Hardware failure is a fact of life when it comes to computers, which is at odds with trying to keep a service running 24/7. No one can guarantee absolute perfect uptime, but it’s possible to get pretty darned close. If … Continued

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It’s hiring time again here at Anchor1 and that means we’ve been sifting resumes. Lots of them. We’d like to offer some advice. There’s no shortage of advice on what to put in a resume, how to format it, and … Continued

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We put Kyoto Cabinet under the gun recently as a means to improve Redis. The Anchor Propulsion/Internet Laboratory validated Kyoto Cabinet as “fresh”, but extended live testing has revealed sub-optimal behaviour in some situations. To recap, we used Kyoto Cabinet … Continued

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A new version of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system, version 7.0 (codename “Wheezy”) has been released today. Thanks to the open and transparent development cycle of Debian, we have been able to work on improving our support for this release … Continued

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Regular readers of this blog will know that we’re hiring – we’re always hiring, in fact, and we’re going to be talking about it more in the near future. Hiring good people is really hard, so a smart company is … Continued

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Michael Sampson has a reputation for being the office Linux nut. No small feat, when you consider that everyone at Anchor is a Linux nut. He works as a Systems Admin with Chris and Ryan. How did you come to be working … Continued

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Today we’re talking about our experience with btrfs, the next-gen Linux filesystem. btrfs has been maturing rapidly over the last few years and offers many compelling features for modern systems, so we’ve been putting it through its paces on some … Continued

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Congratulations to Evan Tanuhardja from Hybris. Evan has won an iPad mini just by visiting our booth at the e-Commerce Show which was held in Melbourne last week. Anchor will also be attending Online Retailer in August. Be sure to drop by … Continued

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In a departure from our usual technical posts, we thought we’d share with you a little of what it’s like to be a network admin here at Anchor. A properly functioning network is critical for a internet services company, and … Continued

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Anchor’s Keiran Holloway, Jessica Field and Phillip Pace are heading down to Melbourne to attend the eCommerce Show. The event is being held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center on Wednesday and Thursday. Our booth is no 6006. If … Continued

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