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Hello,
I administrate a small network of 15 Windows XP Pro clients and a Windows 2000 server. As the server's storage media has become full, the users have stored their files on the client machines. I order to return to a centralized architecture, new storage will be added to the server. Various options are available : classical and non-classical.
I call the classical option adding new RAID1 SCSI disks to our server. It is validated by resellers and expensive. But a first analysis showed that many files are used non intensively : we need more archive space, and not so much concurrent quick file access. Thus, this classical solution looks to be to much performant for a low demanding usage.
The non-classical consists in optimizing the technology in regard to the file usage. I have two questions:
1) I am looking for a tool that would compute statistic information on file usage in a network (in the client machines and between clients and server), in order to get a more precise and deeper idea of the file usage
2) Which technology to choose for lower file requests (RAID1 SATA or eSATA, NAS) and what reliability may I expect from it ?
Thank you
Alain
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Getting my new system set up this weekend and have found myself running into a very annoying issue..
I have a network path to my old machine open and am copying files from it to a drive on the new machine. The copy starts out fine but if I just let it go the copy seems to start to get slower and slower (accroding to the task manager network utilization graph) until eventually it times out and the OS gives me an error about the network name no longer being valid. Hmmm...
I noticed that if I navigate around in the window containing the network path a bit when I see it start to get slow I can bring it back to life. Seems like the OS is putting the network path to sleep after a while if it is not being 'used'.
Anyone seen anything like this?
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Try to check the power option on your client machine, whether it set to stand by mode in a specific of time.
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I recently wrote a utility that encrypts, compresses, ftps and datestamps your servers backup files. I use it with NT Backup on my server but it will work with anything.
I am posting about it here for two reasons, one I would like to get feedback and two because I would like ideas on what new things should be added.
The product is free and can be downloaded from my site.
http://devclarity.com/solutions.html
Hope to hear from you.
Matthew Hazlett
Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often).
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Hi Matthew,
This is the 'Operating Systems / SysAdmin' board and is reserved for questions related to that.
If you want comments/suggestions then post your application as an article in the appropriate section and you should get them.
regards,
Darka [ Xanya]
"I am not a slave to a god that doesn't exist."
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Reason I posted here, is the program has everything to do with sysadmin/os.
I'd agree with you if I posted it were posted in the lounge or Web Development areas. Problem is, if it were posted in testing, sysadmins would never go see the post and hence never see or know of it's existence.
Isn't the main reason people come to this forum because they are looking for answers? For all we know there could have been an influx of backup questions that were avoided by having this very post in plain site.
As for the feedback portion, who better to give feedback then the people who would be using the program to preform their job.
Matthew Hazlett
Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often).
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I agree, but I still think you will get no responses unless you post it as an article.
just my opinion
regards,
Darka [ Xanya]
"I am not a slave to a god that doesn't exist."
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Hi all,
I need ur help for my senior project,I'm planning to make a Instructor control Pc for computer engineering Labs in my univ..so i wanted to know how can i use Windows features to lock all other Pcs in labs (Students' Pcs),so they can see on their monitor only what is displayed on the instructor's Pc's desktop.
Do I need to write some code in OS?Where to write this code and in which language?
It will be great help if some1 can advice me on this,as i don't know how to implement this idea.
Jawhara
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I am facing a problem using AzMan on Windows XP SP2. When i try to open\create an XML store, it gives the following error.
"Cannot open the authorization store. The following problem occured: The request is not supported."
Does anyone know what is wrong here?
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Thanks for the reply Richard.
Yes, I installed Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Administration Tools Pack but it is still giving the same error.
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But have you created the Policy Store, Defined Tasks and Operations, Create Roles and Assign Users, Configured ASP.net and so on as stated on that Microsoft Reference, not forgetting to follow the instructions in the Additional Resources.
modified 1-Aug-19 21:02pm.
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Cant get to that stage...it is not letting me create a new or open any existing policy store. Each time i try to create a new store, or open an existing one (a XML store created on another machine) it gives that error i mentioned in the first post.
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Did some debugging and found that a "CreateFile" call deep inside azroles.dll is failing. It tries to open the XML Store file with a call to "CreateFile" like this (Not actual code but assumption based on assembly code):
CreateFile("C:\\MSDNMagAzStore.xml::$data",<other parameters="">);
The full path of XML Store is only C:\MSDNMagAzStore.xml. What is that "::$data" it appends to the file path? Any ideas? This is the first time I have seen such CreateFile call.
After this finding...is this the right forum for this question?
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I had some folders which contains important files on the desktop. I went to windows explorer and hide the desktop and now I can not locate where the files are.
Please help me to restore the files.
phokojoe
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phokojoe wrote: I went to windows explorer and hide the desktop
Why on earth did you do this?? You'll have to reverse the process you went through to "hide" the Desktop. I have no idea what you did to do this.
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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If you cannot reverse this, then you should try a System Restore.
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How about open windows explorer and use folder option to show all file?
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If you have a copy of a LiveLinux bootable from CDROM (you may need to change your boot sequence in BIOS), then you might just be able to see what you have lost or hidden. If so, you may be able to rescue them to a USB pen drive or to CD/RW.
If your PC is formatted to FAT32 rather than NTFS then you might be able to rescue them to your PC. As far as I am aware, LiveLinux can read NTFS but not write to NTFS.
modified 1-Aug-19 21:02pm.
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Thanks a lot. I have used system restore and everything is fine.
Actually there is young man in my office once I leave my PC, he comes and start copying files from my pc so I did hide the desktop as to prevent him doing so.
phokojoe
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You could try grabbing him by the neck (or elsewhere as appropriate) with firm instructions that he is not to touch your PC under threat of further pain.
You could take the more usual security steps to forbid access to your PC by, for instance, having the need to log on with username and password that you only know and closing your system down at end of working day, but you could also password protect your system's BIOS so a password would be required before windows boots. If you are not permitted to switch-off your system, then introduce a password protected screensaver.
I am sure there are other things you could do, but security (or the lack of) appears to be a primary concern at your workplace. Perhaps you should speak to your boss about this situation. If this lad can gain access, who else gains unauthorised access to confidential information.
modified 1-Aug-19 21:02pm.
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Right click on your desktop, select arange icons by->show desktop icons.
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How to read/list the DACL settings of a registry key using WMI?
Look at the positive point.
GTS
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Hi,
i wrote a service process that configured to be automatic on system startup.
It worked fine till i upgraded my XP to SP2.
It won't start on automatic startup, but manualy it will start.
The event viewer report for error event-id 7009 (Timeout (name milliseconds) waiting for service to connect.).
Does anyone know how can i solve that problem?
Thanks,
Dudi
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