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# Personal Aliases
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alias ssr=’ssh -l root’
PS1=”\n<\[\033[0;32m\]\h\[\033[0m\]> \w (\[\033[0;36m\]\u\[\033[0m\])$ “
So lets start by defining what ip aliases are. I put these in the same category as virtual interfaces. In other words these are not physically connected interfaces but are stacked on top of the main interface, in most cases this is eth0.
In the world of servers there are many options when it comes to protecting your disks and the data on those disks. You can create backups of your disks or even get creative and rsync your data to another drive or to an off site storage area. On my server I chose to go with a RAID array.
Recently a co-worker mentioned that they tried out nginx and noticed that it was quite snappy. I didn’t know exactly how it worked but thought I would give it a try. As a result I had this site down for a number of days while I corrected the issues. In the end I did the following: Continue reading