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by Dan DiNicolo http://www.2000trainers.com Based on the popularity of Windows, many people today ignore the power of the command line. While the graphical interface makes handling tasks more user friendly, the command line really allows you a great deal of flexibility. With a simple (and free) additional tool called XXCOPY, you can easily back up […]

Ease the migration from Apache 1.x to 2.0 with this custom Perl script that was developed by Apache developers who work for Covalent. This script is aimed to give experienced Apache admins a starting point for converting complex configuration files. Final tweaking will still be necessary.

by Marcin Policht In the third article of this series, I will look closer into managing permissions on the Windows Registry. Unfortunately, WMI functionality in this area is fairly limited. The CheckAccess method of the Standard Registry Provider allows only checking the level of permissinons for the current account. The type of permission is determined […]

This article discusses conditions that affect the performance of a Web site. Among the conditions are the design of Web infrastructures and authentication processes, and how SNMP monitoring, including the open source SNMP for Apache, may be used to obtain real-time information on the health of a Web site.

A free Web seminar put on by Covalent will discuss the latest upgrades to Apache 2.0.     When: Tuesday, 20 August 2002     Time: 11am PDT/2pm EDT/18:00 GMT     Where: Through the Web      Technical Level/Audience: Medium/Technical Track This free Web seminar will discuss the latest upgrades to Apache 2.0 and provide an introduction to […]

IBM Thursday announced a new Intel-based eServer in the xSeries line targeted at small and midsize enterprises. IBM Thursday announced a new Intel-based eServer in the xSeries line targeted at small and midsize enterprises. According to Big Blue, the eServer x205 is designed to exceed the performance-level needs of small to midsize enterprises, as it […]

This article features an interview with Ryan Bloom, manager of core engineering, Covalent Technologies, who has been a member of the Apache Software Foundation since 1999 and played a leading role in the development of Apache 2.0. Here he compares Apache against IIS.

A sample chapter of the ‘Apache Administrator’s Handbook’ is now available online for review.

Egenera a provider of datacenter infrastructure, announced that it will demonstrate its Egenera BladeFrame system and its Processing Area Network (PAN) architecture at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, being held at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, Calif., from August 12 – 15, 2002. According to the company, its BladeFrame demonstration will show how the system’s […]

QLogic Corp., a company that provides products that support storage area networks (SANs), announced that EMC Corporation has qualified the new QLogic SANblade 2340 Series PCI-X host bus adapters (HBAs) as E-Lab Tested. According to the company, this means that its QLogic HBAs are interoperable with EMC information storage systems, which should help customers deploy […]

The value of the bits, in order from the Most Significant Bit (MSB) to the Least Significant Bit (LSB) are 128, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1. These numerical designations are what make up the TCP/IP version 4 address. Each set bit (noted by a “1”) is added to the others to give you […]

TCP/IP Class A Address Overview The “A” class addressing scheme has an official start address of 0.0.0.0 and an official last address of 127.255.255.255. Not all of these address can be used, and you will OFTEN see conflicting information on this. 1.0.0.1 to 126.255.255.254 is the range of IP addresses that are included in the […]