Log rotation, a normal thing on Linux systems, keeps any particular log file from becoming too large, yet ensures that sufficient details on system activities are still available for proper system ...

If you usually keep a known amount of hard-drive space clear, and suddenly find your system running low on space, a problem with the way the system handles log files may be to blame. You can use a ...

So we had an issue in our environment where backups failed several nights in a row and log files built up to the point that the drive was down to 6GB free [of 8TB] at the point where I was notified ...

Dave tackles analysis of the ugly Apache web server log. I know, in my last article I promised I'd jump back into the mail merge program I started building a while back. Since I'm having some hiccups ...

Continued use of Windows will generate a large number of log files, but how can one easily monitor these files without having to go through a series of mouse clicks? Well, recently, we’ve been testing ...

Whenever I have a mystery to uncover about lost storage space, I fire up DaisyDisk, a disk-usage visualization app. While the $9.99 price tag may seem steep for its purpose of plotting out what is ...

In order to effectively manage a web server, it is necessary to get feedback about the activity and performance of the server as well as any problems that may be occurring. The Apache HTTP Server ...

Any system can collect logs, but most security operations do a poor job of filtering them to find evidence of malicious activity. Here's where to start Most malicious computer attacks leave telltale ...