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Server Fault is for system administrators and desktop support professionals, people who manage or maintain computers in a professional capacity for their company or clients.
If your question is about…
- Servers, including - Hardware - Operating Systems (linux, windows-2008, freebsd, openbsd, solaris, aix, etc.) - Server Software (apache, exchange-server-2010, sharepoint) - Virtualization (vmware, hyper-v, kvm, xen. jails)
- Business or Enterprise storage systems (san, fibre-channel, raid)
- Desktop PCs that you maintain in the workplace, including
- Networks inside the professional workplace, including routing, switching and firewall questions
- Ancillary topics such as backup, monitoring, disaster-recovery, patching…
and it is not about…
- Product or service recommendations
- Career, Salary, Personnel, or Employment
- Licensing and Legal
- Circumventing security or policy
- Password cracking or "Hacking" in general
We have sister sites for…
- Programming (Ask on StackOverflow instead)
- Networking, Servers, or Technology outside the professional workplace (Ask on SuperUser instead)
- General Unix/Linux computer troubleshooting (ask on Unix & Linux instead)
- Advanced database topics (ask on DBA instead)
- Advanced IT Security (implementation or theory)
We also have…
… a list of the most common questions with links to the "best" answer we've identified.
