The Linux kernel is very smart and can leverage CPU features and instruction sets to bring down power consumption. So one of the logical things to do when power savings are needed is to turn off CPU cores. To confirm that this is indeed what’s happening on your system, you could hot-plug these cores and bring them online
We’ve compiled a list of six Unix/Linux tools that are cool and useful. From checking the weather via your terminal to having a sysadmin walk you through a difficult task. Interestingly, most of these tools were release decades ago! Read on…
In this article, we are going to cover the Linux utility strace. Before you read on, keep in mind that we (UNIXY) are a fully managed server provider and are always happy to assist our clients one way or the other. Should you happen to be a customer and need a hand with server management, [...]
Many users tend to worry when the free memory on a Linux system is very low. Especially when the system is barely active. What many don’t know is that this is normal behavior for Linux. It simply takes your free memory and caches it. This caching behavior makes subsequent memory allocations much faster. So it [...]
We were able to install DirectAdmin (a Web hosting control panel) on Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud, branded as EC2. We would like to share the steps required to build a working instance of DirectAdmin on an Amazon server.
This is part one of a series of guides on how to perform a proper migration of a Web application. Proper because the goal is to seamlessly and preparedly switch over to a new server or provider. We’ll set the bar high enough to only allow room for a 5-10 minutes of cumulative downtime.
