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Load-Balanced High-Availability Web Cluster With 2 Xen Servers On Ubuntu 8.04
In this howto we will build a load-balanced and high-availability web cluster on 2 real servers with Xen, hearbeat and ldirectord. The cluster will do http, mail, DNS, MySQL database and will be completely monitored. This is currently used on a production server with a couple of websites. The goal of this tutorial is to [...]
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File Server Migration Toolkit (FSMT) 1.1 Released
Microsoft is glad to announce the release of Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit 1.1. With this version you will be able to migrate and consolidate shared folders from servers running Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000 family of servers, Windows 2003 family of servers, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Storage Server 2008 to a [...]
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Microsoft Software + Services and Cloud Computing
These article pull’s together a number of different sources of information to provide an overview of Software + Services for you. The introduction of the mass-internet services in the 1980’s, and subsequent commodity availability of high-speed internet services for businesses and consumers as given rise to a new generation of online software services.
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Microsoft Touts Efficiency Of Chicago Data Center
Microsoft is touting the progress of its data center strategy, which involves packing servers, power, and cooling gear into shipping containers in order to maximize energy efficiency and computing capacity.
In a Monday blog post, Michael Manos, General Manager, Data Center Services, said Microsoft has finished the first phase of construction on its Chicago data center, [...]
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Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Beta Now Available
Many of our customers do not know what computers are in their IT environment or what applications have been deployed.The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 3.2 Beta makes it easier for customers and partners to quickly identify what servers, workstations, and network devices are in their IT environment. MAP also provides specific and actionable [...]
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Configuring IIS to work around webpage display issues in Internet Explorer 8.0
Internet Explorer 8.0 introduces a new method of interpreting and displaying the HTML data sent from web servers. In some cases, this can result in the web pages being displayed to users incorrectly. For example the pages may display with incorrect layout, or with overlapping text and images. Unless a web site [...]
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Virtual PC 2007 – Setup A Virtual Machine – Tutorial
Virtual Machines (or VMs) are an exciting new technology that are quickly gaining in popularity. They allow you to simulataneously run and use two or more operating systems at the same time, and seamlessly change between the two with a click of the mouse. Whilst more commonly used on servers for server consolidation, they are [...]
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Virtual PC 2007 – Setup A Virtual Machine – Tutorial
Virtual Machines (or VMs) are an exciting new technology that are quickly gaining in popularity. They allow you to simulataneously run and use two or more operating systems at the same time, and seamlessly change between the two with a click of the mouse. Whilst more commonly used on servers for server consolidation, they are [...]