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25
Feb

Creating Putty Shortcuts in Windows

Putty has loads of features; it’s a famous client to establish SSH connections from Windows machines to Linux servers. However, it’s not limited to this only; you also use it for Telnet, Rlogin, Serial, etc… Putty is certainly one of the best tools used by many of our system admins!...
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27
Jan

Advantages and Disadvantages of Virtual Server – ESDS

Benefits of Server Virtualization Server virtualization has been in the trend for a couple of last years and it is a reality that knocks companies, bringing numerous benefits to all who seek the resource savings and a more effective IT management. Furthermore, it is a green technology. Server virtualization is...
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01
Jan

How to Clean Up Your Ubuntu System?

Steps to Clean Up Your Ubuntu System. Are you running out of space? This is the very common problem that you often clash because of plenty of useless files that gather daily and you forget to delete them from the system. Due to this, you might feel that your system...
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29
Jul

How is horizontal scaling different from vertical scaling?

Horizontal scaling is usually done by partitioning the data where each node contains only a portion of data. Whereas, in the case of vertical scaling, the data is present is on a single node only and scaling is done by spreading the load between the CPU and RAM resources.
29
Jul

What is vertical scaling?

Vertical scaling refers to adding more computational resources such as RAM, CPU, etc. to the server (either database or application server) as per the demand. Vertical scaling is done to increase the input/output operations, amplification of CPU/RAM capacity as well as the disk capacity.
29
Jul

What is horizontal scaling?

Horizontal scaling refers to adding more processing units or physical machines to the server or database. It is involved with the growth in the number of nodes in the cluster, which reduces the responsibilities of each node in the cluster. The load is reduced by providing additional end-points for client...
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29
Jul

What are the benefits of auto-scaling?

The benefits of auto-scaling include- •Better fault tolerance: Auto-scaling helps in determining and detecting which of the instances present on the server is unhealthy. Once established, the unhealthy instance is quickly terminated, and another healthy instance is sent as a replacement for the unhealthy one. •Better availability: Auto-scaling helps in...
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29
Jul

What are the advantages of auto-scaling?

The key advantages of auto-scaling include- •Companies which run their own web infrastructure, auto-scaling refers to allowing some of the servers to go offline when there is low load, thereby saving on electricity costs •Companies which have their infrastructure hosted in the cloud, auto-scaling helps in keeping lower bills, as...
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29
Jul

What is auto-scaling?

Auto-scaling or automatic scaling is a method used in cloud computing, where the number of computational resources is scaled automatically based on the load present at the server. The concept of auto-scaling is closely related to load balancing.