Virtualization

Understanding Remote Web Access File Sharing

Understanding Remote Web Access File Sharing

Remote Web Access file sharing is the new feature added to the Small Business Server 2011 family. It allows users access shares and the files they contain on SBS server remotely. With file sharing in RWA you can:

  * Upload and download files
  * Create and delete folders underneath the shared folder
  * Cut, copy and paste files
  * Rename files and folder
  * Drag and drop the files (requires browser add-on)

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Understanding Symform Bandwidth Requirements

Understanding Symform Bandwidth Requirements

If you’re trying to get some understanding of how Symform works this post will be very helpful.
I’ve been interested in Symform’s concept of cooperative storage since I first saw it scribbled on a napkin and a couple of powerpoint slides. When I saw it I knew immediately that it was the Eureka! moment that business continuity had been waiting for. I got in on a very early beta, experienced some early beta type snafu’s and then the product released and I started some of my clients on it. It worked and cooperative storage was born.

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How to Move the Swap File in Server Core 2008

How to Move the Swap File in Server Core 2008

It is recommended to relocate and keep system paging file on a separate dedicated partition so it doesn’t get fragmented. We are using the following procedure to accomplish this task.

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Jail Append Multiple IPv4 / IPv6 Address in FreeBSD

Jail Append Multiple IPv4 / IPv6 Address in FreeBSD

FreeBSD jail Multi-IPv4/v6/no-IP support and merged to stable version. It is necessary to rebuild the kernel including jls (8) and use the new features jail (8), jexec (8) and cpuset (1) with a new kernel. Another option is to install FreeBSD 7.2 (RC1 or higher) with cvsup, just make buildworld.

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Upgrade FreeBSD Jail ( OS Level Virtualization ) - How to?

Upgrade FreeBSD Jail ( OS Level Virtualization ) - How to?

The FreeBSD jail mechanism is an application operating system level virtualization that allows administrators to partition a FreeBSD-based computer system into several independent mini-systems called jails. FreeBSD jails offer security, ease of delegation and OS-level virtualization. To update the jail make the world use the following commands.

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Cloud Security Four Essential Tips

Cloud Security Four Essential Tips

More and more IT shops of the company - and you feel comfortable with the practices of virtualization in their own private clouds - are considering a jump to the public cloud. But before making that leap, consider these tips from those who have already jumped.

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Virtualization Basics - Part 1

Today’s modern Information Technology infrastructure operates in a radically different way than it did ten years ago. Although the data center may have a similar look in some ways – you still have servers and storage, for example – as you peel back the layers, the way that data center is operated has evolved in a significant way.

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Vsphere ESXi 5 Setup & Run - Part I

Vsphere ESXi 5 Setup & Run - Part I

In this article, you’ll walk though a complete installation of ESXi 5 and the vSphere Client.

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Setup & Run Windows 7 as a Xen HVM domainU Guest - How to?

Setup & Run Windows 7 as a Xen HVM domainU Guest - How to?

In this chapter of Fundamentals of Xen virtualization is covered in detail the steps required to install and run Microsoft Windows 7 as a virtual Xen guest.

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Attach A CDROM or DVD Drive to A Running Xen DomainU Guest - How to?

Attach A CDROM or DVD Drive to A Running Xen DomainU Guest - How to?

Attach A CDROM or DVD Drive to A Running Xen DomainU Guest - How to? Xen provides great flexibility in terms of dynamically adding block devices such as disk drives and CDROM/DVD drives to running domainU guest systems.

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