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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...

Aug 23, 2018 4 min read

Qubes OS is a distribution of Linux with security as its focus, and it does it very well. At its...

Aug 23, 2018 5 min read

“Backup your data!” everyone preaches. Creating a backup strategy can be time consuming and expensive, especially if you have a...

Aug 23, 2018 5 min read

The number one fastest supercomputer in the world (at the time of this writing) is the Summit supercomputer at Oak...

Jul 25, 2018 2 min read

Being a sysadmin is no easy feat, especially for sysadmins working for a hosting provider like GigeNET. They’re tasked with...

Jul 23, 2018 16 min read

Why is a firewall so important? Security on an open Internet becomes more important with each day. Along with the...

Jul 20, 2018 8 min read

I’ve always found peer-to-peer applications interesting. Central points of failure aren’t fun! Protocols like BitTorrent are widely used and well...

Jul 10, 2018 4 min read

It takes a special expert to lead a team of sysadmins for a hosting company. The ideal candidate has extensive...

Jul 10, 2018 9 min read

A cloud server is a virtualized server that powers storage resources and shared computing resources. Cloud server networks provide nearly...

Jun 22, 2018 7 min read

IT teams are expensive. Luckily, there are options besides hiring (and paying!) a team just to manage your server. The...

Jun 15, 2018 5 min read

Updated October 2026 for Traefik v3.7. The original 2018 version of this post used Traefik v1 syntax (frontends, backends, v1...

Jun 14, 2018 11 min read

So you’ve navigated the plethora of hosting options out there, and determined that colocation is right for your organization. If...

Jun 11, 2018 7 min read