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Engadget's FreeNAS How To
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 02/02/2012 10:24 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
The good guys over at Engadget, have posted a How to article on How To Set up a file server using FreeNAS at home. For those of you interested, take a gander right here.
AMD touts LRDIMM memory for x86 servers
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 02/02/2012 05:36 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Advanced Micro Devices has been very active lately on the x86 market. This week the company has announced to be the first to add support for LRDIMM. An LRDIMM is a Load Reduced DIMM. An LRDIMM removes the normal register you would see on Registered server based memory and adds a new buffer module to allow the memory to run at higher clock frequencies along with a greater quantity of memory chips to be added to a DIMM. LRDIMM's can run atleast 20 percent lower in energy consumption than conventional DIMM's on the market currently. Check out the blurb here.
AMD's CTO talks heterogeneous systems architecture
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 02/02/2012 05:08 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
This week marked exhibition of DesignCon. Advance Micro Devices was in attendance and discussed the companies next idea. The semiconductor discussed their new plans for HSA. HSA is Heterogeneous System Architecture. HSA allows for CPU's and GPU's to be used as a unified architecture, where the GPU doesn't have to wait on CPU to finish it's execution as the pool for the data is now centralized. Check out the details here.
Mozilla pushes Thunderbird and Firefox To Ten
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 02/02/2012 04:14 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
The good guys over at Mozilla have updated their email client, Thunderbird and their well known browser, Firefox to version 10. Thunderbird new features consist of ability to search the web from the email client and improved mail search. Firefox has been updated with hidden forward button and Anti-aliasing with WebGL is now supported.
Thunderbird.
Firefox.
Thunderbird.
Firefox.
ARM will impact servers in 2014, CEO says
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 01/20/2012 08:02 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
While everyone is focusing on 4,6,8 and even 12 core processing from the Opteron and Xeon family of processors. ARM based processors have a trick up their sleeve as well. Currently, this generation of X86 processors have move forward with 64bit architecture to allow memory scalability in applications and hardware. However, the ARM based competitors currently are limited to 32bit or just under 4GB of system memory. The expectation from ARM is that by 2014, their processors will be 64bit and ready to roll into the data center to compete for low powered applications. Appliances such as Network Attached Storage and Web Servers (think facebook). Ironically, Intel is working on low power processors to compete in the mobile market that ARM dominates in.
Check out the blurb here.
Check out the blurb here.
FreeBSD reaches 9.0
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 01/19/2012 08:49 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
The Unix community should be pleased with the announcement of FreeBSD version 9.0. Version 9.0 features such as High Availability Storage framework, Data Deduplication, and Triple parity RAIDZ. For more about FreeBSD 9, check it out here. It can also be downloaded here.
Jon Schwartz: Still alive and kicking
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 01/19/2012 08:31 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Many of you who've been into high end machines that feature processors such as the Sparc. Well, the former CEO of Sun is still alive and kicking. The former CEO managed Sun from 1996 to 2009 before being acquired by Oracle. Today, Jon has ventured into Healthcare IT with a new company, Picture of Health. To read more about the article, check it out here.
Happy New Year
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 01/01/2012 05:36 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
I hope all the 2CPU subscribers have had a great 2011 and welcome to now 2012. Now that I have a bit more downtime, I'm hoping to keep the front page updated a bit more. Happy New Year and Stay Tuned.
IT's winning (and losing) job titles
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 12/21/2011 09:24 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
As the year winds down and we approach 2012, the IT market has bounce back from a dry season of employment. However, if you're going to get back into the market, you may want to rethink your strategy of re-entry as employers are looking for specific prospects for their company. Mobile App Developers and Enterprise Architechs are among the top positions to be filled. Check out the article here.
Netware and OpenSuSe Still Breathing
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 12/21/2011 08:02 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
While Novell and SuSe are no longer siblings from a company stand point. Business is still going as usual. Novell is still advancing Netware with linux integration. OES (Open Enterprise Server) is a way to bring previous Netware shops into the Linux environment without the headache. But, OES development is parallel with SuSe development and as SuSe matures, so does OES. Check it out right here.
