First, before to talk about the definition of High Availability, I’d like to introduce the notion of availability. A system is considered unavailable when it becomes unusable or even usable but with too limited functions.
There are many reasons for this and some of these are commonly called Single Point of Failure (SPOF), others are most [...]
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[Linux] Lighttpd webserver
In the world of open source web servers, you mostly talk about Apache, but the problem with Apache is that for development, it’s quite heavy and slower than other alternatives, such as Lighttpd. Even if in Lighttpd there is the word light, it doesn’t mean that it comes with fewer features. In fact, it’s far [...]
Flickr filesystem under GNU/Linux
Seen on Lifehacker:
Flickrfs is a filesystem plugged into fuse allowing to manage your flickr account directly through your system, without connecting to the application, running under GNU/Linux. In fact, it allows you to browse your tags, sets, etc, like any folder on your computer. The differences being, it’s your flickr account.
Any photo located in [...]
Le système RAID
Le terme RAID signifie Redundant Array of Independent Disks, ce qui traduit veux dire : “Grappe redondante de disque indépendants“. Ce système sert principalement à fournir une redondance sur les volumes afin d’obtenir de hautes performances et/ou une grande sécurisation des données, pour cela, il utilise un nombre de disque important.
Il existe de nombreuses configurations [...]






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