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ASCiiVMSSDashboard for Azure Virtual Machine Scale-Set

This will be a really short post, but at the positive side, this time I will let the code do the talking... I would like to share with you that Yesterday I released the first version of the ASCiiVMSSDashboard, a multi-platform tool to run at the text console/terminal, and provide you ...
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Packt $5 eBook Bonanza!

Packt $5 e-book bonanza Hi there! No time, no see... but I'm back for a good reason! Packt publishing released its SUPER PROMO: $5 E-Book Bonanza! This means that you can buy many titles about many topics for just $5! It´s a festive campaign that will go from 18th December ...
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Win Free Copies of Implementing Samba 4

Readers would be pleased to know that Marcelo Leal has teamed up with Packt Publishing and we are organizing a Giveaway for you to celebrate the release of his book and three lucky winners stand a chance to win an e-copy of Implementing Samba 4. Keep reading to find out ...
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Implementing Samba 4 Book

Implementing Samba 4 Wow! That was a long journey... From lights out to the finish line, from the first blank page to the credits... yes, it was a long journey! In the end, the most important part is that it was worth every word, chapter, and every script. And I would like ...
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Configuring Log.IO server to listen just on localhost…

I could not find a built-in way of doing so, then I did need to patch some files, and will write here maybe help others and is a good way to remember myself... The harvest.conf file has the 'port' and 'server' variables so you can configure the log.io-harvest server ...
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I talk too much…

Ok, that was funny... well, not really, because i did loose a lot of time on it. I have no experience with ASM (Automatic Storage Management) by Oracle, and while a system administrator, i did manage the oracle volumes as filesystems. The raw devices on that time had the 'performance' ...
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Intel Specification Update

In October 1, 2010, Intel released a document that describes design defects, known errors, and all the stuff that can make a sysadmin's life a pain. It was an specification update for the Intel 82546GB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (e1000 driver for most *nix implementations). This ethernet controller is ...
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