December 2010
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Tumblr Staff: Getting ready for 2011 →
Oh yeah… THIS!!!
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Combining tar, pigz, and netcat
Typically used scp to transfer files around. But more frequently, for faster results, I find myself using a combo of tar + pigz + netcat, especially when transferring larger amounts of data.
Here’s how to run tar + pigz + netcat. On the source server, use netcat to open up a listening socket (arbitrary port) which reads data from stdin and pipe to it a compressed mysql directory using pigz...
@sparciii →
Made it thru five hundred seventy days since “tweeting”.
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Tumblr combines the best of self expression (Facebook and blogging platforms)...
– Signal, Curation, Discovery (John Battelle)
Fact: Tumblr makes you smarter!
Downtime
staff:
Yesterday afternoon, during planned maintenance that was not intended to interrupt service, an issue arose that took down a critical database cluster. This brought down our entire network while our engineers worked feverishly to restore these databases and bring your blogs back online.
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Sorry we let you down today.
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To be safe, I should learn everything about everything. But I don’t have...
– Michael Scott