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Apple Xserve RAID Admin Tools 1.5.1 (Mac)

RAID Admin is the Xserve RAID’s powerful remote management software that dramatically simplifies setup and monitoring of storage volumes. This Java-based application provides an intuitive interface for creating protected storage volumes, logging events, managing preferences, and monitoring storage hardware from virtually any networked computer over TCP/IP. Monitoring panes display detailed...

Tags: Apple Xserve, Apple Macintosh, Apple Xserve RAID, Administrator, Monitoring, Apple Inc., RAID Admin, Storage, RAID, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-01-23

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One second: The time it takes to wipe three years of work

Not all that worriedWith the cost of drives these days, and with Raid cards or raid capable Motherboards at such cheap prices these days, I've setup mine with a RAID 1 mirror.Plus an automated weekly backup.I spend alot of time and money on my music (just sitting there ripping my...

Tags: Backups, backup, Live Mesh, RAID, Acronis, hard drive

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Better than RAID: the new DroboPro

Better than RAID: the new DroboProOf course you aren't on Drobo's payrollIf you were you would have provided a link to where we could learn more -.-Thankfully, there is google. http://www.drobo.com/Four bay Drobo costs $749 with two 1TB drives included, $999 for four.The DroboPro is 8 bay and starts...

Tags: Storage, DroboPro, RAID, new DroboPro, Drobo

Discussion threads 2009-04-09

Windows 7 beta testers - get ready for a wipe and reload

Windows 7 beta testers - get ready for a wipe and reloadAnother example of why data and programs shouldn't be on the same partitionOn Windows you have to go out of your way to do that, but it's well worth the effort.Great articleI really can't wait to see what they've...

Tags: Operating systems, OS disk, Windows 7 beta tester, wipe, reload, Windows 7 Beta, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, Microsoft Windows, clean install

Discussion threads 2009-04-08

McAfee fails the Conficker test

McAfee fails the Conficker testReliable Security SourceWell... I skip McAffee entirely :) (even if they are "free" from Comcast). McAffee is in the same league as Norton - Sucks. VIPRE is the best Anti-virus/Anti-spyware solution I have found. More proof that a 'major' vendor can't be trusted to be a...

Tags: McAffee, VIPRE, McAfee Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-31

How much does Exchange really cost?

How much does Exchange really cost?As you said, they have a vested interestin the cloud. It sounds as though the company may be willing to [b]way[/b] overstate the cost.How would it look to it's potential customers that while they're talking up their SaaS products, they're running all their own infrastructure...

Tags: cloud computing, Bottomline, Google Inc., Google Apps

Discussion threads 2008-11-15

IBM: The mainframe is back

IBM: The mainframe is backMainframe decision makers...As long as IT departments are headed by baby boomers who are in bed with IBM, the z series will continue to exist and propogate. There are a number of old systems (re: COBOL) that still meet the business needs, and will continue...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, mainframe, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

XP SP3 performance gains - Nothing to write home about

XP SP3 performance gains - Nothing to write home aboutYou took the words right outta my mouth......er, off of my keyboard. I half expected the same thing. But Microsloth did themselves one better. They can still "claim" a performance gain, but they never claimed how much. ...

Tags: Performance management, Nothing, XP SP3, Microsoft Windows XP, XP SP3 performance, performance, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-04-25

Amazon S3 web services down. Bad, bad news for customers.

Amazon S3 web services down. Bad, bad news for customers.And this is whyWeb 2.0 will die. Only a fool trusts sensitive data to a third party they have no control over.Service interruptions inevitableI don't care who it is. Amazon, Google, Salesforce.com, MSFT...everyone is going to have an outage. ...

Tags: Manufacturing, Corporate governance, RAID, outage, Amazon.com Inc., BAD BAD new, Amazon S3 web service, Amazon S3 web services down, BAD BAD, AWS, white board, board, backup, Web service

Discussion threads 2008-02-15

About the Windows Server 2008 stack

There's an old saying about the devil making work for idle hands - so there I was last week, feeling a little bored and idly clicking through a story both about and by some guy named Whitehorn who's going to blog an extensive development project based on the...