On the other side of the coin, OpenSuSe has been making traction with the latest release of 12.1. OpenSuSe 12.1 comes with latest features such as Xen 4.1 for virtualization, and own Cloud2 for services. Check out the blurb here.
On the other side of the coin, OpenSuSe has been making traction with the latest release of 12.1. OpenSuSe 12.1 comes with latest features such as Xen 4.1 for virtualization, and own Cloud2 for services. Check out the blurb here.
Broadcom promotes new 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 12/19/2011 12:29 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
If you recently purchased an 802.11n Router and were looking to stay ahead of the technology curve, think again. Broadcom is now promoting the 802.11ac. 802.11ac spec will evolve as the replacement to the 802.11n. 802.11ac early benefits feature more simultaneous connections from devices to one node per session, retro compatible with 802.11n, and supports higher bandwidth of up to 1.3GBps throughput. For more about this, check it out here.
AMD In the news
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 12/18/2011 08:27 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Silicon Valley semiconductor, AMD have been in very busy lately. The company last month announced the the availability 6200 and 4200 series Opteron. Both Opteron processors support a dozen DIMM's, Quad Memory channel design. The company also announced AMD Branded Memory, that is aimed at the Enthusiast market. Finally, the company is looking at the possibility of working with Non-x86 technology. Namely, ARM. Currently ARM design has been popular in the low power and mobile sector such as Tablet and Smartphones. However, it has become an option in the low power segment of server computing for applications such as Web Serving and Hosting. Check out the blurb here.
HP To Stiff ARM Intel
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 11/06/2011 10:24 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
The bigger the game, the more players that will become involved. The server market has been pretty much dominated by Intel and then followed by AMD. However, vendors may have another choice on their hands. HP have been considering working with Calxeda, to provide energy efficient servers and with Microsoft having future support for ARM processors in the next iteration of Server, this could be a possible relationship between the two companies. But, if Intel would be out, where does this leave AMD? Check out the blurb here.
Nvidia Looks to the Data Center
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 11/06/2011 09:54 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
With all the talk from the top tier x86 semiconductor corporations about Quad, Hexacore as well as 12-core base processors, IT companies are looking to restructure their back end operations. But, will IT companies also have a look at adding GPU base product? Nvidia and the project "Denver" are looking to move into the Data Center market with GPU parallel processing with ARM core technology and GPU technology running together in a Blade based green package. So, could Nvidia be the next player behind Advanced Micro Devices? Only time will tell. Check out the blurb here.
Fortune Data Centers Expands to Oregon
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 11/06/2011 09:33 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
With the economy on the rise from the fall out from a few years ago, the industry has been climbing out of the rut it was previously in. Fortune Data Centers have been working on a new location in Oregon for their latest Data Center roll out that consist of 240,000sq ft. of space for 7.8MW of power availability for this mammoth of data center. Check out the blurb here.
AMD Aims Enterprise Chips at Cloud, Virtualization
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 04/01/2011 11:40 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
The Cloud market has grown in the last couple years as a buzzword in the information technology industry and has also become a new market for many companies and professionals. One company that has been silent lately about it all is Advanced Micro Devices. AMD wants to join the ranks of competition by adding their portfolio products to come, such as Fusion and Opteron. The combination of GPU and CPU on one socket for number crunching as well as Virtualization in Cloud architecture seems to be the target.
Check out the story, here.
Check out the story, here.
Intel Plans Xeon, Atom Chips for Micro Servers
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 03/18/2011 01:58 AM [ Print | 1 comment(s) ]
With the technology market climbing back every quarter, it's only right to see the major players looking to score again. Intel is back with plans for the server market with their Xeon processors and Atom based processors. The company is looking to attack the Micro Server market with lower power Xeon and Atom processors as a part of their portfolio. But, with ARM based processors coming, it's going to be a tight market to compete in. The Sandy Bridge based Xeons have a power envelope of under 20w and the company is looking to go under 15w with the latest unnamed Xeon processor in the upcoming weeks. The Atom based micro-server processors are looking to go under 10w, as well. The target of micro-servers is the front end environment such as Apache web servers or Network Attached Storage, and Unified Threat Management devices.
