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Stu Thompson
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110 votes
8 answers
23k views

How can a single disk in a hardware SATA RAID-10 array bring the entire array to a screeching halt?

54 votes
5 answers
43k views

How exactly & specifically does layer 3 LACP destination address hashing work?

16 votes
5 answers
11k views

Are Jumbo Frames (MTU up to 9k) realistic/common over the open Internet?

14 votes
6 answers
2k views

Is the F.U.D. about ext4 justified? Or would it be safe to use in some production systems?

11 votes
4 answers
58k views

Is there a reliability difference between 2.5" and 3.5" HDDs?

11 votes
4 answers
15k views

Why does "shutdown -r now" behave differently from "reboot -f" on Debian Linux?

10 votes
7 answers
1k views

10 gigabit networks: Decieding between fiber and twisted pair

7 votes
1 answer
1k views

ext3 file system performance tuning: what metrics to monitor

6 votes
3 answers
3k views

Multiplexed 1 Gbps Ethernet?

6 votes
5 answers
347 views

Is it "OK" to use a low end NIC for a dedicated heart beat between two servers?

5 votes
3 answers
4k views

How valuable is TCP Window Scaling?

4 votes
1 answer
4k views

Preventing ‘ghost’ AFP mount points

3 votes
9 answers
1k views

Kinder, gentler backups on linux

3 votes
2 answers
2k views

What is the value/cost of enabling "spread spectrum clocking" on my hard drives?

2 votes
1 answer
952 views

Should I enabled 802.3x hardware flow control?

2 votes
2 answers
2k views

OSX 10.5 Finder friendly WebDAV server for linux?

2 votes
2 answers
5k views

Moving a RAID-5 array from a dead HP ML350 G5 to an HP DL380

2 votes
3 answers
2k views

Always reserve blocks for super user when formatting a file system in Linux? Even for data only partitions?

1 vote
1 answer
407 views

Simulating a generic corporate Intranet

1 vote
2 answers
1k views

Running a process with both low cpu and I/O priority on rhel4

1 vote
1 answer
30k views

What is MDI mode and should I be concerned about MDI/MDIX inconsistencies in an LACP trunk?

1 vote
4 answers
1k views

Must I install SFP+ transceivers in pairs?