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Backup your Linux Server configuration for a really fast restore

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Every once in a while, we have to build a server.  You’ve spent the time installing and configuring everything and you want a snapshot for Posterity’s sake.  Here’s how to do it quickly.  This little command will simply take a snapshot of everything of importance and for the most part allow you to restore your…

EC2 Instances, the pitfalls and how to avoid them.

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Percy Kwong

So I decided to take the plunge into moving my mailserver from Linode to EC2 considering it made more sense after doing some math.  The reality is Linode is an excellent VPS host and I still have many machines with them (and highly recommend them), but the reality is at some point, it doesn’t become…

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