RHEL6 – Managing Swap Space

Swap space on a Linux box is an area on disk that is used to hold inactive memory pages. This occurs when the system needs more memory then is currently available, so it swaps these inactive memory pages to disk.

Troubleshooting NTP on Linux

Using NTP to set the time on a linux server is not hard, however it can have a trick or two up its sleeve. In this example I was troubleshooting NTP on a RedHat 8 server (yes I know its old). Before we get started, the basics on NTP can be found here. A primer … Continue reading Troubleshooting NTP on Linux