Check out the blurb, here.
Check out the blurb, here.
Mozilla pushes more updates
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 03/06/2011 05:17 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
The Mozilla developers have pushed another set of updates to their web browser and mail client. FireFox has been updated to version 3.6.15 and Thunderbird has been updated to version 3.1.9.
Check out the updates here and here.
Check out the updates here and here.
Mozilla updates FireFox and Thurnbderbird
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 03/03/2011 01:00 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
The developers from the Mozilla group have updated their favorite two applications. Firefox receives an update to version 3.6.14 and Thunderbird mail client was updated to version 3.1.8.
Check out the updates, here and here.
Check out the updates, here and here.
Rising Tide Of 2010 Server Sales Lifts All Vendors, Except Oracle
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 02/27/2011 11:37 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
When it comes to servers, there are only so many vendors that can be named on one hand. Even with a shaky market, shipments are still moving forward. Amongst the brand leaders was HP with a figure of 31% of market share as the global server brand. Dell, came second behind HP with a share of 23%. IBM and Fujitsu followed with 13% and 3% share of the market. Cisco finished last amongst the rest of the pack. X86 server shipments are up and RISC based servers going down.
Check out the article here.
Check out the article here.
Acer returning to U.S. server market
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 02/27/2011 03:32 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Many readers may have heard of the company Acer from their well known desktop and laptop computers, but do you remember their servers? Acer has announced that the company will be returning to the US with server products. Outside the US, Acer has server racks and blade based servers and network attached storage devices. While their desktop and laptops may be cheap for the consumer, the same rule will not apply to their server appliances.
Check out the blurb here.
Check out the blurb here.
Microsoft releases Service Pack 1 for Server 2008
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 02/27/2011 02:33 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Microsoft released Server 2008 in Quarter 1 of 2008. However, the company this week released service pack 1 for Server 2008 and Windows 7. The service pack is close to 2000MB in size, so be aware. Check out the service pack here.
AMD Releases Opteron 6100 Series Processors For Server Market
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 02/15/2011 02:35 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
While some people are snuggling with their mates, Advanced Micro Devices is back into the game launching new series of server products. The company is introducing the 6100 series Opteron processor. The features include 12 and 8 cores, upto 1.5MB of cache and Retro socket compatible.
6132HE runs at 2.2Ghz with 8 cores.
6140 runs at 2.6Ghz with 8 cores.
6166HE runs at 1.8Ghz with 12 cores.
6176 runs at 2.3Ghz
6180SE runs at 2.5Ghz
The processors will be available before 2Q. Check out the blurb here.
6132HE runs at 2.2Ghz with 8 cores.
6140 runs at 2.6Ghz with 8 cores.
6166HE runs at 1.8Ghz with 12 cores.
6176 runs at 2.3Ghz
6180SE runs at 2.5Ghz
The processors will be available before 2Q. Check out the blurb here.
AMD's CEO resigns suddenly, board cites growth
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 01/13/2011 01:46 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
By now you have heard the news of AMD and Dirk Meyer splitting ways. Dirk Myer was the CEO of Advanced Micro Devices. Meyers took the place of Hector Ruiz who was the former CEO of AMD in 2007. While Meyers and AMD may have divorced for a myriad of reasons, the question is: Who can fill the shoe of CEO for AMD now? While AMD searches for a replacement CEO, Could the former CEO land of a position at Hewlett Packard? Or could former Sun CEO, Jonathan Shwartz find a position over at AMD?
A lot of speculation, but check out the blurb here.
A lot of speculation, but check out the blurb here.
Comptia working on Storage+ certification
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 01/13/2011 01:11 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
The team over at Comptia have been busy working on a new certification. The latest announcement from Comptia in partnership with SNIA, to bring forth the Storage+ certification. The certification will be for Subject Matter Experts on various data storage products and technologies. The certification will be available before the end of 2011.
Check out the release here.
Check out the release here.