Capacity planning is one of those IT buzzwords that appears very simple to define – but, is not easy to understand. Often, this simple phrase can literally strike fear into the hearts of even the most ...

To get started as a Linux (or Unix) user, you need to have a good perspective on how Linux works and a handle on some of the most basic commands. This first post in a “getting started” series examines ...

It would seem that answering this question ought to be easy; it is -- but every system has the answer in a different place. Most put an answer of some sort into kernel messages reported by dmesg (AIX, ...

A filesystem is a way that an operating system organizes files on a disk. These filesystems come in many different flavors depending on your specific needs. For Windows, you have the NTFS, FAT, FAT16, ...