Servers
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SQL Server Firewall and performance tweaks
Everyone, I wanted to pass along a few Windows firewall tweaks that I have found useful with building a SQL server on Windows 2008 server or higher. The following simple tweaks can really help with issues you may see involving…
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IIS Edit Bindings error 80 is an invalid IP address
Synopsis of issue: You have a website running in Internet Information Services that is already configured with default bindings such as the hostname, etc. However, you would like to add another host name to the website to match a CNAME…
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Blade Servers Saving Money and Transforming Modern Business Computing
The computer network of any organization could be considered the backbone, whether it be large or small. Having the right equipment along this network could improve the organization’s efficiency in profound ways. Efficiency doesn’t have to mean the actual throughput…
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Moving User Profiles to a new server
If you administer an environment that utilizes server stored profiles or roaming profiles, you probably already know what a nightmare these can be to manage. Many have run into problems also in trying to relocate roaming profiles to a different…
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Exporting a Godaddy wildcard certificate from IIS to Tomcat
Working with SSL certificates can be VERY frustrating especially between operating systems and webservers. A popular choice among businesses or clients who may have multiple webservers is the wildcard certificate. Many misunderstand the wildcard certificate in how they utilize the…
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Styling of New Dell Servers and Racks
I wanted to post some pictures of the new rack a client received in yesterday noting the styling of the Dell enterprise badging and modified look of their enterprise hardware. Note the picture below of the new Dell rack. Notice…