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- IBM debuts new top-end Intel server
- IBM debuts new top-end Intel serverNote to IBM - DITCH INTELNote to IBM - we use your servers.I make it a point to always ask about your Opteron and AMD offerings in every conference, tradeshow, etc we have with you guys. You sort of listened with the Opeteron 1U...
- Tags: Processors, Servers, Utility computing, Semiconductors, Intel server, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., IBM Corp., AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon, CPU, Opeteron 1U
- Discussion threads 2005-06-01
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- Virtualization smackdown: Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 vs. VMWare Server 2.0 Beta 2
- Once strictly the domain of software developers and QA engineers, personal and small-business virtualization products are now becoming an attractive solution for entry-level systems consolidation and foreign OS compatibility applications. These solutions run on host operating systems which do not require the overhead or usual high entry cost of professional...
- Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Version, Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., VMware Inc., Beta, Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 xVM VirtualBox, Linux Setup, VMWare Server 2.0 Beta 2 VMWare Server 2.0, VMWare 2.0, Linux, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- 55W PC power supply powering the dual-core computer
- Most computer builders in the world think I'm nuts for endorsing the use of 330 watt power supplies for a high-end performance computer. Conventional "wisdom" says that anything under 500 watts is inadequate for an enthusiast PC. "My power supply is bigger than your power supply" seems to be a...
- Tags: Dual-core, PC, Power Supply, Computer, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Costs: Wintel Vs. OpenSource
- Costs: Wintel Vs. OpenSourceHmm, its that alternate reality again.I read through this, and your example is impecable, makes perfect, and I'm left wondered why none of my customers use Sun hardware.And of the course, the reason is that in my reality, the vast majority of enterprises are SME's, and they...
- Tags: Wintel, OpenSource
- Discussion threads 2008-03-05
- Microsoft's free enterprise search is a must try
- At the Heroes Happens {here} event in LA yesterday which saw the launch* of Windows Server 2008, one of the relatively hidden gems of the event in my opinion was Microsoft's free** Search Server 2008 Express. It's is a streamline install of Office SharePoint Server 2007 with almost all the...
- Tags: Google Inc., Enterprise Search, Search Engine, Enterprise Search Engine, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., Search Result, Microsoft Windows, Search, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
- The $330 IPCop/Copfilter firewall 25 watt appliance
- A lot of you probably already know my disdain for desktop anti-virus because of how sluggish it makes your computer and how it actually becomes more of a liability in terms of security. I've talked about how wonderful it would be if you could run your anti-virus at the gateway...
- Tags: Appliance, Firewall, Hard Drive, Memory, Networking, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-02-15
- The polycarbonate all-in-one 22" LCD PC
- The last time I built a wooden all-in-one 19" LCD PC, my family wanted it in the kitchen and my mother wanted it in hers. To keep everyone happy, I built my mother another one pictured above and below out of 3/16th inch jet-black polycarbonate which...
- Tags: PC, Chassis, Motherboard, CPU, LCD, Computer, Productivity, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
- Wide finder redux
- Wide finder reduxUgliest code contest?Murph, you're making my head hurt.Machine Setup"Notice first that for this to work as fast as possible your T2 has to be properly set up - with lots of swap split across the two fastest internal disks and ZFS configured for all external storage - something...
- Tags: disk, memory, high speed
- Discussion threads 2007-12-20
- The $363 19-inch dual-core all-in-one LCD PC
- Update 11/29/2007 - See updated AIO computer images This is the new all-in-one Intel dual-core 2.0 GHz E2180 19" LCD PC computer I built for the family. The shocker is that I did it for less than $363 in parts (not including keyboard...
- Tags: Box, Hard Drive, Dual-core, PC, Price Tag, Motherboard, LCD, Computer, Shocker, Wood, Productivity, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-11-26
- More images and products from supercomputing 2007
- More images and products from supercomputing 2007Drooling at the power of these systemsI would love to see a fully assembled multi-floor constellation.Better yet, I would love to see the numbers on one of them.I will have to see if I can swing by this even next time they have it.Everyone...
