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Is it viable to run very lightweight services straight off a Raspberry Pi 2?

If computers were much simpler, there would be less points of failure which in turn might improve stability and simplify maintenance. This got me thinking - for a smallish team of about 25 people, ...
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Are Intel Core i3/i5/i7 Processors Server-Grade?

Many web hosting companies are now offering Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processors under "cheap dedicated hosting." But my laptop has an Intel core i3 processor, which makes it more likely a desktop processor ...
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What "access rights" could be blocking access to a gitlab repository?

I'm trying to setup gitlab (6.5.1) on a fresh clean server. Everything appears to work, but git is unable to push to any project. Following the commands from the newly created project page and pushing ...
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RAID configuration on new server

I need help with the configuration of RAIDs on the ASUS RS720-E10-RS12 server. We have installed 2x 512GB NVME drives in the motherboard slots and 12x SATA SSDs in the Backplane slots. I can only ...
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Should I be concerned about our server setup?

I work for a company of about 50 people. Our two servers (identical) are custom built with these specs: Xeon E3-1270 V3 Intel Entry Server Board 32 GB DDR3 ECC 2x 256 GB SSD RAID1 (for System) 4x 1TB ...
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How to setup Apache 2.2.3 to send "last modified" etc

and to tell browser to reload an object (and/or a page... everything on the site) only if is been modified since last visit time??? htaccess, httpd.conf... have you a ready directive right for my case?...
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How are large websites served to millions of users? (e.g. Google)

I appreciate this question might be vague/too broad, but I'm looking for the basic principles/a summary. How does a site like Google, or Facebook, for example, deal with the billions of page views it ...
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Amazon EC2 instance ssh problems

I`m new to EC2 and I'm having some problems setting up my first instance. I followed this guide: http://www.robertsosinski.com/2008/01/26/starting-amazon-ec2-with-mac-os-x/ with the difference that I ...
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Problems installing OS on Dell PowerEdge R410

I have inherited a Dell PowerEdge R410 and no disks. I have downloaded the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility for the R410 and booted from the optical drive. In the management console you have the ...
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Ram recommendations vs SQL DB size

we have a medium sized SQL db of around 40GB, and are about to move it to a new box with server 2008 r2 x64 an expensive contractor has just come in and said we need 72gb of ram so that the whole DB ...
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run a script via cloud-init

I know cloud-init allows to run commands as part of the cloud-init yml runcmd: - [ pwd ] but I am looking for a way to execute a full shell script. Some people just pipe the output of a curl into a ...
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Permanent case for shipping 2U servers? [closed]

My organization ships servers (2U) to multiple sites (back and forth) and the original server boxing is becoming worn. Can someone please recommend a more permanent case? Thanks.
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phpmyadmin setup failing due to not prompting for root password

An error occurred while installing the database: │ │ ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using │ password: NO) . Why on earth is it not prompting me for the root ...
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nginx deny user agent causes error when not encapsulated in quotes

I'm trying to deny some user agents I constantly see probing my nginx web server. If I have this in my .conf file ## Block http user agent - morpheus fucking scanner ## if ($http_user_agent ~* ...
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Automated power up of servers in data-center

I'm looking for a device/software/mechanism through which I can push one button, and all servers in the data centre would be turned on. However the servers need to be turned on in a specific order, ...
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ZFS 100TB hardware setup

We received a quote for the following server setup : Intel Xeon E5-2609V2 2 x WD RE 2TB SATA III 34 x WD RE 4TB SAS II 32 GB memory (ECC) LSI MegaRAID 9271-8i bulk, 8 x SATA III/SAS II internal ...
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how to setup 4 drives on hetzner servers, every two are mirror

I've a new dedicated server from hetzner, will install cPanel on it. 2x HDD SATA 6,0 TB Enterprise 2x SSD M.2 NVMe 512 GB OS is AlmaLinux v8.7.0 how can I set up the installimage so the OS be on the ...
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ESXi 6.5 host does not respond to direct web access after boot (HTML5 client not accessible)

I have a simple ESXi (all default) free install in a home lab network that only has the host, a switch (with builtin DHCP) and a laptop. The DHCP provides both the laptop and ESXi host with IP as ...
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Running a server OS from an USB stick in 2017 [closed]

I want to install Fedora as server OS on a USB3 flash drive. I wonder if now in 2017 they would be reliable, durable, and fast enough for that purpose? I plan to have an additional large HDD for ...
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How to split the Siebel 7.8 file system?

A little background information In each Siebel server there is a special folder called the "Siebel file system", a repository of unstructured content used by Siebel applications which ...
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Intranet radio station over network

My company runs shopping centers around the country and from time to time we receive complaints regarding the music selection playing in the shops. I'd like to build a centralized music streaming ...
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Hardware Drivers on Servers, update or not?

I recently got into a debate with a coworker about whether or not to update hardware drivers (such as NICs or RAID controllers). I have always followed the motto, "If it aint broke, dont fix it." ...
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assessing the security concerns for running an own email server [closed]

I'm working at a small research center that has to manage a lot of things independently on a tight budget. One of these is all things IT infrastructure, including web and email hosting. Though I've ...
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Where to set up a subdomain?

So I have a domain, lets say example.com, with godaddy.com. My website is hosted for free at zymic.com. I configured the Nameserver at godaddy with the Nameserver addresses from zymic and it works ...
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During OpenBSD installation, what is "DNS domain name" for?

During the installation of OpenBSD 6.1, right after setting up network interfaces, the installer prompts me: DNS domain name? (e.g. 'bar.com') [my.domain] I am not sure what this setting is for, I ...
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RAID -> LVM -> DRBD am I doing it right?

