This picture (credited to Uptime Software) shows how you can classify outages so that you know which ones to tackle first. A very good way to take stock of things and show progress over time.

This picture (credited to Uptime Software) shows how you can classify outages so that you know which ones to tackle first. A very good way to take stock of things and show progress over time.

There are several ways to run commands repetively in Linux.. (cron, while loop etc). Here is a simple trick. Say you want to check the size of a directory using “du” every 5 seconds, you can use the following command
[bash]watch -n 5 du -ch[/bash]
Check out all the options available in watch by running “man watch” :).
Guess what happens, when one runs a half marathon without any training? You break all records for finishing late :). Jhanvi and I ran the 2010 Rock and Roll Half Marathon in Chicago today. It was hot and humid.. but we managed to finish the run. Am so proud of Jhanvi for finished faster than me.. She just started running last year and I think she is a natural.
