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Charly's Column The Sysadmin’s Daily Grind: Dnsgraph
Jul 31, 2006A partly overloaded DNS server can slow down all the workstations on the network. Dnsgraph is an early warning system that gives administrators a graph of critical values. Your Dnsgraph charts will help you keep your systems serving names.
more »Charly's Column The Sysadmin’s Daily Grind: Cancerbero
May 31, 2006When ports on a host start opening and closing like window shutters in a gale, it’s time for admins to pay attention.
more »Orca Monitoring Linux performance with Orca
Mar 31, 2006Monitor and troubleshoot Linux system performance with the free and powerful Orca.
more »Command Line: File Viewers Viewing files with cat, more, less, head, and tail
Feb 28, 2006Practical tools such as cat, less, and head are convenient for viewing text.
more »Charly's Column The Sysadmin’s Daily Grind: Sarg
Nov 30, 2005A busy proxy server is something that no self-respecting admin should leave to its own devices. The Squid logfile analyzer, dubbed Sarg by its author, helps you keep your Squid servers on track.
more »Charly's Column The Sysadmin’s Daily Grind: Smokeping
Apr 30, 2005If you do not receive a response to a ping, or if the response is seriously delayed, you might like to take this as a warning. But who wants to ping all day? You need a ping-based monitoring utility like Smokeping.
more »Charly's Column Bootchart The Sysadmin’s Daily Grind: Bootchart
Feb 28, 2005What could be more boring than watching a computer run through an error-free boot routine? Why watch for messages that may never appear? Every second you save adds to your valuable leisure time. Bootchart helps you find those valuable leisure moments.
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