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Choosing the Right Web Hosting Plan for a Growing Website

Posted by admin in Networks, Virtualization on August 30th, 2010

VPS hosting

When it comes time to choosing the right web hosting plan after creating a website that’s either simple or complex, many people do not do enough research for the right plan besides looking at the price tag.  When in fact, it’s very important to know which plan is the right fit for what your site is and may become, whether it’s to go with a shared server, virtual private server (VPS), or dedicated server.

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Linux: Installation of OpenNMS on Debian Lenny

Posted by admin in Linux, Monitoring, Networks, OpenNMS, Operating Systems on February 16th, 2010

Install OpenNMS This mini tutorial explains how to install OpenNMS on Debian in Linux. OpenNMS is an opensource enterprise network management tool. It allows to monitor critical services on remote machines and collects the information of remote nodes by using SNMP.

I have tried to cover the installation of OpenNMS on Debian Lenny in a few steps:
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FreeBSD Howto: Install Zabbix

Posted by admin in FreeBSD, Monitoring, Networks, Operating Systems on January 24th, 2010

This FreeBSD howto was written when I was asked to find a solution for monitoring applications, networks, and servers.  I decided on Zabbix, it allows to monitor multiple servers at a time, using a Zabbix server that comes with a web interface and Zabbix agents installed on the systems to be monitored. The Zabbix agents deliver the desired data to the Zabbix server. This tutorial shows how you can install Zabbix monitoring system on OS FreeBSD. Let’s start:

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FreeBSD: Configure the mail server based on Exim, MySQL and Dovecot

Posted by admin in Communications, FreeBSD, Mail Server, Networks on October 30th, 2009

Need to install and configure the mail server for multiple mail domains? First, you should choose Exim. The list of domains, users, etc. will be stored in MySQL.
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Linux: Debian Lenny and Atheros 5007

Posted by admin in Linux, Networks, Operating Systems, Wireless on August 21st, 2009

If you have been tired of Ubuntu, just like me, you should consider the good old Debian. This is exactly what I did: downloaded and set up its distributive kit. After everything was installed and was working properly, except for wifi-adapter, I started searching for a solution.

This is when I discovered that the chipset of wifi-adapter (Atheros 5007EG) is supported properly by Linux, starting from version 2.6.28. Debian Lenny comes with 2.6.26. So, I had two options: either configure a new kernel or install madwifi drivers. I chose the last one.

And here is the installation process:

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