Articles

Cloud Watcher  

Apache Aurora is a service daemon built for the data center.

Pitching the Tent  

The OpenStack project has released the latest version of its software, code-named Kilo. We take a closer look.

Finder  

If you're looking for an intrusion detection and prevention system, it pays to shop around. Suricata offers scalable performance and an impressive set of features – it even supports Snort rulesets.

SecurityX-Ray  

To ensure your servers and workstations are well protected against attacks on your network, you need a professional security scanner. In version 6, Tenable has substantially expanded its Nessus vulnerability scanner. We pointed the software at a number of test computers.

Assistance  

osTicket is a lean ticket system that limits itself to the core functions of receiving and processing requests.

Hidden Information  

Network information in virtualized computer landscapes is not easy to access. In this article, we look at a few approaches you can use.

Slippery Floor  

Even though corporations are looking to move to IPv6, in some situations networks still rely exclusively on IPv4. We discuss ways to minimize delays and unsatisfactory behavior in mixed IPv4/IPv6 IT environments.

RAID for the Network  

The Fault Tolerant Router daemon uses multipath routing among multiple Internet connections to keep you connected, even when some connections go down.

Shared storage systems GlusterFS and Ceph compared  

Many shared storage solutions are currently vying for users’ favor; however, Ceph and GlusterFS generate the most press. We compare the two competitors and reveal the strengths and weaknesses of each solution.

Storage Space  

Admins can solve typical mail server scalability problems with Dovecot’s Amazon S3 plugin and the Ceph distributed object store.