Had a dodgy disk playing up in one of our production servers, thought that the quickest way to check it out would be to use the servers’ Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) interface. I am running Debian Etch server on a DELL 1850 with a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) card.
A common scenario occurs when you have more data to store than the original analysis indicated. How do you expand your storage or shift to a more capable machine without disruption to the site? I always use Logical Volume Manager (LVM), where possible. You never know when you might need to increase the size of your disk.
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If you are like us and like a good stable build of Debian (Etch 4.0), you may have had trouble locating a recent build of MySQL as a DEB package. Arjen and the kids over at OurDelta have rolled a magic build of MySQL (Release 5.0.67.d7).
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