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Updating the firmware on a 3Ware 9650SE controller via CLI
Earlier this year I acquired an old SuperMicro storage server which sports a 3Ware 9650SE-16ML RAID-controller. I sometimes see that
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Testing your internet connection speed from the commandline
Sometimes you may want to check the internet connection of the provider you are connected to. Although there are various
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Install Observium on ArchLinux
Recently I’ve obtained an old 8-port switch from the office (a WWP LightningEdge 310). That switch has a management port
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Fix ProFTPd [unable to lstat AuthUserFile] error on DirectAdmin
Recently I’ve updated the ProFTPd software on one of the servers at work and ran into the following issue after
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Updating the firmware on a Brocade 300 FC switch
With the office cleanup a couple of weeks ago an old Brocade 300 FC-switch (24 port 8Gbit fibrechannel)was found and
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Updating IPMI firmware on a SuperMicro server
Last week we moved to a new office building and a old SuperMicro server popped up. In particular a SuperMicro
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Install Composer on Ubuntu 14.04
I run a newsgroup indexer privately which has switched to Composer for managing PHP dependencies. As Composer is not in
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Install OPNSense on the Monowall Appliance box
Recently I got my hands on a Monowall Appliance box that’s basically a PC Engines ALIX2 series board with the
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Keeping your DirectAdmin server up-to-date
At work I mainly see servers running DirectAdmin which is a very good and easy-to-use controlpanel for people that want
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Increase the size of /tmp on a cPanel server
I regularly see cPanel servers at work that have a very small /tmp disk (512MB default) and can result in
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