Monthly Archive: February, 2010

Block music/download through Squid

We might need to BLOCK certain types of files to be downloaded, like mp3/mpeg/avi/exe and other and display our customized error-message. STEP #1 – vim /etc/squid/squid.conf — add these lines under your ACL… Continue reading

Change MTU size

On gigabit networks, large maximum transmission units (MTU) sizes (JumboFrames) can provide better network performance for our HPC environment. If you want to transfer large amounts of data at gigabit speeds, increasing the… Continue reading