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Answer Question   |  January 20, 2011  4:55 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, Contests, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, iPads, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows, Windows Server

SAN certification for storage career
Do i really need to get certification for Storage Area Network in EMC if i wanted to be storage professional?

Answer Question   |  January 11, 2011  7:52 PM
EMC SAN, SAN certificate, Storage careers, Storage certifications

SQL SERVER 2005 Storage Performance
We have an IBM server xSeries 460 with a QLogic FC HBA card 4gb on the server with a PCI-X 266MHz bus speed (16 CPU 667MHz FSB, 32GB RAM). The HBA card connects to a Brocade 5000 switch then to the SAN Controller then to a Cisco 9124 Switch then to SAN Drives all through FC. [...]

Answer Question   |  January 18, 2011  6:30 PM
SQL Server, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2005 performance, SQL Server performance, Windows Server 2003, Xiotech

Removing HDD passwords
Hi, Is there a program that can be used to recover or remove SATA HDD passwords?

Answer Question   |  April 19, 2013  3:26 PM
Hard drives, HDD, Seagate, Security

RAID usage for 5 HDD
If we have 5 hdd containing 250 gb space each then how much hdd space will be available to use in RAID-5?

Answer Question   |  January 12, 2011  2:12 PM
Hard disks, HDD, RAID, RAID configuration, Storage capacity planning

Free automatic backup applications for a small Windows Network?
What are some free automatic backup applications for a windows small network? We want to back up all PST files and My Documents. We do not want the end user to have to do anything.

Answer Question   |  January 12, 2011  5:02 PM
Backup, Backup and recovery software, Backup and restore, PST folders, Windows Network Administration, Windows networking

RAID Configuration of DL 585 and DL 785 G6 Proliant servers
I just bought new set of HP proliant servers DL 585 G6 AND DL 785 G6, How would I go about the RAID 0+1 configuration of the servers.

Answer Question   |  January 10, 2011  9:31 AM
HP ProLiant, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID configuration

NFS version 4 changing export properties
Hi, can someone describe which will be the impact when i will change the NFS Export Properties to NFSv4 (see Advanced – NFS version supported for connections) and what about the security options? Should i unexport the folder before making the change? NFSv4 will impact the user’s access to shared item? Thanks for your Help.

Answer Question   |  January 10, 2011  9:30 PM
NFS, NFS Storage, NFSv4, OS/400

Freeze Active Directory users from changing passwords temporarily
Can we prevent users from changing their AD passwords temporarily? We want to create a network freeze and not change or modify anything including passwords while we do some backup/restore testing.

Answer Question   |  January 7, 2011  9:24 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory backup, Active Directory Backup and Restore, Active Directory security, Backup and restore, Network security

How to repair PC rebooting in Windows XP?
My P.C keeps on rebooting on Windows XP. I freshly installed Operating system. We tested with new HDD, RAM, Power Supply,new motherboard but still keeps rebooting.

Answer Question   |  May 9, 2012  7:37 PM
HDD, Rebooting PC, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP rebooting

Adding expiration date to optical disk
Can we add an expiration date to a optical disk rendering it useless after a specific date? We also need to prevent users from rolling back the clock to fix the issue.

Answer Question   |  January 4, 2011  2:36 PM
Expired tapes, Network security, Optical Drives, Storage devices, Storage management

Locking down the USB & optical drives on Windows Server 2008 R2
Can we lock down the USB and Optical drives on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box for all users except the administrators group or even just the administrator?

Answer Question   |  February 2, 2011  2:32 PM
Network security, Network Security Management, Optical Drives, USB drive, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server Security

Disk space showing in Windows XP SP3
On one computer in the lower left corner, I get the disk space used. On the other I do not. How do I get disk space to show. Please help….

Answer Question   |  November 4, 2011  4:29 AM
Disk space, Hard disks, Windows XP SP3

Dell Poweredge 2800 will not see new disks
I have four disk already in the the Dell Poweredge 2800 server that has been working fine, but I am running out of disk space. I have bought four new disks with more capacity and have slotted them in the server. Unfortunately, I can’t see the new disks when I boot and use Computer Management [...]

Answer Question   |  November 4, 2011  5:24 PM
Computer Management Console, Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge 2800, Disk space, Hard disks, Windows Server 2003

Recovering database files from failed Brightstor 12 server
We have a failed brightstor 12 server. I can recover the files from the hard drive but the server is dead. We will be rebuilding a new one. Can I recover the database files and import them? And if so where are they located?

Answer Question   |  January 8, 2011  4:28 PM
Backup and restore, BrightStor, BrightStor ARCserve Backup 12, Database Files, Database Recovery

Full and differential backup size same in SQL Server
Hi, Sub:Full and differential backup size same. I am facing the following problem on production server,I am getting the full backup(600MB) and differential backup size(598MB).On off peak hours I have taken full backup and just after a min I have taken differential backup but the sizes of both backups are almost same.As per BOL diff [...]

Answer Question   |  December 30, 2010  1:56 PM
Backup and restore, SQL Backup, SQL Server, SQL Server backup and restore

Storing and updating text files on Fibre Channel switches
Hi, I am exploring a use case where in I need to store some text files on the FC switch which is connected to the host. Question is – 1) Can we store text files on the switches, persistent to switch reboots 2) Is there any API’s that can be used to create,modify and delete [...]

Answer Question   |  February 16, 2011  10:45 AM
FC Switch, Fibre channel, Fibre channel switches, Switches

lotus notes replication
lotus notes does not replicate to local

Answer Question   |  December 30, 2010  9:01 PM
Lotus Domino, Replication

Windows XP SP3 restore feature
On Windows XP SP3 if I use the restore feature to roll back to a specific point can I un do that or do I need to create a restore point before I roll back?

Answer Question   |  December 29, 2010  5:23 PM
Backup and restore, Restore files, Restore Points, Windows XP, Windows XP administration, Windows XP backup, Windows XP SP3

image HDD, save to folder, transfer to new HDD
Is there a way to image including OS, failing HDD from PC #1, save to folder or Desktop on PC #2 then migrate back to new HDD on PC #1?

Answer Question   |  December 30, 2010  7:33 PM
Hard disk performance, Hard Drive Copying, HDD, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Professional SP3