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News, tutorials, and infrastructure insights from our engineering team
Automating Server Provisioning with Kickstart and PXE Boot
Automate bare-metal server provisioning using PXE boot and Kickstart for fast, consistent, and hands-free OS installations.
Server Capacity Planning: Predicting Resource Needs Accurately
Develop accurate capacity plans using metrics collection, trend analysis, and growth forecasting to optimize server infrastructure.
Building a Centralized Log Management System with ELK Stack
Deploy a complete centralized logging solution using Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana to aggregate and visualize infrastructure logs.
Understanding RAID Levels for Production Servers
A comprehensive guide to selecting the right RAID level for your production servers, covering performance, redundancy, and rebuild considerations.
SAN vs NAS: Choosing the Right Networked Storage Architecture
A comparison of SAN and NAS storage architectures to help administrators choose the right solution for their data center needs.
Capacity Planning for Dedicated Servers: CPU, Memory, and Storage Sizing
A practical framework for sizing CPU, memory, and storage when selecting dedicated server configurations.
Server Monitoring with Nagios: Alerting Before Problems Become Outages
How to deploy Nagios for comprehensive server monitoring with effective alerting that catches issues before they impact customers.
IPMI and Remote Server Management: Lights-Out Administration
A guide to using IPMI and vendor-specific remote management tools for lights-out administration of data center servers.
Migrating from Physical to Virtual Servers with KVM
A practical guide to converting physical servers into KVM virtual machines with minimal downtime.