cost per hosted server
What is the typical market cost for a hosted server of medium capacity?
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| August 20, 2008 8:29 PM
Hosted servers, Hosted services, Server management, Servers
What is the typical market cost for a hosted server of medium capacity?
Will vender’s hardware revenues shrink as a result of virtualization?
Since virtualization allows one server to replace several non-virtual servers one would think this would be bad for HP,Dell, IBM and other server vendors. Yet it doesn’t seemed to have caused the stock of these vendors to go down. Is this because the new virtual servers will cost more and have a higher profit margin [...]
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| February 3, 2009 7:18 PM
Hardware Costs, Servers, Virtual Servers, Virtualization and hardware, Virtualization strategies
Since virtualization allows one server to replace several non-virtual servers one would think this would be bad for HP,Dell, IBM and other server vendors. Yet it doesn’t seemed to have caused the stock of these vendors to go down. Is this because the new virtual servers will cost more and have a higher profit margin [...]
No longer Can login, Help urgent
We have 2 active directories (2 servers) I con login to one of them, but can’t login to another Please check this Group policy on Domain. http://narbeh.vndv.com/untitled.JPG Help me please. the thing is I can connect to the other one. It says you must be granted Allow to log on terminal services. but I don’t [...]
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| August 12, 2008 5:36 AM
Administrative privileges, Servers
We have 2 active directories (2 servers) I con login to one of them, but can’t login to another Please check this Group policy on Domain. http://narbeh.vndv.com/untitled.JPG Help me please. the thing is I can connect to the other one. It says you must be granted Allow to log on terminal services. but I don’t [...]
DC power in the data center
Hi, I’m Peter Bochner, site editor for SearchStorage.com, and I;’m researching a story on electrical power, storage arrays and the data center. My question is a basic one, but I’m having a hard time finding an answer. Only some storage arrays are available with DC power supplies, and these for the most part are targeted [...]
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| August 1, 2008 8:20 PM
AC power supplies, DC power supplies, Power management, Servers, Storage arrays
Hi, I’m Peter Bochner, site editor for SearchStorage.com, and I;’m researching a story on electrical power, storage arrays and the data center. My question is a basic one, but I’m having a hard time finding an answer. Only some storage arrays are available with DC power supplies, and these for the most part are targeted [...]
Deciding on configurations for SQL Servers
My new server has 3 x 146GB SAS 15k 3.5″ HD, which came pre-configured as RAID 5, and 2x 73GB SAS 15k 3.5″ HD, which came as RAID 1. Should I leave this configuration as is or should I change it?
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| August 1, 2008 6:10 PM
RAID, RAID 1, RAID 1 vs RAID 5, RAID 5, Servers, SQL Server configuration
My new server has 3 x 146GB SAS 15k 3.5″ HD, which came pre-configured as RAID 5, and 2x 73GB SAS 15k 3.5″ HD, which came as RAID 1. Should I leave this configuration as is or should I change it?
Proliant server hard disk upgrade
Have an HP ProLiant DL360 G3 with 2 72GB drives that are mirrored. Using W2003 server SP2. I want to upgrade the drives but don’t have all the installed software, is it possible to upgrade without having to do a new full install.
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| December 3, 2011 10:39 AM
Hard drives, HP ProLiant DL360 G3, Servers
Have an HP ProLiant DL360 G3 with 2 72GB drives that are mirrored. Using W2003 server SP2. I want to upgrade the drives but don’t have all the installed software, is it possible to upgrade without having to do a new full install.
How SQL Server will work with PerformancePoint Server 2007
Can you explain the basic architecture and operation of PerformancePoint Server 2007, and how it might work with SQL Server?
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| July 3, 2008 6:10 PM
PerformancePoint Server 2007, Servers, SQL Server
Can you explain the basic architecture and operation of PerformancePoint Server 2007, and how it might work with SQL Server?
Is it possible to create a store file or move a store file to a server other than the exchange server?
Is it possible to create a store file or move a store file to a server other than the exchange server?
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| June 3, 2008 5:29 PM
Exchange 2003, Servers, Store File
Is it possible to create a store file or move a store file to a server other than the exchange server?
View Hidden Files
Hello, I have a Win 2000 Server in a small workgroup. I can’t can’t see and open hidden files. I tried changing everything in Folder options and editing Hidden and SuperHidden attributes in registry but no luck. After changing the Registry, when I try to view hidden files, registry changes back to its old attributes. [...]
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| November 2, 2011 5:44 AM
Application security, Microsoft Windows, Network management, Networking, Security, Servers, Spyware, Viruses, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Security
Hello, I have a Win 2000 Server in a small workgroup. I can’t can’t see and open hidden files. I tried changing everything in Folder options and editing Hidden and SuperHidden attributes in registry but no luck. After changing the Registry, when I try to view hidden files, registry changes back to its old attributes. [...]
Installation of exchange on Windows 2003 Server
When installing exchange on Windows server 2003, my Installation Wizard Setup fails. Please help?
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| May 29, 2008 12:11 AM
Exchange server installation, Servers, Windows Server 2003
When installing exchange on Windows server 2003, my Installation Wizard Setup fails. Please help?
ssl_error_rx_record_too_long error when connecting to SBS2003 with Firefox 3b5
When I connect to my SBS over the internet using port 8080 with Firefox 3 beta 5, I get an ssl_error_rx_record_too_long error, saying that my server sent a malformed SSL request. It starts working fine again if I allow unsecured connections.
