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How to disable updatedb? /usr/bin/updatedb

by in , 08 Jan 2015 0

Sometimes you can see /usr/bin/updatedb running cause high load.
a question is posed. is It necessary to keep updatedb?

Just do the following step to find out the answer

  1. First find out where the program is located on disk.
    $ type updatedb
updatedb is /usr/bin/updatedb
  2. Next find out what package provides updatedb.
    $ rpm -qf /usr/bin/updatedb
mlocate-0.26-3.fc19.x86_64
  3. See if anything requires mlocate.
    $ rpm -q --whatrequires mlocate
no package requires mlocate
  4. Nothing requires it so you can remove the package.
    $ yum remove mlocate

What is the difference between Cloud Server (Cloud VPS) with VPS

by in 18 Nov 2014 0

Traditional VPS’s do not have centralized storage which means if your node goes down you could be down for hours. If your data is corrupt in a VPS environment it might be gone forever. Also, if you want to scale on your VPS you are limited based on the amount of resources that is on the node your data is on.


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