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More information on our Ruby o…

Posted on August 7, 2011 by richard

More information on our Ruby on Rails VPS Appliance in our Forums at http://t.co/OhtN7j0 #NetPres #devops

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Ruby on Rails dev. goes well, …

Posted on August 7, 2011 by richard

Ruby on Rails dev. goes well, with initial Rails/Passenger Hosting platform deployed for dev. env of Startup via http://t.co/XO1fQBf #VPS

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Weekly Tweets for 2011-08-07

Posted on August 7, 2011 by richard

Twitter open-sources its streaming data analyzer. I look fwd to trialing this soon! http://t.co/NBhvHeF # It’s SaaS, but we know it as Sysadmin as a Service! http://t.co/6H31BeP To help you get the most from your #NetPres VPS! # I've been … Continue reading →

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Twitter open-sources its strea…

Posted on August 5, 2011 by richard

Twitter open-sources its streaming data analyzer. I look fwd to trialing this soon! http://t.co/NBhvHeF

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Running hordes of clustered Tomcats

Posted on August 5, 2011 by richard

I’ve ordered ‘the book’ on Tomcat 6 from Amazon, to “tick all the boxes” on a large production Tomcat cluster that I’m running. I’ve seen some amazing Tomcat performance, most good, some bad and made the config updates req’d to … Continue reading →

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It’s SaaS, but we know it as…

Posted on August 5, 2011 by richard

It’s SaaS, but we know it as Sysadmin as a Service! http://t.co/6H31BeP To help you get the most from your #NetPres VPS!

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I’ve been commissioned by a ‘s…

Posted on August 4, 2011 by richard

I’ve been commissioned by a ‘stealth-mode’ Startup to code, deploy & host (at scale) a Ruby on Rails app & site. Very exciting.. #NetPres

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Understanding Cassandra’s Datamodel

Posted on August 3, 2011 by richard

I’ve done a bit of development around Cassandra this year, after having read the book on it (http://www.amazon.com/Cassandra-Definitive-Guide-Eben-Hewitt/dp/1449390412/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312331422&sr=8-1) and then using it to store our NetFlow data for a week or so earlier in 2011. So I found this “grok … Continue reading →

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Weekly Tweets for 2011-07-31

Posted on July 31, 2011 by richard

Great info on Memcached & mySQL to be 'like' a NoSQL deployment, with performance info & more. http://t.co/xIDZCOf #NetPres # Listening keenly to @stilgherrian's "Patch Monday" podcast with Dr Vogels, Amazon's CTO. Avail via @pocketcasts & #iTunes not web yet.. … Continue reading →

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Freeside Online Billing & Accounting VPS

Posted on July 28, 2011 by richard

Freeside is an online billing and accounting system for ISPs and other online businesses. We’ve created a “VPS Appliance” Plan which provides you with a customised but fully installed & operational Freeside system! This was an “interesting” VPS build, requiring … Continue reading →

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