Paul Bain - Slashdot User

Submission + - Windows admin resources for seasoned Linux admins

Submitted by Psiren on Friday June 08, 2007 @08:05PM

Psiren writes: In six months or so my colleague is planning to leave and I will take over responsibility for the Windows servers. I have been a Linux/Unix sysadmin for many years, and have of course managed Windows machines in that time, but never to any great depth. I have worked closely with my colleague over the last few years to integrate our Windows and Linux systems as much as possible, so I am familiar with the basics, but am also well aware of the significant differences between the two. I am interested in finding resources that will be useful to help me in this transition. Recommendations for decent admin books for Windows Server 2003 would be a good start, especially those written from the more technical standpoint. Useful websites are generally a google away, but if you have any favourites I'd appreciate some links. Any other advice (other than "Don't do it!") is welcome.

Submission + - How to moderate an underlying story

Submitted by

cprael

on Sunday May 27, 2007 @01:40PM

cprael writes: "So, it's rather obvious how to moderate comments that are good or bad, crap or interesting. But how does one do same to the underlying article? I'm not suggesting on a regular basis, but every once in a while, some of the top-level story stuff that gets posted just cries out to be moderated. Man bites dog journalism, slow news day... it's still crap. And deserves to mod'd accordingly."

Submission + - Caching is king for Ruby on Rails apps

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 27, 2007 @12:20PM

An anonymous reader writes: For some, Rails is hyper productive and for others Ruby is a toy. Rails also has a reputation as unproven with limited scalability. Unlike the C and Java languages, Ruby is interpreted, with all of the inherent performance handicaps. This article explores the Ruby caching strategies such as caching static content, model caching, page caching, action caching, and others that can really speed things up. In many circumstances. there are caching techniques available to increase Ruby on Rails application performance.

Submission + - Review of MONyog MySQL Monitor and Advisor

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 27, 2007 @10:46AM

An anonymous reader writes: xaprb has published a review of MONyog, a promising alternative to MySQL AB's subscription-only Monitoring and Advisory Tools for MySQL.

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