External connectivity best practice

Hi,
I would like to know what are the best practices to have external users using Excel to connect to SSAS cube. I understand the general concept that a cube user must be in a domain AD andthat same user is a member of a SSAS cube.
How can I ensure the excel connection is secure and each external user is only able to view their own data? I know the workbook can be password protected but can the connection be also password protected ?
BTW, I am not sure if this is the right forum for this question
Regards

Most modern external drives will typically go into a standby mode shortly after they're unmounted or disconnected which will spin down the drive. They'll still use some power, but your drive won't be doing anything so you don't need to worry about wearing it out. I'm a bit anal about stuff. I usually go so far as to unplug my external drives when I'm not using them as the power supply still consumes some juice... but, in your case, as it seems like you probably go back and forth quite a bit... just powering it down would be the best thing. It really doesn't take any extra effort when connecting your MacBook Pro to just switch it back on again.

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Hi,
I have a web application that uses JDBC to retrieve
information and display it. My question is: What is
the best way to manage your connection objects? I know
using a connection pool is probably best, but I'm
curious to hear good alternatives? If I need a
connection in several places in my web-app, then
storing one Connection object in the session seems
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close my connections each time and slow down
performance. But what happens to the connection when
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database close the connection implicitly and is there
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[http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/tutorial/doc/bnald.html]
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What's 'best-practice' with external hard drives?

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I just got myself a 500GB LaCie d2 'Quadra' hard drive, and it works great - just as I was led to expect. Now I've connected it to my iMac with a FW400 cable. I've a few questions regarding general usage and 'best practice' when using an external hard drive like this:
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1. Do I need to disconnect it (pull out the cable from my iMac) every time I Shutdown - and reconnect on Startup? Or can I leave it it and pretty much just forget about it?
What I do is shut down my Mac, leaving it connected to the mains: the external HD, external speakers and other peripherals are all connected to a mains switch and I turn these off. There's no need to disconnect the cable: some disks spin down when the computer is shut down, some don't. It probably wouldn't hurt to leave it spinning anyway, though I prefer to shut it off at the mains. Incidentally I shouldn't disconnect the computer from the mains when you shut down: doing this will run down the PRAM battery and hasten the day it needs replacing, which is expensive.
2. Can I turn it 'on' and 'off' any number of times (using the on/off switch on the back) when working on the iMac? I might like to switch it off if I'm not using it for an extended period of time while still working on the computer. Is this okay?
I shouldn't do this: the most strain on a hard disk is when it is starting up, not when it is running: I should leave it running all the time the Mac is on. If you do switch it off, make sure to unmount it first (drag it to the trash) otherwise you will have all sorts of problems.
3. When I'm not using the drive and the drive switch is 'off', can the drive still remain connected to 'mains' power? Or is it necessary to disconnect it from the 'mains' entirely?
No: I see no problem in leaving it plugged in to the mains: the 'off' switch disconnects it anyway.
4. I understand it's best to disconnect when 'Repairing Permissions?' Can this be confirmed?
I've never heard this, and I can't see that there's any neccesity: the repairing process will be confined to the disk you have nominated to work on in any case.

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