Charly's Column The Sysadmin’s Daily Grind: Mtop

Jun 30, 2005

It would be great if every MySQL database enjoyed perfect health 24 by 7, but unfortunately, trouble sometimes strikes. A logfile isn’t much help if you are investigating why a database is flooded with requests. Mtop to the rescue.

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Charly's Column The Sysadmin’s Daily Grind: Mail and Queuegraph

May 31, 2005

Worms, mail bombs, and users who send multiple megabyte Powerpoint files across the wire give Postfix administrators plenty of reasons to view their charges with a critical eye from time to time.

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Charly's Column The Sysadmins Daily Grind: OpenNTPD

Jan 31, 2005

On vacation we may be happy just to check the position of the sun,but computers need a more accurate measure of time. Luckily, there are atomic clocks that can receive time signals by radio and off the Internet.

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