The Setup Behind Microsoft.com 412
Toreo asesino writes "Jeff Alexander gives an insight into how Microsoft runs its main sites. Interesting details include having no firewall, having to manage 650 GB of IIS logs every day, and the use of their yet unreleased Windows Server 2008 in a production environment.
Mostly how they run it (Score:5, Funny)
Beta in production environment. (Score:2, Funny)
So even MS has given up on Vista.
Firewall Schmirewall (Score:5, Funny)
Microsoft servers are notorious for their invulnerability.
Priceless... (Score:4, Funny)
Server to run it on: ~$2000
Beta testing Microsofts new server 2008 in a production environment: Priceless
Re:Beta in production environment. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Firewall Schmirewall (Score:5, Funny)
Microsoft and logs do not compute (Score:1, Funny)
Re:HBI? (Score:4, Funny)
Swimming in acronym soup... (Score:5, Funny)
HBI?
GFS (is the G for "Ghost")?
NBI?
NLB?
ACE?
TIA
Re:Supporting (Score:2, Funny)
Re:HBI? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Beta in production environment. (Score:5, Funny)
Gotta give credit to MS for eating their own dog food...
Allow incoming connection on port 80? Confirm/deny
Re:Supporting (Score:3, Funny)
I think that we can forgive him - it seems to be his job description.
Re:Supporting (Score:4, Funny)
Talc [wikipedia.org] is technically a rock...
Re:Firewall Schmirewall (Score:5, Funny)
Well geez.. in that case I sure hope they do regular backups of
Now there's a best practice (Score:3, Funny)
Now there's a best practice that other corporations should follow - the use of test software in a production environment.
Re:Firewall Schmirewall (Score:2, Funny)
So when I write my firewall rules and have the choice to block, drop or pass, the firewall is kicks into a a non-firewall mode for block?
Re:Firewall Schmirewall (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Mostly how they run it (Score:3, Funny)
I thought that was the QA process. Then again I can imagine Microsoft using chair names as the code names to their products:
- Cogswell
- Caquetoire
- Glastonbury
- Morris
And no I don't know chair names by heart. I am computer geek, not a chair geek, since that would be Balmer
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chairs [wikipedia.org]
Re:Microsoft brainwashing (Score:5, Funny)
Link, please?
Re:Beta in production environment. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Firewall Schmirewall (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Firewall Schmirewall (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Firewall Schmirewall (Score:4, Funny)
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Works fine for me. Are you sure you're not confusing
Re:Mostly how they run it (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Firewall Schmirewall (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Beta in production environment. (Score:1, Funny)
Go in piss, son.
Hidden (Score:2, Funny)
this is what I get (Score:3, Funny)
"We are currently unable to serve your request
We apologize, but an error occurred and your request could not be completed.
This error has been logged. If you have additional information that you believe may have caused this error please report the problem here.
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I think that gives a good demonstration of how they run their site...