Is Diskeeper snake oil?
We've had diskeeper for as long as i can remember. It's been installed on our workstations, and I have seen large .ost's get cleaned up and turn a sluggish machine into a usable one. No arguement...
View ArticleWindows 7 Offline File Sync Issue (xpost from /r/techsupport)
In a nutshell, I had to install a new Domain Controller for the network. It's Small Business Server 2003, and it works fine (now). One of my clients has a laptop, and works on it at home. Windows 7...
View ArticleUsing Btrfs snapshots for online backup?
I am looking for operational experiences, thoughts, or alternatives to using btrfs' snapshotting to perform online backups of a system that will be under continuous write load. There are several files...
View ArticleWhat to do with my extra computer at home /r/sysadmin?
I have an extra machine here at the house, but none of the required peripherals like a keyboard, monitor, or mouse. Therefore it will be relegated to a server type function. Any ideas for fun or...
View ArticleHow do you manage alerts on your smartphone?
I currently have a Blackberry, but the company is moving towards iPhone or Android. The only issue I have is the alerts I need to receive at all times. Neither platform seems to support customized...
View ArticleExchange 2003 stopped working altogether. No idea what to do. Users can send...
Came from Domino environment, so I've only been using exchange for maybe 6 weeks, and haven't gotten to even really touch it. Well today this happens, and I realize I have no idea how to even...
View ArticleAdobe CS5.5 apparently doesn't like folder redirection
Just another headache for us. We're already pushing it a little by running inDesign cs5.5 on VMWare View VM's. Had to stop using roaming profiles on those because the iD files are like north of 6 gigs...
View ArticleInterviewing a potential sysadmin type position, need some good questions to...
Interviewing a sysadmin type position (infrastructure engineer I think is the official title). I need some good questions to ask. submitted by glahtiguy [link] [31 comments]
View ArticleDell R710 or R510?
Trying to decide between these 2 for an ESXi host (vSphere Essentials). They would have the same amount of RAM, drive space and processors. Just trying to sort out the actual differences between the 2...
View ArticleAD Certificate Services... Created new template, not showing up in drop down...
I had to create a new template based on the "Web Server" template. I duplicated it, made the necessary changes (5 year expiration period and exportable). I named it "Web Server Exportable". When going...
View ArticleIntermittent network crash for only 3 devices
I'm racking my brain trying to figure out why this is happening. I have 3 computers that have a unique setup on a roughly 100 port switch that periodically experience an intermittent network crash....
View ArticleUse local scanner with TS/RDP
Have you guys used any of the 3rd party apps to forward local scanners to a TS server? There are many different companies that offer products to do this, but I was wondering if anyone has...
View ArticleWhats your favorite temp file cleaner? especially when it comes to terminal...
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View ArticleCollege student in need of someone to interview!
I'm a student at RIT and I need to do an interview with someone in my major. I'm a second year ANSA student which is Applied Networking and Systems Administration. I would be super grateful if one of...
View ArticleBlocking Consumer Cloud Storage: A Guide for Admins. Cuz you don't want to...
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View ArticleDoes anybody else have issues with EMC?
We recently got a new EMC storage array, and we have had nothing but trouble, hardware failures, randomly dropping the connection to hosts, support is impossible to get a hold of, on site engineers...
View ArticleRequest: sample logs
So I'm working on writing a Logwatch replacement project. It's intended to be much more powerful than Logwatch. The reason I'm posting here, is I would like sample logfiles to test against. My only...
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