An update on Team ServeTheHome on VMware's Cloud Credibility (CloudCred) site. We are already a top 10 team and climbing!
For those users looking for a solid dual AMD Opteron 4300 series motherboard, with a built-in LSI SAS2008 controller this is a strong choice.
Amazon EC2 instance benchmark results with the new Linux CPU Benchmark Suite. Specifically with first generation t1.micro, m1.small, m1.medium and m1.large
Building a Cheap Data Warehouse with really high performance. This includes low cost database & storage servers and is a great example of cheap performance
The AMD Opteron 4376 HE is AMD's fastest Opteron 4300 series "high efficiency part. Built on AMD's Piledriver architecture. Today we are looking at a dual-CPU configuration.
The Icy Dock MB973SP-2B combines tray-less hot swap features and front panel USB 3.0 ports to make a compelling product for servers and workstations, especially those where 3.5" drive imaging will take place or there is a need to quickly turn off or remove backup drives
A quick summary of the 50TB+ VMware vSphere cluster storage server write-up in the forums. The build log by nry is very comprehensive and worth a look.
Building the STH 2013 Linux CPU Benchmarking Test Suite for ServeTheHome benchmark and reviews in 2013.
The Supermicro H8SML-7F is a very well featured AMD socket AM3+ motherboard for Opteron 3300 series CPUs. Integrating components directly on the board significantly lowers overall system costs.
An update with some of the great community projects around the Dell C6100 XS23-TY3 that STH first featured a few months ago.