I originally posted this at http://www.318.com/TechJournal Chances are, with all of the hubbub surrounding overnight success giants MySpace.com and Flickr, you’ve undoubtedly heard about the second coming of the internet, commonly referred to as “Web 2.0†. Bloggers are frequently commenting on “Wiki†this and “tagging†that. But what is this Web 2.0 phenomenon and how can it improve how we manage our lives and businesses in a digital world? While there may not be a simple answer to these questions, there are a few suppositions that can be made as to what Web 2.0 is shaping up to look like and how its changing the way we exchange information.…
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Happy Valentines Day
That’s it. Short and sweet, have plans, you should too… 🙂
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lsof and processes
To see processes with open (aka ESTABLISHED) connections: lsof -i | grep ESTABLISHED
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Mac Tiger Server Little Black Book in the Can
It’s done. Finally. You can buy it here:
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Uninstalling Xsan
When the standard troubleshooting steps do not work for an xSAN client it is sometimes a good idea to just uninstall the software and reinstall it. You also may decide to repurpose an aging system out of the xSAN. To uninstall xSAN from a system: Open xSAN Admin from /Applications/Server Unmount all of the volumes for the system you are uninstalling. Backup the /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/config directory for the system. Open the Uninstall Xsan.pkg file from the CD or other location it is available at. At the Welcome ot the Xsan Uninstaller Installer screen click continue. At the Select a Destination for Uninstall screen, click on the volume you want to uninstall…
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Howto Install awstats on OS X
I originally posted this at http://www.318.com/TechJournal Here are the steps for setting up AWStats on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Server. 1. Download the last stable release of AWStats from www.awstats.org to your desktop. 2. In the Finder, navigate to /var/log/httpd 3. Backup and remove any old web logs. 4. Open Server Admin. 5. Select Web:Settings:Modules 6. Make sure the “perl_module†and “php4_module†are enabled. 7. Click Save. 8. Select the “Sites†pane. 9. Double-click the entry for the site you are going to enable stats on. 10. Select the “Options†pane. 11. Enable CGI Execution and Server Side Includes (SSI). 12. Click Save. 13. Select the “Realms†pane. 14.…
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Xsan: Multiple Volumes
In Xsan 1.x you can have multiple volumes. Each will consist of a given number of Storage Groups that in turn consist of a given number of LUNs, as we’ve described in the past. If you have multiple volumes then they will all use the same Metadata Controllers. Each additional volume will also need its own dedicated Metadata LUN. Therefore, if you have 4 volumes, with 4 LUNs of data storage in each volume then you will have a total of 16 LUNs for data and another 4 for metadata to total out 20 LUNs. Essentially by splitting it up this way you are loosing 4 LUNs (up to 20TB…
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On the Road: Or Not…
So this week I was able to use WebEx to make it where I didn’t have to fly to New York. Saving the client money and saving me the time in the airport is kindof a good gig. I love technology.