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• Optimize resource management in supercomputers with SLURM

  SLURM, the Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management, is a highly scalable and fault-tolerant cluster manager and job scheduling system for large clusters of compute nodes. Learn how to put it to work in your own Linux environment.

• Integrate Riak as a heavy-duty caching server for web apps

  Put Riak to work as a caching solution for heavy-load websites to reduce and eliminate the load on application and database servers. Get scalability, reliable data replication, easy integration, and search that serves user requests.

• Configure network-to-network and point-to-point VPN connections with IPSEC in Linux

  Investigate the design principles, the basis for deploying VPN, and the IPSEC protocol concept, including a description of the general features of IPSEC and of the mechanisms required for its implementation.

• Social networks meet open-source project hosting

  When you switch languages from C++ to Ruby it can be frustrating that some of the functionality is just a little different. Arpan Sen examines the features which seem to give developers the most trouble.

• Secure WiFi on your cheap wireless router with DD-WRT and Linux

  Linux shows up in the most surprising places. Turn your consumer-grade internet router into a networking powerhouse with commercial powers by replacing the existing firmware with DD-WRT in this article.

• Meet six misunderstood Ruby features

  When you switch languages from C++ to Ruby it can be frustrating that some of the functionality is just a little different. Arpan Sen examines the features which seem to give developers the most trouble.

• Protect your data at the speed of light with gKrypt

  Rev up your encryption and security with the gKrypt engine in this two-part series. Continue this two-part series about leveraging graphics processors to carry the load of encryption and decryption with AES and CUDA.