* Dr. Internet columnist Steve Blass offers advice on moving Liferay document library to a new disk location * Help Desk columnist Ron Nutter discusses bonding one T-1 to another
* Moving a Liferay document library
By Steve Blass
Q: We have installed the Liferay portal software on a Windows server and accepted the installation default settings. Now we need to move our document library from its default location on the C: drive to a different disk partition. Can we move the existing data safely and configure Liferay to use the new repository, or do we have to start over?
A: It is possible to move a default Liferay document library to a new disk location and configure Liferay to use the new repository.
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* Bonding T-1s as a cheaper alternative to DS3
By Ron Nutter
Q: We are adding an additional T-1 to our existing T-1 connection to the Internet. We would have liked to have installed a fractional DS3 but the installation and ongoing costs were just to much for us at this point. The ISP that we use has talked about “bonding” the T-1’s together so that they appear as one logical internet connection. Is this the best way to go or is there another way to do it?
A: One term that your ISP should have used in this conversation is NxT1. This better explains the “bonding” phrase that they also mentioned. This can be done with Cisco routers at each end of the connection. It may be doable with non-Cisco routers but I am not familiar with doing it that way. In the NxT1 configuration when I have implemented it, you basically turn on CEF (Cisco Express Forwarding)to do packet load balancing between your T-1 connections. The beauty of this configuration is that you can looe one of the T-1’s and all you will see is a slowing down of your internet connection. The only downside I have seen is when one of the T-1’s goes up and down repeatedly. When this happens, the router gets a little confused because of the constant change in state of the T-1s.
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