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Understanding the VMware ESXi limitations of the free Version

I am running an ESXi Vsphere Client Version 6.0.0 but with all the different documentation and changes I have trouble to understand my limitations. From the official documentation I see that my limit for physical CPU should be unlimited but I can…
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Windows Server 2008 R2 max open files limit

Does Windows Server 2008 R2 have similar limitations to maximum number of opened files like linux have?
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Windows DFS Limitations

So far I have seen an article on performance and scalability mainly focusing on how long it takes to add new links. But is there any information about limitations regarding number of files, number of folders, total size, etc? Right now I have a…
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Maximum Number of Hosts per Network

I recall reading this in some (I think) Cisco documentation years ago, but can't find it or any other reference to this recommendation. Anyone know what I'm talking about? Anyone still follow these guidelines? I'm generally a "wasteful" subnetter…
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Max total files in a directory in FreeBSD 6 ufs?

Is there an upper limit to the total number of files stored in a single subdirectory in FreeBSD 6? The filesystem is ufs
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Prevent large file upload with nginx

I'm serving my website using Nginx as web server. I offer upload functionality to my users (they are allowed to submit pictures up to 5Mb) so I have the directive: client_max_body_size 5M; in my server config. What I've noticed is that if I try to…
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What's the largest message size modern email systems generally support?

I know that Yahoo and Google mail support 25MB email attachments. I have an idea from somewhere that 10MB email messages are generally supported by modern email systems. So if I'm sending an email between two arbitrary users on the internet, what's…
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Azure Application Gateway limitations - wildcard SSL cert

We have ~60 client apps, each with its own subdomain URL in a common domain, i.e. client1.domainname.com, client2.domainname.com... - all covered by a single wildcard SSL cert *.domainname.com. Currently hosted on-prem with a pair of LBs and 2…
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How does the CPU limitation on Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation work?

I'am little bit confused about the CPU limitation of Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation. The Server is installed on a HP proliant DL380 Gen9 with 2x 6-core CPUs, with the HP provisioning Tool I do install the Windows Foundation Server on this…
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rsync of >4GB files

silly one, do you have any problems with rsync'ing large [ >4GB ] files under modern linux? [ 32bit, 64bit, large file support turned on ]? i've done some tests on my own between 2 64bit boxes and didn't have any problems transferring 6-10GB files.…
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Storing files in a directory... are there limits?

I am using CentOS 5 with Plesk 9 (64-bit), I am running a site where users will be uploading pictures. With a 64 bit os, are there any limits to how many files I can store? All I care about is performance, and serving up the files. I'd prefer not…
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Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition Licensing for Virtual Machine on Hyper-V

I have windows server 2019 standard edition installed on my host machine and with 2 additional Windows server 2019 on Hyper-V virtual environment. Now I want to install 2 more windows 10 client VMs (Hyper-V) on same host machine. As I have read…
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Can I predict the maximum writes per minute to a disk/RAID array

I've a database running on a windows server I'm monitoring with Hyperic. I see the writes per minute ramping up during the day as we approach our peak load. The peaks are increasing gradually over time as we add more users to the system. With other…
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What can lead to a zone memory exhaustion and how Nginx reacts to it?

What is a possible scenario for exhausting the memory designated to a connection zone with limit_conn_zone directive and what are the implication in this case? Suppose I have this in my configuration: http { limit_conn_zone $binary_remote_addr…
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Is the airport extreme's 50 user limit the same in multiple access point configurations?

Im currently evaluating options for extending our Church's wireless connectivity. We're also installing a Win 2k8 Domain Controller, DHCP and DNS server. We need wireless access points that work great with our iOS devices too, and have heard of some…
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