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The Top 9 Best Practices for Monitoring Your Server
Has your phone gone in the middle of the night when your boss is calling because the server is down? Maybe you wake up to a tone of text messages that something is wrong with the server? If you have encountered this, then you know the importance of monitoring your server so that you are […]
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Monitoring Hybrid Multi-Cloud Networks
As more and more businesses move their servers to the cloud, it makes it more difficult to monitor the status of networks and other such events typically tracked and monitored in traditional in-house server environments. In recent years, companies have turned to a wide array of hybrid multi-cloud monitoring tools. It is not uncommon […]
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The Top 8 Best Practices for Windows File Server Auditing
Windows file server auditing is a great way to monitor what is going on with all the files stored on your company’s servers. You can find out who is accessing files, creating new files, deleting files, copying files, and moving files. To tap into the benefits of Windows file server auditing, you must first understand […]
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What You Need To Know About The New Edge
With Internet Explorer on the brink of death and its Edge browser close to it with a 4% share of the user base, Microsoft has finally completed the shift of the software’s rendering engine to Blink, the foundation for Google Chrome. This makes Edge one of the latest in a growing family of Chromium based […]
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How To Get The Most Out Of Your Team Collaboration App
Used effectively, team collaboration platforms like Trello and Slack can give a real boost to productivity, for organizations that routinely run projects requiring group input. With email, video, or direct messaging tools, these platforms make it easy for team members to stay in touch – regardless of the time, or their physical location. Mobile app […]
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Location of Common Product Files
We frequently get asked about where to find some common product files, so I’ll list them below for your use and enjoyment 🙂 License files: License files are always in the product’s main directory, and end in .lic For PA File Sight, look in C:\Program Files\PA File Sight For PA Server Monitor […]
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How To Maximize On Your Usage Of Awk
Abbreviated from the names of its developers – Aho, Weinberger, and Kernighan – Awk is a scripting language used in Unix or Linux environments for manipulating data and generating reports. The awk command programming language requires no compiling, and allows the user to employ variables, numeric functions, string functions, and logical operators. In this […]
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Great Monitoring Article
We frequently get people asking us for some best practice advice. Today I came across a Google article that is well written and gives some great advice on setting up monitoring. It’s available at: https://landing.google.com/sre/sre-book/chapters/monitoring-distributed-systems/
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How To Decommission A Data Center
The potential for disrupting business is much greater when you decommission a data center than if you’re constructing one. The process involves a lot more than just shutting down servers, turning off switches, and dismantling storage racks. In this article, we’ll consider some of the specifics and best practices required to achieve a smooth decommissioning […]
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How To Get The Most Out Of The Linux Screen Command
If you’re logging onto a service or running remote command line operations over a network link via the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol, the last thing you need is for your session to be cut off by a faulty connection. This scenario is all too common – but for Linux users, the Screen utility can prevent […]
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