Free information about Servers http://e-articles.info/e/s/s/Servers/ en-us E-articles.info 2006 - 2009 A log file is a file that stores all the actions in an order that occurred with a server, a device, an application. Log file is like a "black box" in an aircraft, but only difference is that log files can be used to save a crash of a server by getting the details of actions on a server or software in advance. A log file that is accurately analyzed can avoid the misuse of the servers and even can easily ascertain the malfunctioning too... by HIOX http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/What-is-Web-server-Log-File-Analysis/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/What-is-Web-server-Log-File-Analysis/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:33:17 GMT Buying new things all the time can be a great fun. Seeing every bit of computer equipment looking new and shiny can be very satisfying. With the recession in full swing at the moment most people are seeing financial change in their community and in their households... by johnlysette http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Are-Used-Cisco-switches-worth-buying/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Are-Used-Cisco-switches-worth-buying/ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:41:22 GMT Summary: This article describes how to configure Windows 2000 to act as an authoritative time server using NTP (Network Time Protocol). Computer time synchronisation is highly important in modern computer networks, precision and time synchronization is critical in many applications, particularly time sensitive transactions. Just imagine buying an airline seat only to be told at the airport that the ticket was sold twice because it was purchased afterwards on a computer that had a slower clock! Modern computers do have internal clocks called Real Time Clock chips (RTC) that provide time and date information... by Richard N Williams http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/How-to-Configure-a-NTP-Network-Time-Server-in-Windows-2000/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/How-to-Configure-a-NTP-Network-Time-Server-in-Windows-2000/ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:49:27 GMT There are currently two different versions of Apache: the original 1.3.x series and the newer Apache 2... by Tomy Winderfind http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/The-Apache-Web-Server/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/The-Apache-Web-Server/ Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:57:32 GMT IIS was developed by Microsoft and runs only on the Windows Server operating systems (Windows NT, 2000, and XP Professional). Note that it's not available with Windows XP Home Edition. IIS has a built-in capability to run Active Server Pages (ASP) pages, since ASP was created by Microsoft... by Tomy Winderfind http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Installing-and-Setting-Up-IIS/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Installing-and-Setting-Up-IIS/ Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:23:37 GMT In this tutorial we'll describe how to add PHP functionality to IIS, so that you can use IIS to serve PHP pages. We assume that at this stage that your IIS server is set up and running correctly. Downloading PHP The first step to installing PHP is to download the package from the PHP web site... by Tomy Winderfind http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Installing-PHP-for-IIS/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Installing-PHP-for-IIS/ Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:31:42 GMT This tutorial describes how to install MySQL on a Linux Server, using the Linux shell prompt. You can use this shell either on the Linux server itself or remotely through a Telnet session. You will need to be logged in as the Linux root user... by Cornel Mindeva http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Install-MySQL-on-Linux/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Install-MySQL-on-Linux/ Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:39:47 GMT We'll look at three stages: downloading, installing, and starting the server. Downloading MySQL The first step to installing MySQL on Windows is to download the installation file. Open your browser and browse to http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Install-MySQL-on-Windows/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Install-MySQL-on-Windows/ Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:47:52 GMT At its core, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is an email, calendaring, and address book system that runs on a centralized Windows Server 2003 server system. However with the release of Exchange 2007, now the sixth major release of Exchange in the 12-year history of the product, Microsoft has made significant improvements in the areas of security, reliability, scalability, mobility, and unified communications. For those Exchange experts who are already very familiar with the product, you might choose to skip this section, jump to the “Exchange Server 2007 Versions and Licensing” section (because Microsoft has a slightly different way of licensing Exchange 2007), and then jump to the “What’s New in Exchange Server 2007” section to discover the latest and greatest in Exchange So back to the basics of Exchange, with a centralized Exchange server holding mail messages, calendar appointments, contacts, and other user information, the Exchange environment provides a server-based storage of information... by Ruper Meredith http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/What-Is-Exchange-Server-2007/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/What-Is-Exchange-Server-2007/ Thu, 10 May 2007 08:55:57 GMT In Exchange 2007, the concept of the recovery storage group has been removed. Exchange 2003 introduced the recovery storage group as a way to restore an Exchange database to an Exchange server that wasn't the original server that the database was created or was running on. With Exchange 2007, Microsoft has added a whole new series of technologies... by Ruper Meredith http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Whats-Missing-in-Exchange-Server-2007-That-Was-in-Previous-Versions/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Whats-Missing-in-Exchange-Server-2007-That-Was-in-Previous-Versions/ Thu, 10 May 2007 09:23:15 GMT To follow the flow of messages in an Exchange 2007 environment with all of the various server roles, the following flow occurs: 1.  