Tag Archives: Linux

Compilation notes for Rocks cluster

Posted on December 11, 2011 by James Rudd

This post is more to assist me when upgrading software on our Rocks cluster, but may be useful to others who are compiling similar software. Our cluster only has AMD nodes so we use PGI compilers. Also the backbone is … Continue reading →

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Using BackupPC with DiskShadow to backup open files

Posted on July 16, 2010 by James Rudd

This post is to assist in the setup of a BackupPC system able to backup in use files by using MS volume snapshots. It also has the benefit of only having the RSync daemon running during the backup which increases security. Continue reading →

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XMing X Server

Posted on November 17, 2007 by James Rudd

This is a free X Server that is great for managing Linux servers using SSH and PuTTY from a Windows PC. http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/ I wrote an article at Cool Solutions on Remote Management using SSH and X-Forwarding that gives some idea … Continue reading →

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