Posted by admin on 8th October 2008
openSUSE and SUSE Linux sets default values for some of the network related Kernel parameters. While these are certainly not something that reduces the performance on your linux but are set considering optimal across platforms. With Kernel 2.6 (default in recent releases of openSUSE & SuSE Linux), there are some fine tuning you can do to improve Network performance and get that extra out of your system.
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Posted by admin on 28th September 2008
The Linux Kernel offers you something that allows you to recover your system from a crash or at the least lets you to perform a proper shutdown using the Magic SysRq Keys. The magic SysRq key is a select key combination in the Linux kernel which allows the user to perform various low level commands regardless of the system’s state using the SysRq key. It is often used to recover from freezes, or to reboot a computer without corrupting the filesystem.
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Posted by admin on 21st February 2008
ICMP Redirects are used to update hosts of optimal alternate routes to a destination. These are updates normally sent by routing devices when the router becomes aware of an alternate route to reach a destination than the current one. This method is not very efficient and can cause security concerns.
However, this can be fixed at run time (dynamically) without having to reboot the PC or server running Suse Linux or OpenSuse operating system or at boot time (system startup).
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