An incoming message from the Internet first goes to the Edge Transport server. 2... by Ruper Meredith http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/How-Messages-Get-to-Exchange-from-the-Internet/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/How-Messages-Get-to-Exchange-from-the-Internet/ Thu, 10 May 2007 10:31:20 GMT Internal messages are routed through Exchange in a similar manner. The process for a mail user to send a message to another mail user in the organization or to the Internet is as follows: 1.  A message is created by a user in Outlook, on their Windows Mobile device, or on OWA where the user is connected to the Client Access server... by Ruper Meredith http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/How-Messages-Route-Within-an-Internal-Exchange-Environment/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/How-Messages-Route-Within-an-Internal-Exchange-Environment/ Thu, 10 May 2007 11:39:25 GMT In many cases, it might be necessary to integrate many of the components of an existing UNIX implementation with the Exchange 2007 forest. In these cases, a tool most recently provided with Windows Server 2003 R2 Edition known as Services for UNIX (SFU) should be examined. For many years, UNIX and Windows systems were viewed as separate, incompatible environments that were physically, technically, and ideologically different... by Ken Steup http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Using-Services-for-UNIX-to-Integrate-UNIX-Systems-with-an-Active-Directory/Exchange-Server-2007-Environment/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Using-Services-for-UNIX-to-Integrate-UNIX-Systems-with-an-Active-Directory/Exchange-Server-2007-Environment/ Thu, 10 May 2007 12:47:30 GMT Starting with Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft has added significant focus on support for remote and mobile access to Exchange. Remote and mobile access takes on two forms for Exchange: One is in the support of remote access users to Exchange with the improvement of the OWA client and mobile laptop user, and mobility is enhanced in the areas of access and synchronization with Windows Mobile and Pocket PC devices. Remote access to Exchange has become extremely important as users want to access Exchange outside of the business office, potentially from a home computer, an Internet café kiosk system, or from a laptop they are carrying with them... by Ruper Meredith http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Exchange-Server-2007-as-the-Focal-Point-for-Remote-and-Mobile-Communications/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Exchange-Server-2007-as-the-Focal-Point-for-Remote-and-Mobile-Communications/ Sun, 06 May 2007 13:55:35 GMT In most enterprises today, each individual application or system has its own user database or directory to track who is permitted to use that resource. Identity and access control data reside in different directories as well as applications such as specialized network resource directories, mail servers, human resource, voice mail, payroll, and many other applications. Each has its own definition of the user’s “identity” (for example, name, title, ID numbers, roles, membership in groups)... by Ruper Meredith http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Synchronizing-Directory-Information-with-Microsoft-Identity-Integration-Server-(MIIS)-2003/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Synchronizing-Directory-Information-with-Microsoft-Identity-Integration-Server-(MIIS)-2003/ Sat, 05 May 2007 14:23:40 GMT The primary protocol for sending email on the Internet today is known as Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, or SMTP. SMTP has been used for quite some time in UNIX and Linux environments, and has been incorporated into Active Directory as an alternative transport mechanism for site traffic. Domains that want to participate in electronic mail exchange need to set up MX record(s) for their published zone... by Ken Steup http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Using-DNS-to-Route-SMTP-Mail-in-Exchange-Server-2007/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Using-DNS-to-Route-SMTP-Mail-in-Exchange-Server-2007/ Sat, 05 May 2007 15:31:45 GMT For computer systems to communicate with each other, whether you are talking about a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), or the Internet, they must have the ability to identify one another using some type of name resolution. Several strategies have been developed over the years, but the most reliable one to date (and the current industry standard) is the use of a DNS. Accurate name resolution is critical in a mail environment as well... by Ken Steup http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Domain-Name-System-and-Its-Role-in-Exchange-Server-2007/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Domain-Name-System-and-Its-Role-in-Exchange-Server-2007/ Wed, 02 May 2007 16:39:50 GMT Although the Exchange server is a powerful systems component, it is only half the equation for an email platform. The client systems comprise the other half, and are a necessary ingredient that should be carefully determined in advance. Outlining Client Access Methods Great effort has been put into optimizing and streamlining the client access approaches available in Exchange 2007... by Ruper Meredith http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Integrating-Client-Access-into-Exchange-Server-2007-Design/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Integrating-Client-Access-into-Exchange-Server-2007-Design/ Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:47:55 