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Questions asking for best practices in a given field. Be aware, that sometimes there might be no generally accepted best practices, in which case the question is likely to be closed for being subjective.

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What is the name for sorting a directory with lots of files into subdirectories?

One way to make manageable a directory with a huge number of files into it is to sort the files into subdirectories named after progressive characters in the files' names. E.g.: - a8debcdcf0d2302ccde5a43bb1fb385e81098342.jpg -…
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BPA for AD Server 2008 and 2008 R2 DCs W32Time setting complaint

I have been going through some of the warnings raised by BPA against our DCs to make sure everything is as it should be. Everything has been going well until I got to the following warnings: The value of MaxNegPhaseCorrection on the domain…
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What protocol should be followed if website is actively under attack?

When you have just detected your website is currently under a hack attack that is attempting to penetrate your website, I am not including Denial of service in my question, what do you do? Are there best practice guidelines to follow? I have found…
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Best Practices for rotating syslog logs on RHEL with different schedules?

OS: Running RHEL 5.6. Situation: I need to rotate /var/log/messagees on a different schedule than the rest of the syslog logs. By default syslog logs are rotated weekly based on the /etc/logrotate.conf and /etc/logrotate.d/syslog configuration…
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Backing up a server on the DMZ

We have a somewhat-static web app with a large amount of media files that runs on a 2008 R2, non-domain server on the DMZ. I need to backup the media files on the server. The current backup mechanism for servers on the trusted network are…
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How can I investigate sustained high CPU usage by Microsoft.Exchange.Rpc.ClientAccess.Service.exe?

One CAS server in our array has nearly 90% of its 4 CPUs used. The remaining CAS servers are at 30 percent. How should I investigate what is causing this increase? Below is a graph of: Six (6) CAS servers serving 3,000 users in RPC/HTTPS…
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Best practices to serve a large number of files

Currently we have one Windows Server 2008 R2 as a domain controller and file server. We're serving about 6 million JPGs to 4 IIS servers which are then served to web users. The problem is we're getting memory alerts on the server daily. Our current…
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What are the best strategies for scaling up my web application to be able to cope with a large volume of users?

I want to get some advice / best practices for how to go about developing a strategy for scaling up my a web application. I waffle on a bit here and show my limited knowledge but want to fill in my knowledge gaps. It is tempting to learn as much of…
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Why should www.domain and mail.domain be used?

I see the default hostname for mail and web servers being set as mail.domain.tld and www.domain.tld respectively. Why is this? Does it help as you move from a single server to multiple servers? I have always used plain domain.tld for both the mail…
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DMARC strict vs relaxed alignment?

I've been configuring DNS records for a mail server and got stuck when it came to DMARC's alignments. I know that both relaxed and strict are valid options, as well as relaxed being default setting. However, I am wondering if there is a commonly…
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Docker + IPv6 - what is the best practice?

I want to build IPv6-ready services with Docker that can reach v6 hosts on the external network and can be reached from the external v6 network. I'm really confused with all that right now, so I want to hear about best practices in using IPv6 with…
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Best Practice Moving a Hard Drive from one VMWare ESX Guest to Another

When removing a hard disk from a VMWare ESX virtual machine running Windows, is it best practice to shut down the server first or is there a minimal risk (if the drive is not being written to at the time of removal; drive being non-OS drive) by…
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best-practice for mid-sized shared storage

Our old 32TB RAID6 (net capacity: 26TB) system is showing its age and requires an upgrade, so we are currently thinking about building up a new 100TB system. The storage is mostly used for our user's home directorie, for sharing project data…
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Should DirectAccess be deployed to all Windows clients that support it?

As our organization is slowly rolling out Windows 10, I made the observation of a DirectAccess GPO linked to the Windows 10 PCs OU (which contain internal desktops, laptops, and even VMs for VDI). This GPO was identical to our standard DA GPO,…
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call binary from docker container inside another docker container?

What would be the way to load a certain binary from a certain container in docker from inside another container? container 1: web container 2: ffmpeg I would want to call ffmpeg binary living in container 2 from the container 1. Confused on how to…
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