Tutorials

Tutorials

• 83 useful Linux commands

  Enterprise administrators and managers who use this guide of essential Linux commands, utilities and tools will find ways to manage files, get process status updates and more.  Continue Reading

• Data center tutorials

  SearchDataCenter.com’s tutorials provide data center and IT professionals with valuable information for developing a strategic data center plan. Discover data center system management resources and learn best practices for data center design and ...  Continue Reading

• Linux security guide: Linux, open source security tools and tips

  Start hardening your Linux servers with this guide to essential tools and applications for Linux security, including SELinux, Nagios, firewalls and more.  Continue Reading

• Mainframe utilities and terminology guide

  This guide and glossary details the IBM mainframe utilities and other mainframe technologies to further best practices in mainframe management.  Continue Reading

• Top mainframe tips of the past year

  This useful compilation of mainframe tips from the past 12 months approaches topics such as successful mainframe migration strategies and IBM z/OS 1.12 features.  Continue Reading

• Linux troubleshooting fast guide

  This useful reference guide to Linux troubleshooting involves everything you need to know to manage Linux in the enterprise, from addressing boot problems to recovering your Linux server.  Continue Reading

• Virtualized data centers: A resource library

  Data center managers use virtualization for basic data center needs, such as server consolidation and disaster recovery, and much more.  Continue Reading

• Data center energy efficiency guide

  In an already troubled economy, IT managers face growing energy costs and surging data center carbon emissions. In this all-inclusive guide, learn how to improve data center energy efficiency through methods such as maximizing server efficiency and ...  Continue Reading

• Data center disaster recovery planning

  A solid disaster recovery and business continuity strategy is crucial to protecting your organization's future in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency that causes downtime. In this guide, we've compiled our best resources to ensure ...  Continue Reading

• ITSM best practices and change management

  Organize your IT processes and implement a service management focus in the data center with this section on ITSM best practices and change management, the second installment of our guide on ITIL processes in the data center.  Continue Reading

• The benefits of ITIL implementation in the data center

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• Linux command line tools: The top 50

  The most popular and useful Linux command utilities and programs, like sudo, chmod, exec, rpm, to name a few.  Continue Reading

• Linux clusters: High-performance computing

  This SearchEnterpriseLinux.com guide explores the many uses of Linux clusters in the enterprise. Find out why Linux clusters can be your company's best bet for handling storage, applications, high-volume transactions and more.  Continue Reading

• Fast Guide: Data center metrics and standards

  Implementing standards and metrics can help ensure that a data center is run smoothly. By clearly defining metrics a business can increase its productivity; however, if metrics are unorganized or poorly defined a company can begin to slide down the ...  Continue Reading

• Data center storage fast guide

  Storage. It's one of the most important parts of a data center. We've put this data center storage fast guide together so that you have easy access to our best articles on all the basics, as well as information on how to put together a storage ...  Continue Reading

• Fast Reference: Cabling

  The second in a series of fast references, "Cabling" will give you an at-a-glance knowledge of the major types of cables, their basic pros and cons, and the shorthand for each type.  Continue Reading

• Learning Guide: Enterprise-ready Linux e-mail

  Souped-up applications for Linux offer viable alternatives to Microsoft's hacker-friendly mail server and client. This learning guide can help you decide if your organization is ready to exchange your e-mail woes and get a bright new outlook.  Continue Reading

• Everything you ever wanted to know about network cabling technology

  This page explains the different types of network cabling technology, gives you the latest news, introduces you to Carrie Higbie, our cabling expert, and gives you her advice.  Continue Reading

• Step 1: Identify sponsors and stakeholders

  Managing a successful IT Project isn't just a technical and organizational issue. It's about managing people. Poor communication, internal politics, poor teamwork, lack of management support and poor planning are the primary reasons that projects ...  Continue Reading

• Step 2: Get a champion in top management

  Managing a successful IT Project isn't just a technical and organizational issue. It's about managing people. Poor communication, internal politics, poor teamwork, lack of management support and poor planning are the primary reasons that projects ...  Continue Reading

• Step 3: Clear goals and achievable deliverables

  Managing a successful IT Project isn't just a technical and organizational issue. It's about managing people. Poor communication, internal politics, poor teamwork, lack of management support and poor planning are the primary reasons that projects ...  Continue Reading