Recent content by lodoss900

SST-SG13B after further review has piss poor build quality. The size, the lay out the design are great.. the build quality blows..

This for a 8 core 16 thread xeon chip on the board, add $100 for 10GB nics. Game changers!

Should see the Xeon D 1500 series boards at the end of the month. Supermicro already has them on the website. Target price $800 mini itx board up to 128GB DDR4 memory

Picked up a Silverstone SST-SG13B from the ebay seller. The build quality IS on the lower side but not terrible.. Fitting the top case cover reminds of something from a decade ago. Mostly the front plastic cover is iffy . The power switch cable is glued onto the power button and that pulled...

Picked up a Silverstone Tek 500W SFX-L 80 PlUS Gold Full Modular SFX Form Factor Lengthened Active PFC Just a tad longer then a SFX to support a almost silent 120mm fan.

and the 'improved' web client is still a piece of shit compared to the Windows client. Still slow, constantly see the hour glass. Every action, the screen will refresh.. I think I'm getting seizure from it....

Apple is always ahead of the curve on this.. If you want to be a early adopter great.. Personally I like convince.. and knowing that my 'slow' 'outdated' microusb charger is everywhere is great.. Sure my pictures take 10 seconds to transfer instead of 9.5 seconds.. but that is the price I'm...

Some guy in the office talked aabout upgrading to vsphere 6. I asked why? Asked what features are we gaining, what do we need from vsphere 6. Of course he didn't know.. all he knows is 6 is higher then 5. My suggestion is wait, research, and check out the list of things it has to...

The first two Xeon D processors are available immediately, costing $199 for the 4-core version $581 for the 8-core version

http://hexus.net/tech/news/cpu/81472-intel-launches-xeon-d-1520-d-1540-64-bit-socs/ Intel launches Xeon D

" I have a p67 fatal1ty professional for sale if you're interested" That's the route i would take.. I love buying a used tried and tested working board. Plus this is a solid board

"$45 covered the shipping and repairs? If it breaks again, will it be under warranty?" I know ASrock will fix out warranty board for $50. You pay to ship it to them of course, but they pay to ship it back to you. Work is under warranty 30 or 90 days.

"If one wants to become relevant in the future, in my view, focus your career on Automation, Cloud, and the upcoming Containerization technology. " This... The system admin roll is being swallowed up into DevOps. Exciting but scary times. I've been thinking about this a lot. Pick one of...

Nobody is dropping VMware anytime soon.. No one does hypervisor better then ESXi with vCenter. Why? A monkey can install vSphere and get core functionality. Automation software is all the rage, nd growing in popularity but is significantly more complex. Easy wins over better every day of the...

You will have the same issue if you use a external USB drive..