Feed 7 Tools and toolboxes tagged with 'sysadmin'
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Toolbox: Bandwidth Management for Events
created by Tomas Krag
Based on experience at a number of large events, these are tools that will make combinations of low bandwidth and large numbers of simultaneous users somewhat bearable.
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pingdom
in 2 toolboxes
add to my toolboxHosted tool for tracking web site uptime. Uses SMS to notify you when a site is down.
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Splunk
in 0 toolboxes
add to my toolboxSplunk is an application that specializes in indexing and searching on time-based data from heterogeneous sources. It has decent ad-hoc reporting tools to generate various reports and charts. Base version is free; gradual pricing for "enterprise" features.
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Visor
in 1 toolbox
add to my toolboxVisor is a plugin for the Mac OSX Terminal that makes it a dropdown HUD that you can access via a keyboard shortcut (quake-style).
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Webmin
in 1 toolbox
add to my toolboxWebmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any modern web browser, you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. Webmin removes the need to manually edit Unix configuration files like /etc/passwd, and lets you manage a system from the console or remotely.
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Wonder Shaper
in 2 toolboxes
add to my toolboxAn easy to use traffic shaping script that provides these improvements:
* Low latency for interactive traffic (and pings) at all times
* Allow websurfing at reasonable speeds while uploading / downloading
* Make sure uploads don't hurt downloads
* Make sure downloads don't hurt uploads
It does this by:
* Limiting upload speed slightly, to eliminate queues
* Limiting download speed, while allowing bursts, to eliminate queues
* Interactive traffic skips the queue
* ACKs and tiny packets skip the queue -
Zmanda
in 0 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFree/Open Source network backup solution