NFS mount options
cloudibee Some important nfs mount options in Linux. tcp – Specifies for the NFS mount to use the TCP protocol instead of UDP. rsize=8192 and wsize=8192 – These settings speed up…
February 2008
Netapp Flexshare
A very good demo on Netapp Flexshare and how it impacts performance : http://www.netapp.com/ftp/flash/flexshare-demo/flexshare_demo.html
Know about /proc/meminfo
/proc/meminfo is one of the more commonly used files in the /proc/, as it reports a large amount of valuable information about the Linux system’s memory. Here is the brief…
Converting ext2 filesystem to ext3 filesystem
ext3 filesytem is a journal’d filesystem. The command “tune2fs“ can add a journal to an existing ext2 file system and convert it to ext3, without altering the data already on…
Network bonding : Part II ( modes of bonding )
The steps for creating network boding in Linux is available in http://unixfoo.blogspot.com/search/label/networking. RHEL bonding supports 7 possible “modes” for bonded interfaces. These modes determine the way in which traffic sent…
How to configure Linux machine as router?
Here are some simple steps to do it, using Network Address Translation (NAT) Enable packet forwarding . Make it permanent by adding “net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1” to /etc/sysctl.conf echo “1” >…