NCDU is a text-based user interface, it allows you to visually see how and where disk space is being used via an easy-to-use interface. Simple run the command in the current directory to see a directory tree of folders & files and their space usage. I use this tool mainly for analysing why a server
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Came across the need to perform maintenance on a MySQL database which holds millions of records, we needed to remove all data which was 2+ years old which involved deleting around 530 million records from a very large table, hitting nearly 200GB.
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A client was having issues sending emails and receiving a number of alerts regarding delayed emails. After looking investigating a number of outbound emails where queued with a failure reason of
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Having problems keeping your server time in sync? or a project requiring accurate timing? If your using a Amazon EC2 instance you can swap to using Chrony and Amazon Time Sync using the below commands.
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Manage your system better with the ability to kill processes on Linux easily with killall command, kill those unwanted processes freeing valuable resources.
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Easily backup a windows based MySQL server using a scheduled bat file, including archiving and removal of older backups.
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Need an easy way to allow external network users to access services or websites on your local machine? ngrok allows you to easily create a secure tunnel from ngroks servers to your machine. For a web developer, this is a dream come true, this is a great way to demo a development whilst in the
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Damaged or crashed MySQL tables due to an unsafe server shut downs, disk space limits or general MySQL failures? Do a find and find and repair on your damaged MySQL tables.
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A server is a computer designed for a specific task such as running a website, a server tends to be powered up more often compared to a regular computer with most servers running 24/7. Servers are a major part of our everyday live, the internet is a collection of hundreds of thousands of servers all
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