It's funny how automation evolves as system administrators manage larger numbers of servers. When you manage only a few servers, it's fine to pop in an install CD and set options manually. As the ...

Administrating large installations of computer desktops requires many tedious system reparations due to software updates, hardware fixes, user mistakes and viruses. To reduce costs, some enterprises ...

The Raspberry Pi is a great computer, even if it doesn’t have SATA. For those of us who have lost a few SD cards to the inevitable corruption that comes from not shutting a Pi down properly, here’s ...

Under normal circumstances, PCs boot from a local storage device, like a hard disk or USB drive, connected to the computer. Workstations, however, can be set up to boot from a network, which can ...

In response to IT demands for increased efficiency in managing diskless and blade servers, storage-area network vendors have begun crafting next-generation tools that perform advanced server ...

I'm not sure if this belongs here but I couldn't think of a more suitable forum. If it doesn't belong here, please, to the power that be, move it to the right place, thanks.<BR><BR>Now, I have been ...

A promotion arrives in your e-mail box from a company you've never heard of before--but is it spam? Consumers on the receiving end would probably say yes, as would ...