Category: Tech
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PA File Sight version 6 Beta!
PA File Sight version 6 is now in Beta! For those not yet in the know, PA File Sight tracks who is accessing files on a Windows server. Lots of software can tell you who created or saved a file. Almost no products can tell you who is reading from a while, or who deleted […]
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Interview on Fluke Networks
Fluke Networks, maker of all sorts of measuring and networking devices, interviewed Power Admin’s Doug Nebeker as part of their Expert Interview program. Read the interview and let us know what you think! http://www.flukenetworks.com/cio_brief/expert-interview-doug-nebeker-fluke-networks
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Hosting Secure Websites on Amazon AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently the market leader in hosted cloud provision. But you might not be aware that it can also be a hosting platform for your websites. This article considers how to set up a site using AWS – and how it can be kept secure. AWS and S3 You’ll first need […]
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Comparing Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure
Research by Gartner Inc. suggests that the market for infrastructure as a service (Iaas) will reach $16.5 billion this year. Among the leaders in this sector are offerings from Amazon and Microsoft. In this article, we’ll look at how their products compare. The Old vs. The New Amazon Web Services (AWS) began operating in 2006, […]
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How to install and configure a DHCP Server on a Linux machine -Part 1-
Hello dear readers, In today’s article I will show you how to create your Linux DHCP server. DHCP or Dynamic Host Control Protocol is a service that provides automatic IP addressing to your network devices. The difference between assigning static IPs and using a DHCP server is that the IP assignment is done without the […]
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High Availability Features Introduced with Windows Server 2012
With the release of Windows Server 2012 Microsoft introduced several new features to its high availability technology. In this article we will start discovering some of these new technologies and we’ll see how they’ve improved the overall functionality of failover clusters. Among these new features introduced with Windows Server 2012 are: cluster shared volumes, cluster storage […]
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Dilbert’s take on Network Monitoring Software
DILBERT © 2012 Scott Adams. Used By permission of UNIVERSAL UCLICK. All rights reserved. Given that Dilbert said this in 2012, his stance is that good network monitoring software takes a solid 28 man-years to create. Joel Spolsky famously said “good software takes ten years”. We tend to agree. PA Server Monitor is now more than 11 years old, […]
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Just What Exactly is DevOps?
DevOps is officially an amalgam of Developers and Operations, two separate strands of the software management and network administration processes. Development and Operations are often in contention with each other – but both are essential to success. DevOps sets out to bring the two together, and have them work in harmony. It started as a […]
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Top 5 Funniest Help-Desk & SysAdmin Stories
“Have you tried turning it off and on again?” Anybody who has ever worked in an IT support role will have uttered these immortal words at least once. Actually, let’s face it, they will have uttered them hundreds of times. So, well known is this response that it was a catchphrase in the brilliant UK […]
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Thanks for the Memory: Did You Celebrate SysAdmin Day?
July 31st was SysAdmin Day! Did you … celebrate? What? What do you mean you haven’t heard of SysAdmin Day? Well, I’ll have you know that for the last sixteen years, the last Friday of July (the time at which I am penning this entry) have been dedicated to those heroic men and women who […]