As I already mentioned, the new Sandy Bridge Xeons are fast, especially with two high-end Xeon E5-2690's in a single system. One thing I...
Today we are going to take a quick look at the AMD Opteron 6128 CPU which has become a very cost-effective building block for...
Several readers each week read articles about Supermicro IPMIview and various mentions each week and want to give it a try but cannot find...
Recently I had some performance previews of the Xeon E5-2687W which one could easily tell were a bit slanted. The E5-2687W is a 150w...
Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter for Linux, ESXi, Windows/ Hyper-V, and Solaris/ OpenIndiana
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Last week I took a look at the Intel Pro/1000 PT gigabit Ethernet adapter. This week I am going to show off the Intel...
Today we are looking at the Corsair Hydro Series H80 CPU cooler. Most users in the server/ workstation market look at air cooling for...
Dell Silicom PEG6I Six Port Gigabit (GigE) Intel 82571EB Network Adapter – ESXi 5.0 Update
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I recently posted about the Dell/ Silicom PEG6I six port Gigabit Ethernet adapter which I was able to get very inexpensively. One note I...
One question I get asked often is how to make a desktop PC VMware ESXi ready. That question invariably differs from case to case...
Today we are looking at the ASUS P9X79 WS which is a workstation motherboard built around Intel's X79 chipset and the LGA 2011 Sandy Bridge-E...
I have used many Intel Pro/1000 PT Quad network adapters to provide extra ports in servers for a few years now. They are well...