One of the last things the Linux kernel does during system boot is mount the root filesystem. The Linux kernel dictates no filesystem structure, but user space applications expect to find files with ...

title says it, what do you do for big iron stuff? like if you have a DB server with 32GB or even 92GB of ram what do you set the swap? in the old days it was always 2 or 2.5 ram, but that does not ...

GoboLinux provides a unique file system hierarchy, offering flexibility with multiple versions of the same package. The installation process involves partitioning, which may cause issues, but usage is ...

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Many of the major advances in HPC have been the result of collaboration between academia and the big government labs. This has been the case with PVFS (Parallel Virtual File System) and its latest ...

It's the day after Independence Day in the US, and much of our staff is just returning to their preferred work machines. If this was 1997 instead of 2018, that would mean booting up BeOS for some. The ...