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Check VPS resource consumption of a website
I've got a website (I'd say poorly optimized as it's my own code and I've never optimized a website before) and now that it's getting more visits the server load increases to up to 4-5 when there are ...
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LSF-Bad resource requirement syntax Error
I am trying to use the memory resource allocation command available in LSF.
A normal format of the command is :
bsub -R "rusage [mem=1000]" sleep 100s
When I launch this command directly from ...
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CPU Resource pool with and without hyperthreading in vmware esx/esxi
VMWare ESX/ESXI running with AMD 12core @2.2GHz. Intel 6core @2.4GHz
In resource pool, with amd cpu I should see 26.4GHz available. Now it's interesting what will be shown with Intel CPU? Am I gonna ...
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Is cpHulk known to exhaust system resources, to the point of oom-killer getting called?
This issue started happening a week after I got a server upgrade, from iWeb. The new IPs that were assigned to me, were on some massive hacker/botnet list; so, for the first while I was getting insane ...
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Accessing network resources via vpn connection failes
I already found some information on this problem here, but I still can't get it to work.
Im trying to access some network resources on my server via vpn over the net.
Im using a win7 home pc here and ...
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MySQL file limit. Error Out of resources
I was benchmarking my database the other day using mysqlslap, and I ran into a "Out of resources when opening file '/tmp/somefile' (Errcode: 24)" error.
I with a few click on google, I found a ...
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How to safeguard a shell script against running out of control?
I've recently had an experience of writing a shell script which crashed a server (and damaged a partition) by consuming all resources. It was hooked up to a cron job, and it seems it took longer to ...
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Dovecot 2.x unix_listners
Could somebody be able to explain to me what the various unix_listners do in the Dovecot 2.x configuration (specifically 10-master.conf).
Currently, for postfix to use to deliver mail, I have:
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Measure impact of new software on Windows Server
I'm an admin for a small business. I've been asked to give another company my opinion on whether or not our servers have enough available resources to handle the addition of their software. I've had ...
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Linux resource monitoring per user
I am looking for a daemon that logs, the amount of resource, utilized by every user. For every user, I would like to record the cpu-time and memory used over the lifetime of his/her processes. If ...
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Setting MaxWorkItems Has No Effect (Windows Server 2003)
We have an application that monitors remote directories for change notifications using ReadDirectoryChangesW() . According to Microsoft documentation, each outstanding change notification request ...
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Track resource usage on Ubuntu server while I'm sleeping?
I've got a pretty typical LAMP server running a web site but sometimes, during the night, resource usage skyrockets and the site becomes unresponsive. There are a lot of logged errors about being ...
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How do you size a server for PHP?
Can someone provide references / guidelines on how much server (memory/CPU) an installation of vanilla PHP would require for a given workload ?
I've been looking at the Amazon EC2 instance sizes ...
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Where can I find detailed documentation for IIS server event id's with their description?
I have been googling for hours now and cant find a thing.
I'm looking for more information on IIS Server event IDs.
There are plenty of articles/blogposts/forum_articles (from MSDN) on some specific ...
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Exchange 2010 Resources auto-accept
In my Exchange 2010 set up I have all my conference rooms configured as resources and to auto accept non-conflicting requests. All the resources have been scheduling correctly until Monday. The only ...
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Managed switch - learning by messing around?
I have just got a really cheap managed switch from eBay. It's a D-Link DES-3550.
It has a console port for managing it, but I was wondering if it's possible to access the management features via one ...
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Something eats all memory (I suspect memory leak on some app). How to detect what?
I have server which runs liquidsoap+icecast bundle and simple website (httpd+mysqld). Nothing special. Visitors around 2000+ per day, with around 50 being online simultaneously on average.
Server has ...
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VPS etiquette, and how server resources are meant to be used
I'm renting a tiny Linode to mess around with, host my site and learn more about Linux. It's a VPS with 512MB of RAM and 16GB of storage.
I've never owned a computer that wasn't sitting in front of ...
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top: What does cpu usage mean?
I have several processes right now running at 100%. Is it 100% of the alloted resources to the process?
UPDATE
Take a look at this for example:
top - 06:01:13 up 5 days, 22:19, 2 users, load ...
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Offloading Magento admin panel
I'm hoping that there's a way to host the Magento admin panel on a different box than I host the rest of my Magento install on. I'm not so worried about URLs - I can reverse proxy /admin in my web ...
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Can access website but images, css stylesheets and javascript files do not download
i have this problem, not sure about the source of it, Basically the title describes the issue, I can access the webpage and see the html structure, but no resources are being donwloaded nor I have ...
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how can i instal video survillance [closed]
How can I install video surveillance at the office and keep it on the server. I'm new to this business. So what can explain in detail what's what. And are there any good resources on this topic?
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Linode (or any other VPS really): Choosing a hosting package for a Django webapp
I have a Django app that is regionally focused on NYC and am looking at hosting solutions.
I see Linode has a Newark location; going with the assumption I could chose the location.
There's a few ...
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How do cron scripts effect web server performance?
I was just interested how a cron script will effect users of a website? (If at all) I want to execute a script that takes about a minute to execute on a regular basis. Will a dip in performance be ...
