DevOps

Shell: A Sysadmin's Basic Tutorial

The Shell… A cloudy mystery for the novice, but an indispensable tool for any seasoned administrator. It is the underlying foundation in any operating system, and if used to its maximum potential, can be extremely effective. You might be wondering, why is the command line considered useful? cPanel has almost every function you’d need for […]

DevOps

How to Increase Your Storage Speed and Availability with GlusterFS

Introduction and use cases GlusterFS is a clustered file system designed to increase the speed, redundancy, and availability of network storage. When configured correctly with several machines, it can greatly decrease downtime due to maintenance and failures.Gluster has a variety of use cases, with most configurations being small three server clusters. I’ve personally used Gluster […]