Category Archives: Ubuntu

Set ulimit parameters on ubuntu

By ivanov | Published: June 4, 2009

By default the number of open files pro user in Ubuntu 8.04 is 1024. In my case this number was too small so I have to increase it.This is done with the ulimit command: $ulimit -a # see all the kernel parameters $ulimit -n #see the number of open files $ulimit -n 9000 # set the number open [...]

Virtualization as part of the Cloud

By ivanov | Published: October 3, 2008

This week in my blogging news I see an interesting trend of accepting and realizing that the Virtualization is part of the Cloud Computing. I think this is no surprise as the term Cloud Computing is cited as something general and there are various definitions of it.The Cloud is kind of the main term which [...]

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Server Virtualization

By ivanov | Published: March 28, 2008

Virtualization as a term is something fairly new and most of the people are not really sure what’s the meaning of it.I will try to include some definitions and useful links in order to give a light for the people searching around.Wiki definition: “[Virtualization is] a technique for hiding the physical characteristics of computing resources from [...]

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