Replication is one of the most popular features used in RDBMS’s today. Replication is used for disaster recovery purposes (i.e. backup or warm stand-by servers), reporting systems where query activity ...

Building and running a Plex Media Server can be smooth and rewarding if you set it up right from the start. From choosing the right hardware to configuring remote access and optimizing playback ...

Puppet software lets you manage the software configuration on all the hosts on your network. It simplifies repetitive operations and ensures state and configuration integrity among large number of ...

As an organization adds applications and services, centralizing authentication and password services can increase security and decrease administrative and developer headaches. However, consolidating ...

The proliferation of virtualization coupled with the increasing power of industry-standard servers and the availability of cloud computing has led to a significant uptick in the number of servers that ...

Recently, I was speaking at a SQL Saturday event (www.sqlsaturday.com), when I encountered a question that I've been getting more and more often. It went something like this: "I know that I can look ...

Using the default push method, the clients don’t actively check in with a master server; rather, the master server reaches out to control or modify each client based on commands issued manually or ...

id's Graeme Devine updated his .plan file, with some news about the recent Quake 3 master server upgrade. They have replaced the system's hardware, and updated the software to be more attack proof. He ...