Having purchased a Transcend V15 16GB USB stick for a router-on-a-stick project, I was horrified to find out that it came preinstalled with some proprietary Antivirus software which only works under Windows, to make matters worse, the USB stick reports … Continue reading →

My work laptop is not just a computer – it is my connection to the corporate world. I write blogs, read email, attend web-based meetings, and track my budget – anytime, anyplace. Like many mobile workers I dread it when … Continue reading

Three weeks ago, we initiated our “Pinning Down the Cloud” contest and debate to get the root of cloud computing technology. If there is one takeaway from this, it’s that creativity is alive and well in the tech industry! After … Continue reading

Here is the second set of answers from our 20 Questions blog. I am leaving the last 2 blogs (final 10 answers) until after the Hot Chips event.  We’ll be unveiling new information there and I am pretty sure that … Continue reading

As we gear up for VMworld 2010 next week, AMD is on a mission. We’re tired of hearing about the hype of cloud computing, and want to get right to the heart of it. That’s why we’ve initiated our “pinning … Continue reading

We stand on the verge of a new era in virtualization benchmarking. VMmark Beta 2.0 , VMware’s next-generation benchmarking tool, is now in the testing stage. This new version of VMmark moves to a multi-host virtualization environment that models application … Continue reading

The good people at Vyatta have announced the immediate availability of Vyatta version 6.1 (VC6.1) Vyatta Version 6.1 Highlights include: IPv6 Ready Vyatta Version 6.1 adds IPv6 BGP, IPv6 DCHP and IPv6 SNMP and this release completed IPv6 Forum IPv6 … Continue reading →

You’ve sent in your questions and we’ve begun to sort through them to pull out the best.  There were plenty of common themes that were arising, so we’ll be grouping some of the bigger categories together. I am going to … Continue reading

It’s happend a number of times that I’ve had to install Citrix XenServer and have not had the Linux Guest Support CD with me, so I’ve later had to install it remotely, which is actually pretty easy. Transfer ISO file … Continue reading →

This post can also be read at VMblog.com A lot has been written recently on the number of virtual machines (VMs) that can (or should) optimally and safely run on a single physical server.  While there are many differing opinions, … Continue reading

I knew cloud was a hot topic, but I am amazed at both the number and the insightful answers you’ve submitted so far to the last two cloud related questions as we gear up for VMworld with our “Pinning down … Continue reading

A few months ago AnandTech hosted a webcast with Intel and VMware to discuss the evolution of virtualization. They recently published a script of some of the discussion under the title Virtualization – Ask the Experts #1. A comment by … Continue reading

Another week and another question to ponder! As we continue to get ready for VMworld later this month, we are polling the community, our fans and the industry at large – yes that’s you – about cloud computing. Thus far … Continue reading

Oracle has sketched out a five-year road map for Sun's Sparc-based servers, hoping to reassure customers about the future of the platform and reverse a pattern of declining sales.

Warren Buffett is often associated with that quip.  And he also apparently said, “Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.” The AMD Embedded Solutions (AES) team frequently meets with industry … Continue reading

This morning I was reading the web when I rolled across a headline that made me spit out my coffee: “AMD Bulldozer Microprocessors May Not Bring Dramatic Performance Boosts”.  Yes, you read it right. It was like that movie where … Continue reading

We’re going to do it again with Bulldozer, so get your best server questions ready. Continue reading

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Cloud computing. Everyone is talking about it. You are either in it, scared of it, or trying to sell into it. Maybe your job depends on it or maybe you think it’s nothing but hype. But whatever IT is, it’s the latest fashion and we are all trying to find our size. Continue reading

All Ahsay OBS generated logfile timestamps use milliseconds since Unix epoch on January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT, it’s great for scripting and programming as it’s easy to do date math, but if you want to output a humanly readable date … Continue reading →

Storage can be very expensive, especially if you want a lot of it, want flexibility and expandability, but it doesn’t have to be! I’m currently in the process of putting together a new storage system, but because we’re strapped for … Continue reading →

When you as company are strapped for cash but need a full featured, flexible and redundant firewall/router setup, what do you do? Vyatta! What is Vyatta? It’s best described using Vyatta’s own words, “The free community Vyatta Core software(VC) is … Continue reading →

As we start the “Bulldozer” Blog, it is important to make sure that everyone is grounded on exactly what this planned product is; this will help you understand the next dozen or more blogs that will be published over the upcoming weeks and months.
Bulldozer is the code name of one of our two next generation [...]

Welcome to the Bulldozer Blog.  Our next generation core architecture, a complete new design from the ground up, is called “Bulldozer.” This new core design is planned as the basis for our next generation AMD Opteron™ processors, as well as our high end client products.
The primary focus of the Bulldozer Blog will be commercial systems, [...]

Try as we have, performance benchmarking of any system is still something of an imperfect science.  There is no one “right” methodology for benchmarking – for example, should a methodology test what the system is truly capable of under “perfect” … Continue reading

The Vyatta project released VC6.1-2010.07.28 Beta a few days ago, besides a bunch of bug fixes it also contains a number of interesting new features. New in this release Stateful failover for NAT and firewall LLDP support QoS input interface … Continue reading →

Cross-posted from opensolaris.org A number of the community leaders from the OpenSolaris community have been working quietly together on a new effort called Illumos, and we’re just about ready to fully disclose our work to, and invite the general participation … Continue reading →

Again contrary to what has been said in the past, Oracle now supports Solaris on non-Oracle x86 systems as long as it’s listed as certified in the Solaris Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). You can find more information on http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/solaris/non-sun-x86-081976.html, including … Continue reading →

Finally some good news from Oracle, and a speck of hope that OpenSolaris will continue on the same path as before.  On July 29th Oracle announced in a press release that HP and Dell will certify and resell Oracle Solaris, … Continue reading →