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Running a Minecraft Server from a RAM Disk
RAM is fast. Very fast. Very, very fast. If you were to think of your hard drive as a Ferrari, your RAM would be a tachyon — a theoretical particle that moves faster than the speed of light! or-lot-server That’s … Continue reading
Dynamic DNS with Linode and CloudFlare
Linode is a great provider of Linux-based VPS — this site is running from one right now, in fact! To help support it, and for a tad of extra security, I also use the free CloudFlare service, which provides a … Continue reading
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Times Out on First Connection Attempt?
A bizarre issue solved today: problems-intermittent-without On one server, we’re running two (named) instances of Microsoft SQL Server 2008. The first one, using the default instance name, runs just fine with no problems. The second one, however, had a bizarre … Continue reading
Move an SVN Repository From One Server to Another
There’s certainly no shortage of sites offering quick instructions to move your SVN repository from one server to another. About 3.3 million (at the time of this writing) of them, it seems. So why do I have to make it … Continue reading
World IPv6 Day
It’s today. And while this blog is by no means a major player on the internet stage, it is nonetheless on native IPv6, thanks to Linode.com, my host. So, are you on IPv6 yet? Will you be ready when it … Continue reading
Name-Based Virtual Hosts With nginx on IPv6
Linode.com has recently added native IPv6 support to many of its data centers. Linode hosts the VPS that runs this blog, and it happens to reside in their Dallas data center. I was busy planning my wedding when IPv6 support … Continue reading
This is the Proper Response to a Breach
This is quite dated now, but I just now stumbled upon the announcement of the breach of the Apache Software Foundation’s servers last April. While certainly an unfortunate event that could have been limited or even prevented by proper (and … Continue reading
Changing an Exchange User Mailbox to a Resource
Creating a resource mailbox in Exchange Server is easy. And it can make managing your organization’s resources — conference rooms, projectors, etc. — real easy, especially in avoiding double-booking. especially-humble-creating But what if you accidentally create your resource mailbox as … Continue reading
Microsoft’s Virtual Machine Manager: “Host not responding”
Microsoft’s Virtual Machine Manager, or VMM, is a slick piece of tech that smoothly enables users to control virtual machines spread out across multiple hosts, including, of course, localhost. But what happens when VMM reports “Host not responding”, even for … Continue reading
Strange Difference Between Debian and Ubuntu
While setting up my file server, I encountered an odd difference in what I was seeing on my Ubuntu server, versus what I was told works perfectly on Debian. Specifically, on the latter, you can mount –bind a directory and … Continue reading
