CPU limit: How it works?

Installation: root# cd /usr/src root# wget ‘http://downloads.sourceforge.net/cpulimit/cpulimit-1.1.tar.gz’ root# tar -zxvf cpulimit-1.1.tar.gz root# cd cpulimit-1.1 root# make root# cp cpulimit /usr/local/sbin/ root# rm -rf cpulimit* CPULimit: Using cpulimit we can set limit for process in linux. Limits are expressed in percentage and not in cpu time.  It will help us to mange the resources on shared […]

Inbound spam to domain/email users

Inbound spam is the scourge of the modern internet and, the inconvenience to users aside, can cause serious performance and resource issues on the server. These can affect both the server overall and the timely deliver of clean email in particular. The best way to tackle inbound spam is at the entry point into the […]

Apache Optimization

httpd.conf is configuration file of apache server and all important options are stored there. httpd.conf is located at /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf.vi /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.confMaxClients (Total number of concurrent connections.)It should be set reasonable value because if set high value then there is chance a complete server hang in case of a DOS attack. It can set value as per […]