Archive for April, 2010
Managing a server using SSH and Command Line Access over the past few years has taught me a lot. It’s sometimes important to check how a server is doing in terms of load or you may simply want to check hard disk usage. Here are some commands I’ve frequently used:
On a recent project I worked on, the sheer amount of users using the application caused the web server to fail due to the load on the database. Memcache with PHP was just one of the methods I used to reduce the load on the database and away from constant disk read/writes.