Implementation of a highly available PostgreSQL cluster using DRBD on RHEL5. Demonstrates how to make (any) database Highly Available by replicating writes to a hot standby that takes over service at the direction of a Cluster Manager. The slave gets updated synchronously, is fully coherent, and can be snapshot for backups.

Proposed plan to backup a DVD image processing server. Implements media backup and offsite archival of a DVD image encryption server which supports a large disk array hosting DVD images both before and after encryption.

HOWTO describing manual setup for a webapp-ready Ubuntu server. Steps needed to instantiate a Jetty container, LDAP server and Apache, ready for developers to do test deploys of their webapps. Starts from a stock Ubuntu install.

Plea to management to raise security in response to breakins and leaks. Provides an overview of the various issues affecting security at a [now defunct] corporation. The analysis was motivated by suspicion of an information leak and also a prior crack attempt.

How to administer an instance of 3-tier webapp. Instructions on how Presales or Professional Services teams can interface with an application "slot" that has been set up for them (i.e. an instantiation). This is a full instance of a 3-tier web application set up for administration via SSH.

Thoughts on the ethical obligations of IT to the company at large. IT enjoys a unique position of responsibility within a company. Here were some musings on this subject matter one day while I was pondering this. It is a "non technical" work that demonstrates some other aspects of my writing style.

Describes rules for accessing and modifying LDAP schema. The rules were part planning and part implementation. They are designed to be read by anyone implementing programmatic access to the LDAP DIT and/or trying to understand how mail is routed.