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How do you read load averages? (eg: Load Averages: 0.60 0.60 0.55) [closed]

Possible Duplicate: How to understand the memory usage and load average in linux server My hosting company provides "Load Average" stats when I login. There is no link to more information ...
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Amazon EC2: Getting charged for usage of micro free tier

I took a micro free tier from Amazon a month and a half back. But towards the end of last month I received a bill of ~$13 for Amazon services usage. The webpage quotes 750 hours of Amazon EC2 ...
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Why is “chroot” never used on Mac OS X?

I've been using Macs for 25 years, and "UNIX" since OS X 10.0.. but I've never really thought much about chroot, nor have I ever really needed or wanted to... It's a simple question, but... under ...
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Tracking huge buffer usage under Linux

I'v a Linux server running under Debian Lenny with 4Go of RAM. It doesn't run a large number of stuffs: Postfix/spamassassin (daemon mode) Bind9 KVM (one guest - 1Go of RAM for it) Every day at ...
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sorting and saving usage data collected by iptables

I use iptables based MAC access restriction. I have listed MAC id's of users whom I want to allow access, and drop rest. And when I run iptables -vL it shows all MAC id's and their usage: packets ...
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Monitor Internet Usage with Intuitive Reporting for Management?

Management wants to see what types of websites users are actively viewing and how long they spend on that website. We're currently using a Barracuda Web Filter 310 to monitor Internet usage. It ...
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How do I solve the problem of high disk usage?

I run a fairly busy media site and I store the streamable media on a SATA HDD on the CentOS server. The hard drive is dedicated for just the streamable media. The media is streamed using Flash Media ...
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Determine if file on NFS share is in use

Scenario: We are using an NFS share to allow clients to upload raw video material. The files are then polled from the directory on the (NFS) server in order to be processed. Since we do not want to ...
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What exactly does Pass phrase in MOSS2010 manage?

The question says it. I am really wondering what it EXACTLY does, because I am getting from everywhere different answers.
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Monitor RAM usage on CentOS and restart Apache at a certain usage

I'm running a CentOS 5.3 server with a basic LAMP stack. I've optimized LAMP and my code to run efficiently as possible, but Apache has a memory leak somewhere that kills my server every hour or so. ...
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The best software for users internet usage

We are a small business using a Vigor 2820 as the internet router, and we'd like to install a software that could report any internet usage from our users. I already tried the "official" software ...
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How to interpret the bash command “usage” syntax?

How exactly do you have to interpret the output of a commands "usage" output, in bash for example. For example, on my OS X, cp gives me usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file ...
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Figures on data usage through various Internet protocols?

Given this list of protocols used by the internet does anyone know any way of getting information on the amount of data (or any other usage metrics) for various ones?
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Memory Usage by UID (Unix)

I need the best way to get the SUM of the total RAM usage for a given UID (Unix).
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Disk usage per user in Linux / Unix

I need to find out how much disk space is being occupied by each user on the network. I am aware of df and du commands: I could list the entire filesystem and AWK the output, but I wonder if there is ...
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How to track usage of a HP Network Printer?

I have a HP Printer (HP Color LaserJet CM1312 MFP Series PCL 6) installed which is used by nearly 200 PCs through LAN. I want to track the usage like: Who (IP Address) initiated the print task Time ...
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How to monitor total outgoing bandwidth usage on a per-user basis?

How does one monitor total outgoing bandwidth usage on a per-user basis? (I'm using apache 2.2 in case you need this information.) All web hosts do this. So it would seem obvious, but I can't find ...
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Is there a linux tool like top, only cumulative?

I would like to find a tool such as top, that runs in a terminal, but that keeps a cumulative total of real/user/system time used.
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Why is my server using so much memory?

I haven't even set up my website on my dedicated server so I'm the only one using it at the moment. And yet this is what I see in my sys info: Full Size I just got a bunch of security softwares ...
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Free/Inexpensive Software For Monitoring Software Usage on OS X

What options are there for free or inexpensive software to track software usage (launch count and usage duration) on Mac OS X?
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Webserver Usage Statistics / # of Apache Installations

Does anyone know a site that details webserver usage statistics in the form of how many websites run Apache, how many IIS, how many Apache on Windows and how many on Linux? I think it should be ...
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Understanding Amazon AWS usage data

I love Amazon AWS, but I'm tearing my hair out over the obscure usage data they give you. All they seem to have is either an extremely high level summary that just shows you your total monthly cost ...
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Are there any tools to analyze the usage of an Exchange mailbox?

I'm looking for a tool (preferably free) that can analyze the usage in an Exchange mailbox similar to "folder size" type tools for file shares. I'd like to be able to see how space is consumed in a ...
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Usage ideas for a cluster at a university

I currently am a student worker at a medium sized university. i work for the college of science (includes math, stat, comp sci, physics, chem, and biology) and as a "technician"; which basically is a ...
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How to monitor usage in Exchange 2003?

We have been tasked to monitor the usage of Exchange 2003, there doesn't seem to be a reporting component built into Exchange 2003 Standard. Does this mean using third party reporting services or can ...
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Linux kernel crash dump analysis: Guidelines

Note: 2.6+ Kernel Or older 2.4 Question: Generic suggested guidelines with regards to Linux kernel crash dump analysis Skills required, i.e. Kernel compilation skills etc Suggestions: ...
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How can I send an alert on CPU usage in Windows Server 2008

I am running Windows Server 2008 and frequently there is a single process that spikes the CPU usage to 25% or more and causes a lot of slow down issues. The server is being used remotely by approx 30 ...
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How to monitor RAM usage for Hyper-V VMs?

A bit of context first : on Windows 2008 Standard x64 with 8Gb RAM, I have 5 VMs running which should take up 1664Mb RAM (3*256Mb+384Mb+512Mb). There is nothing else running on this server except the ...
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What's the best tool for usage reporting on a NetScreen Firewall?

Anyone got a good product for Usage Reporting for a NetScreen Firewall. I went looking for Webtrends Firewall Suite but it appears to have disappeared into the NetIQ product line up. I am going to ...
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What tools are available to capture and report system (application, database and sys) metrics?

I'm looking at setting up a tool for collecting usage data and KPIs from multiple systems on various platforms. We'd like to regularly report on key indicators on system usage and health. It doesn't ...