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This document outlines some changes in functionality between earlier versions of the Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 and Microsoft Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems, and Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition with SP2. Examples and details are provided for several of the technologies that are experiencing the biggest changes. | ||
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| #1 By 2960 (24.254.95.224) at 3/14/2007 2:30:38 PM |
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Anyone know if this will bust my 3Ware 9500S-8 Raid Controller?
The last thing I need is for my 1.8TB Raid 5 to go offline... TL |
| #2 By 1401 (65.255.137.29) at 3/14/2007 8:33:38 PM |
| Just back it up to a few floppies before you do it... |
| #3 By 23275 (24.179.4.158) at 3/15/2007 3:16:54 AM |
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#1, Hey, TL, We use a lot of 3Ware controllers in builds and no, it will not break it [your arrays].
Two things: even if you have an optional BBU unit supporting your controller, temporarily disable the write back cache on the controller's settings. If you do have a BBU unit attached to the controller, be sure to perform a battery capacitor test after you restart the computer - and also perform this same test at least once each six months. ***If you use any western digital drives, be sure to use WD's idle parity bit util to set the parity bit for use in an array - does not matter what drive model, either - this will prevent WD HDD's from falling off of an array for no apparent reason. You'll have to individually perform the update on each drive by using a boot floopy and temorarily connect the WD drive(s) one at a time, as though it were the only systems drive you have [as with C:\ on a workstation - so it may be necessary to remove other controllers and disconnect other drives from power and communications cables until all drives in an array are done. |
| #4 By 37 (76.210.78.134) at 3/15/2007 7:58:47 AM |
| #2 you like floppy |
| #5 By 1401 (69.27.196.125) at 3/15/2007 8:22:44 AM |
| I use my floppy everyday |
| #6 By 2960 (24.254.95.224) at 3/15/2007 12:16:03 PM |
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No BBU. Overpriced for my needs :) Machine is on a UPS though.
All 7 drives in the machine are Seagate Barrauda's. Thanks! TL |
| #7 By 2960 (24.254.95.224) at 3/15/2007 12:18:56 PM |
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Heaven help me. Here we go :)
Also listed a 3Ware driver update and a Intel NIC update. Fingers crossed. About 150MB to download :) TL |
| #8 By 2960 (24.254.95.224) at 3/15/2007 12:24:11 PM |
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I know Chris was Joshing, but it actually does bring up a good point.
The RAID IS my backup server. Where the hell do you backup your backup server when it's this large LOL. This is why I give up 300MB of storage (one of the six 300MB Drives) as an online-ready hot spare. It is _supposed_ to kick in automatically if any of the other drives fail. In this configuration, in THEORY, I can have TWO drives fail and not experience any data loss. So with a 6 300GB RAID-5, the storage is actually 1TB total available considering one drive is for parity, and one is for hot ready-spare. It does suck to give up 800MB of space but whatta ya gonna do :) I also have a QNAP TS-201 NAS box with two 320GB Barracuda-10 Perp drives in it. This box is the Cat's Meow. I promoted this as the daily file server, and the RAID is my backup point. Now, there is a problem with having some 2TB of storage online. You get sloppy. One of these days I need to re-org everything and figure out exactly where the hell everything is LOL TL |
| #9 By 2960 (24.254.95.224) at 3/15/2007 12:39:28 PM |
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First - AW guys.... You should make it so when someone posts to a story, it moves to the top of the list or something... Just a thought...
A question for you guys. Anyone know now to get VPC 2007 to run as a service? Is it possible? I know about the Virtual Server 2005 version of this but it's really kinda complex and, to be honest, I don't really understand how to set it up AND I do NOT want IIS running on this server (which is required for management of Virtual Server 2005). I'd rather just run VPC 2007 in service mode if possible. The reason is I'm part of the Home Server B2 test, and I don't have a spare machine so I want to virutalize it on this server. It works fine this way, but of course when I log off it closes the application because it's running in Application mode. Thanks :) TL |
| #10 By 23275 (172.16.10.31) at 3/15/2007 1:19:00 PM |
| #9, There are many ways to accomplish running an application as a service - independent of a user session. Among the easiest ways to accomplish this is to use a program designed to manage the creation and admin of such services - check out, "Application as Service 2.0" - there is a trial here, http://www.application-as-service.com/ |
| #11 By 32132 (142.32.208.233) at 3/15/2007 2:57:39 PM |
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#9 Don't log off.
