Installing htop on Oracle Linux 7 or RHEL 7

Installing htop on Oracle Linux 7 or RHEL 7 In order to get the latest version of htop installed it’s a little more than just your yum install command. Installing htop on Oracle Linux 7 or RHEL 7 is just broken down to a couple of things. Get the latest source, unzip, configure, make and install, […]

Dell H200 RAID controller Speed Hack

Dell H200 RAID controller Speed Hack  FIRST AND FOREMOST ONLY DO AT YOUR OWN RISK AND UNDERSTAND THE RISK TRADE-OFF The Dell H200 does not have a built in battery so for the sake of safety it is crippled by the firmware from the factory so that if you lose power during a write to […]

configuring VNC server the easy way in Linux

Configuring VNC server the easy way in Linux Configuring VNC Server in Linux can be problematic at times. The goal of this article is to show a couple of things to check as well as other helpful links when troubleshooting, and truly configuring VNC server the easy way in Linux If this article has helped you […]

Hyper-V 2012 R2 Generation 2 Linux VM’s

Hyper-V 2012 R2 Generation 2 Linux VM’s Microsoft is starting to support Hyper-V Generation 2 VM’s for Linux. This alone would speed up any compatible Linux OS quite a bit by opening up some of the disk access bottlenecks that  Generation 1 VM’s suffer from. This performance bottleneck was caused by the VM only being able to […]

Install Dell OpenManage 7.4 on RHEL / OEL 6.5

Install Dell OpenManage 7.4 on RHEL / OEL 6.5 Many Windows Admins that don’t venture into the NIX world of things may be uncomfortable with working on a Linux box, but this short tutorial will simplify the installation process of Install Dell OpenManage 7.4 on RHEL OEL 6.5 which will help simplify remote monitoring across your network. […]