

On the CD  

The 64-bit server install image on this month's CD is for computers with the AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon, Core 2). Ubuntu Server emphasizes scale-out computing, whether you are administering an OpenStack cloud, a Hadoop cluster, or a massive render farm.

Fast Track  

Microsoft has introduced several improvements to Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 with its Server Message Block 3. Hyper-V mainly benefits from faster and more stable access to network storage. In this article, we look at the innovations.

Workaround  

Managing your cluster could be so simple if it weren't so complicated. The object of many an admin's wrath in such cases is often a single component: Pacemaker. Luckily, other open source tools offer alternative options for high availability.

Lightweight  

Want to set up a full-fledged web, file, or proxy server in 10 seconds? No problem with TheSSS, the smallest server suite in the world. The new 8.0 version of this useful Linux distribution weighs in at a mere 30MB.

Group iRony  

Open standards and open source are requisite in Kolab groupware. The alpha release of version 3.1 hugely extended the number of compatible clients with the CalDAV and CardDAV protocols, making Kolab data available on iOS and Mac OS  X and in Thunderbird and Evolution.

House of Cool  

The new OpenStack version "Icehouse" comes with new features and new components, on top of numerous improvements to existing components.

Strong Quad  

Four open source tools – Vagrant, Serf, Packer, and Consul – facilitate a developer's work by each handling one specific task elegantly.

Kpatch and kGraft  

Two projects by Red Hat and SUSE – Kpatch and kGraft – attempt to patch the kernel with security updates on the fly. We look at features in these two tools and their suitability for production use.

Get a Grip  

As data analytics workloads become more common, administrators need to assess their hardware, software, and processes.
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