Category Archives: Tips and Tricks

New Server or VPS Install Tweaks

Posted on 01/26/2011 by admin

As many of you know setting up a new vps or dedicated server can be a time consuming process, where you copy and paste the same commands and updates over and over again. If this sounds like something you do, … Continue reading →

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Better Network Performance

Posted on 10/12/2010 by admin

As we all know a basic install of any OS is never tweaked out for performance but setup for general use.  One of the biggest problems in the Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu, Fedora, I have not tested other OS’s) is the … Continue reading →

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Delete Files Older Than x Days

Posted on 07/27/2010 by admin

The find utility on linux allows you to pass in a bunch of interesting arguments, including one to execute another command on each file. We’ll use this in order to figure out what files are older than a certain number … Continue reading →

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Blocked at AOL

Posted on 07/25/2010 by admin

AOL as we know is still a large ISP, but a massive pain in the butt to hosting providers because one piece of spam and bang your IP is blocked. This is a simple test to tell if AOL has … Continue reading →

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