Long distance Fiber run?
Hey sysadmin, I need to provide internet access to a facility on our property that is approximately a 1 mile cable run away. I am looking at using fiber to get there, but I'm unsure about what kind of...
View ArticleWe get a lot of questions about finding employment, but I haven't seen a...
To provide some context to this question, here is some background: I have been working at a company for roughly 1 year and 3 months. It is my first "real" job out of college, and it's generally an...
View ArticleDays since last incident counter
We recently had a hardware failure on our data server which caused 2 days of downtime. The last major incident for the company was 5 years ago but management is acting like this happens once a week. I...
View ArticleI definitely had "every (file replication) problem is a nail" syndrome when...
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View ArticleRedesigning Backup Solution.
Thought I would ask the sysadmin hivemind for their thoughts and suggestions on redesigning a backup solution that I've recently inherited. Basically I think the current setup is overly complicated...
View ArticleScripted Windows encryption?
Hey everybody. I'm supposed to find an encryption tool that can be accessed via scripting. I found some info on how to do it on a Mac with 7Zip but I'm looking for something for Windows (Server '03)....
View ArticleExchange dropping attachments?
I've been having a bit of trouble, where some of the attachments sent from Outlook for Mac wont be delivered. It seems to be somewhat random, sometimes all attachments will send, sometimes only one of...
View ArticleTacacs+ packages, config, etc
So I have been tasked with setting up a tacacs+ server (redhat 6). Now I have been reading about the product, and it seems like it is a little dated. Is it still considered current? I know radius could...
View ArticleWeird home network issues, any help would be appreciated.
I just moved into a new house so I am trying to investigate our connection but here are the issues and am hoping if you can help me out. We have roadrunner dsl connection at this house. Router is...
View ArticleSlow NAS transfer
Last week I built a 10 TB NAS for home use. The specs are as follows: Asus P7F-X intel i3-540 8GB DDR3-1333 (PC3 10600) Crucial unbuffered ECC Mushkin Callisto 40GB SSD (for OS) 5x WD Caviar WD20EARS...
View ArticleNot for everyone, but pretty awesome datacenter cooling technology.
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View Articlemy repost from /r/startups/ need sysadmin help, thank you!
I'm planning on slowly building my offsite storage/backup/failover cluster (mini-cloud) Looking for potential business partners and people with similar thinking. Here's the topics of discussion : 1)...
View ArticleLDAP admin books and documentation
I've read the O'Reilly text but not thrilled with it. What do you all recommend for LDAP refererence, howto, etc? submitted by mbubb [link] [16 comments]
View ArticleThe "Coping with Stress" slides from my ignite talk at PICC'11
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View ArticleHave a valid .edu address? Want some free stuff?
www.dreamspark.com Fair amount of good free software (VS2010Pro, W2K8R2, SQL2K8R2) aaand... a free certification exam. Microsoft offers 072 versions of every 070 exam. It's the same thing, only half...
View ArticleHey /r/sysadmin, how do I update all of my remote laptop users?
I have a fleet of about 40 laptop users strewn across the United States. What is the best practice regarding remotely and automatically updating Windows/Office/Acrobat/AV/Flash/FireFox/IE/et al? I'd...
View ArticleReplacing DFS server
Hey Sysadmin, I'm trying to replace a DFS server (it's not the main namespace server) and was wondering exactly what steps I'll need to take to ensure successful migration. I've got 2008 R2 installed...
View ArticleProper way to join a Domain SBS2008
I am implementing a domain in to a workgroup environment. So they all have local administrator account. When I go to http://connect it all works except the 'transfer user files and settings' 9-10 times...
View ArticleFirst day at my new job tomorrow - any top tips for the first day?
My original post was Here I got the job and my first day is tomorrow. Any must do's/do nots for the first day? submitted by ownerbiz [link] [38 comments]
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