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Container Terminal  

Docker helps the Linux container achieve an appealing comeback and integrates some features missing from earlier container solutions.

Log Shepherd  

The Simple Event Correlator is a small Perl program that supports analysis of logfiles with a view to security. In this article, we provide an introduction to SEC's rules and actions.

Central Register  

Centralized user management with LDAP or Active Directory is the standard today, although many prefer to manage user data manually rather than build this kind of infrastructure. In this article, we look at a better approach with OpenLDAP.

Big Business  

Modern enterprises require powerful ERP and CRM solutions to manage processes, but the high cost of proprietary solutions can be prohibitive. We look at some open source options.

Iron Ore  

Google Compute Engine removes the technical and financial headaches of maintaining server, networking, and storage.

Windows 8.x and Business Continuity  

As system administrators, you're often called upon to advise business leaders on your company's technology pathways. The newest dilemma to grab our too-short attention spans is whether to entertain a Windows 8.x upgrade, to stay with Windows 7 until January 2020, or to exercise our right to downgrade from Windows 8 to an older operating system. That's right, downgrade.

Nerve Center  

Ganglia is probably the most popular monitoring framework and tool, in that HPC, Big Data, and even cloud systems are using it. In this article, we show you how to install and configure Ganglia and get it up and running on a simple two-node system.

Automation Tool  

Rex doesn't need agents or a special language to describe the tasks it performs on remote computers.

Memory Hogs  

Even Linux systems with large amounts of main memory are not protected against bottlenecks and potentially drastic performance degradation because of memory shortage. In this article, we investigate the complex causes and test potential solutions.

Enriched Ecosystem  

Eric Herman, Chairman of the MariaDB Foundation board, sheds light on the evolving focus of the custodians of one of the most popular and widely used databases.
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