Re: [CentOS] iptables to block region-specific ip's?

2011-05-11 Thread David Milholen
case of sshd or blocking via hosts.deny as in the case of postfix? I don't know the answer to this. I prefer IPTABLES. More efficient using iptables to stop it before its processed in the case of mail. Also, look at "Spamdyke" as an alternative to stop senders,RDNS or i

Re: [CentOS] Can anyone suggest a decent backup system?

2010-09-16 Thread David Milholen
Freenas is the way do it. Very simple and fast to get up and running on most hardware platforms. Supports E-sata,USB, IDE, RAID configurations. Can use an old pc laying around but recommend more up2date hardware to meet the demands of a large system. Dual GigE ports with mtu modified will push

Re: [CentOS] New to VM

2010-03-04 Thread David Milholen
s.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Awesome, The list has been kind to me.. I like the input.  Drop some performance results next time I post once I get everything installed. --thanx -- David Milholen Project Engineer 501-318-1300 Wi

Re: [CentOS] New to VM

2010-03-03 Thread David Milholen
and both set up to do VM doing replication for the mail services. --Dave nate wrote: David Milholen wrote: I have managed these for so long on just a couple of machines but technology is changing and we are growing as a company and I have heard and read great things that can be done with VM

Re: [CentOS] New to VM

2010-03-03 Thread David Milholen
start by asking how VM is configured and How does allocate resources on the server? BTW I am a big fan of this list and have been for quiet some time. --Dave Les Mikesell wrote: On 3/3/2010 2:40 PM, David Milholen wrote: For example if i have 2 ibm Eserver 326 with dual xeon 2.8ghz each with

Re: [CentOS] New to VM

2010-03-03 Thread David Milholen
Mikesell wrote: David Milholen wrote: What are some min requirements for Hardware and what performance differences are there in just running another pid for an app? That question is way too general to answer and also depends a bit on what VM approach (xen/kvm/vmware server

[CentOS] New to VM

2010-03-03 Thread David Milholen
What are some min requirements for Hardware and what performance differences are there in just running another pid for an app?   -- David Milholen Project Engineer 501-318-1300 Wireless Etc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http

[CentOS] moving from live partitions to raid1 on an eserver

2009-12-12 Thread David Milholen
I have a qtp (qmail toaster plus) machine on an ibm 326 eserver that has 2 sata 250GB drives. The problem I have is that when the Os was installed I thought I had hardware raid on but to my avail the Os assumed to drives an installed accordingly. Here is what df has for the partitions. # df Fil