In a former article we saw something about Inotify. inotify is a Linux kernel subsystem that acts to extend filesystems to notice changes to the filesystem, and report those changes to applications. It replaces an earlier facility, dnotify, which had similar goals. Last time I focused on the functionality of inotifywait command which can be […]
SysRQ in Linux
Sometimes happen that your desktop freeze and you cannot do anything, so the only choice is to unplug the power cord ? No, Linux has the magic SysRq key that can sync your disk and issue a reboot of your system…and many more things. What is the magic SysRq key? It is a ‘magical’ key […]
Introduction to inotify
inotify is a Linux kernel subsystem that acts to extend filesystems to notice changes to the filesystem, and report those changes to applications. It replaces an earlier facility, dnotify, which had similar goals. The original developers of inotify were John McCutchan, Robert Love and Amy Griffis. It has been included in the mainline Linux kernel […]
Introduction to LVS
Linux Virtual Server, LVS is an advanced load balancing solution for Linux systems. It is an open source project started by Wensong Zhang in May 1998. The mission of the project is to build a high-performance and highly available server for Linux using clustering technology, which provides good scalability, reliability and serviceability. The major work […]