Although you may salivate at the thought of a fine-dining experience and indulging in a perfectly seared, dry-aged steak, chances are you’re not about to purchase a tract of land and some cattle. The same can be said for dedicated servers — even though your business requires high-end hosting, you might not want to take […]
Introduction to MySQL MySQL Replication using Binary Log File Position, as opposed to Global Transaction Identifiers(GTID), uses binary logs, relay logs, and index files to track the progress of events between the master and slave databases. GTID can be used in conjunction with binary/relay logs, however, starting with an understanding of binary log file position […]
If you’re running a Linux server and you value uptime and stability, this server maintenance guide will help keep you on track. It’s best to perform maintenance and checks on a regular basis for various reasons. It’s not fun being a sysadmin and finding out that a downtime causing issue could have been easily prevented. […]
Docker is a container management platform and is a rather new way of thinking about administration. It’s a tool to manage containers, and GigeNET mainly uses containers to manage processes on an individual level. Let’s take a step back to discuss what a container consists of. Containers are a method of virtualization much like virtual […]
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 […]
Qubes OS is a distribution of Linux with security as its focus, and it does it very well. At its core it’s based on Fedora and utilizes the Xen hypervisor to achieve security by isolation. Qubes can take a bit to get used to and it has its quirks but generally works quite well and […]
“Backup your data!” everyone preaches. Creating a backup strategy can be time consuming and expensive, especially if you have a lot of data to backup. You’ve gotten along just fine without one for this long, so maybe backups can wait, right? What Could Go Wrong Without Backups? Everyone talks about the need for backups, but […]
The number one fastest supercomputer in the world (at the time of this writing) is the Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This computer uses over 2 million cores and almost 3 Petabytes of memory. However, what is more extraordinary about this supercomputer is that it’s also the #5 greenest supercomputer in the world […]
Being a sysadmin is no easy feat, especially for sysadmins working for a hosting provider like GigeNET. They’re tasked with overseeing the software and network of hundreds of our clients all over the world, working day and night to ensure our customer’s systems are up and running. Unlike many other professions, there’s not one clear path […]
Why is a firewall so important? Security on an open Internet becomes more important with each day. Along with the growth of Internet and Internet literacy, the benefits of a dedicated/virtual server can now be felt around the world. For many, personal data and web service accessibility has become an integral part of the daily […]