This comes up in discussions almost every new project I work on, because it's a very important thing to consider when designing a database. When deciding when and how to create an index in your MySQL database, it's important to consider how the data is being used.

Metadata performance is perhaps the most neglected facet of storage performance. In previous articles we've looked into how best to improve metadata performance without too much luck. Could that be a function of the benchmark? Hmmm...

Bonding ethernet channels in Linux is easy. With the right configuration and hardware, it can be done in minutes.

After forty years in the commercial computing business, the one idea that has been drilled into me by security professionals is the fact that there is no such thing as a secure computer system, only levels of insecurity.

What I didn't know was that, old as it is, C has actually maintained more of its popularity than I had thought and that it's now once more the number-one programming language in the world.

While it’s hard to make the claim that there aren’t enough Linux distros out there, it’s also hard to escape the fact that no distribution is all things to all people. There are all kinds of reasons to consider rolling your own, but many people never make the attempt because it seems like such a huge undertaking.

The Linux kernel includes a variety of APIs intended to help developers build simpler and more efficient driver and kernel applications. Two of the more common APIs that can be used for work deferral are the list management and timer APIs.

The ClamAV developers have released version 0.96 of their free virus scanner, adding new malware detection mechanisms, scan engine improvements and closing several security holes