Category Archives: misc
btrfs – filesystem to end all filesystems?
There are some good stuff on the horizon! It’s called btrfs (“butter-fs”). It was originally announced/”released” over a year ago by our friends at Oracle and has, in my opinion, not quite received the attention it deserves. I’m keeping a … Continue reading
tooltip – inotify-tools
You can monitor pretty much any file operation, so this tool can be used in a whole range of scenarios. Ever wondered just how many temp files your application creates or? Are you sure it doesn’t open and close the file handle for each operation? Do you want to know which file on your website is the most popular download at the moment but can’t wait until the webstats crontab has ran? I could go on… Continue reading