Category Archives: Server Configuration

huge crashes with centos 6.2 & LSI SAS

Posted on December 22, 2011 by jjunkin

Yesterday I ran yum update on most of my servers. It was a large update, I guess it was centos 6.2? At any rate part of the update was kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64. After I updated 3 of my servers became unresponsive … Continue reading →

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MegaRaid Manager (MSM) for the LSI 2108

Posted on November 22, 2011 by jjunkin

I have the supermicro SuperServer 2026TT H6RF server. Each contains 4 nodes and each node has an onboard 6Gbps SAS controller, an LSI 2108. I wanted to install a manager for monitoring the drives and raid status. Digging around I … Continue reading →

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The best Servers(s) in the world

Posted on June 9, 2011 by jjunkin

So you are a startup. You have decided to not use the cloudy stuff. You want some rocking hardware! Here it is. Start with the chassis: The awesome Supermicro 2026TT. This badass in a 2U case has 4 nodes and … Continue reading →

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Updated wordpress

Posted on September 5, 2009 by jjunkin

Thanks to popurls, I happend to see the exploit warning for wordpress. I just went and updated all my wordpress sites. Thank god for subversion!

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WordPress MU or Standalone?

Posted on March 7, 2007 by admin

We have been evaluating both WordPress and WordPress MU (multiuser). WordPress MU allows us to setup a domain (or sub domian) and then provide users the ability to create their own blogs instantly. Using Apache wildcard virtualhosts in conjunction with DNS … Continue reading →

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WordPress install and configuration

Posted on February 15, 2007 by admin

Downloading and configuring wordpress on fedora core 6 (FC6) is fairly straightforward. Some questions I had were: what is the best installation and configuration process for setting up multiple blogs, and how easy is it to back up and update … Continue reading →

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Postfix – rejects non-existing accounts

Posted on November 28, 2006 by jjunkin

One of the biggest differences between Postfix and qmail is that Postfix comes out of the box (more readily) configured for anti-spam functionality. A big feature (for us) is that Postfix will immediately reject messages targeted at accounts that do not exist. … Continue reading →

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Hello to Postfix!

Posted on November 20, 2006 by admin

As part of our platform rebuilding we have decided to switch to to Postfix. This was a suggestion I have heard quite a bit. I also considered sendmail but was concerned with how daunting a task it would be to configure. The config … Continue reading →

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Goodbye to qmail

Posted on November 11, 2006 by admin

We have been a qmail shop since 1997 and I for one am fed up with qmail. Good god it’s been stuck at 1.03 since I started using it and now has a myriad of patches. It can only be installed … Continue reading →

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Fedora Core 6 (FC6)

Posted on November 1, 2006 by admin

I have been working with the latest release of Fedora (core 6). The install is simple enough from one DVD. The system uses yum for updating which is a nice way for updates and installs. I had issues setting up … Continue reading →

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