The linux top command is the Command Line equivalent to Task Manager in windows. Question / Scenario: How do I determine CPU and Memory utilization, based on running processes. Answer / Solution: Use the TOP command in linux. TOP Top command provides a real-time look at what is happening with [continue...]

Scenario / Question: A drive has failed in my raid 1 configuration, and I need to replace it with a new drive. Solution / Answer: Use mdadm to fail the drives partition(s) and remove it from the RAID array. Physically add the new drive to the system and remove the old drive. Create the same [continue...]

Today we will cover links or in the Windows world, shortcuts. Linking lets you refer to a file or directory, and you can refer to file or directory using a different names. The command for creating a link in linux is the “ln” command. Linux has different types of links called [continue...]

Question / Scenario: How do I measure the performance of a web server over the network. Answer / Solution: Use the linux command line utility called httping. “Httping is like ‘ping’ but for http-requests. Give it an url, and it’ll show you how long it takes to connect, [continue...]