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MySQL Master-Slave Replication: Setup, Monitoring, and Failover
A comprehensive guide to setting up MySQL master-slave replication with monitoring best practices and failover procedures.
Version Control for Infrastructure: Managing Configs with Subversion
How to use Subversion for version-controlling server configurations as part of an infrastructure-as-code approach.
Configuring Windows Network Load Balancing for IIS Web Farms
A guide to setting up Windows Network Load Balancing for distributing web traffic across multiple IIS servers.
Building a High-Availability Web Stack with Heartbeat and DRBD
How to build a Linux high-availability cluster using Heartbeat and DRBD for automatic failover of web services.
VPN Technologies Compared: IPsec vs OpenVPN vs PPTP
A comparison of IPsec, OpenVPN, and PPTP technologies to help administrators choose the right VPN solution for their needs.
Intrusion Detection with Snort: Monitoring Network Traffic for Threats
How to deploy and configure the Snort intrusion detection system for effective network threat monitoring.
Google App Engine and the Platform-as-a-Service Revolution
An overview of Google App Engine and how Platform as a Service is changing the way developers build and deploy web applications.
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.
The Emergence of Cloud Computing: How IaaS Is Reshaping Hosting
How Infrastructure as a Service is transforming the hosting industry and what it means for traditional hosting providers and their customers.