GMT Novell eDirectory and Novell Directory Service (NDS) environments are relatively commonplace in business environments, and there is often a need to integrate them into deployed Exchange infrastructures. Several tools exist that can make this a reality, including the MIIS 2003 tools discussed. In addition, tools in the Microsoft-supplied Services for NetWare can be used to synchronize directory information between the two directory systems... by Ruper Meredith http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Synchronizing-Exchange-Server-2007-with-Novell-eDirectory/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Synchronizing-Exchange-Server-2007-with-Novell-eDirectory/ Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:55:15 GMT After Active Directory and the physical OS has been chosen and deployed, the Exchange infrastructure can be set up and optimized for the specific needs of the organization. With these needs in mind, you can do several things to optimize an Exchange 2007 setup, as detailed in the following sections. Determining the Exchange Version When installing Exchange, the choice of Exchange version needs to be made... by Ruper Meredith http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Designing-Exchange-Infrastructure/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Designing-Exchange-Infrastructure/ Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:23:20 GMT One of the improvement goals Microsoft has had with all of their products over the past few years has been to constantly improve the security in the products. More recently with all of the regulatory compliance laws and policies being implemented, Microsoft has focused a lot of security enhancements to address privacy, information archiving, and compliance support. The release of Exchange 2007 was no different—Microsoft added in several new enhancements in the areas of security and compliance support... by Ruper Meredith http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Improvements-in-Exchange-Server-2007-Relative-to-Security-and-Compliance/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Improvements-in-Exchange-Server-2007-Relative-to-Security-and-Compliance/ Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:31:25 GMT One of the greatest advantages of Exchange Server 2007 is its emphasis on security. Along with Windows Server 2003, Exchange Server 2007 was developed during and after the Microsoft Trustworthy Computing initiative, which effectively put a greater emphasis on security over new features in the products. In Exchange Server 2007, this means that the OS and the application were designed with services “Secure by Default... by Ruper Meredith http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Securing-and-Maintaining-an-Exchange-Server-2007-Implementation/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Securing-and-Maintaining-an-Exchange-Server-2007-Implementation/ Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:39:30 GMT LDAP directories are commonplace today and can be found in many business environments. UNIX applications in particular make wide use of the LDAP standard for directories. Along with this proliferation of LDAP directory structures comes a need to synchronize the information contained within them to an Exchange 2007 environment... by Ruper Meredith http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Managing-Identity-Information-Between-LDAP-Directories-and-Exchange-Server-2007/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Managing-Identity-Information-Between-LDAP-Directories-and-Exchange-Server-2007/ Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:47:35 GMT In Active Directory, all client logons and lookups are directed to local domain controllers and GC servers through references to the SRV records in DNS. Each configuration has its DNS and resource requirements. Exchange relies on other servers for client authentication and uses DNS to find those servers... by Ken Steup http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Understanding-DNS-Requirements-for-Exchange-Server-2007/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Understanding-DNS-Requirements-for-Exchange-Server-2007/ Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:55:40 GMT After decisions have been made about AD design, Exchange server placement, and client access, optimization of the Exchange server itself helps ensure efficiency, reliability, and security for the messaging platform. Designing an Optimal Operating System Configuration for Exchange As previously mentioned, Exchange Server 2007 only operates on the Windows Server 2003 operating system, and is scheduled to be able to run on the next version of the Windows Server operating system, currently referred to as Windows Longhorn. The enhancements to the operating system, especially in regard to security, make Windows Server 2003 the optimal choice for Exchange... by Ruper Meredith http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Configuring-Exchange-Server-2007-for-Maximum-Performance-and-Reliability/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Configuring-Exchange-Server-2007-for-Maximum-Performance-and-Reliability/ Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:23:45 GMT Previous versions of Exchange essentially forced many organizations into deploying servers in sites with greater than a dozen or so users. With the concept of site consolidation in Exchange Server 2007, however, smaller numbers of Exchange servers can service clients in multiple locations, even if they are separated by slow WAN links. For small and medium-sized organizations, this essentially means that one or two servers should suffice for the needs of the organization, with few exceptions... by Ruper Meredith http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Determining-Exchange-Server-2007-Placement/ http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Determining-Exchange-Server-2007-Placement/ Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:31:50 GMT