The Eye-Fi Pro X2 8GB combines a 802.11n WiFi connection and 8GB of Class 6 SD card storage in a standard SDHC card package, delivering a unique value proposition in the process. Serious and recreational photographers alike know that today's flash storage is great in terms of digital photo storage but there are still memory constraints involved, especially with...
Intel's Q67 chipset is mainly targeted at the corporate desktop and the ASUS P8Q67-M DO/CSM is no exception. With a Q67 based board and appropriate Sandy Bridge Core CPU, one is able to bring remote management to the desktop. Intel's vPro/ AMT technology allows a remote administrator to log into a machine and perform troubleshooting tasks, including the ability...
Unfortunately client commitments meant I was unable to make Computex this year but I have been following coverage. There were a few interesting announcements that I think are worth sharing thoughts on including those from Microsoft, Intel, ARM partners and QNAP.
Microsoft Windows 8 Previewed
One very important "unveiling" that happened this week was Microsoft showing off the new Windows 8...
The Eye-Fi Pro X2 is a cool product that I will be featuring a bit more on ServeTheHome.com. For those that are not familiar with the product, it allows one to transfer images and video from a SecureDigital card enabled camera to a PC, Android, or iOS device via WiFi. While the Eye-Fi Pro X2 model I have been...
As many industry observers expected, the two major pending storage deals, Western Digital – Hitachi and Seagate – Samsung are attracting antitrust scrutiny. Regulators in the US are looking at the deals, and now the European Union is looking into the industry consolidation as reported this week.
Regulators are looking at the deals because the combined market share of...
A few bits of this week's interesting storage news and an update on ServeTheHome including a FTC request in the Seagate-Samsung deal, new Xeon motherboards from Gigabyte, a new USB NAS solution from Addonics, and Patrick running SoCal Tough Mudder this weekend!
FTC Asks Seagate for Additional Information on Samsung Acquisition
As a lot of people expected, the FTC made a...
One area where Newegg has had a poor reputation over the past few years has been hard drive packaging. Recently I have picked up a few OEM Hitachi (bulk) drives from NewEgg and have seen first-hand the new packaging. Since Internet reviews seemingly last a lifetime, I thought it was important to provide a point of view regarding Newegg...
A week ago SanDisk announced a $327 million deal to acquire Pliant Technology, I believe this is only the first step in SanDisk's strategy. SanDisk is already well known as a top tier supplier of NAND based memory products including Secure Digital cards, compact flash, and USB memory. Although SanDisk's brand does carry a premium in the marketplace, the...
With the sheer number of CPUs and platforms I test for ServeTheHome.com I have been keeping my own records on performance and scaling. Various benchmarks yield very different results under Windows and Linux, but also yield different scaling based on core counts and clock speed. It turns out that Stanford's Folding@Home client, when proper optimizations have been...
Dual AMD Socket G34 motherboards offer a lot of expandability and high core counts at competitive prices and the Supermicro H8DG6-F is no exception. With AMD's current Opteron 6100 series Magny-cours socket G34 chips one can pack from eight to twenty-four cores on a dual socket motherboard at a reasonable price. With AMD's upcoming Interlagos series of Bulldozer based...