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Nick Anderson
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  • Lawrence, KS
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Nick Anderson replied to Michael Francis's discussion Who (or what) are you influenced by when it comes to software tools?
"Other SysAdmins for me. If one of the blogs I follow mentions a I haven't heard of I typically check it out. Here are a few from my…"
May 19, 2010
Nick Anderson updated their profile
Apr 14, 2010
Nick Anderson replied to Michael Francis's discussion Webinar recording - An Introduction to ZFS: Concepts and Practices
"But then I cant watch it on my iphone ;)"
Dec 14, 2009
Nick Anderson replied to Michael Francis's discussion Webinar recording - An Introduction to ZFS: Concepts and Practices
"Can we get this in another format like mpeg, avi or ogg?"
Dec 11, 2009
Nick Anderson replied to Michael Francis's discussion Walk away with a Slingbox!!!! Read on...
"Ohhh suns out of band is oh so nice. mmmmmmm"
Aug 11, 2009
Nick Anderson replied to Rob Butterworth's discussion Excellent Outlook add-ons (from someone who misses Notes)
"In my surviving windows toolbox I have quotefix. It makes it so much easier to properly bottom post when replying to an email."
Jul 21, 2009
Nick Anderson replied to Michael Francis's discussion Walk away with a Slingbox!!!! Read on...
"Are those 1955s or 1855s I cant quite tell. Ive got 3 chassis full of 1855s. Not my favorite equipment by a long shot. Too much power draw for what you get IMHO. (the 1855s) I hear the 1955s are pretty good."
Jul 21, 2009
Nick Anderson posted a blog post

Transparent dynamic reverse proxy with nginx

A while back I wrote about using Apache as a dynamic reverse proxy. Anyone who has done even minimal research into web servers knows that Apache is the swiss army knife. It trys to be everything for everyone, and like a swiss army knife may not be as good as a more refined too at least as far as efficiency is concerned. (read the full article on transparent dynamic reverse proxy with…See More
Jul 12, 2009
Nick Anderson replied to Elizabeth Ayer and Michael Francis's discussion Social Meetings? Anyone interested in free beer in Cambridge?
"I'm in Lawrence Kansas (US)"
Mar 10, 2009
Nick Anderson posted a blog post
Feb 20, 2009
Nick Anderson is now a member of The SysAdmin Network
Feb 19, 2009

Profile Information

Job title
Network & Systems Administrator
Tech Interests - e.g. Virtualisation? Cisco? Etc.
Linux, Xen, Zenoss, Postfix, screen
Website
http://www.cmdln.org

Nick Anderson's Blog

Transparent dynamic reverse proxy with nginx

A while back I wrote about using Apache as a dynamic reverse proxy. Anyone who has done even minimal research into web servers knows that Apache is the swiss army knife. It trys to be everything for everyone, and like a swiss army knife may not be as good as a more refined too at least as far as efficiency is concerned. (read the full article on transparent dynamic reverse proxy with… Continue

Posted on July 12, 2009 at 6:44pm

CPU Performance Analysis in Linux

A while back I wrote a post Analyzing Linux System Performance and Finding Bottlenecks. I didn’t really give a good explanation of determining if you are CPU bound or not so I am writing this post to clear that up.



As I noted previously the sysstat package can provide a wealth of information. One of my favorite utilities is sar. By default sar outputs a CPU… Continue

Posted on July 12, 2009 at 5:30am

New Blog Post: Version your /etc

Posted on February 20, 2009 at 2:15pm

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