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Run a Linux Server Farm for Nix

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 6, 2007

“One great thing about Linux is its rock-solid nature even when
you load it up with as many daemons and services as you like. Yet,
often ‘best practice’ dictates you separate out some apps across a
couple of servers or at the very least provide a safe development
environment which is distinct from your production environment.

“Or you might be about to make a serious change in your
environment and need a safe way of making a complete backup with
instantaneous restore if need be…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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