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| April 12, 2010 8:03 AM
firefox, SBS, SBS 2003, Servers, Small Business Server, Windows Server 2003
When I connect to my SBS over the internet using port 8080 with Firefox 3 beta 5, I get an ssl_error_rx_record_too_long error, saying that my server sent a malformed SSL request. It starts working fine again if I allow unsecured connections.
SQL 2005 error code = 80004003: Invalid Pointer
After (successfully???) attaching a database to a VM Ware instance of MS SQL Server 2005 and setting what appear to be appropriate access to the SQL server itself and the database involved, and making sure that sharing and security are properly set on the SQL server, I am receiving the following error when attempting to [...]
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| April 25, 2008 9:21 PM
Database, Servers, SQL, SQL Server 2005
After (successfully???) attaching a database to a VM Ware instance of MS SQL Server 2005 and setting what appear to be appropriate access to the SQL server itself and the database involved, and making sure that sharing and security are properly set on the SQL server, I am receiving the following error when attempting to [...]
What are the industry best practices for cabling high-density production server cabinets with patch panels?
What are the industry best practices for cabling high-density production server cabinets with patch panels? And where should you fix the patch panels — under false flooring, inside the server rack or with an over head cable tray?
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| April 26, 2008 9:04 PM
Cabling, Network cabling, Network infrastructure, Patch panels, server cabinets, Server room, Servers
What are the industry best practices for cabling high-density production server cabinets with patch panels? And where should you fix the patch panels — under false flooring, inside the server rack or with an over head cable tray?
Network design and infrastructure for a small business with on-site and remote access workers
My company occupies a small self-contained, single-story business unit (of which they are the sole occupants) which is part of a larger business park. They employ 24 staff comprising of a CEO, 5 administrators, 2 business development managers and 16 specialist consultants. The administrators and business development managers use PCs but the CEO and consultants [...]
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| April 25, 2008 9:00 PM
Database, Digital Private Circuit, Internet service providers, ISPs, Network design, Network infrastructure, Project management, Remote access, Servers, Small business (smb) technology projects, Small businesses, SMB, Storage
My company occupies a small self-contained, single-story business unit (of which they are the sole occupants) which is part of a larger business park. They employ 24 staff comprising of a CEO, 5 administrators, 2 business development managers and 16 specialist consultants. The administrators and business development managers use PCs but the CEO and consultants [...]
Need help designing a network for videoconferencing for a campus?
What type of severs, routers, bridges, switches and cables are suitable for videoconferencing? Also, how do you design a network for videoconferencing for a campus? Please help me. Thank you.
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| April 8, 2008 7:27 PM
Channel, Network design, Networking Channel, Routers, Servers, Switches, VAR, Video conferencing
What type of severs, routers, bridges, switches and cables are suitable for videoconferencing? Also, how do you design a network for videoconferencing for a campus? Please help me. Thank you.
Windows Server 2003 disappears from Network Places
We have a 3 server Windows 2003 Server network. One of these servers disappears periodically from the computers listed in “My Network Places”. It will re-appear for a few days or weeks and then drop off the list again. I can search for it and find it, and it gives no problems other than this. [...]
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| March 17, 2008 3:46 PM
Network, Servers, Windows Server 2003
We have a 3 server Windows 2003 Server network. One of these servers disappears periodically from the computers listed in “My Network Places”. It will re-appear for a few days or weeks and then drop off the list again. I can search for it and find it, and it gives no problems other than this. [...]
Addiing Windows Xp pro clients from a Windows 2003 server
I am a Network Administrator’s assist. I need to find out if we can add the clients all at the same time to the server? They all have the same permissions, configurations…etc. There are only 10 clients for 1 building. If we were to get these as raw machines can we install Windows Xp pro [...]
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| March 7, 2008 10:58 PM
Networking, Servers, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
I am a Network Administrator’s assist. I need to find out if we can add the clients all at the same time to the server? They all have the same permissions, configurations…etc. There are only 10 clients for 1 building. If we were to get these as raw machines can we install Windows Xp pro [...]
Spiceworks
I have been testing with spiceworks (www.spiceworks.com)to do workstation inventory and discovery. It has been doing a great job of finding “Mystery” machines. (machines that are not part of the domain) Does anyone have any experience with it or can reccomend something similar?
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| April 5, 2009 3:09 PM
Servers, Spiceworks, Workstations
I have been testing with spiceworks (www.spiceworks.com)to do workstation inventory and discovery. It has been doing a great job of finding “Mystery” machines. (machines that are not part of the domain) Does anyone have any experience with it or can reccomend something similar?
Traffic monitoring on SUSE 10.1/Nagios
I would like to monitor the bandwidth usage per IP address going through my firewall. I’m running SUSE 10.1 with Nagios installed. Anyone have an idea of how someone would go about doing that?
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| February 11, 2008 6:39 PM
DataCenter, Development, Firewalls, Nagios, Network security, Servers, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
I would like to monitor the bandwidth usage per IP address going through my firewall. I’m running SUSE 10.1 with Nagios installed. Anyone have an idea of how someone would go about doing that?
Using multiple OS with the same server
I have a single HP prolient server which i normally use for testing applications. Now i need to test application on multiple OS. I amy also need to automate the test setup to spend minimum time in testing for each of the OS. What will be the best way to use the same server and [...]
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| February 10, 2008 10:03 AM
OS, Servers
I have a single HP prolient server which i normally use for testing applications. Now i need to test application on multiple OS. I amy also need to automate the test setup to spend minimum time in testing for each of the OS. What will be the best way to use the same server and [...]





