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Server Spec Recommendation for IIS, SQL 2008, and Exchange 2010

I am looking at setting up my first server at a colocation. I've no idea what I should really be going for, or what I need for adequate redundancy RAID 0 or RAID 1 etc. The server will have Windows Server 2008 x64 installed on it. It shall be used…
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Workstation Specification Check

I'm unsure if this is allowed, so please tell me if it is not. I am building a workstation for MPI/CUDA CFD work, however I am unfamiliar with server-type hardware. I have provided my current spec in the image below: I was looking for clarification…
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Which server configuration should I buy?

I'm buying a poweredge T310 Intel® Xeon® X3430, 2.4 GHz, 8M Cache, Turbo, for memory should I get: 8GB Memory (4x2GB), 1333MHz, Dual Ranked RDIMM or 16GB Memory (4x4GB), 800MHz, Quad Ranked RDIMM How would the memory bus speed play a role in this…
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Checking server specifications

Pretty basic question. I've had someone alert me to a concern that the initial IT firm that setup the server environment where I currently am did not install hardware to the specifications specified in the proposal/quote/invoice. Question is, is…
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Right dedicated server specifications for my usage?

Possible Duplicate: How do you do Load Testing and Capacity Planning for Web Sites We are going to move from our current shared hosting to probably a (managed) dedicated server, and I've been looking around. Obviously there's a lot of providers…
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Can I find out the specs of a server/host machine through a VM?

After looking at this question I would like to know if those solutions will display the specs of the host machine (and not of the VM that is running)? Does cat /proc/meminfo, cat /proc/cpuinfo, lshw, etc., show the VM specs, the host machine specs,…
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What is the Ideal instance type for hadoop namenode

For a relatively small, one terabyte cluster ( 2TB actual after replication ) I was trying to nail down what the namenode's ideal memory/cpu size would be, having worked with hadoop off and on as an end-user I can't imagine it being too crazy... but…
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Need hardware specification recommendation for a .NET4 WCF service server

I need a rough HW specification recommendation for a server with the following SW and usage specs: Windows Server 2003 or 2008. One .Net4 WCF service hosted on IIS, or self-hosted. 100 concurrent internet users, about 1 req/client/minute. Mandatory…
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Buying a Server vs Hosting on a Datacenter

I'm planning to host a website. It would be a photo-sharing website. I'm trying to find out a server that I should buy to put the website online. The website is in Apache PHP. I'm assuming the number of users as 10,000 and 1000 are uploading the…
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MySQL hosting: What are the recommended specs and w

I have two specific cases of MySQL hosting. 1) I have a case where I have 2000 plus concurrent users to a single MySQL Database. They are not simple web users, but actual business users who need to connect write and read constantly through about 8-9…
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I need to make file server what H.W. should I use?

I need to make file server in Windows server 2008 and the clients will be 30 users connect at the same time to this server, they will write directly to this server, they will work on office and Autocad But the Autocad will only locate the file on…
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Help Me Spec A Server for MAX VMs Reasonable Cost

I am planning on building servers to host the max number of VMs. Right now I have seperate machines running some applications, datamining type stuff and they each have about 1gig ram, 600-1GHz CPU and I'd like to see how many I can run on a server…
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Suggestions for SOHO networking gear

I'm a software developer as me day job but have landed a contract position to spec out and install the computer equipment for a small office. Ease of use (easy installation, low maintenance and good support) is priority number one, it supersedes…
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Which server specs to look for for a Scheduler in a data stack?

I'm in the process of building a data stack for a small company : the choice has been made to have a UNIX server running as a "Scheduler". The goal of this scheduler is just to extract data from different applications and send it back to a in-cloud…
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Mail server specifications

Greetings, I'm 'the tech guy' and as such will usually get questions that are not really in my area of expertise :) Today's latest question is regarding moving a mail server to a new provider. Now shockingly I've realised how expensive this would…
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