Enable TS for Admin (if you haven't already) Login via RDP as an Admin (even if you are already logged on to the box at the console) but not to the console. Start VPC 2007. Close the RDP session. It should keep running. At least until reboot. |
| #12 By 2960 (24.254.95.224) at 3/15/2007 4:17:50 PM |
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That's actually what i want to avoid. I didn't want to leave the machine logged in.
I already use RDC as described :) TL |
| #13 By 2960 (24.254.95.224) at 3/15/2007 4:18:12 PM |
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Looks like the updates went ok.
TL |
| #14 By 2960 (24.254.95.224) at 3/16/2007 8:20:39 AM |
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Anyone aware of a free App-As-Service utility?
TL |
| #15 By 23275 (24.179.4.158) at 3/16/2007 10:23:46 AM |
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#14, TL, you can write one very easily - Stan Schultes, over at Visual Studio Magazine, explains how, http://www.fawcette.com/vsm/2003_03/magazine/columns/gettingstarted/
.Net has had the support baked in for some time now - Use the Windows Service Template and you can mod your code to create any number of them and even a console that you can use to manage them. We do this server side - especially for mail servers to manage the sequences we use to start and control them. You can also use baked in controls to have the services report to you. We do this to show how services relate to one another and what resources they are using - then combining them into a more global view of an environmental subset. You can get really wild and set up controls to allow you to throttle resources as needed and scale what you are devoting to what service(s). - SQL and XML can be used to send this information to animations, etc.. like flash which you can make hot and drill into underlying data. Of course, that is on the more complex end, but in simple ways, you can get any app to run as a managed service and expose it to instrumentation in the OS and let the OS manage resources. You'll probably want to run your service under a local system authority, which you may also specify. I've read a good bit of Stan Schultes' stuff and have learned a ton from the the guys and VSM. His site is here, http://www.vbnetexpert.com |
| #16 By 2960 (24.254.95.224) at 3/16/2007 11:04:43 AM |
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You have no idea how I wish I had time to dig into something like that :)
Unfortunately, I don't. I've got $5000 in guitars hanging on the wall I haven't been able to touch in 6 months. I actually have a cleaning crew coming to clean my house because I haven't had a chance to do it in 2 months, and it's gone far beyond what this screwed-up-back geek can contend with. I am out of bandwidth :) TL |
| #17 By 23275 (24.179.4.158) at 3/16/2007 11:30:33 AM |
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#16, I hear ya :)
When I meet new people and they ask about business ownership, I'm very candid about the fact that, "No.. no one owns a business... a business owns them." - They stay in it because for whatever reasons, they love it - the process is like crack. Posting here, cutting from other work/writings - is a brief pause to exhale and see what others are thinking about what is going on in our industry. That probably characterizes many people who post here and trace stories from Awin. For those that do code and have access to coders, a lot of efficiencies can be found in very small projects and a lot of satisfaction and benefit, too. What you want to do is a good example of what I mean - a small project that a developer can crush quickly that can have a big impact. They are great drag bunts and solid singles that when combined, make up for the means to recapture a lot of lost bandwidth. We do that all the time, and over time, it added up to a point that we can do a lot more of what we want - when we want. It wasn't always that way and the difference has been really amazing. Also, unlike large projects that can kick everyone in the head, small projects present an opportunity to actually finish something. "The Code Factory" - where big projects can be used to create an environment where small "jobs" can be turned out everyday - jobs that have a huge impact on customers' ability to use their information. What I mean is, create enterprise applications that allow one to create products from them - information as product. SSRS is a great example - where one can house SQL Server Reporting Services reports in a slick and easy to use interface that has channels and single click access to powerful interactive reports with user defined parameters, charts, color, and export controls - all baked into VS, BTW and select 3rd party tools like Dundas for .NET, etc.. Point is, one can deliver incredible results that are based upon the normal work each person does day to day, and in a few minutes and with very little new code, or effort, crank out "Product" that looks like it took months and cost thousands of lives. A lot of people ask me about this method and how it affects people and their lives - and how we do/did it. It was about looking back and re-focusing on the user, where what information [data bits], meant and creating the means to present them as products. |
| #18 By 23275 (24.179.4.158) at 3/19/2007 1:16:42 AM |
| #14, TL, use SRVANY - go here and check this out, http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=197 |
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