There are significant advantages to running your computer in a raid configuration. The most common raid configurations for home use are Raid 0 and Raid 1. Raid 0 gives you better performance, as it focuses on distributing data evenly on multiple drives (instead of using one drive as a backup), significantly increasing read/write speeds of your machine. Raid 1 gives you better data insurance, as it creates an exact copy of data from one hard drive to another, constructing full redundancy through backups....

It helps you, monitor, search and analyze the vast amount of data, (especially in larger environments) into a simple format that you can easily read and digest. Cacti provide a fast poller, advanced graph templating, multiple data acquisition methods, and user management features out of the box. Cacti support the majority of the network devices in use today. from many major manufacturers. including the vast majority of the networking devices deployed....

Caddy is an open-source, powerful, extensible platform written in Go that can be used to serve your sites, services, and apps. It is not a simple web server. It can be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, gateway, ingress controller, task scheduler, and more. Caddy is lightweight and operates primarily at L4 (transport layer) and L7 (application layer) of the OSI model. Whether you’re hosting a simple website or running a production-ready web app, Caddy is a great place to start when looking for alternatives to your current configurations....

For those who don’t know about Grafana, is open-source software that provides monitoring and analytics across network systems and runs on all major operating systems, including Ubuntu. Grafana is a complete enterprise-grade server and log monitoring system which brings together data from diverse systems and databases into a single platform. This post will show you how to perform a basic configuration after installing this open-source project backed by a vibrant community....

KeeWeb is a free, cross-platform password manager that is compatible with KeePass. It helps you store your password online as well as offline securely. With KeeWeb, you can sync your password automatically with popular cloud services, including OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, and many others. It supports multiple features, including a user-friendly desktop interface, multiple themes, multiple file supports, drag n’ drop, a password generator, and more. To get started with installing KeeWeb, follow the steps below:...

We’re now ready to install Moodle to help us build our first dynamic, professional online courses and begin teaching our users and students the materials we create. Moodle is an open-source learning management platform written in PHP, designed to help educators create effective online courses and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. With Moodle, one can create online courses using free templates, plugins, and a support base to help you throughout the process....

Create Tumblr Account Open the Tumblr Sign Up Page in a browser (link in Resources). Type your email address, then type a password for your account. Type a username that you will use on the Tumblr platform. The username that you assign to your account will be the first part of your Tumblr blog URL. For example, if you chose “JohnDoe” as your username, your Tumblr blog URL will be “johndoe....