Memcached is a clusterable cache server from Danga. Or, as they call, it a distributed memory object caching system. Well, whatever. Just note that memcached clients exist for lots of languages (Java, PHP, Python, Ruby, Perl) – mainstream languages in the web world. A lighter version of server was rewritten in ...
Monitoring Windows servers – with SNMP
UPDATE: Did you knew there’s an official Cacti guide? Find it at Cacti 0.8 Beginner’s Guide
My previous article was focused on Linux monitoring. Often, you’ll have in .... For more info about SNMP please don’t hesitate to take a look at Essential SNMP, Second Edition
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Monitor everything on your Linux servers – with SNMP and Cacti
UPDATE: Did you knew there’s an official Cacti guide? Find it at Cacti 0.8 Beginner’s Guide
Two free open-source tools are running the show for network and server-activity monitoring ...Aggregating webservers logs for an Apache cluster
One of the ways of scaling a heavy-traffic LAMP web application is to transform the server into a cluster of servers. Some may opt to walk on the easy path by using an overpriced appliance load balancer, but the most daring [and budget-restrained] will go for free software solutions such ...
Sybase woes – and Jython saves the day
Until now, I’ve always had a certain respect for Sybase database.
Based on their history, I thought that the product is a sort of MS SQL
without the glitzy features – think Las Vegas without the lights, the cowboy boots and Eiffel Tower. Which gives: huge crowds of fat tourists ...
(Almost) distributed CVS with Eclipse
NOTE : unfortunately, this trick is again unavailable starting with Eclipsev3M9, the last version which made that possible was v3M8
 Re: Where are all the SWT applications?
Mr. Jesus M. Rodriguez asked fellow Java bloggers where are all those SWT apps. Here’s a possible answer.
First, do not forget that Eclipse is a big ecosystem. There are a bunch of software development shops making a living from selling Eclipse plugins : Omondo, Genuitec, Instantiations, Exadel, etc. Add ...
Eclipse 2.1 workspace deadlock – and a dirty but small workaround
It happened also on older versions but it does happen more frequently on the “final” 2.1 version. FYI : Gentoo Linux, Eclipse gtk, seems to be related somehow with bug 33138 (don’t have the time to dig further).
Sometimes the monster simply hangs during a [take your pick : refactoring ...
Using jython to internationalize a PHP app
At first, this might seem a mind-boggling combination. What do
jython and PHP have in common (excepting the fact that I am a Python fan
and my current consulting task is in a PHP project) ?
Well, internationalizing a PHP app is pretty much a trivial task.
If you are a ...
Shy Java, silent Java, sad Java
Last, week I got to visit Web Services & XML Integration Forum in Paris. It was an interesting day and I’ll probably come back with some more info, but for now I’ll just talk about what really impressed me. There was a nice triagle of expo booths somewhere in ...