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What is "anycast" and how is it helpful?

58 votes
55 answers
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What are useful Command-line Commands on Mac OS X?

47 votes
3 answers
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What are the merits of SAS vs SATA drives? [closed]

27 votes
6 answers
52k views

Mac OS X multi-user thin client server (terminal server)?

26 votes
1 answer
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What's the bandwidth and form factor for PCIe x1 x4 x8 and x16?

25 votes
9 answers
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How much space should you leave free on a hard disk? [closed]

22 votes
9 answers
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Your troubleshooting rules, approach to troubleshooting? [closed]

21 votes
5 answers
26k views

What's the difference between a switch, a router, and a modem?

20 votes
10 answers
1k views

What legal gotchas should a sysadmin be familiar with?

16 votes
7 answers
87k views

How do I change the Software Update server address on a client Mac (to use my own server)?

16 votes
10 answers
29k views

What brand(s) of hard disk has the lowest failure rates? [closed]

14 votes
3 answers
22k views

How to make/compare filesystem/registry snapshots in Windows?

12 votes
5 answers
12k views

Why do you have to create a directory before you can mount a share?

11 votes
4 answers
28k views

Can I get an explanation of the syntax of LDAP search base suffixes?

10 votes
4 answers
11k views

How do I flush the DNS cache on Win, Mac, Linux computers?

9 votes
9 answers
1k views

To what extent has ReiserFS's popularity been lessened by Hans Reiser? [closed]

9 votes
4 answers
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Blackberry mail service basics?

9 votes
4 answers
24k views

What does Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) do?

8 votes
5 answers
6k views

Nearest PC equivalent to Mac Target Disk Mode? [closed]

7 votes
4 answers
677 views

Your favorite website/forum for Mac OS X Server? [closed]

6 votes
4 answers
2k views

Are there names for typical DNS designs (and, if so, what are the most common)?

6 votes
2 answers
37k views

A nice tool to look up make/model via MAC address?

5 votes
5 answers
28k views

How to set up Exchange ActiveSync + iPhone?

4 votes
3 answers
3k views

Workaround for using ".local" as a Leopard Server's hostname?

4 votes
4 answers
639 views

How easy/expensive is it to adopt Google Mini/Google Appliance for intranet search?

4 votes
2 answers
232 views

Any tips for planning a (self-inflicted) software audit? [closed]

4 votes
7 answers
3k views

General tips for interpreting error logs [closed]

3 votes
2 answers
2k views

Easy workflow for migrating home folders (from clients to OS X server)?

3 votes
3 answers
198 views

What criteria do you use to determine if someone is hammering your server?

3 votes
2 answers
1k views

How to check that all paths/files on a volume conform to EXT3, FAT32, and HFS+