Tag: server
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Supermicro X10SRH-CLN4F Socket 2011-3 Server Motherboard Review
With the recent release of Intel’s Haswell-EP (aka Grantley) range of CPUs we have a new assortment of motherboards to match. One of the Supermicro server offerings is the X10SRH-CLN4F single-socket (UP, as opposed to dual socket – DP) board.
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Asus P9D-E/4L Haswell Server Motherboard Review
With the recent release of Intel’s Haswell architecture came new server boards to match. From Asus came the new P9D line, and within that line the Asus P9D-E4/L is the flagship model with quite a comprehensive list of features.
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Changing or Updating the time zone in Ubuntu Server
There are quite a few reasons you may find that you need to change your time zone – for example, if you’re using a pre-made image for a virtual machine you may find that the default timezone is not set to your country. You can change the time manually, though there is a quick…
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Ubuntu: How to add a existing user to an existing group
To add an existing user to a second group, use the following command: sudo usermod -a -G [group] [user] e.g.: sudo usermod -a -G geeks bob This will add the user bob to the group geeks.
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Ubuntu Server: How to change to the root user
Some guides tell you to enter “su” on Unix systems to get superuser permissions; in Ubuntu, however, this won’t work. As a user with sudo permissions (the user created on install has these) enter the following instead: sudo su Enter your account password and voila, you are logged in as root. You…
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Ubuntu Server Benchmarks: Geekbench
This is one of our favourite benchmarks for Ubuntu Server – it’s cross-platform, meaning that it can be ran on Windows, Mac OS X, Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server and more. You can get the download link from the following site: http://www.primatelabs.com/geekbench/download/linux/ Currently this works: wget http://d34wv75roto0rl.cloudfront.net/Geekbench-2.4.2-Linux.tar.gz Unzip: gunzip Geekbench-2.4.2-Linux.tar.gz…
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Ubuntu Server Benchmarks: Hardinfo
Hardinfo is one of the command-line benchmarks available for Ubuntu Server – it does have graphical features so it will also be useful for Ubuntu Desktop users, but for the purpose of this piece we will assume you’re at a terminal. It not only runs benchmarks like Blowfish but also shows you a great…
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Monitoring network usage on Ubuntu
If you want to see how much traffic is passing through your network port there’s a handy tool called vnstat which will tally the amount of data passing through. You can install it with: sudo apt-get install vnstat It will usually add the databases and network ports automatically like so: …
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How to restart NFS server on Ubuntu
Once you set up your NFS exports by adding lines to /etc/exports you need to restart your NFS server; do this with the following: sudo /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart You should see output along the lines of: * Stopping NFS kernel daemon [ OK ] * Unexporting directories for NFS kernel daemon… [ OK…
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ESXi: Accessing datastores via web browser
This is one that a lot of people don’t seem to be aware of – did you know you could access your ESXi server’s datastores via a browser? It’s a convenient way of grabbing copies of ISOs or patches stored on your server for burning or use elsewhere. It’s set up automatically with ESXi…