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whats the best way to find out how much traffic you have?
Sorry I'm a newbie to this. I'm using a Linux server with Plesk. I just wanted to find out what is the best way to find out how much traffic there is to a website, when resources are running out, and ...
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Multiple Windows PCs respecting each other's accounts
I've run to this problem several times before and it is really bothering me.
Is there a way to tell windows to respect another comupter accounts? I have let's say 2 computers and each has some user ...
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MS SQL Server: multiple databases on one or more VMs?
We are planning to deploy an eCommerce Solution using three distinct databases, all to be hosted in MS SQL Server 2008 R2. The whole stack will be hosted in a VMWare environment (two physical machines ...
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Resource usage of mapped drives versus network location shortcuts?
One group within our IT department wants to eliminate all drive mappings from our network and replace them with simple Network Location (UNC) shortcuts. The group claims the drive mappings consume ...
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How many server side resoures I’d need to build an e-commerce website of over 200 million per day? [closed]
How many server side resoures I’d need to build a website of over 200 million pageviews per day, each page has a size of around 400kb, could anybody help me to figure it out or estimate it?
How many ...
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System monitoring tool via command line in Windows
Is there a command line tool for Windows XP to display system resources, like available memory usage, cpu, diskspace etc... Small and requires a non-install.
Best Regards,
Anders
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Limit a process's relative (not absolute) processor consumption in Linux
What is the standard way in Linux to enforce a system policy to limit the relative CPU use of a single process? That is, on a quad-core machine, I never want a process to use more than 2 CPUs at once, ...
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windows service access network resources as well as local usb drives
The Windows Service application I deploy on Windows Server 2003 needs to access network resources as well as the usb tokens I plug in. When I use local system account I can access the usb but not the ...
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How do I find out which websites are slowing down my server?
Are there any good tools out there that I can use to find out which websites are the biggest drain on my Windows 2003 web server's resources? The server has been steadily slowing to a crawl and I want ...
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How much resources to allocate for a VM running a selenium remote control
Not sure if this belongs here or on stackoverflow...
When I run my selenium tests, the cpu usage on the (windows) VM running the selenium RC goes up to 100% cpu usage for about a third of the time. I ...
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What is your public repository/directory site for sysadmin scripts?
Please write the languages/platforms supported if the site doesn't allow every kind of scripts.
Why you use it? Why is it a good source?
Talk about the major weakness of the site.
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Can I limit user bandwidth/ram usage/CPU usage in Windows 2003/2008/2008 R2?
I would like to limit the resource usage on a per user basis on a Windows Server 2003, 2008, or 2008 R2 machine. Suppose I have four users logged into one machine using TS and they are all using ...
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Directory tree in a Resource without extraction
i am looking for a way to store a complete directory including sub directories in an application's resource and not have to extract it to use it.
Details:
We would like to use GeckoFx (Gecko as C# ...
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Spec for a Terminal Services box?
Currently, we have a test TS machine at work, which has a dual core Pentium 4 3GHz CPU, and 1.5GB of RAM, running 32bit server2003 (I didn't built it, not my choices). My boss wants to get this using ...
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How can I find exactly which PHP scripts are taking up all server resources?
If the web server is running slow, is there a way to see which files are responsible?
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Debian OS with Apache2 web server
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Monitoring CPU usage in Ubuntu
How to find out what process is using CPU to what extent in Ubuntu? I'd like to have real-time data as well as recorded history. Both console and GUI apps would be great.
The situation is that my ...
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how to track down permanent disk accesses on linux
I have a machine that runs few services, but I don't believe they are responsible for sometimes heavy disk access on this server (massive head moving which I can hear, after long periods of almost no ...
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Resource Lock and the Power Shell
is there a way to use the windows power shell to trace what application has a resource lock on a file?
Here is what i am looking for:
A command line or script to show the application that has a ...
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server resources in live video broadcast
how much ram do i need to run a server with red5 and broadcast live video
I am starting a project that will include live video broadcasts from all over the world and it is expected to have at least ...
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What great system administrator magazines are out there?
In August 2007, SysAdmin magazine ceased publication after 15 years. Since then, what resources (preferably magazines) have system administrators turned to to stay on top of their game?
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Resources distribution to IIS processes and standard windows applications
We have a server machine with very good configuration on our LAN
4 GB of RAM
1 TB HDD
Quad Processor
We can have 2 types of application running on the server
ASP.NET web application running ...
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BSOD Error codes
Where is the best place to find out information about blue screen of death 'STOP' and other error codes? Technet has a list but it doesn't seem to have the STOP code that I've seen:
STOP 0x000000F4 ...
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What are some good resources for learning PowerShell scripting?
Are there online resources or books that you would recommend as an introduction to PowerShell scripting? The resources I've found primarily focus on interactive use.
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Monitor/analyze/report resource trends on a single server— perfmon +?
I'm running a handful of video streaming servers (Win2k3 Ent SP2). As my user base is starting to grow, individual users are beginning to report that they are experiencing less-than-ideal service.
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What are the Sysadmin-Related Blogs & Mailing Lists you monitor? [closed]
I know this is a gimme question, but I genuinely would like to add more sysadmin related feeds to my reader, so please list the contents of your feedreader.
