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How does a SAN architecture work and more importantly scale?
I'm trying to understand some SAN infrastructure and I was hoping some of you with more experience than me could help me understand scaling with a SAN.
Imagine that you have some computer servers ...
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Verifying if a DC is a RODC
I'm in a situation where I'm trying to help out a friend who has little knowledge of his system. He is trying to install a program onto his domain controller and it gives an error stating that it ...
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kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device
Yesterday, OSSEC sent me an alerting email:
Jul 29 21:25:16 SVR4149 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 334634969
Jul 29 21:25:16 SVR4149 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = ...
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Win2003 Domain Controller Cable Modem setup
I'm a programmer a little rusty on my networking / server skills. Our company decided to move so I've had to put aside C# and Java for a bit in order to get them up and running. So at our new location ...
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Nearline SAS on SATA controllers
I know that SAS drives cannot operate on a SATA controller.
I know that SATA drives can operate on a SAS controller.
But can Near-Line SAS drives, being SATA drives with a SAS controller, be used on
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Adaptec 1405 or HP SmartArray P212 SAS controller supported in the stock RH 5.5 kernel?
I am ordering a custom server and looking at either an Adaptec 1405 SAS controller, or an HP SmartArray P212 to use for the internal SAS Ultrium drive (HP Ultrium LTO-4 1760).
The server will be ...
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share on domain level is not working
I have a Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller in a small network of 16 laptops, a couple of printers and external storage devices. The problem is that when I try to share a local folder on a laptop, ...
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Bad motherboard / controller / HDs?
On a leased server, I am running into some timing issues with an application that requires precise timing. Server is a Dual Xeon E5410 running on a Supermicro X7DVL-3 motherboard under CentOs 5.5 ...
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The lost Root domain
I recently took over the network of a mid size company. The problem I'm running into now is that the company's servers/users/everything is setup in the child domain, and there is no root DC to be ...
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Cheapest way to connect 20-24 Sata II HDDs in a budget storage server?
I need to assemble a high density storage server for as cheap as possible.
It's been a while for me and the last systems I integrated didn't even have Sata yet...
During my Research I of course ...
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Vmware SCSI Controller LSILogic
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I could not upgrade directly from WinNT Server to Windows 2003. So I upgraded WinNT to Win2000 Server(luckily no SCSI issues at all ), and now am thinking of upgrading Win2000 to Win2003.
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Proliant ML350 G3 System board failure
My ProLiant ML350 G3 Tower server's system board has gone bad after it had an inch of its lower edge in rain water. I have a SCSI controller Smart Array 532 with six (36GBx3 and 146GBx3) under RAID5 ...
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How to remove raid 5 array of 5 SAS and use only use one SAS at a time without writing any thing to disc for recovery
I have HP server ML370 g5 with 8 SAS, c drive 1 72 gb raid 0, d drive 2 72 gb raid 0, f drive 5 146 gb raid 5.
2 of 5 sas drive has got bad sectors and raid 5 is showing status failed.
now i want ...
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Moving Raid 5 ISA controller card + 4 Drives to another server while keeping data (not boot)
Due to server failure i would like to move a scsi ISA raid controler + 4 hard drives to another pc to recover the data inside them(raid 5). This raid isn´t a boot raid, there´s another raid holding ...
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How to automatically use second DC when the primary one is temporarily offline?
Assume the following situation:
A domain with one Windows 2008 DC (DC1), having on it DNS, DHCP, some file shares and some printers installed.
The question is the following: How can i setup a second ...
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Which user takes precedence domain controller administrator or local PC user created using user account for Windows 2003
I need to know which user takes precedence, domain administrator or local PC user created using user account for Windows 2003.
Basically, what I want to know is if there is a service running using a ...
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Linux Domain to new WinServer03 Domain without affect users?
I have to rebuild 2 Linux domain controllers to windows as they're not working and have lots of issues. Also, the company has changed hands and requires a new domain name anyway.
I've rebuilt one ...
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How can I see everyone that is logged on to a Domain Controller?
We have 2 DCs, one main and one backup at another site. we had some issues with our main DC and i believe a lot of people were pushed over to the backup DC. is there a way to see everyone who is using ...
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Replacing Domain Controller with a new box, same name/IP?
We have a 2003 DC that I want to virtualize as the lease on the hardware is expiring.
It's a DC, GC, FSMO master, DNS, DHCP and TS License Server.
I want/need to keep the same name and IP on the new ...
