RAID configuration
I am setting up an additional server as my application server. I have five SCSI hard disks, 1 GB each. The database is projected to grow to nearly 3 GB. How can i configure the system to help proper startup, provide sufficient storage capacity, and protect the database from data loss? Can anybody help me [...]

Answer Question   |  November 16, 2009  6:57 PM
RAID, RAID configuration, RAID Performance, SCSI

“Ghost” file/s in SMTP mailbox
The Backup Exec (V10)on our Exchange 2003 server has been reporting each morning that the overnight backup has failed due to some 54 e-mail items being skipped i.e. :- Backed up 351271 mail messages in 3988 folders in 100 mailbox(es) 8 corrupt files were backed up 54 items were skipped. Processed 25,385,029,559 bytes in 5 [...]

Answer Question   |  July 16, 2009  3:56 PM
Backup Exec, Backup Exec 10, Exchange 2003, SMTP, SMTP mailbox

TPC Capabilities
As we implement SVC and migrate servers, we are trying to learn how to best use TPC reporting capabilities to get in front of capacity planning and trending. The vendor has not been able to produce a TPC SME and we don’t yet have access to the TPC shadow server the vendor is providing for [...]

Answer Question   |  July 14, 2009  5:18 PM
Capacity planning, IBM TotalStorage, TotalStorage Productivity Center, TPC, TPC Reporting

Lotus notes
what could be the maximum size of a lotus notes database on a windows ntfs partition

Answer Question   |  December 14, 2009  5:40 AM
Lotus Notes Database, NTFS

What are your biggest security fears related to storage virtualization?
What do you perceive to be the biggest security flaws or threats related to storage virtualization today?

Answer Question   |  August 8, 2009  8:40 PM
Storage virtualization, Virtualization security

Want a Flip UltraHD? Earn enough Knowledge Points and you could win!
We’re excited to announce our summer Knowledge Points contest: we’re giving away four Flip UltraHD pocket camcorders to the top four Knowledge Point earners from today (July 13th) through August 30th. Remember, you can earn Knowledge Points by asking, answering and discussing questions here in the community. Check out the blog post for all of [...]

Answer Question   |  August 25, 2009  5:11 PM
DataCenter, Development, Exchange, ITKE, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Security, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP

Accessing Data from Dead Thumb Drive
What do I need to access data from a dead Firefly Thumb Drive? – it contains a Toshiba Disk Drive MK2004GAL. Another number is HDD1422 A ZF03?

Answer Question   |  January 26, 2012  2:43 PM
Access Data Volume, Firefly thumb drive, Thumb drive, USB Flash drives

Hp MSA 60
i want to configure 2 tb parttionns on HP MSA60 storage with RAID 6 configuration. Server OS is Microsoft 2003 enterprise edition Can somebady help me for this

Answer Question   |  July 14, 2009  10:35 AM
Hp MSA 60, HP StorageWorks 60, RAID 6, Windows Server 2003

Event ID: 478
Hello all First I like to thank for your time I am new to IT field and I am administering small business exchange server. A few week ago the exchange server had a hard crash due to insufficient disk space. after I do some clean up I am not able to do back up in [...]

Answer Question   |  July 13, 2009  3:44 PM
Backup Exec, Event ID: 478, Exchange Backup, Exchange Backup & Restore, Exchange error messages, Exchange errors, Microsoft Small Business Server, NTBackup

Best practices for configuring clients to boot from Windows 2003 server and attached iSCSI SAN
Are there any best practices for configuring clients to boot from an Windows 2003 server hosting the client O/S images on an attached iSCSI SAN? Is there a list of hardware or software that is required? I’m considering a HP – LeftHand iSCSI SAN solution to host the client images but want to understand how [...]

Answer Question   |  August 4, 2009  1:37 PM
HP, iSCSI, iSCSI SAN, SAN, Windows Server 2003

How to do a backup with ghettoVCB to a datastore in another ESXi Server
Hello, I have a little quuestion. I have got 2 servers ESXi, and I want to do a backup from Server1/datastore1 to Server2/datastore2. It’s possible to do this backup with ghettoVCB. Very thanks for all

Answer Question   |  July 10, 2009  11:06 AM
Backup, ghettoVCB, VMware, VMware ESXi

MSA2012fc Disks
Hi, I have a MSA2012fc unit with several AJ738A (500GB) SATA disks. Basically, these disks are Seagate ES.2 series with an HP Hot Plug caddy/tray. Does anyone knows if i can replace those disks with the 1TB version of Seagate’s ES.2 keeping the original caddys? My only doubt is to know if somehow the caddy [...]

Answer Question   |  October 12, 2009  10:00 AM
caddy, Hard disks, HP StorageWorks MSA2000, Seagate

Could you plese explain me what is zoning? how to create a zoning?I need step by step procedure
Hi All, Could you plese explain me what is zoning??how to creat a zoning?I need step by step procedure..How can I explain in interview point of view… Thanks in advance…

Answer Question   |  July 10, 2009  4:02 PM
Brocade Switches, Switch Zoning, zoning switches

Configuring tier 0 on a SAN
Can I configure Tier 0 on a SAN ?

Answer Question   |  August 4, 2009  3:43 PM
SAN, SAN Configuration, Storage configuration management, Tiered storage

Mirroring from a production environment to a DR environment
I have a production environment and a disaster recovery environment and each of them have two SQL 2005 servers in a cluster. We have two LANs — the first one is our standard/everything LAN and the second is a Service LAN. We are looking to mirror from our production environment to our DR environment. Is [...]

Answer Question   |  July 9, 2009  3:03 PM
Disaster Recovery, Production environments, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2005 mirroring, SQL Server backup and restore, SQL Server Mirroring

What is the best way to wat to save the WRKJOBSCDE entries
I am converting over to a newer AS400 and what to transfer my WRKJOBSCDE entries from one system to another and have not been able o find an to SAVE/RESTORE the entries

Answer Question   |  July 28, 2011  9:31 PM
Restore, Save, WRKJOBSCDE

configure automatic switchover from primary to backup tunnel
Hi All, Some one pl suggest. The scenario is ,we want to configure a backup link to our main branch which is connected to US & we are having dedicated primary link to it & whenever the primary link goes down.Then, we will initiate the backup tunnel from the firewall. We want to configure automatic [...]

Answer Question   |  July 8, 2009  8:11 AM
Backup Tunnel, Cisco

Managing an EMC SAN with SMI-S and SNMP
Which technologie should I use between SMI-S and SNMP to manage an EMC SAN? I heard that SMI-S offers more management for SAN. What can SMI-S do that SNMP cannot do?

Answer Question   |  August 4, 2009  3:04 PM
EMC SAN, SAN, SAN management, SMI-S, SNMP

NAS gateways and antivirus support
Would you request antivirus support on the Gateway or would you put an Antivirus Gateway between the NAS head and the LAN side?

Answer Question   |  July 13, 2009  3:01 PM
Antivirus, Antivirus software, LAN, NAS, NAS Gateway

RAID 5 and disk capacity
You mention that fewer than four disks (three) on RAID-5 isn’t worth it. Why?

Answer Question   |  July 8, 2009  3:00 PM
RAID, RAID 5, RAID Capacity, Storage management