Recent Entries in technology
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Patriot Pyro 120G SSD RAID
October 5, 2011 6:11 PM
While I periodically write about technology, I try do so in a business context. I will make an exception for this entry though as I want to document the gotchas we've ran into for others to benefit from our experiences. ... 1 -
Equipment guaranteed to break
October 1, 2011 4:43 AM
We upgraded our main data processing server with 4x120GB Indilinx SSDs a little over 2 years ago. It was quite an astounding leap in performance going from hard drives to 1000MB/s reads, 800MB/s writes and 0 latency.This week though, we... 0 -
Virtualization cost savings
May 7, 2010 12:11 AM
I have several new articles in the hopper with various degrees of progress but work has interfered with their completion in the past two weeks. One project that came up was the replacement of hardware. One of our older servers... 1 -
Downside of being an ocean away
April 19, 2010 10:53 AM
There's a Sarah Brightman song with the lyrics:There's an ocean between us. You know where to find me. You reach out and touch me. I feel you in my own heart. More than a lifetime Still goes on forever. But... 0 -
Remote office technology
March 31, 2010 10:52 PM
With office build-out done, my next task was to implement the necessary technology to integrate with the main San Francisco office. Step 1 was easy -- I put together detailed specifications for my desired hardware and got quotes from... 1