What is Docker and What are Its Features?

What is Docker? Docker is an open source platform for developers and system administrators to build, ship, and run distributed applications based on Linux containers. At its core, Docker is basically a container engine which uses Linux Kernel features such as namespaces and control groups. This allows it to create

HostJury Talks Shop with Hivelocity’s Steven Eschweiler

HostJury is an independent site that provides news and reviews within the hosting & data center industry. Below is the transcript of a recent interview HostJury conducted with Hivelocity’s Director of Operations Steven Eschweiler.   Thu, 30th January 2014, 17:42 Hivelocity is a long-running company with a stellar reputation, one

How does memory overcommit affect PostgreSQL?

In Linux 2.4 and later, the default virtual memory behavior is not optimal for PostgreSQL. Because of the way that the kernel implements memory overcommit, the kernel may terminate the PostgreSQL server (the postmaster process) if the memory demands of another process cause the system to run out of virtual

How do I perform tuning with sysctl?

sysctl is an interface that allows you to make changes to a running FreeBSD system. This includes many advanced options of the TCP/IP stack and virtual memory system that can dramatically improve performance for an experienced system administrator. Over five hundred system variables can be read and set using sysctl.

How do I install IIS SMTP?

IIS SMTP Service is a high performance SMTP server on Windows NT/2000/XP. We can use it to send email easily with ANSMTP. The following things are covered: How to can send email by IIS SMTP Service How to use ESMTP authentication How to send email by pickup path of IIS

What is the recommended partitioning scheme?

A swap partition (at least 256 MB) — swap partitions are used to support virtual memory. In other words, data is written to a swap partition when there is not enough RAM to store the data your system is processing. If you are unsure about what size swap partition to

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