Revisiting the MySQL 100K Connections Problem on Linux

At $WORK we were running a MySQL setup that required an unusually large number of concurrent connections. Most of them were idle. Only a few dozen connections were running queries. The total number of connections was around twelve thousand and was growing slowly. When the total number of connections reached close to 12,200, things started to break. New clients could no longer connect to the database. The error in the MySQL log was: ...

Centos L2TP Client to Mikrotik L2TP-Server | xxxl.co.za

http://xxxl.co.za/?page_id=142 How to create dynamic VPN tunnel between a linux server and Mikrotik device. This is suitable if you want to create a tunnel between an EC2 instance and small office NOTE: Example does not provide encryption.

Centos L2TP Client to Mikrotik L2TP-Server | xxxl.co.za

http://xxxl.co.za/?page_id=142 How to create dynamic VPN tunnel between a linux server and Mikrotik device. This is suitable if you want to create a tunnel between an EC2 instance and small office NOTE: Example does not provide encryption.

The btrfs backup experiment | Anchor Web Hosting Blog

http://www.anchor.com.au/blog/2013/04/the-btrfs-backup-experiment/ Today we’re talking about our experience with btrfs, the next-gen Linux filesystem. btrfs has been maturing rapidly over the last few years and offers many compelling features for modern systems, so we’ve been putting it through its paces on some of our backup servers. How does it stack up? Read on!

The btrfs backup experiment | Anchor Web Hosting Blog

http://www.anchor.com.au/blog/2013/04/the-btrfs-backup-experiment/ Today we’re talking about our experience with btrfs, the next-gen Linux filesystem. btrfs has been maturing rapidly over the last few years and offers many compelling features for modern systems, so we’ve been putting it through its paces on some of our backup servers. How does it stack up? Read on!

ELC: SpaceX lessons learned [LWN.net]

https://lwn.net/Articles/540368/ interesting details about software development process at SpaceX [they mainly develop embedded linux stuff]

ELC: SpaceX lessons learned [LWN.net]

https://lwn.net/Articles/540368/ interesting details about software development process at SpaceX [they mainly develop embedded linux stuff]

0day Linux/CentOS SSHd Spam Exploit — libkeyutils.so.1.9 | Security, Server Tweaking, IT Management Blog By SolidShellSecurity

http://blog.solidshellsecurity.com/2013/02/18/0day-linuxcentos-sshd-spam-exploit-libkeyutils-so-1-9/ http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1235797 A lot of compromised linux servers reported on the net. Possibly, due to new 0-day vuln.

0day Linux/CentOS SSHd Spam Exploit — libkeyutils.so.1.9 | Security, Server Tweaking, IT Management Blog By SolidShellSecurity

http://blog.solidshellsecurity.com/2013/02/18/0day-linuxcentos-sshd-spam-exploit-libkeyutils-so-1-9/ http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1235797 A lot of compromised linux servers reported on the net. Possibly, due to new 0-day vuln.

Unified Networking: 10GbE iSCSI on Linux

http://www.intelcloudbuilders.com/docs/IBC_RA_Unified%20Networking_iSCSI_Linux.pdf Notes describing iSCSI test between RHEL 6 and NetApp FAS6240 (RHEL6 w Intel X520 2x10GbE -> Cisco Nexus 10GbE switch -> FlexVlume / FAS6240 )