Category Archives: Networking

Working on 250 user Websense

replacing a mixture of in-place proxy servers and content filtering devices with Websense. So far so good. I really prefer the port monitoring / out-of-path deployment of Websense instead of the traditional in-line monitoring solutions. I will post up more when I get further ahead.

WAN Optimtimization: Silver-Peak NX2600

Scenario: two Silver-peak NX2600 devices placed on each end of a dedicated point-t-point T1. Major traffic type: Netapp Snapmirror, SQL replication & Citrix ICA. Devices are configured as an out-of-path deployment and we use map list to direct interesting traffic to the Silver peak devices for accelleration. Results: fabulous results. I am seeing upwards of [...]

How to remove Active Directory Metadata after a failed demotion.

A situation arose today that required me to manually remove metadata from Active Directory relating to a failed domain controller – dcpromo failed. Sooner or later you’ll have to perform one of these. When you do just make sure that you’ve made every effort to fix any errors related to your failed dcpromo. Make this process your last resort. The [...]

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