ISP Redundancy with SonicWall If you have used the internet then you know that there will be disruptions and that many of those disruptions are caused by your ISP. The best part is that you can minimize ISP caused internet…
PostgreSQL Replication Options So, with all of the other articles that I have written about Postgresql, I figured that it was inevitable that we finally get one written about replication. What makes an article about Postgresql replication difficult is that…
I have always been a proponent of using the proper backup tool for the each problem. In Linux, you have many, many options from cp, rsync, tar, cpio, dd, gzip, etc… and each has its place, benefits, and drawbacks. Coming…
Sometimes you want to copy files directly from one Linux machine to another in an automated task. An example of this would be if you want to sync your wp-contents directory from your WordPress directory directly to another directory on…
Installing a VMWare private cloud was a huge step in making my sysadmin life easier. Then, adding Veeam backup and replication made it simple. Disaster Recovery Made Simple With VMWare I have had to make several Disaster Recovery plans throughout…
There are some things in life that don’t make any difference to you when everything is good. But suddenly make you happier when there is a problem. For me, DynECT Managed DNS traffic management is one of these. It doesn’t…
ISP Outage Anybody with any IT experience will tell you that at some point, you will have ISP issues. Depending on the issue you could be down anywhere from just minutes to hours. I once had an issue with a…