Microsoft is pushing it's own HDInsight server, and it has a lot of resources behind it. With that said, Cloudera is probably one of the best known Hadoop shops out there. Cloudera's "free" platform is where a huge number of Hadoop developers got their start. This guide will let you have a Cloudera CDH4 virtual machine in Windows 8...
After the success of the ASRock X79 Extreme11 motherboard, ASRock created it's little brother. The still very feature packed ASRock Z77 Extreme11 brings some of the same great features to a more cost effective platform. It is very similarly spec'd to it's bigger brother. It too includes the LSI SAS2308 controller with 8x SATA3 6.0gbps ports on the motherboard...
First off, let me say that I really like my Microsoft Surface RT. I purchased my Microsoft Surface RT from the Palo Alto, California Microsoft Store the evening of October 31, 2012. I tried a few keyboards in the store, and it became apparent that I wanted the Microsoft Touch Cover keyboard, specifically in Cyan. Blue is my favorite...
Recently it has come to my attention that we desperately need to update our SSD test methodology. One thing that as a consumer I like to see is a variety of different methodologies. Benchmarking to different extremes is important for a few reasons. First, different workloads can be found in different environments. Second, new methodologies ensure that vendors do not...
Recently ASUS sent over the ASUS KGPE-D16 dual AMD G34 motherboard for review. I tried installing both Windows 8 Enterprise and Windows Server 2012 to no avail. The machine would stop just before entering the Windows Activation key. Having seen this problem more than once, I had a good idea regarding the issue. When I double checked the BIOS it...
Creating users with a Synology NAS is simple! We have already done a few guides such as how to create an iSCSI target with a Synology NAS and how to create network shares. Those were very quick. Today we are going to do a guide to create users on a Synology NAS. Again, we will use the Synology DS1812+...
Intel finally released its first commercially available Larrabee derivative, the Intel Xeon Phi co-processor 5110P. Basically it has 60x four thread x86 64-bit cores with enhanced vector units. 30MB of L2 cache for each chip breaks down to 512KB per core. The Intel Xeon Phi 5110P coprocessor is a passively cooled card with a 225w TDP meant for HPC...
For the past few SSD generations, Samsung has delivered quality solid state drives. Community recommendations around the Samsung 830 SSD have been very positive due to their solid all around performance and reliable firmware. When the Samsung 840 Pro SSD was announced, it promised better performance which was something the outgoing 830 SSD had room for improvement on. The...
One deal recently brought to our attention was for the IBM ServeRAID M1000 Advanced feature key. These are listed on ebay for $59.95 with $8.50 shipping in the US or best offer. Generally, the IBM ServeRAID M1000 series advanced feature key sells for $110-$130 so the ebay offering is for about half of the normal price. IBM's ServeRAID LSI-based...
Today we are going to setup the Windows 8 iSCSI initiator in under three minutes. Get ready to scroll quickly because this goes fast. By way of background, iSCSI is an important industry protocol. A high-level perspective is that iSCSI allows a client to mount a drive, located on a server, over a network and use it as though...