Tags: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, IPv6, Microsoft Windows Server, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-01-30

The ultimate secret to faster and reliable Windows

The ultimate secret to faster and reliable WindowsDon't be fooled by these geeks.Reinstall the OS is the worst thing to do to keep your PC healthy, especially for business users who've spent countless hours on installing, configuring, optimizing their applications. It is not recommended to home users as well.Digital RotI...

Tags: Desktops, Windows NT4.0, BSOD, PC, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-11-30

Build a $2,500 supercomputer

Build a $2,500 supercomputerYou do need a day off!Monday is Labor Day! lol!Add a Terabyte or four Raid Array to the system.Add a Terabyte or four Raid Array to the system. Available now for $600 in refurb units at buy.com. Don't forget the advent of quad cpu's...

Tags: RAID, Performance management, Processors, Semiconductors, Blade servers, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Deep Blue, Cray Inc., supercomputer

Discussion threads 2007-09-01

Finding evidence of Mac life at LinuxWorld

There's not much Macintosh news at LinuxWorld San Francisco, after all, it's LinuxWorld, not the annual Macworld. However, wandering among the booths packed with integrated development environments IDE, mobile development platforms, server hardware and big storage, I was able to dig up a bit of enterprise Mac.Centrify this week released...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, RAID, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2007-08-09

Getting your new Unix server

I know a dozen or more people who work as Unix sysadmins for big organizations in which most of the really critical stuff runs on Unix, but Windows get pretty nearly all of the money, all the people, and all the attention. In every case the Unix gear is either...

Tags: Productivity, Linux, Infrastructure, Enterprise Policy

Blog posts 2007-08-01

Surprise! Virtualization hurts server sales after all

Surprise! Virtualization hurts server sales after allOf coure X86 servers are dwindlingWe aren't buying them anymore. Still buying Servers though just not X86. I don't know but they sure seem like 64 bit X86 to me but vendors refer to X86 as the 32 Bit then there is the Itanium...

Tags: Storage management, Utility computing, Servers, sales, Now IT, virtualization, server

Discussion threads 2007-03-20

Personal Disasters

Personal DisastersTales of woeThere was that Memorial Day that I planned to upgrade the HP K-series server. Loaded up the software and *BRONK* didn't work. I THEN noticed that the OS CDs were for a 700-series workstation, and NOT for an 800-series server. Gee, why would HP have 2 different...

Tags: Servers, Processors, Hewlett-Packard Co., disk, server

Discussion threads 2006-08-16

Google's home grown servers show the way

Google's home grown servers show the wayMore Power to You!Speaking of which, [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/14/technology/14search.html?ex=1307937600&en=d96a72b3c5f91c47&ei=5090]Google thirsts for Power![/url]I guess you could call that one BIG MO-FO Power Supply! ;)May the Schwartz be with You! ;)Makes complete sense.Most Servers are built with the idea of expansion in mind, but with a...

Tags: server, Most Servers, Full Load, power supply, PFC, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-07-11

4GHz Dual Core Game PC at $825!

4GHz Dual Core Game PC at $825!I remember you saying you were leaving...and now I see your TechRepublic caption. Good stuff, now I don't have to weed thru all the ads that hardware mag/sites usually have. I need a second/new first box anyway lol, glad you're still around.4 Forums?Each Page...

Tags: Games, Game players, Processors, Case-in-point, console, game, CPU, Microsoft Xbox, PC, dual-core

Discussion threads 2006-05-12

Microsoft lags in antitrust compliance, U.S. says

Microsoft lags in antitrust compliance, U.S. saysLeopard can't change its spotsGee, this is a real revelation. MS isn't fully complying with an agreed upon consent decree executed in 2002. This consent decree stemmed, in part, from a ruling that they failed to honor an earlier consent decree. I guess the...

Tags: Government, Corporate law, SECURITY, antitrust, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-01-24

Linux is the broadest application system ever

Linux is the broadest application system everLinux is adaptableI liked the bit of news you presented. It demonstrates the versatility of the Linux OS. I am a Linux user and try to do everything I can with it. I am always happy when I hear that in some way no...

Tags: Operating systems, J2EE, OPEN SOURCE, Application servers, Middleware, Windows CE kernel, Mainsoft, LINUX IS, Microsoft Windows, Linux

Discussion threads 2006-01-11