Quality of Service (QoS) with the Linux traffic control subsystem (tc) gives you precise control over bandwidth allocation, latency, and scheduling for network interfaces on RHEL 8. Using the Hierarchical Token Bucket (HTB) queuing discipline you can guarantee minimum bandwidth to critical services, cap bandwidth for bulk transfers, and prioritize interactive traffic over background workloads. […]
Huge pages reduce the overhead of virtual memory management by using larger memory page sizes — typically 2 MB instead of the default 4 KB. For memory-intensive databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL, huge pages eliminate millions of Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) misses per second, lower page table walk overhead, and prevent the kernel […]
The perf tool is a powerful Linux profiling framework built directly into the kernel, capable of sampling CPU performance counters, tracing system calls, and generating flame graphs that reveal exactly where an application spends its time. On RHEL 8, perf is packaged in the standard repositories and integrates with the kernel’s built-in performance monitoring units […]
Linux kernel parameters control how your system allocates resources, handles network connections, and manages memory. On RHEL 8, the sysctl utility provides a clean interface for reading and writing these parameters at runtime, while drop-in configuration files under /etc/sysctl.d/ make changes persistent across reboots. Properly tuned kernel parameters can significantly improve throughput, reduce latency, and […]
Disk encryption is a critical layer of defense-in-depth for any Linux server handling sensitive data. LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup) is the standard on-disk format for Linux disk encryption, and cryptsetup is the user-space tool that manages it. On RHEL 8, LUKS2 is the default format, bringing improved metadata handling, larger headers, and support for […]
Ceph is a unified, distributed storage system that simultaneously provides object, block, and file storage on commodity hardware. It eliminates single points of failure through replication and erasure coding, and scales linearly by adding nodes. The cephadm tool, introduced in Ceph Octopus, simplifies cluster deployment by using containers (Podman on RHEL 8) to manage Ceph […]
MinIO is a high-performance, S3-compatible object storage server designed to run on commodity hardware. It supports the full Amazon S3 API, making it a drop-in replacement for cloud object storage in private and hybrid environments. On RHEL 8, MinIO runs as a single binary with minimal dependencies, and its systemd integration makes it straightforward to […]
Dovecot is a high-performance, secure IMAP and POP3 server that works seamlessly alongside Postfix to deliver a complete mail server stack on RHEL 8. While Postfix handles sending and receiving mail via SMTP, Dovecot allows mail clients like Thunderbird or Outlook to retrieve messages using IMAP or POP3. Dovecot is also SELinux-aware and actively maintained, […]
Postfix is a high-performance, security-focused Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) that ships with RHEL 8 and is the default replacement for Sendmail. It handles the delivery of outbound email and, when configured correctly, accepts inbound mail for local users. Understanding Postfix is foundational for any RHEL administrator who needs to send system alerts, application notifications, or […]
Software RAID using mdadm provides redundant disk storage without requiring a hardware RAID controller, making it ideal for cost-effective high-availability storage on RHEL 8. RAID 1 (mirroring) writes identical data to two disks simultaneously; if one disk fails, the other continues serving data without interruption and the array can be rebuilt onto a replacement drive. […]
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