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April 8, 2015 by Drew Linsalata

WordPress Scheduled Tasks Require Site Visits To Run

WordPress Scheduled Tasks Require Site Visits To Run

If you rely on WordPress scheduled tasks, be aware that your site needs a regular stream of visits for those tasks to run. This can be a problem with development or staging sites, or on live sites that get very little traffic. The Problem There’s no automatic way to for your web site to create system […]

Filed Under: Systems Admin, Virtualization Tagged With: sysadmin, wordpress

June 28, 2011 by Drew Linsalata

Network Monitoring – How Not To Cry Wolf

Network Monitoring – How Not To Cry Wolf

Network monitoring is important.  When things break, they need to be fixed, so keeping a watchful eye on all network elements at all times is critical. There’s a hidden issue in network monitoring that often gets missed, especially by the less experienced. Monitoring a complex network can generate large amounts of information in a short […]

Filed Under: Systems Admin Tagged With: monitoring, sysadmin

May 27, 2010 by Drew Linsalata

800,000 Files Tends To Be A Bad Idea

800,000 Files Tends To Be A Bad Idea

Another one that will seem to many like “programming 101″, but warrants talking about anyway. Here’s a helpful tip for you. Do not allow any folder on your Windows server(s) to contain 800,000 files. In the last two weeks we’ve been attempting to support a customer with a Windows server that is having a very […]

Filed Under: Systems Admin Tagged With: sysadmin

May 19, 2010 by Drew Linsalata

The Dog Ate My RAID Array

The Dog Ate My RAID Array

There have been many times over the years when we’ve had to call a customer to explain that their co-located server has crashed and won’t boot due to what appears to be a disk failure.  Sometimes, the customer will inform us that this is impossible.  Why?  Because the server has RAID, so a disk failure […]

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May 10, 2010 by Drew Linsalata

Why Your Firewall Might Be Useless Against a DDoS Attack

Why Your Firewall Might Be Useless Against a DDoS Attack

So you’ve spent some money on a shiny new firewall, and you have it mounted nicely in the rack right next to your ethernet switch(es) and DSL/cable modem. You’re all set, right? Well, maybe not. A company here on Long Island ran into trouble last week when the website they are hosting on a server […]

Filed Under: Security, Systems Admin Tagged With: security, sysadmin

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