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India (GMT+05:30)
English Skills:
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5.0
Member Since:
July 29, 2009
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oDesk Ready:
Yes
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Total oDesk hours:
91,445
Location:
Mohali, India (GMT+05:30)
Member Since:
November 18, 2006
Last Worked:
November 21, 2009
Current Assignments:
102
Total Assignments:
628
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oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test
Score
Percentile
Date Taken
Duration
Software Testing Test
4.10
99%
TOP 10%
07/31/2009
6 min
Email Etiquette Certification
4.55
97%
TOP 10%
07/31/2009
5 min
Redhat Linux 9.0 Admin Test
3.75
89%
TOP 20%
10/22/2009
10 min
Redhat Linux 9.0 General Test
4.60
87%
TOP 20%
07/31/2009
6 min
Data Structures Test
3.25
85%
TOP 20%
07/31/2009
10 min
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Technical Web Virtual Assistant
Provider
November 2, 2009
Postgresql server administration
- Linux
Provider
October 26, 2009
Skills
Skill
Experience
Level
Last Used
Description
Database Clusters (MySQL. PostGres)
5 yrs
5.0
2009
LAMP administration
5 yrs
5.0
2009
Linux (DebianLenny, Fedora, RedHat, Centos)
5 yrs
5.0
2009
Mail Server (Postfix, Exim4, Zimbra)
4 yrs
5.0
2009
Server/Network Security
5 yrs
5.0
2009
Shell Scripting
5 yrs
5.0
2009
Web Application Clusters (Apache)
5 yrs
5.0
2009
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Project Title:
LAMP setup
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Completed:
07/15/2009
Category:
Networking & Information Systems > Network Administration
URL:
none
Description:
Setup of Apache web server with DSO support which helps in loading of the N number of shared objects required by PHP automatically. Also covers the setup of MySQL DB server with optimization and security.
Project Title:
Server Automation
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none
Completed:
07/15/2009
Category:
Networking & Information Systems > Network Administration
URL:
none
Description:
Automate the process of specific servers ( like web, db, etc) which needs to be rolled out in production environment. Specific servers would be configured as per the requirement automatically using Puppet ( a server automation tool ). Also, automation of services can be done using monit.
Project Title:
Server Monitoring
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Completed:
07/07/2009
Category:
Networking & Information Systems > Network Administration
URL:
none
Description:
Multiple local and remote servers monitoring can be done using Nagios. Also covers the monitoring of remotely placed windows servers with N number of independent services.
Project Title:
PostgreSQL Clustering
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Completed:
07/07/2009
Category:
Networking & Information Systems > Network Administration
URL:
none
Description:
Setup of postgreSQL clustering on the Amazon's EC2 servers.
The cluster is setup by using 4 servers. One server acts as load balancer, 2 servers act as database servers and one server acts as a replicator.
Here are the key features of this setup:
1. Load balancing
2. High availability
3. Online recovery if any node goes down.
4. Replication ( synchronous mode )
Project Title:
Postfix setup
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Completed:
07/07/2009
Category:
Networking & Information Systems > Network Administration
URL:
none
Description:
Configuration of postfix on Debian Lenny running on Amazon EC2 server.
The setup covers the following: postfix compilation for cyrus-sasl libraries, SSL/TLS authentication, pgsql and mysql support
Project Title:
SVN and CVS setup
Attachment:
none
Completed:
06/02/2009
Category:
Networking & Information Systems > Network Administration
URL:
none
Description:
Setup the centralized repositories to access the code from anywhere using SVN and CVS versioning systems. Also covers the setup using SSH protocol for enhanced security.
Project Title:
FFMPEG and RED5
Attachment:
none
Completed:
06/01/2009
Category:
Networking & Information Systems > Network Administration
URL:
none
Description:
Configuration of ffmpeg to play .flv files in the application. Also, setup of RED5 media server on any linux distribution.
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oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test
Score
Percentile
Date Taken
Duration
Software Testing Test
4.10
99%
TOP 10%
07/31/2009
6 min
Email Etiquette Certification
4.55
97%
TOP 10%
07/31/2009
5 min
Redhat Linux 9.0 Admin Test
3.75
89%
TOP 20%
10/22/2009
10 min
Redhat Linux 9.0 General Test
4.60
87%
TOP 20%
07/31/2009
6 min
Data Structures Test
3.25
85%
TOP 20%
07/31/2009
10 min
Apache Server Test (2.0 Family)
3.50
74%
10/22/2009
11 min
oDesk Readiness Test for Affiliated Contractors
07/30/2009
5 min