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A quick guide to getting openmanage installed for RAID monitoring on a Xen node.
OM 6.2 has an error with “Error: Missing Dependency: libxslt.so.1″ which is with the Dell package. Use 6.1 if 6.2 doesn’t work …
While migrating cacti over to a new virtual machine I got “ERROR: This RRD was created on another architecture” in /var/log/httpd/error_log when the crontab ran resulting in blank graphs.
A man flying in a hot air balloon suddenly realizes he’s lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts to get directions, “Excuse me, can you …
This project needs properly documenting, but in short it’s a Diecimila with a network module a 6V buzzer and tri-colour LED connected to PWM which provides an audible and visible alert upon the receipt of …
Install the latest smokeping (without distributed polling) on a virgin Centos 5.3 minimal box… It’s probably the best (free) tool for monitoring network latency at a glance.
Examples: Pipe Ten Derby and Pipe Ten Sheffield.
A quick reference for a from-scratch Zabbix install on CentOS 5.3. We’ve used Zabbix for the past 3 or 4 years and just implementing 1.6.5 across multiple Xen nodes for funky distributed monitoring.
I’ve had the Arduino Mini Pro for about 2 months now, but as I forgot to order/have some sort of USB FTDI converter I’ve not been able to play with it. As part of another …
I’ve just been playing with a new HD44780 4×20 LCD from ebay on the Arduino. As I’m still ‘playing’ I’ve tried to document a kind of breadboard interface for the Arduino to LCD. It should …
I couldn’t really understand the hype about destroying expensive shiny toys and random objects with kitchen equipment.
Harking back to the online coffee pot and office wandering robot, I was pleased to find this gem via hacker news.
