Log files. They're there for a reason -- to keep track of what goes on behind the velvet curtain of your operating system. When things go wrong, entries are added to those log files, so you can view ...

Log rotation, a normal thing on Linux systems, keeps any particular log file from becoming too large, yet ensures that sufficient details on system activities are still available for proper system ...

Container-based virtualization is increasingly popular in cloud computing due to its efficiency and flexibility. Isolation is a fundamental property of containers and weak isolation could cause ...

If your company is lax about archival backups, consider my inspiration for writing this week's column: I recently assisted with a case that's been going on for two years. The case involves an ...

I'm helping a couple of people with their PCs lately and I keep coming across System Log sequences that look like this: Code: Event[228]: Log Name: System Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power Date: ...