by wwarren | Aug 20, 2016 | FreeBSD, Hardware, Open Source, Services, Storage
Well this is why research is done before product roll out…:) I purchased a server to use as my new storage host and it turns out the hard drive controller card is not suitable for the server product. Luckily I had another smaller server that will suffice for...
by wwarren | Aug 9, 2016 | Annoucements, Hardware, Intel, Microsoft, Windows 10
This client needed a faster computer for general office work than their current all in one desktop was able to deliver. ETC Maryland recommended a ultra small computer with desktop class power instead of the laptop based system they currently had in place. Since...
by wwarren | Aug 4, 2016 | General, Hardware, Storage
There are several things folks have “burned” into their mind about hard drive maintenance that no longer apply to SSD drives. There are also several major considerations when it comes to data security that are different between SSD drives and Hard Drives....
by wwarren | Jul 30, 2016 | Hardware, Intel, Microsoft, Nvidia, Storage, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7
I just dumped my main computer( my annual maintenance is a format/reload) to reload it and I decided to put Windows 10 on this machine for giggles. The install was really fast as this system is nothing to sneeze at: Intel core I-5 4690k 32 Gigs DDR3 1600 Crucial...
by wwarren | Jul 9, 2016 | AMD, Hardware, Nvidia
This is the main reason I read so many sites every day. Issues like I am about to highly elaborate on is why I do not post much when news breaks because the devil is in the details and those never come out when things first break. Many hardware sites simply do not do...
by wwarren | Jun 20, 2016 | Cloud Computing, Dell, Dell, Hardware, Storage
With network security such a huge business it stuns me that Dell first bought dinosaur vendor EMC and is now selling most of its other “non-core” assets to others. Sonicwall is now owned by private equity firm Francisco Partners and hedge fund Elliott...
