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Clever and Smart  

SmartOS brings together the best of Linux and Solaris to implement a virtualization platform with ZFS and KVM.

Greased Lightning  

The virt-builder tool lets you create new virtual machines in just a few seconds. We take a first look at the brand new tool.

System Accountant  

Several utilities offer a snapshot of system performance – from Top or Uptime to Iostat, Netstat, and Mpstat – but what if you only learn of a bottleneck after it has happened? Sar to the rescue.

News from BSD  

The Unix-like FreeBSD is viewed as highly reliable and forms the underpinnings of both Mac OS X and the Sony PlayStation 4. Version 10 introduces new features and performance gains.

Tuneup  

Optimizing non-uniform memory access (NUMA) can help you increase the performance of KVM virtual machines. We describe some pitfalls to watch out for.

Chromebooks: The Next Frontier  

If you haven't either used or experienced Chromebooks firsthand by now, you soon will. Chromebooks are the next frontier in IT management and support, and they're coming soon to a network near you. The primary reasons for the soon-to-be widespread adoption of the humble Chromebook are cost, flexibility, security, and portability. But most of those reasons are the "business" reasons driving adoption.

Canonical's Landscape tool maintains Ubuntu environments  

Manually maintaining large IT infrastructures almost inevitably leads to errors. Enter Canonical's Landscape, a commercial tool that uses a web interface and an API to gather information, render it graphically, and complete maintenance work.

Turbulent World  

Web application development is becoming increasingly complex, and the number of libraries and frameworks available for the job can be overwhelming. We take a look at the popular JavaScript-based Node.js.

Warhorses  

UTM systems combat all kinds of dangers under the policy of Unified Threat Management. The demands and expectations of customers fuel competition. Two of the most popular manufacturers – Endian and Sophos – have now released new versions of their solutions.

Seat of Knowledge  

Scattered documents lying on the file server are an inconvenient resource when admins need to solve problems at the help desk. Free knowledgebase components combine knowledge and structure, providing a better overview.
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