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    virtualized storage app that migrates data based on usage?

    A quick look at the equallogic site shows that it does to data tiering and will move data between internal SSD and SAS disks based on usage. However this depends on what data you want to store and how the equallogic device is dealing with the tiering. Using your sharepoint example, assuming...
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    DD vs CV vs vDR

    You have to be careful with Commvault. There are 2 different de-dupe levels, object and block. SImpana 7 only supports object but 8 and 9 support block as well. We were getting about 3 or 4:1 on object level de-dupe only after upgrading from 7 to 8 but the money they wanted to go up to...
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    Windows Server 2008 (not R2) on two networks, one intenet and one local... help?

    You can't have two default gateways so that wont work, you have to have one and then add persistant static routes for the networks that the 2nd nic needs to access.. This is called multi-homing and it can get really messy, really quickly.
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    NETBIOS woes...

    Are you using win 2008, how about Global names?
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    Wan Balancers?

    Does your provider support MLPPP, it's not ideal but it basically allows you to bond lines together to increase your max speed rather than load balance through things like DNS or MAC round robin.
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    Mapping users to workstations in AD

    The way I worked something similar was to use VBScript in the login script to get the computer and username from WMI and then write it to a SQL database. It's not fool proof but you could knock out the VBScript in a couple of hours and it would get most of your users.
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    MS certified Exchange class

    I've got an MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Administrator cert. You can hire me if you want. £300 an hour? If you fancy being a bit more realistic then I'd start by picking up the MCTS 70-236 book and if your company feels like stretching then get the CBT nuggets class for the 70-236. I'll be...
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    553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1) - But, why?

    Her work mail server will be restricting relaying and/or sending from her home IP address. This is pretty common, you shouldn't allow unauthenticated relaying because spam email works through this.
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    CCNA class rant

    The exams are the exact same format but the difference is the pool of knowledge that you need to pull from to be able to answer the questions. In the CCNA you can read the books, play with packet tracer and sit the exam no problem. The CCNP (I'm going to talk about the BCMSN here) requires...
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    CISSP, whos got it?

    The CISSP has high job experience requirements does it not? Is it not 7 years but you can negate a year if you have a relevant cert? So even if you're bluffing your security bit you need at least 6 years employment.
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    CCNA class rant

    The CCNA exam is pretty good for everything being covered in the books. The CCNP is the stage where you need to do that extra reading and spend a bit of time on Cisco documents. The first time you see a Pro level exam you will be suprised at the step up. At least I certainly was.
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    Exchange 2007 backups?

    I assume you're using 2008 because ntbackup works fine on 2003? If you're on 2008 then you're probably looking at commvault,SCDPM or netbackup. The problem with these option is that they tend to be implimented across a whoel enviroment as opposed to just one server and the licensing can get...
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    A CCNP question

    There's nothing set in stone, you're free to take whichever ones you want but most people seem to do the BCMSN and BSCI first and then the ISCW and ONT. I'd be interested to hear what order people who have the CCNP here did them in.
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    A CCNP question

    The CCNP is changing to 3 exams from Summer next year. BCMSN and BSCI will still be valid for a transition period so do those first if you're looking into CCNP stuff. Although you're supposed to start with those anyway :).
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    Domain Controller and Web/DB server on same machine?

    One of the main reasons you should keep your DCs seperate is because there is no local SAM (user) Database on a domain controller so if you're authenticating users on your website or any other application then they all need AD accounts and are authenticating to AD. This is a major security...
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