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Postfix, Attachments and Virus scanning, difference between Milters AND Filters? Efficiency and Performance
I'm re-implementing an overloaded Postfix cluster, which beyond its many problems, has major efficiency concerns. The cluster is a dedicated MX Gateway, so mailboxes are not a consideration. ...
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Mysql proxy in comparison with two database connection
We have a situation in which we have master salve databases, we write in master and read from slave. in application we defined two connections one for write and other for read.
I came to know know ...
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In cloud environment is it better to get two separate instance for mysql and php-app or get one large instance
We are using cloud environment for our web-apps, i need an expert opinion on hosting our applications.
our application built on php & mysql, i want to know which is the most efficient and/or cost ...
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What's the effect of iptables/ufw deny filters on server load?
I'm wondering how scalable it is to add IP addresses or subranges I want to block into ufw. E.g., I do this whenever I discover a particularly bad bot or server farm. As my list grows, I wonder how ...
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Working against 1 big server or multipile small ones [closed]
I've seen many answers to this question
But not in the format I'm interested in.
I'm developing an app that should upload data to a server.
The app has users playing against each other with that data.
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same label along MPLS label switched path, is it possible?
I am a true beginner as far as MPLS is concerned and I was wondering if this would be possible; To be more specific assume a LSP (Label Switched Path) from
Host A -> Router 1-> Router 2 ...
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Why aren't features like gzip enabled by default on many webservers?
Having played with several web servers online, I've seen things such as goDaddy not enabling gzip by default. Same with a few IIS drops, default installs of apache, and so forth.
I keep running ...
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using temporary files vs pipes advantages and disadvantages
say I have a file named jobs.csv
and I would like to get the top 50k jobs done by Foo
I can either do:
# cat jobs.csv | sort -u | head -n 50000 > /tmp/jobs.csv
# cat /tmp/jobs.csv | while read ...
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which database should I use?
I would to have a database that:
1) stores all the property addresses and names in all counties in only a single state, so efficiency is a factor.
2) allows for multiple people to access the ...
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How to setup Memcached/APC on Ubuntu Server 10.04 for PHP?
I will be soon setting up Simple Machines forum on a fresh Ubuntu Server 10.04 VPS. The forum software is written in PHP. I will using Nginx as the web server, and I will be following a guide to ...
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Allow image upload - most efficient way?
In my site, I currently only allow users to import images from other sites rather than uploading it themselves. The main reason for this is because I don't have much storage space on my host ...
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Virtualization for efficiency? Doesn't it defeat the point of an OS at all?
This link VMware Virtualization seems to be saying that running a virtual machine and spreading your applications between OS's is more efficient than otherwise. How can this be true? Doesn't a VM ...
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What's the benefit of using “containers” in the datacenter as opposite to regular installation
I have just seen this video: Google container data center tour
What is not quite clear to me is, what's the benefit from placing the servers inside containers?
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Are there any well known anti-patterns in the field of system administration?
I know a few common patterns that seem to bedevil nearly every project at some point in its life cycle:
Inability to take outages
Third party components locking out upgrades
Non uniform ...
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Current minimum hardware requirements for a designer workstation? [closed]
One of our designers is struggling for resources with this current workstation with the following specs:
CPU: AMD Athlon X64 X2 4000+ (2GHZ)
RAM: 2x 1GB
GFX: nVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS
HDD: Samsung ...
