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HTTP-Controlled Shutdown Service for Microsoft Windows
I came across a scenario where I needed to shutdown and lock one or more Microsoft Windows PCs remotely. This should work automatically, without VNC / Remote desktop or similar tools, so that it can be scheduled in some way. Applications for this would be: Shutting down a number of PCs, e.g. in an Internet […]
Backup with rdiff-backup
For years, I used the very handy rsnapshot script for backup up data. However, rsnapshot cannot handle huge files that change a little over time very well. It seems that rdiff-backup works quite similar and can handle the huge-file scenario better, although accessing older is complicated. However, adding archfs may be the solution, so this […]
Disk Performance Tools for Linux
Linux seems to have a lack of tools for measuring disk performance, especially recording transfer speed. For analyzing bottlenecks on one of my servers I needed exactly that, so I developed a simple solution. For the impatient: The disk utilities can be found here. There are three utilities available, which are in short: test_diskread.py – […]