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Does the /3GB switch increase the user address space per process or total processes?

It was my understanding that it's per process, not the total processes. But according to Large memory support is available in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows 2000 (KB283037): Typically, a process running under Windows 2000 or Windows Server…
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Architecture Choice for an Embedded Display Device

So recently a client asked me to build her a virtual calendar. She's tired of having paper ones and would rather hang a few monitors on the wall instead and have them update themselves wirelessly. The key constraints for this device: - Must be no…
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Architectural advice - web camera remote access

I'm looking for architectural advice. I have a client who I've built a website for which essentially allows users to view their web cameras remotely. The current flow of data is as follows: User opens page to view web camera image. Javascript script…
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Does using x86_64 on a low end server impact performance?

I have a server with 128 MB of RAM. Would it be stupid of me to install Debian 6 x86_64 instead of i386? Would there be any difference in how well the server performs?
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Building hybrid RAID10 + RAID5 environment

I have the following configuration: simple video surveillance system (server 1: recording past 24h; server 2: recording past 30 days). I am primarily using the content on the 24h storage, while I recompress and archive the following 30 days on the…
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Dedicated Server Specification Advice for MYSQL/PHP Website

Im buying a dedicated server to run an existing website which receives 90,000 visitors per day. The specification is below. The website isnt too complicated, mainly mysql searches of a table containing 60,000 records, but will have quite a lot of…
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SMTP Outbound-Only: More or less reputable?

I'm reconfiguring some mail architecture and wondering about this... For the purposes of avoiding blacklists and maintaining a good MX reputation, is it better to have: One public IP / SMTP server dedicated to outbound only e-mail Another public IP…
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Varnish/Nginx/Apache/APC/Memcached

I'm setting up a new web server and was wondering if the following is a valid stack: Varnish in front to cache and split traffic between nginx for static content and Apache with mod_php for dynamic content. I'd also be running APC as the opcode…
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Number of Physical NICs for ESXi Host or Am I Missing the Boat?

First, please excuse my ignorance on this topic. Until recently I had been blissfully ignorant of this field and only recently began to suspect that I'd need to become directly involved. In any case I find myself feeling about and trying to get a…
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apache & mod_pagespeed + varnish question

I have the following architecture on the web layer. Varnish <-> Apache2 (mod_pagespeed <-> mod_jk) <-> Tomcat ^ ^ ^ | | |________: mod_jk | …
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Reverse Graphical network mapping architecture

Hi everyone i've got the issue to handle a network that has not documentation whatsoever but is there any tool or procedure in order to create the network architecture model, or i should do it node by node, and graphical modeling with Visio or…
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How to scale out image hosting/serving?

I asked this question on stackoverflow and it was suggested that I try it here: I'm building a website where users can upload photos and I'd also convert uploaded photos into thumbnails. Planning ahead, if the website gets popular, how do I scale it…
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Federated Search vs Enterprise Search - How do you decide?

We're looking at our Enterprise Search Strategy (by "Enterprise" I mean business), and I'm putting togther a paper which includes the pros and cons of both. I'm wondering what would drive a decison either way. I imagine a certain situation would…
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Never losing data techniques

I asked this question on SO and it was suggested I ask it here, which makes sense. I'm curious about techniques used to build a system where ensuring that no data is lost is of the utmost priority. For a simplistic example, what does a financial…
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How to achieve the following RTO & RPO with logshipping only using SQL Server?

Trying to come up with viable backup restore & logshipping solution for achieving the following: 15 minutes Recovery Point Objective (no more than 15 minutes data loss at any time) 5 minutes Recovery Time Objective (must be able to get the db up…
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