So I've setup RAID1 with an LVM on that and then used the LVM as a physical disk for DRBD. I'm planning on mounting the DRBD to /mnt/data and then moving all config and data files for apache2, mysql, ...
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How can I automate bios configuration on dell servers?

I have n amount of virgin dell custom servers (DCS24). These are refurbished machines and already delivered, so configuring the BIOS from the provider is not an option. iDRAC/BMC is available on these ...
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Can we move the RAID array from one HP Server models to another HP models or one RAID controller model to another Controller model

In case my HP Proliant DL380 G6 & G7 failed, can I swap all HDD to HP Proliant DL380 G9. HP Proliant DL380 G7 is using the different controller (HP Smart Array Controllers P410i) and HP Proliant ...
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control a server before the OS loads

I have a Dell Poweredge R430 server running Ubuntu server 16.04.1, On the Ubuntu I have KVM running some virtual machines, I need to have the maximal control over the server by a remote connection, ...
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Having trouble keeping a 1GB RAM Centos server running

This is my first time configuring a VPS server and I'm having a few issues. We're running Wordpress on a 1GB Centos server configured per the internet (online research). No custom queries or anything ...
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Advice on DL380 G5 RAM, and why the DIMMS I have aren't supported

I have 3x DL380 G5 servers that were second hand retired ones. One of the servers, I populated with 4x 4GB DIMMs, and 4x 1GB DIMMs. Everything was working away merrily, and I decided to purchase some ...
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Red Hat installation on HP ProLiant does not detect hard drive

I have an HP ProLiant BL460C Gen8 having real hardware RAID. I am trying to install Red Hat Enterprise x86_64 bit on an HP ProLiant (iLO 4) server with an Array of 2 hard drives configured as RAID1. ...
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What would be the best method to provide my server environment as a software package to be installed on a different server?

I have some software running on my AWS cloud and I would like to be able to offer this software package as an on-premise solution so that anyone can configure it on their own servers. What would be ...
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virtual san appliance in esxi? why?

I am looking at different SAN solutions (Starwind, Lefthand, OpenFiler, OpenSolaris, etc.) for my small office and I understand that there are many virtual SAN appliance (VSA) solutions which can be ...
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Is there a way to gather system configuration changes since installation?

In my attempt to replace a Linux server that was set up a few years ago I realised that nobody knows exactly what was installed/configured since. The only thing I have in git is the nginx sites ...
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Windows 2000 Server Recovery after HDD crash

I have here a Windows 2000 Server that I am desperately trying to resurrect after a HDD crash. The HDD crashed with the Seagate BSY Bug. After unblocking the firmware via the TTL/Serial port, we ...
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How to copy system/apps settings from one server to another?

I have an instance of Windows Server 2012 running my website. This instance is 100% configured, with every single detail and fix I ever needed to perform. The problem is that now due to financial ...
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Webserver - Memory-bound or CPU-bound? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do you do Load Testing and Capacity Planning for Web Sites I'm installing a social network using Zend Framework & MySql, with lots of plugins & queries. I want ...
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Designing server setup for 80 req/sec site - will this do? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my capacity planning? I am tasked with designing a server setup for a site that has to handle about 5k requests per minute (80 - 90 per second). The only ...
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Setting up Server 1 to parse and pass requests for static files to Server 2 and computationally intensive requests to Server 3

Problem: Our REST API is for requests for static images and requests for other computationally intensive tasks, such as rendering new images. We noticed that our Apache-Django server gets bogged ...
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Create logical volume again on Ubuntu after deleating it [duplicate]

I have a Ubuntu 16.04 Server and used these two commands which accidently deleted my logical volume: lvchange -an -v /dev/sda5/xyz-vg and lvremove -vf /dev/sda5/xyz-vg I did so from an Ubuntu Live ...
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Setup CentOS webserver with internal network, but dedicated external IP

I have 2 servers on 2 networks, with both their own WAN ip (x.x.192.196 and x.x.192.200). Both servers are physically next to each other As office, we are working in network x.x.192.196, with desktop ...
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HP Microserver AMD Raid controller

I have a HP N54L Microserver which i have been using successfully with Windows Server 2012. I only have the one hard drive in but want to add another in RAID 1 and then another two much larger drives ...
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Resources invitation policy in Kolab 3.4

When anybody reserves a resource, it's automatically accepted. I'd like it to be manually accepted by the owner of the resource, so I do: Create "fool" resource in kolab-webadmin with email fool@...
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Intranet Setup for Small business any resources?

Want to setup an intranet for a small business setup. Current Setup 28 computers running Windows ( few older pc's run Windows Xp but most run Windows 7) Spare Dell Pentium 3 which can run ...
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Use IP address or FQDN [closed]

I am preparing servers infrastructure consisting MYSQL , LDAP , PHP and FTP. I have all servers have static public and private IP(LAN). Now while configuring SSL i am facing problem of FQDN. For ...
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What is a good solution for failover when all I have is 2 physical servers?

I have 2 physical servers, each with 32GB RAM and 2 quad core procs. Each will run VMWare, 4 VMs each, one DB, 1 app server, 1 task queue server, and one general purpose server. One will run my web ...
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HP DL385 Base System Device

I have an HP DL385 with two Operon 280 CPUs and 16 GB of RAM running Windows Server 2003 R2 64 bit. Windows device manager show a yellow question mark for the Base System Device. This device is the ...
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How to connect a Mac laptop to a server via the serial port?

I'm a applications guy trying to set up a Dell c6100 server that doesn't boot. We'll have physical access tomorrow. The box has a serial connector for console access. We'll have a MAC laptop. Are ...
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What's the best practice for setting up new servers?

I'm facing the problem that from time to time, when installing a new system, be it virtual machines in VMWare, be it new VDS of the customer's server, I have to constantly install the same packages (...
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