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Entries Tagged as 'Hardware'
Facebook Following Google’s Lead on Server Hardware
November 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Hardware
In April Google discussed some details about its custom server design with CNET. One of the interesting things revealed was that the custom power supply setup allowed a low cost 12-volt battery to provide battery backup to the server. The battery connects directly to the power supply removing the need for UPS and PDU equipment. In [...]
Kingston Announces New Value Focused SSD for $85
October 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Hardware
Today Kingston added a new drive to it’s value driven SSDNow V series of MLC solid state disks. Some may remember that Kingson’s SSDNow M and SSDNow E series are really just Intel’s first generation X25-M and X25-E series drives in disguise. Until now Kingston’s SSDNow V series has been based on a somewhat problematic [...]
Cisco’s Gross Profit Margin is 65%
October 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Hardware, Network
Greg Ferro of etherealmind.com has a great new post in his blessay (blog essay?) series relating to Cisco’s gross profit margin. From the post: While I see the value in making good products, and choosing vendors that are in a good financial position, if Cisco is making a sixty five percent gross margin then I am starting to question [...]
More Leaked Information on Cisco’s G2 ISR’s
October 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Hardware, Network
Yesterday we brought you information on Cisco’s imminent release of new integrated services routers. Today more specific information has been leaked in the form of presentation slides brought to us by evilrouters.net. The presentation lists some interesting new features: Gigabit ethernet ports on more models (possibly all) including 3 on the 2911 and above SFP [...]
Cisco to Introduce Second Generation Integrated Services Routers
October 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Hardware, Network
It has been five years since Cisco introduced the 18xx/28xx/38xx line of integrated services routers. Despite the lack of an official announcement Cisco has begun to leak details of the 19xx/29xx/39xx generation of devices. On October 12 Network World Unified Communications blogger Dennis Hartmann posted details on the new hardware. Hartmann did not cite any credible [...]
DRAM Error Rates in Commodity Servers
October 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Hardware, Storage
Robin Harris of StorageMojo, in his ZDNet persona, is taking time to highlight a study on memory error rates. The study looks at real world error rates on the majority of Google’s commodity server fleet over a period of 2.5 years. The study shows how important it is to use systems and memory that support [...]
Dell introduces price conscious Vostro 430 PC with new Core i5 processor.
October 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Hardware
This past week Dell added the Vostro 430 to it’s Vostro line of price conscious laptops and desktops for small businesses. The base package starts at $699. The Vostro 430 is available with Intel’s “Lynnfield” Core i5 and Core i7 processors. In his recent review, Intel’s Core i7 870 & i5 750, Lynnfield: Harder, Better, [...]
Huge intrest in the Backblaze Storage Pod
September 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Hardware, Storage
On September 1 Backblaze, a provider of online backup services, posted an interesting article titled Petabytes on a budget: How to build cheap cloud storage. The post details how Backblaze uses commodity hardware to build 67 terabyte “storage pods” for just $7,867 each. Backblaze hopes that by sharing their design, others can benefit and contribute [...]
