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Lamentations of a Windows XP and Server 2003 Lover  

Woe unto us who try to hang on too dearly to the past for we shall experience the darkness that is to come. OK, so a great prophet I'm not, but my prophetic words ring true when we tarry too long in the complacence of our old, tired operating systems. But, know this: Even if you do hang onto your old operating systems for a bit too long, there's no impending apocalypse awaiting you – at least not in the short term.

Window Repairs  

Need to fix a Windows server? We'll discuss some techniques for getting your system back. You'll also learn some tricks for Active Directory and Exchange.

Protected  

Around since the 1960s, passwords are still the mainstay for authentication. The good news is you have alternatives in hardware multifactor authentication.

Relax  

Relax and Recover (ReaR) generates an appropriate rescue image from a running system and also acts as a migration tool.

Defying the Danger  

The Heartbleed bug shocked the security community and seriously damaged the reputation of OpenSSL. Luckily, alternatives such as LibreSSL, PolarSSL, and GnuTLS are waiting in the wings.

Puppet or Chef?  

Puppet and Chef are competing open source tools for configuration management. Which tool is right for your network? Read on for some pros and cons.

Data Tender  

The Sheepdog distributed storage tool exhibits pronounced doggedness and deserves appropriate attention, benefiting projects such as QEMU and OpenStack.

Core Technology  

The /proc filesystem facilitates the exchange of current data between the system and user. To access the data, you simply read and write to a file. This mechanism is the first step for understanding kernel programming. ü

Shared storage systems GlusterFS and Ceph compared  

Many shared storage solutions are currently vying for users’ favor; however, Ceph and GlusterFS generate the most press. We compare the two competitors and reveal the strengths and weaknesses of each solution.

Relaxed in the Zoo  

Anyone who manages many clusters should be meticulous in ensuring that organized processes prevail in the distributed server zoo. We describe how Apache ZooKeeper fulfills this task.
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