-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Sys Admin Newsletter August 2003 Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 12:01:28 -0700 From: Sys Admin News <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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The Sys Admin Newsletter
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August 2003 issue of Sys Admin Magazine******************************************************************
CONTENTS1. Note from the Editor 2. Highlights of the August issue 3. Call for Papers 4. Subscription Information ------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsored by PROGNOSIS from Integrated Research ============================================================ Still using Dinosaur technology to manage your real-time network?
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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR:
Along with this August issue covering storage, we've included a special supplement that focuses on clustering. This supplement is sponsored by Hewlett Packard and contains a mix of contributed articles from freelance authors as well as HP partners.
Sincerely, Amber Ankerholz Editor in Chief
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The August 2003 issue contains:
Enterprise Database Backup Check by Ed Schaefer http://click.sysadmin.email-publisher.com/maabhiWaaZldza2snoyb/ Schaefer presents a method for verifying that remote server sites are performing scheduled database backups. Under this method, which avoids the use of "r" commands, the database vendor's access utility must have remote server access, and the database stored procedure language must allow execution of a subprogram.
Configuring SAN Storage in Solaris by Brad Bascom and Jason McCullough Bascom and McCullough outline steps to configure Solaris to attach to remote disk storage from HP, IBM, and Network Appliance SANs.
Compressing Web Content with mod_gzip and mod_deflate by Stephen Pierzchala Using a content compression solution is one way to reduce bandwidth within your company. With that in mind, Pierzchala examines some of the compression modules for Apache: mod_gzip for Apache 1.3.x and 2.0.x; and mod_deflate for Apache 2.0.x.
Firewall Load Balancing by John Paolillo Paolillo describes the development of a completely redundant, scalable e-commerce infrastructure consisting of multiple DMZ (Demilitarized Zones) with no single points of failure.
NFSv4 - An Early Implementation by Mark Perino To address perceived deficiencies, NFSv4 aims to improve access and performance over the Internet, transit firewalls easily, and scale to a large number of clients per server. Perino explains more about this new protocol.
Monitoring Sun Volume Manager by Andrew Kyle Metadevice monitoring should go hand in hand with the general monitoring of the server, which includes monitoring logs, filesystems, and performance. Kyle shares a script that provides a simple but effective way to monitor the volume manager setup.
A Universal Firewall Reporting Tool by Bob McCormick, Greg Hartung, and Zachary Conger Using some relatively simple Perl scripts, a PostgreSQL database, and a network sniffing utility, the authors developed a system to report on the Internet-bound user HTTP traffic through several high-traffic firewalls.
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Questions and Answers by Amy Rich http://click.sysadmin.email-publisher.com/maabhiWaaZldAa2snoyb/
Tapes: A Modern History, Trends by Henry Newman http://click.sysadmin.email-publisher.com/maabhiWaaZldBa2snoyb/
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The Secrets of openMosix by Richard Ferri http://click.sysadmin.email-publisher.com/maabhiWaaZldDa2snoyb/
Introducing the OpenSSI Project by Richard Ferri and Brian J. Watson http://click.sysadmin.email-publisher.com/maabhiWaaZldEa2snoyb/
Beowulf Batch Processors and Job Schedulers by Edward L. Haletky and Patrick Lampert http://click.sysadmin.email-publisher.com/maabhiWaaZldFa2snoyb/
Questions and Answers by Amy Rich http://click.sysadmin.email-publisher.com/maabhiWaaZldGa2snoyb/
Building the Perfect Cluster: Choices that Can Save Your Sanity by H�kon Bugge http://click.sysadmin.email-publisher.com/maabhiWaaZldHa2snoyb/
Data-Sharing Architectures in the Linux Data Center by Matthew O'Keefe http://click.sysadmin.email-publisher.com/maabhiWaaZldIa2snoyb/
Industrial Strength Cluster Security for an Open Source Price by Neil Gorsuch http://click.sysadmin.email-publisher.com/maabhiWaaZldJa2snoyb/
Data Replication in High Availability Clusters by Nelson Yount http://click.sysadmin.email-publisher.com/maabhiWaaZldKa2snoyb/
Integrating Linux Clusters into the Grid by Ian Lumb and Chris Smith http://click.sysadmin.email-publisher.com/maabhiWaaZldLa2snoyb/
Technology Papers
Make Your Business Accelerate with High Performance Computing Solutions by MSC Software http://click.sysadmin.email-publisher.com/maabhiWaaZldMa2snoyb/
ISS Is Going Gangbusters Over Linux Partnerships for High Performance Computing by HP Partners http://click.sysadmin.email-publisher.com/maabhiWaaZldNa2snoyb/
Building High-Performance Computing Clusters with Intel� Architecture:
Planning HPC Clusters by Intel Corporation
Part 1
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Part 2
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Enterprise Administration We're looking for practical, high-end discussions of storage, clustering, security, and advanced networking solutions based on your expertise and insights.
Open Source We're looking for original uses of classic tools such as Apache, Samba, and MySQL; custom solutions built from open source components; and descriptions of useful open source utilities.
Scripting Describe how you improved your life with the perfect Perl, shell, PHP, Python, or Tcl/Tk script.
We suggest that if you are interested in contributing, you first submit a proposal to us. If the proposal seems appropriate, we'll ask you to submit a manuscript. If the manuscript is accepted, we'll edit it, print it, and pay you for it. For more detailed information, refer to the author guidelines. Please address requests for guidelines, proposals, and manuscripts to:
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