- Tags: Blade servers, Utility computing, Servers, power supply, blade, blade server, server, supercomputing
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- More images and products from supercomputing 2007
- The SC07 supercomputing conference was a very interesting show for me this year and it was my first time attending this conference. Here are some more interesting products that I haven't covered yet all the way from the very high-end to entry-level HPC computers. Sun's 3456-node "petascale" constellation cluster...
- Tags: Processor, Blade Server, Blade, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, Power Supply, Motherboard, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Supercomputing, Tyan, 1U, TST, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-11-16
- IBM applies autonomic computing to energy management
- IBM has been talking about autonomic computer--the Holy Grail of self-regulating IT, as in the way the nervous system regulates and protects the human body autonomically--since the beginning of the century. To be precise, in October 2001 IBM Research published the "IBM Autonomic Computing Manifesto," with the premise:...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Autonomic Computing, IBM Corp., Automation, Energy Efficiency, Data Centers, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
- Performance Characterization of HP ProLiant DL360 G5 With Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors (3.16 GHz/2x6 MB) in a 64-Bit HP Server Based Computing Environment
- This paper describes a performance characterization performed utilizing the HP 64-bit test harness, which incorporates a Microsoft Office 2003 workload. Test results cannot be compared directly with the results of tests performed using the 32-bit Office XP- or Office 2003-based harnesses. Combining concentrated 1U computing power, HP Integrated Lights-Out 2...
- Tags: HP Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Environment, Quad-core, Computing, HP Compaq ProLiant, Performance Management, Microsoft Office, 64-Bit, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Office Suites, Software, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2007-11-01
- The 22" dual-core all-in-one game PC for $765
- The 22" dual-core all-in-one game PC for $765Up the RAM and cost up to $800I wouldn't game with anything less than 2 GB. Not saying cutting edge, but many games that are unplayable on 1 GB with a weak proc come alive with 2 GB. This also applies...
- Tags: Games, Processors, PC, Bombay Police, Indian Intelligence, game, dual-core
- Discussion threads 2007-10-03
- The 22" dual-core all-in-one game PC for $765
- What started out as a roughly improvised poor-man's all-in-one PC See gallery here hanging off the back of an LCD display has turned in to two detailed schematics painstakingly drafted with the proper measurements ready for the cutting table. Download the schematics below by clicking on the images. ...
- Tags: Game, Processor, Hard Drive, Dual-core Processor, Dual-core, Workstation, PC, Adapter, LCD, Graphics, PCI Express, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Processors, Storage, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-10-03
- The poor man's all-in-one PC for $380
- UPDATE 10/3/2007 - The 22″ dual-core all-in-one game PC for $765 Apple has their iMac and Gateway has their One, but both of them are in the $1300 to $2300 range depending on the various options. What about the person on a budget? ...
- Tags: Hard Drive, PC, Power Supply, Motherboard, CPU, LCD, Hardboard, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-10-01
- Sun's new servers get intimate with Intel and Microsoft
- John Fowler Executive VP Sun Microsystems announced a pair of new Servers yesterday at Sun's head quarters in Menlo Park California. Fowler showed off one of the servers last week at Intel IDF in San Francisco an posed with Pat Gelsinger standing on the left in picture to the left...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., HPC, Servers, Hardware, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-09-27
- The $100 server nightmare
- The $100 server nightmareAcceptable CostI think this is Anton's refrain but MS prices are low enough that once a enterprising deal is negotiated no one worries about them.It's not a coincidence that Red Hat prices are so similar.All software licensing is a nightmare ...We got a new CIO 3 years...
- Tags: Servers, server, server nightmare, operating system
- Discussion threads 2007-09-27
- Finally a reasonably cheap 80 Plus power supply
- Finally a reasonably cheap 80 Plus power supplyPerfect for me and my computer in a computerI think I will build a second computer in my case now. I will probably have to mount a second power button. I am not too worried about the lights. If I...
- Tags: NewEgg, power supply, brick, Pico PSU
- Discussion threads 2007-09-24
- Finally a reasonably cheap 80 Plus power supply
- One of the key criteria to getting a new EPA Energy Star rating on a new computer is having an "80 Plus" power supply. A computer power supply that is more than 80% efficient at 20%, 50% and 100% load can earn an 80 Plus logo. Finding an 80 Plus...
- Tags: Solution, Power Supply, Watt, SPI220LE, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-09-24
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