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Let's talk about the BGP protocol and its monitoring

The BGP protocol has become a fundamental part of the operation and performance of the Internet. Therefore, it is obvious that we should undertake the BGP monitoring process when monitoring applications or those services that are offered being Internet the basis of its communication.

What's New in Pandora FMS 7.0 NG 738

In this release 738, mass alerts have been incorporated into policies to make their creation process easier. In addition, different visual consoles have been added in this update, which will appear by default and can be customized according to the user’s needs. Several bugs concerning Metaconsole events and agents have been fixed – we remind you that it is available from 2 000 devices and for the Enterprise version.

What is edge computing?

What is edge computing? Do you really want to know? The story of edge computing reminds us how things used to be and how they will be in the future, similar but different. Would you like to know more? This is not a story of passions or revenge, but of common sense. In the IT world, it is all about looking for the practical side of life. But before we start, we should get to know where we are now, don’t you think?

Network Emulation. Bringing real-world conditions to the test environment

The Network Emulation is a relevant technology when making tests related to the behaviour of our platform. Let’s look at these situations: All these situations are part of the day-to-day work of the IT managers and all are responded to by developing the necessary tests. However, when we propose to do these tests, two options arise: simulation and emulation of networks. These are two concepts that are often used interchangeably but are actually very different.

Fourteen Free SQL Software Tools

Our databases are the ones that keep the Internet alive. There has even been talk for some years about the development of operating systems with which users do not have direct contact with the files, but their personal files are stored in a local DB. In fact, we already see how there are online services that do this for us, such as Google Drive or Nextcloud, the latter written under free license Affero.

Why does CUBIC take us back to TCP congestion control?

TCP congestion control is a fundamental part of this protocol and over the years has undergone a process of constant improvement through the generation of different versions, such as TCP Tahoe, Reno, Vegas, and so on. The case of the TCP CUBIC version, which has been the default congestion control applied by Linux/Unix systems.