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 | Jun 19, 2011 | Hardware, Input Devices, Intel
as technology and pricing changes this will change. Right now here is what i would reccomend for somebody like me…a light gamer with heavy multitasking single threaded programs: Qty. Image Product Description Unit Price Savings Total Price Update Intel Core...
by wwarren | Feb 13, 2011 | Hardware, Intel
So Intel is going to continue to sell defective products. The new fixed parts won’t be out until Apr-June timeframe. Yes you can work around the defect by not using the sata-2 ports…why should we have to do this? If anyone buys a sandy bridge part...
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 | Sep 14, 2010 | Hardware, Intel, Microsoft, Vendors, Windows
Ok folks. Here it comes. MS and Intel(Wintel is NOT dead) wants to have everything signed by it so that there’s no more bad or malicious code. Of course this would put an end to the open source movement and several other industries in the software arena(which...