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Sleep Through the Night: A SysAdmin’s Guide to Proactive Server Monitoring in 2010

Is your pager buzzing at 3 AM? Stop reacting to downtime and start predicting it. We dive into Nagios 3 configuration, interpreting Linux iowait, and why hardware stability in Oslo matters for your uptime.

Stop Bleeding Latency: The Truth About DNS and .NO Domains in 2009

DNS is the single most overlooked bottleneck in Norwegian hosting. Learn how to configure BIND 9 for speed, navigate Norid regulations, and why your nameserver location defines your performance.

cron, rsync, and Prayer: The Realities of Automated Server Backups in 2009

RAID is not a backup. Stop relying on manual FTP transfers and learn to build bulletproof automated backup rotation using Bash, rsync, and MySQL dumps on Linux.

Sleep Through the Night: The Ultimate Guide to Nagios and Munin on Linux

Stop fire-fighting at 3 AM. Learn how to implement robust server monitoring with Nagios and Munin to predict failures before they crash your infrastructure.