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ESXi doesn't show up my hard drive
I have an issue here with my ESXi server from VMware. I added a Dawicontrol "DC4320" Sata Controller to spend my ESXi more space for VMs. I also put some Sata hard drives on it and they are also shown ...
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Dell SAS 5/ir - secondary disk update “data will be lost!” - will all data, or just secondary disk?
On a Dell SAS 5/ir RAID controller, I have a RAID 1 array which is Degraded.
One drive has failed.
Upon replacing this drive the controller doesn't automatically resync the array.
There's an ...
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What is the SCSI RAID channels?
What is the SCSI RAID channels? I.e. what is the difference between, say, 1-channel RAID controller and 2-channel RAID controller?
Is it for data throughput, number of RAID arrays I can create on ...
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Problem adding second domain controller to SBS 2008
Have an SBS 2008 server in one location, and want to add a backup domain controller at a different site. The two sites are linked by a VPN.
New server is running Server 2008 R2, fully patched. At ...
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Dell PE R710 Lifecycle Controller
How would one use the dell lifecycle controller on the new R710 Servers ?
I have seen demos on youtube and it can install linux, windows from there without inserting the installation discs ?
I am on ...
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Setting up linux based small office network
I like to setup a Server and Workstation sort of network in linux (like we have Domain Controller in windows) where all the desktops login where authenicated with server, how this can be done.
I ...
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Software Based RAID? Via OS or Controller?
So, I just discovered that the RAID controller within my Dell Precision 470 is software based. I never recognized until now that Adaptec CERC stood for "Cost Effective Raid Controller"... amazing.
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Computer authenticating with incorrect DC…sort of
I have a login script that uses the LOGONSERVER environment variable. I have several remote offices. There is one file server/DC in each office and each office is their own site. So when a user logs ...
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What is a (raid-controller-) BBU for?
I am wondering what's the purpose of a BBU. My first understanding was, that it enables the cache to write the data to the disc during a power failure. But some specifications say that a BBU can hold ...
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sata controller without raid support
I'm looking for a 4 ports pci or pci-express (not pci-x) sata controller with these features:
- real hot swap support
- no RAID support, or with RAID support that can be disabled through the ...
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Help replacing old Windows 2003 SBS DC with a Win2008 Standard Edition DC
Objective:
Trying to replace a Windows 2003 SBS domain controller with a windows server 2008 Standard Edition Domain Controller.
What I did:
used ADPREP. Then all user accounts and OUs are ...
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How do I know if a SATA HDD controller is compatible with my computer?
I recently acquired a NASA-surplus server to use as a NAS server for my household. It's the perfect computer for the job; it has two Xeon 2.4Ghz processors, 2Gb of ram, and 7 front-mounted hard drive ...
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RAID Controller Acting Weird with a New Hard Drive
(Not sure on the model at the moment will update once I know)
So we had a a RAID 5 that had two hard drives fail at the same time.
Positions 0 and and 1 are labeled as "online".
Positions 2 and 3 ...
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Aruba Wireless Controller 200 and AP70 manual
I have an Aruba wireless system that is currently in use but there is no documentation from the previous person in charge. I have no manuals or login information for the wireless controllers and APs.
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Can an IBM ServeRAID 4mx controller work on a non-IBM server?
I have some IBM ServeRAID 4mx controllers on some aging IBM x360 servers (Pentium III 1.5 ghz CPUs); I also have a SCSI disk array with two ports, which can be attached to those controllers; and I ...
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Setting up a Secondary DHCP Server, for failover
Current Environment:
Windows Server 2003 (Primary Domain Controller)
Primary DHCP
Active Directory
Print Server
Exchange 2003
Windows Server 2008 (Secondary Domain Controller)
Active Directory
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HP SmartArray 410i controller slow?
Have just had a new HP DL380 G6 server set up.
This has a SmartArray P410i controller and seven 2.5" 146Gb SAS 10k RPM disks, configured as three RAID1 arrays and a floating hot spare.
Problem: I ...
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Centos 5 SAS controller
NOC tech told me this:
I am having troubles loading this server. I set up the HDD in the RAID controller however it does not show up when I try to install CentOS. A quick look at SuperMicro's website ...
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Adaptec 2820SA RAID 5 Question
We have a Server in our office with an Adaptec 2820SA RAID contoller in it, and since the day we got it its been purely excellent.
However, we recently wanted to increase the size of our storage ...
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Possible causes of IDE port controller errors?
I have a machine that has had a fairly long term problem that is rather erratic. It might be fine for weeks then go through periods where the problem is there almost all the time. The problem is that ...
