We have a 42U rack which is getting a load of new 1U and 2U servers real soon. One of the guys here reckons that you need to leave a gap between the servers (of 1U) to aid cooling. Question is, do you? When looking around the datacenter, no-one else seems to be, and it also diminishes how much we can fit in. We're using Dell 1850 and...
Should I use a dedicated network channel between the database and the application server? ...or... Connecting both in the switch along with all other computer nodes makes no diference at all? The matter is performance! ...
I'm considering moving a number of small client sites to an unmanaged VPS hosting provider. I haven't decided which one yet, but my understanding is that they'll give me a base OS install (I'd prefer Debian or Ubuntu), an IP address, a root account, SSH, and that's about it. Ideally, I would like to create a complete VM image of my conf...
I am looking for a FTP Server that has a decent API. It would be great if I could code use the .NET Framework. I am currently using Secure FTP from GlobalSCAPE but I have had less than plesant experiences working with it. ...
What would you choose for a server used for web hosting, dns and email and why? ...
I'm working on an application that needs to quickly render simple 3D scenes on the server, and then return them as a JPEG via HTTP. Basically, I want to be able to simply include a dynamic 3D scene in an HTML page, by doing something like: <img src="http://www.myserver.com/renderimage?scene=1&x=123&y=123&z=123"> My ques...
I'm looking for a good server/client protocol supported in Python for making data requests/file transfers between one server and many clients. Security is also an issue - so secure login would be a plus. I've been looking into XML-RPC, but it looks to be a pretty old (and possibly unused these days?) protocol. Thanks for your help in ...
Something to take an XML schema and let you add/edit data but not change the XML structure, preferably installed on a server. basically a UI to edit xml documents as a web app. Someone has got to have done this already right? ...
Are there any free (non-GPL) libraries for .NET that provide IMAP4 server side functionality? E.g. handles the socket level and message handshaking so that an IMAP4 client (such as outlook) can retrieve, read, edit and/or delete messages. I am not trying to connect to an IMAP4 server, I'd like the assistance to implement one. ...
I would like my website to record flvs using webcams. These flvs need to play smoothly so I can play with them afterwards, for example transcoding them to avis. I've tried many different servers to handle the flv recording. The resulting flvs play OK in Wimpy FLV Player, for example, except that the progress indicator doesn't move smoot...
Is there anyone out there who has Windows Server 2008 virtual hosting under $75/mo? ...
What is your favorite build server package? (Cruise Control, Team City, etc.) ...
I am looking to have 4 Virtual servers(various linux flavors) running on a Windows server 2003 R2 64 bit edition server located at a datacenter. I can also purchase a 2008 server or 32 bit 2k3 if needed. They would each have their own ip address for networking so that they could be publicly accessed. I do not know much about VPS softw...
I've had a new found interest in building a small, efficient web server in C and have had some trouble parsing POST methods from the HTTP Header. Would anyone have any advice as to how to handle retrieving the name/value pairs from the "posted" data? POST /yeah HTTP/1.1 Host: cor.cs.uky.edu:7017 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Wind...
Microsoft WPF? Adobe AIR/Flex? Adobe Flash? Curl programming language? How does AJAX fit in? Given a server written in C++ .NET. ...
Unfortunately I have to use Windows Server 2003 on my 32 bit workstation due to memory constraints of Windows XP. In Windows XP, when you connect via Remote Desktop the current session I am logged in is instantly shared on the Remote Desktop. I can see all the applications I have opened on my workstation and can continue to work on my o...
I'm an experienced client application developer (C++/C#), but need to come up to speed quickly on writing server side code to perform RESTful interactions. Specifically, I need to learn how to exchange data with OpenSocial containers via the RESTful API. ...
What is your preferred flavor of Linux for a server environment and why? ...
Anyone have any success or failure running Jira on a VM? I am setting up a new source control and defect tracking server. My server room is near full and my services group suggested a VM. I saw that a bunch of people are running SVN on VM (including NCSA). The VM would also free me from hardware problems and give me high availability...
I currently have WHM/cPanel on my server, but it doesn't integrate properly with any JEE App Server. I installed Tomcat manually, and have made it work through Apache, but the configuration is more fragile than I'd like. So, I'm trying to find a replacement where a JEE App Server can be properly integrated & managed. Requirements: Open...