by wwarren | Mar 29, 2016 | AMD, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Security
The DOJ has withdrawn from their battle to force Apple to unlock an IPhone from the San Bernadino shooting. As I had mentioned earlier the US Dept of Justice had botched the investigation in the first place making it nearly impossible to unlock the Iphone. Then the...
by wwarren | Jan 16, 2016 | AMD, General, Hardware, Intel, Microsoft, Windows, Windows 10
I was simply stunned by this. If you buy the newest processors from Intel and AMD or anyone…Microsoft is now saying you have 18 months to upgrade your desktops/laptop/workstations to Windows 10 or you loose updates. The best line is the one bout we will give...
by wwarren | Aug 20, 2011 | AMD, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Intel, Linux, Open Source
Vmware is really easy but it doesn’t work with machines that do not have hardware assisted RAID. Most of my clients(including myself) don’t have enough I/O demands tht a hardware accelerated card is required. This is when the beauties of Linux MD(NOT DM)...
by wwarren | Jul 16, 2011 | AMD, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Intel, Linux, Microsoft, Open Source
While “clouds” on the internet are a terrible idea they do have their place INSIDE the building. I am currently building and researching exactly this type of internal cloud. In my shop I have two servers. At idle(which is where most of them spend their...
by wwarren | Dec 13, 2010 | AMD, Hardware, Intel, Linux, Open Source
BOINC FAQ Service. BOINC FAQ Service. Ever wondered what all those acronyms are that are behind your CPU description? I’ll try to put them down in this FAQ. I am missing a few. Sorry for that, I’ll keep on hunting though. 🙂 To see the options on your CPU,...
by wwarren | Jul 16, 2010 | AMD, Hardware, Intel
5-10 years ago the answer was…yes to the first question as the second one didn’t apply. As I have been watching the evolution of hardware over the years things of course are more complex. In a nutshell going with a low power server(or maybe a desktop CPU...
